- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be granted additional funding relating to the annual operational cost of the additional secure accommodation places for young offenders, referred to in its news release SEed 228/2003 of 24 March 2003
Answer
Each local authority receives an allocation through Grant Aided Expenditure to assist with its residential care costs. Local arrangements should be in place to manage the use of secure accommodation in line with social work budgets. The assessment criteria for new proposals considered the need to minimise both capital costs and fee level while providing for high quality services which meet the needs of young people and communities.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 1 July 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce a family law bill, as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland.
Answer
The Executive has made a commitment in the Partnership Agreement to legislate to reform law for all of Scotland's people and we will bring forward our proposals in due course once all the various policy strands are further advanced.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 23 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-113 by Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003, what the cost was of reports to procurator fiscal marked "no proceedings", broken down by reason of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by police/other agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortage and (e) delay by procurator fiscal and type of offence, in each sheriff court district.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service records the nature of case costs but does not attribute this to individual cases. Staff time spent on individual cases is not recorded but costing estimates are based on standard weightings derived from past analysis of staff time spent on the full range of different cases - from minor through to more serious - handled by the department.The actual cost of processing cases in the categories identified in the question (which are a subset of all cases which led to a "no proceedings" decision) will be lower than the estimated unit cost of £40 for a case marked "no proceedings". This is because the time taken to mark a case which is seen to be time barred on receipt, or subject to significant delay by the reporting agency, is obviously significantly shorter than for cases where detailed consideration requires to be given to questions of law and sufficiency of evidence.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 19 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-113 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003, whether it will provide a breakdown by type of offence of reports to procurators fiscal marked "no proceedings" for reason of (a) time-bar, (b) delay by police/other agency, (c) lack of court resources, (d) procurator fiscal staff shortages and (e) delay by procurator fiscal, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The information sought can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Current Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service information systems are designed to support core operations of the department and track the progress of cases and it is not possible to extract the information sought from these systems.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give details of each default notice received under paragraph 46 of the Minute of Agreement Between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, including the date on which each notice was received and the nature of each default.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There have been no such notices.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it has at any time after 30 January 2003 provided any insurance in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock; whether it currently provides any insurance in respect of the prison, and whether it will give details of any such insurance.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Executive has not provided and does not currently provide any such insurance.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, what conclusion has been reached in respect of the notice received on 30 January 2003 under paragraph 6.8 of the Minutes of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No action was necessary. Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited subsequently advised that they had obtained and placed insurance cover.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it will give full details of the notice received on 30 January 2003 under paragraph 6.8 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, including (a) the effective date of the notice, (b) the risk insured, (c) the extent of the insurance, (d) the insured sum, (e) the premium, (f) any excess requested by the previous insurer for a replacement policy, (g) details of any proposal the contractor made in the notice to mitigate, manage and control such risks and (h) details of any financial resources available to the contractor to meet any claim made against it in respect of such risks.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-722 today. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-286 by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003, whether it will give details of any waiver by it of the contractor's obligation to secure insurance under the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No waiver has been given.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 June 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reform the law on corporate killing.
Answer
We will study the judgement of the Appeal Court on the Transco case, once it is available, before deciding whether legislation is required.
