- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many whole-time equivalent nursing posts there currently are in each Scottish prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
| Establishment | WTE |
| Aberdeen | 6 |
| Barlinnie | 35 |
| Cornton Vale | 15 |
| Dumfries | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 20 |
| Glenochil | 15 |
| Greenock | 7 |
| Inverness | 3 |
| Low Moss | 5 |
| Perth (inclusive of Castle Huntly and Noranside) | 24 |
| Peterhead | 6 |
| Polmont | 16 |
| Shotts | 14 |
| Total | 171 |
Staffing levels at HMP Kilmarnock is a matter for the operators Premier Prison Services Ltd.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what special expertise, knowledge and experience in relation to health education the chairperson of the Health Education Board for Scotland is required to have.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-18191.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the social work cost per prisoner was in each Scottish prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock, 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 social work cost per prisoner is not a figure that is kept by SPS because the needs of individual prisoners and therefore costs are extremely variable, dependent, for example, on whether they are subject to post-release supervision and their level of vulnerability.
The cost of social work to all SPS establishments from 31 March 2000 to 1 April 2001 (the first year these figures were sought) amounted to over £2 million. The average prison population during this period within SPS establishments was approximately 5,600.
The cost for social work at HM Prison, Kilmarnock is not included in this figure as it is not an SPS managed establishment.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times disciplinary action has been taken against prisoners in (a) HM Prison Kilmarnock, (b) HM Prison Perth, (c) HM Prison Peterhead and (d) HM Prison Barlinnie in the last year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
This information can be found in the SPS Annual Report.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in each of the last three years the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has taken back resources from a higher education institute because the quality of provision was unsatisfactory.
Answer
None. The first round of quality assessments ended in 1997-99, and the second began in 2000-01. No quality assessment reports have been produced in the last three years.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 26 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council uses in deciding whether the quality of provision in higher education institutions is not satisfactory.
Answer
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has undertaken assessment of teaching quality on behalf of the SHEFC since the start of academic year 2000-01. Details of the new system can be found on the QAA website (www.qaa.ac.uk).
No reports have yet been published under the new methodology.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 25 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government in support of changing the threshold at which graduates start repaying their student loans and when it will make an announcement on the outcome of any negotiations with Her Majesty's Government on this matter.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of issues, including the repayment threshold for student loans.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many accidents took place at the Holmston roundabout in Ayr in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The number of personal injury accidents in each of the last 10 years (1991-2000) on the A77 trunk road at Holmston Roundabout, Ayr is as follows:
Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total |
1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1994 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
1998 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Total | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of hospital cleaners to patients has been in (a) Scotland as a whole and (b) each health board area in each of the past 10 years.
Answer
The information is not available in the form requested.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 21 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the fire brigade has been called out to each Scottish prison, including HM Prison Kilmarnock, during (a) daytime and (b) night-time 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:Comprehensive information is not recorded centrally and could not be assembled except at disproportionate cost.
