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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1O-05791

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much public sector expenditure in total there has been on monitoring, running and supporting HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-30627

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-5715 by Mr Jim Wallace on 10 October 2002, why it did not detail whether any aspect of its policies had been amended as a result of representations made by any member of the Royal Family since May 1999, accepting that such correspondence is private and confidential.

Question reference: S1W-30668

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 30 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to announce who its next permanent secretary will be.

Question reference: S1W-30509

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many breaches of security there have been in the health centre in HM Prison Kilmarnock in each year since the centre opened.

Question reference: S1W-30525

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of staff at each Scottish Prison Service prison left in each year since 1999.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. The available information is as follows:

Establishment	01-04-99 to 31-03-00		01-04-00 to 31-03-01		01-04-01 to 31-03-02
Establishment	Number of Leavers	% Turnover	Number of Leavers	% Turnover	Number of Leavers	% Turnover
Aberdeen	7	4	9	5	20	13
Barlinnie	53	9	55	9	41	7
Castle Huntly	4	6	7	8	3	4
Cornton Vale	13	5	29	12	27	11
Dumfries	11	7	12	7	17	11
Edinburgh	43	9	45	10	61	14
Friarton	5	10	0	0	0	0
Glenochil	27	6	22	5	29	6
Greenock	10	6	19	10	22	12
Inverness	9	9	9	8	16	15
Low Moss	15	9	10	6	19	11
Noranside	4	6	5	7	7	10
Perth	41	10	36	8	41	9
Polmont	25	7	29	9	26	7
Peterhead	24	9	33	13	25	11
Shotts	33	7	26	6	36	8

Note:Leavers are persons who leave SPS's employment, not those who leave one establishment to work at another.

Question reference: S1W-30524

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, what performance points have been accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock broken down for each heading in Schedule F to the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock, in the current year of its contract to date.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:At present, the performance points accrued for the first six months of this financial year (April to September) are:

Performance Measures	Year 4: First Two Quarters
2.1(a)	5
2.1(b)	0
2.1(c)	0
2.1(d)	0
2.1(e)	5
2.1(f)	10
2.1(g)	550
2.1(h)	0
2.1(i)	290
2.2(a)	50
2.2(b)	210
2.2(c)	40
2.2(d)	0
2.2(e)	0
2.2(f)	10
2.2(g)	740
2.2(h)	135
2.2(i)	0
2.2(j)	0
2.2(k)	10
2.2(l)	0
2.2(m)	8
2.3(a)	0
2.3(b)	0
2.3(c)	0
2.3(d)	0
2.3(e)	0
2.3(f)	0
2.3(g)	0
2.3(h)	0
2.3(i)	0
2.4(a)	0
2.4(b)	100
2.4(c)	0
2.4(d)	205
2.4(e)	0
2.4(f)	0
2.4(g)	0
2.4(h)	0
2.5(a)	0
2.5(b)	0
2.5(c)	0
Total	2,368

Question reference: S1W-30526

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the highest number of prisoners detained in HM Prison Kilmarnock has been since the prison opened; how many prisoners are currently detained in the prison, and what percentage of the prison's total capacity these figures represent.

Question reference: S1W-30510

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many times it has held formal discussions with the Scottish Prison Service about the contract with Premier Prison Services Ltd to run HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-30505

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a detailed breakdown of staffing at HM Prison Kilmarnock by occupation category and what proportion of the staff live in the Kilmarnock and Loudoun postcode areas.

Question reference: S1W-30504

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 October 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current design capacity is of each Scottish Prison Service prison and what the average daily prisoner population was in each prison in the most recent year for which figures are available.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Detailed in the table is the current design capacity and average prisoner population (2001-02) for each Scottish Prison Service establishment.

Establishment	Design Capacity	Average Prisoner Population
Aberdeen	155	197
Barlinnie	1,017	1,090
Castle Huntly	156	136
Cornton Vale	230	237
Dumfries	178	126
Edinburgh	643	689
Glenochil	496	485
Glenochil YOI	174	89
Greenock	254	317
Inverness	108	133
Kilmarnock	548	536
Low Moss	375	325
Noranside	135	103
Perth	593	493
Peterhead	306	291
Polmont	422	431
Shotts	528	512
Total	6,318	6,189