- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking in relation to the number of prisoners held at HM Prison Corntonvale.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Skye House has recently been reopened which has increased the available capacity. In addition, work is under way to consider better use of the current available accommodation as well as to look at options for providing additional accommodation. The SPS will take decisions in the light of operational requirements.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential places are currently available and how many are planned for the future at the time out centres being piloted in Glasgow as alternatives to prison for women offenders.
Answer
When it begins operation, the Time Out centre in Glasgow is expected to have six to 12 residential places. The development of further centres will depend upon the success of the Glasgow pilot.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many remand prisoners are currently being held in excess of the number of places at the new remand centre at HM Prison Corntonvale.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The average number of remand prisoners in November was 35. The capacity of the newly opened Ross House is 51.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many student radiographers completed their course at Glasgow Caledonian University in each academic year from 1996-97 to 2001-02.
Answer
Data on radiography student places is not held centrally. However, Glasgow Caledonian University has supplied the following figures (which include diagnostic and therapeutic radiography).
Academic year | No of FTE students successfully completing radiography course |
1996-97 | 27 |
1997-98 | 32 |
1998-99 | 44 |
1999-2000 | 41 |
2000-01 | 43 |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Clyde Shipyards Task Force will be published.
Answer
We are currently finalising the Clyde Shipyards Task Force report following the group's last meeting, and will send it to the printers before Christmas with a view to publishing it in January.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many remand prisoners were held in HM Prison Corntonvale in each of the past three months.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The average number of remand prisoners per month was:
September | 35 |
October | 40 |
November | 35 |
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Simpson on 20 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the timetable for the operation and evaluation of time out centres being piloted in Glasgow as alternatives to prison for women offenders is on target and when it will publish any evaluation report.
Answer
Work is under way on drawing up a specification for the centre and the tendering process is expected to take about six months. The timetable thereafter will be largely determined by the identification of suitable premises. The centre will be evaluated but it is too early to say when the report might be published.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-12737 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 6 February 2001, whether it will provide a breakdown of the key characteristics of Individual Learning Account holders, including age group, gender, occupation, area of residence and type, subject and level of learning undertaken.
Answer
Surveys of 1,000 Individual Learning Account (ILA) members in Scotland who had used their account and approximately 150 who had yet to undertake learning were conducted by MORI over the period September 2000 to February 2001. Key findings were as follows:57% were female.56% were aged between 31 and 50, and 23% were aged 51 or older.40% were management/professional workers; 9% were process workers and 6% were retail and customer services workers. 24% worked within small companies and 2% were labour market returners.62% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory ICT courses.36% of those receiving 80% discounts were undertaking introductory English/communications courses, 1% were undertaking introductory maths/numeracy courses.13% were working towards a degree-level qualification.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3160 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 22 March 2001, whether it will (a) provide an update of figures on the take-up of Individual Learning Accounts and (b) outline any plans to encourage further take-up.
Answer
By 19 November, a total of over 245,000 accounts had been opened for people in Scotland and nearly 110,000 had used them for some learning. The target of 100,000 opened accounts was reached in June this year.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6482 by Henry McLeish on 16 May 2000, what progress has been made by the Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning in respect of enhancing the involvement of trade unions in the broad lifelong learning agenda in Scotland.
Answer
The Trade Union Working Party on Lifelong Learning, inaugurated in August 2000, meets on a quarterly basis. It provides a forum for trade union input to a wide range of lifelong learning issues and makes a valuable input to the development of Executive policy in this area.
