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Question reference: S2W-18533

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 7 September 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the administration costs have been in each social inclusion partnership in each of the last five years.

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

The amounts claimed for administration costs in each of the last five years are shown in the following table:

SIP	2000-01 (£)	2001-02 (£)	2002-03 (£)	2003-04 (£)	2004-05 (£)
Aberdeen Great Northern	20,000	21,250	21,781	22,326	22,328
Argyll and Bute	0	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh North	51,575	57,662	54,127	53,442	63,280
Edinburgh South	17,889	26,118	36,535	45,292	50,165
Edinburgh Strategic Programme	12,450	12,756	9,072	9,607	10,098
Edinburgh Youth	13,512	13,956	13,887	14,463	15,090
Edinburgh Craigmillar	40,185	44,457	44,565	44,260	47,904
Alloa South and East	7,616	23,407	25,950	0	0
Dundee Young Carers	2,500	2,600	2,732	4,300	4,300
Dundee SIP 1	50,100	52,250	57,644	59,642	62,065
Dundee SIP 2	10,950	10,446	10,678	8,754	8,754
Dundee Xplore	10,250	14,806	13,905	12,780	12,780
East Ayrshire Coalfields	0	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
Tranent	0	0	0	0	0
Levern Valley	0	0	0	0	0
Falkirk	1,171	0	0	0	0
Fife	819	0	8,263	0	0
Frae Fife	4,119	0	1,733	3,376	0
Glasgow Smaller Areas	17,972	32,292	48,037	58,501	58,501
Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance	19,513	14,499	21,383	21,880	21,880
Glasgow Big Step	12,825	11,183	13,334	14,073	14,073
Glasgow Drumchapel	47,747	49,154	71,063	73,555	73,555
Glasgow East End	54,650	53,661	77,921	83,314	85,306
Glasgow Gorbals	14,425	14,941	20,461	24,023	24,023
Glasgow Greater Easterhouse	78,525	64,550	94,073	99,732	101,724
Glasgow Greater Govan	9,011	17,315	33,812	45,401	45,401
Glasgow Greater Pollok	31,103	55,089	83,171	95,755	70,755
Glasgow Milton	14,100	18,262	21,497	24,026	24,026
Glasgow North	65,805	55,992	83,740	86,845	88,837
Glasgow Routes Out	7,828	6,629	8,408	8,581	8,581
Glasgow Springburn	17,422	16,152	24,200	25,258	25,258
Highlands and Islands	8,891	0	0	0	0
Inverclyde	48,900	48,330	49,540	50,780	0
Moray Youthstart	8,021	0	0	0	0
North Ayrshire	797	1,552	0	0	0
Motherwell North	36,176	39,246	37,408	43,222	35,053
North Lanarkshire	17,469	21,140	12,656	13,352	10,000
South Coatbridge	13,637	18,235	19,455	18,892	16,275
GO-Perth	0	0	5,279	5,411	0
Ferguslie Park	20,365	0	0	0	0
Paisley ¹	70,798	86,725	74,487	75,036	83,349
Scottish Borders	599	3,992	2,983	2,500	5,116
Girvan	5,370	0	0	0	11,496
North Ayr	31,711	38,925	0	0	42,511
Blantyre/North Hamilton	0	1,440	0	1,273	1,576
Cambuslang	0	1,440	0	0	0
Stirling	11,074	11,815	10,830	6,707	6,488
West Dunbartonshire	38,220	50,634	50,110	55,890	61,397
West Lothian	6,400	3,010	0	0	4,294
Total	952,490	1,045,911	1,194,720	1,242,249	1,246,239

Note: 1. From 1 April 2001 includes Ferguslie Park.

Question reference: S2W-18538

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 29 August 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress Scottish Water has made in building a new treatment works to reduce the risk of water contamination in parts of Glasgow.

As these are operational matters for Scottish Water, this is a matter for the Chief Executive and I have asked him to write to you on this.

In the meantime, you may be interested to know that Scottish Water is currently undertaking the construction of the Katrine Water Project, with an estimated value of around £120 million, to improve the drinking water of 700,000 customers in the Glasgow area. For more information and an update of progress please refer to Scottish Water’s website for this project: www.katrinewaterproject.com.

Question reference: S2W-08804

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it will give full details of the notice received on 29 January 2004 under paragraph 6.8 of Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited 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.

Question reference: S2W-08802

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it will give details of any waiver by it of the contractor's obligation to secure insurance under Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S2W-08801

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it has at any time on or after 29 January 2004 provided any insurance in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock; whether it currently provides any insurance in respect of the prison, and, if so, whether it will give details of any such insurance.

Question reference: S2W-08803

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, what conclusion has been reached in respect of the notice received on 29 January 2004 under paragraph 6.8 of Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S2W-08624

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what crime each prisoner released in error by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd had been charged with at the time they were so released.

Question reference: S2W-08623

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff were escorting each prisoner at the time each prisoner was released in error since the commencement of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services.

Question reference: S2W-08626

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how long it took for each prisoner released in error by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd to be returned to police custody.

Question reference: S2W-08622

Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the protocols followed by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners differ from those used by Scottish Prison Service staff prior to the commencement of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services and, if so, in what way.

I have asked Tony CameronChief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

Yes. There are manydifferences which together provide a more secure system. The new method movesprisoners one at a time rather than in groups, the vehicles are cellular ratherthan open plan, the vehicles are tracked electronically and a comprehensivecomputer data based management information system has been introduced.