- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates have absconded from each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The information is given in the SPS annual report and Accounts for 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 copies of which are available in the Parliaments Reference Centre (references SE/2002/178, SE/2003/190 and SE/2004/131 respectively) or via the Scottish Prison Service website:
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates have escaped from each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
In 2002-03, one prisoner escaped from Dumfries prison. In 2003-04, one prisoner escaped from Low Moss prison. In 2004-05, one prisoner escaped from Low Moss prison.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost per prisoner place has been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
It is not possible to provide a cost per prisoner place for each public prison as there are a number of significant costs which are met centrally for SPS as a whole. The annual running cost of private prisons and the annual average cost per prisoner place are given in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (references SE/2003/190 and SE/2004/131 respectively) or via the Scottish Prison Service website:
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs.
Figures for 2004-05 will be included in SPS's Annual Report and Accounts for 2004-05 when published.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost per prisoner has been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows: A total cost per prisoner for each public prison is not available as there are a number of significant costs which are met centrally for SPS as a whole. The annual running cost of private prisons and the annual average cost per prisoner place, for SPS as a whole, are given in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (references SE/2002/178, SE/2003/190 and SE/2004/131 respectively) or via the Scottish Prison Service website
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many inmates there have been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The information is given in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2001-2002, 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (references SE/2002/178, SE/2003/190 and SE/2004/131 respectively) or via the Scottish Prison Service website:
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence of fire has been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The fires reported to the Health and Safety Branch between 1 April 2001 – 31 March 2004 are as follows:
| Establishment | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| Aberdeen | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Barlinnie | 6 | 24 | 14 |
| Castle Huntly | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cornton Vale | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Edinburgh | 6 | 11 | 15 |
| Glenochil | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Greenock | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Inverness | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Low Moss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Noranside | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perth | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Peterhead | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polmont | 12 | 30 | 23 |
| Shotts | 2 | 0 | 0 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of inmates have undergone mandatory drug testing in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
10% in each month.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 May 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16219 by Cathy Jamieson on 5 May 2005, why HM Chief Inspector of Prisons no longer produces this annexe to the inspection report on HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
The Chief Inspector does not produce this annex for any inspection report. He does not treat Kilmarnock differently.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the media conferences held in a prison at which HM Chief Inspector of Prisons launched his report on an investigation into that prison in each of the last six years.
Answer
Media Conferences held to launch an inspection report within the prison inspected since April 1999 are as follows:
| HM Prison Kilmarnock | 26 April 2005 |
| HM Prison Inverness | 14 December 2004 |
| HM Prison Aberdeen | 17 November 2004 |
| HM Young Offenders Institute Polmont | 5 August 2004 |
| HM Prison Shotts | 22 April 2004 |
| HM Prison Glenochil | 25 March 2004 |
| HM Prison Barlinnie | 3 October 2003 |
| HM Prison Peterhead | 3 June 2003 |
| HM Prison Perth | 2 May 2002 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when the most recent inspection of the prison escort service was carried out by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and when the next inspection will take place.
Answer
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) has no statutory authority to inspect the prison escort service. In terms of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, HMCIP has a responsibility “to inspect the conditions in which prisoners are transported or held in pursuance of prisoner escort arrangements”. He is currently drawing up plans to do this.
