- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its Justice Department officials have visited HM Prison Kilmarnock in each of the last six years; what positions they held, and what they reported from each visit and to whom.
Answer
This information is not available since aggregate records are not maintained on the number, purpose and outcome of visits by Justice Department officials to HM Prison Kilmarnock or any other prison.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what action the First Minister has taken following the allegations made in the BBC documentary on HM Prison Kilmarnock broadcast on 9 March 2005.
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 to question S2W-15436 on 14 April 2005. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Prison Service has provided staff turnover figures for HM Prison Kilmarnock for the current year and each of the last three financial years and, if so, what the figures are.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS does not hold this information as staffing matters at HM Prison Kilmarnock are a matter for Premier Prison Services.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of investigations undertaken by the police into alleged incidents within prisons and other incidents outwith prisons resulting from allegations made in televised documentaries in each of the last 20 years and what the outcomes of these investigations were.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the number of lives which could have been saved within HM Prison Kilmarnock had the correct procedures been followed in relation to suicide watches.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
All deaths in custody are regrettable, but it is not possible to provide an estimate of the kind sought because so many factors and issues bear on the behaviour of individuals in a wide variety of circumstances.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any provisions in any guidelines for the police which prevent a chief constable investigating allegations made in a BBC documentary and, if so, what provisions.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to local authorities (a) has been in the last five years and (b) will be in the next five years to administer and process applications for eligibility for free school meals and whether such administration and processing costs have been included in any previous answers to questions on the cost of the free school meals programme.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides local authorities with funding to administer their school meals service. Administrative costs vary between authorities depending on local priorities, with different authorities allocating different elements and amounts of expenditure to school meals. This information is not held centrally by the Executive.
The estimated total cost of free school meals for the last five years was as follows: £33.4 million in 1999-00; £29.3 million in 2000-01; £28.7 million in 2001-02; £27.5 million in 2002-03, and £29 million in 2003-04. The Executive does not make projections regarding the cost of free school meals for future years.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive to which companies each local authority tenders out the supply of school meals and what the value is of each tender.
Answer
The Scottish Executive provides local authorities with funding to administer their school meals service. It is a matter for local authorities to determine the nature of how their school meals are supplied.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out its own investigation into the allegations made in the BBC documentary broadcast on 9 March 2005 in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
I have met the Chief Executive of the Premier Custodial Group to discuss the issues raised by the broadcast, and the SPS Director of Prison Services, who is responsible for oversight of the HM Prison Kilmarnock contract on behalf of SPS, has met the SPS Controller based there to consider issues which bear on the monitoring and controlling of the contract. He has also met the Director of HM Prison Kilmarnock and discussed the action that is being taken by Premier.
The company has informed us that it has begun an investigation into the allegations. It has been in contact with the BBC to ask for their co-operation in securing all available information. The SPS will work closely with the company to ensure that all necessary actions are taken.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what breaches of Premier Prison Services's contract with the Scottish Prison Service have taken place in HM Prison Kilmarnock and what action the Minister for Justice will take to address such breaches.
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 to S2W-15194 on 14 April 2005 by Cathy Jamieson. 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/wa.search.
