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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S2W-07561

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners.

Question reference: S2W-07559

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what quality monitoring provisions exist in the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd; how performance is monitored, and what sanctions exist for breach of these provisions.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The contract provides for a systemof monitoring by the Scottish Prison Service and a performance payments system.The contract has been published by the Scottish Prison Service today in line withall the Freedom of Information principles including protecting public safety andthird party commercial confidentiality.

Question reference: S2W-07558

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the financial value is of the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners.

Question reference: S2W-07563

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd is subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

Certain information relatingto the services that Reliance is currently providing is available from the ScottishPrison Service under the provisions of the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.The provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 do not come intooperation until next year.

Question reference: S2W-07556

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many other service providers bid for the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd, stating the names of such companies.

Question reference: S2W-07564

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what obligations Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd is required to undertake under the terms of the contract awarded to it for the escorting of prisoners.

Question reference: S2W-07562

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 20 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the contract awarded to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners has a break clause for material breach of contract and what constitutes material breach under the contract.

Question reference: S2W-07958

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 30 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council last met and when it will next meet.

Question reference: S2W-07560

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 April 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what training obligations are undertaken by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd as part of its contract to escort prisoners; how these obligations are monitored, and what sanctions exist for breach of these obligations.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

Prisoner Custody Officers (PCOs)undergo a six-week training programme. The structure and topics of the trainingand the content of the training programme is validated by SPS. The training modulesare based upon the relevant National Training Organisation Standards. All prospectivePCOs are required to pass this training in order to be certified as PCOs.

Question reference: S2W-06573

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2004
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 18 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how the #3 million allocated in 2003 to litter reduction schemes from the Quality of Life Initiative has been spent and whether any of this money has been used to educate children in schools on the effect of littering, broken down by local authority area.

In 2003-04, £3.2 million of the total allocation of £50 million for “Quality of Life” funding, wasallocated by 19 local authorities under the policy theme of “Litter, DogFouling and Abandoned Cars”. Councils submitted their proposals at thebeginning of the year as to how they would spend these funds and theirproposals were approved by the Executive.

None of the councilsindicated that they would be allocating funds to educate children in schools onthe effect of littering.

The total beside eachcouncil is the amount they have allocated to “Litter, Dog Fouling and AbandonedCars”:

Aberdeen City: £30,000.

Angus: £225,000.

Clackmannanshire: £3,000.

Dumfries and Galloway: £30,000.

East Ayrshire: £40,000.

East Dunbartonshire: £41,000.

Edinburgh City: £650,000.

Fife: £400,000.

Glasgow City: £701,000.

Inverclyde: £25,000.

Midlothian: £230,000.

Moray: £37,000.

North Ayrshire: £95,000.

North Lanarkshire: £50,000.

Perth and Kinross: £282,000.

Renfrewshire: £240,000.

Scottish Borders: £60,000

Stirling: £74,000.