- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next discuss with the Home Office the development of the EU framework decision on combating trafficking in human beings.
Answer
Discussions on this frameworkdecision are on-going and officials are in regular contact with Home Office onthis matter.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 15 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, women who are currently using the support services at the Time Out centre in Glasgow have a substance abuse problem.
Answer
To date only the non-residentialaspects of the Time Out Centre have been in operation. Five hundred and twentyone women have so far been assessed for these services. Of these, 163, or 31%,were on methadone; 143, or 27%, had a heroin problem; and 80, or 15%, hadalcohol problems.
Of the 30 women currentlymaking use of the service, 18 (60%) have a heroin problem. In addition 12 (40%)of the 30 women have alcohol problems, a number of whom also use heroin.
The Time Out Centre is dueto be fully operational from 16 December and will be available 24 hours a day,every day of the year. In addition to the day programmes, there will be a six beddetox unit and an eight bed supported accommodation unit, which it is estimatedwill be used annually by up to 85 and 50 women, respectively.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any officials from the Scottish Prison Service attended the International Corrections and Prisons Association conference in Miami, Florida, in October 2003; if so, what the cost of attendance was and whether any contribution to such costs was made by commercial prison companies.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
I and Ed Wozniak, Head of businessand analytical services, represented SPS at the International Corrections and PrisonsAssociation, of which we are national members, where I chaired part of the conferenceand Ed Wozniak delivered a paper. The costs of approximately £5,200 were metfully by SPS.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the New Opportunities Fund to announce the spending of the remaining #4.5 million in its “better off” programme.
Answer
This is a matter for the NewOpportunities Fund, which can be contacted at 33 Bothwell Street, Glasgow G2 6NL.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive on what evidence or research the Information and Statistics Division bases the statistics that it provides to drug action teams to inform their service provision planning.
Answer
The sources of the nationaland local drug misuse statistics which are provided annually to Drug ActionTeams by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency(ISD Scotland) to inform service planning are available at:
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/dat/cap/dat.htm.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 December 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive by how much it expects the number of drug addicts to increase or decrease in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years and how it arrives at such forecasts.
Answer
The Scottish Executive doesnot make forecasts of this type. However, it has undertaken to carry outnational prevalence work on a regular basis to inform policy and practice andto monitor trends over time.The first nationalprevalence study was undertaken in 2000 and the results can be accessed at
http://www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org/publications/local/Prevalence.pdf The study for 2003 is currently under way and will produce estimates of numbersof problem drug users at both national and local level. The study is due toreport in August 2004.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 25 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33702 by Colin Boyd QC on 17 February 2003, what the (a) costs, (b) benefits and (c) implications of changing practices were found to be for staff, criminal justice partners and individuals affected.
Answer
An examination of the costs,benefits and implications of changing working practices is still on-going andno final decisions have been taken. This is part of the Crown Office andProcurator Fiscal Service’s commitment to review what it does, search forbetter ways of doing it, challenge assumptions and compare itself with others.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations, and on what issues, the Scottish Executive EU Office has made on behalf of the Scottish Executive to EU institutions.
Answer
Staff in the Scottish Executive EU Office (SEEUO) have a wide range of meetings and contactswith representatives of EU institutions and bodies. These contacts arenumerous, take place at many different levels, are not all recorded and can bein the context of confidential negotiations.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations, and on what issues, the Scottish Executive EU Office has made to UKRep.
Answer
Staff in the Scottish Executive EU Office (SEEUO) have a wide range of meetings and contactswith staff of the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union (UKRep).These contacts are numerous, take place at many different levels, are not allrecorded and can be in the context of confidential negotiations.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Scottish Executive EU Office has made representations to the EU institutions without the assistance of UKRep.
Answer
Staff in the Scottish Executive EU Office have a wide range of meetings and contacts withrepresentatives of EU institutions and bodies. These contacts are numerous,take place at many different levels, are not all recorded, and can be in thecontext of confidential negotiations. Some will directly involve UKRep staff;others will not.
