- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15434 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005, what costs have been incurred by the Scottish Prison Service for visits to HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not available.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15194 by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005, what conclusions have been reached by the investigation into the allegations regarding HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The company have not yet indicated to SPS that they have reached conclusions.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what notifications it has given, pursuant to paragraph 29.2 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, to allowany other person reasonable access to HM Prison Kilmarnock, showing the (a) dates of notification, (b) names of the individuals concerned and (c) purpose of each visit.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
None.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many payments it has made in the last five years to Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited, Premier Prison Services Ltd and Premier Custodial Group Ltd and whether it will provide the (a) date, (b) amount and (c) description of each of these payments.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows: Payments are made in line with the published contract which is on the SPS website at
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs/reliance/html/default.asp. Details of individual payments are subject to commercial confidentiality and are not published.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 8 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current throughput of modern apprenticeships is (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) area and (ii) subject.
Answer
The current completion rate for modern apprentices is 55% and since their inception in 1995, more than 34,500 have successfully completed their training. As for the breakdown by area and subject, this is an operational matter for the enterprise networks. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of modern apprenticeship trainees have completed a skills test in each of the last three years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the Enterprise Networks. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people of ethnic minority origin are currently employed in the delivery of the Business Gateway programme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-16923 on 6 June 2005. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will establish a budget office in the Parliament to provide an independent assessment of Executive financial estimates.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has not consideredestablishing a budget office in the Parliament to provide an independentassessment of Executive financial estimates.
Suchassessment is already provided by the Finance Committee, whose remit, underRule 6.6 of Standing Orders is:
Toconsider and report on:
(a)any report or other document laid before the Parliament by members of the Scottish Executive containing proposals for, or budgets of, public expenditure or proposalsfor the making of a tax-varying resolution, taking into account any report orrecommendations concerning such documents made to them by any other committeewith power to consider such documents or any part of them;
(b)any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning publicexpenditure;
(c)Budget Bills, and
(d)any other matter relating to or affecting the expenditure of the ScottishAdministration or other expenditure payable out of the Scottish ConsolidatedFund.
The committee is supportedby an expert adviser and by researchers in SPICe.The committee can also commission research from external sources.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Justice will reply to my letter of 21 April 2005.
Answer
A response to your letter of21 April 2005 was issued on 1 June 2005.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 6 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15757 by Mr Andy Kerr on 3 May 2005, who took the decision to amalgamate Wishaw and Hairmyres histopathology units and when this decision was taken.
Answer
I regret that theinformation about NHS Lanarkshire in my answer to question S2W-15757 answeredon 3 May 2005 was incorrect. No decision has been taken by NHSLanarkshire about the future of Wishaw and Hairmyres histopathology units. Iunderstand that the matter is under consideration by NHS Lanarkshire Acute Division.
