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Question reference: S1W-33901

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many recorded offences of (a) breach of the peace and (b) petty assault there were in 2001, broken down by local authority area.

The information requested is given in the following table:

Local Authority	Number of Cases of Breach of the Peace Recorded	Number of Cases of Petty Assault Recorded
Aberdeen City	3,826	3,222
Aberdeenshire	2,431	1,752
Angus	1,240	994
Argyll and Bute	1,722	566
Clackmannanshire	674	508
Dumfries and Galloway	1,423	1,073
Dundee City	2,714	1,829
East Ayrshire	1,658	1,149
East Dunbartonshire	772	516
East Lothian	521	785
East Renfrewshire	522	322
Edinburgh, City of	3,658	7,167
Eilean Siar	254	131
Falkirk	1,952	1,484
Fife	3,954	3,421
Glasgow, City of	16,077	9,836
Highland	3,733	1,982
Inverclyde	1,380	888
Midlothian	611	918
Moray	1,945	982
North Ayrshire	1,868	1,138
North Lanarkshire	5,093	3,181
Orkney Island	157	86
Perth and Kinross	1,288	944
Renfrewshire	2,146	1,829
Scottish Borders	931	1,021
Shetland Islands	159	95
South Ayrshire	1,359	908
South Lanarkshire	4,614	2,598
Stirling	1,166	756
West Dunbartonshire	1,546	932
West Lothian	1,207	1,857
All Scotland	72,601	54,870

Question reference: S1W-33899

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31154 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002, what performance-related revenue deductions were incurred under the contract to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock by the prison's operator in the quarter October to December 2002.

Question reference: S1W-33898

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-31088, S1W-31487 and S1W-32018 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 November, 22 November and 10 December 2002 respectively, whether it will show the performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock, broken down for each heading and sub-section in sections 2.1(i), 2.2(a), 2.2(b), 2.4(a), 2.4(b), 2.4(d) and 2.4(e) 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, for the quarter October to December 2002.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Performance Points to Date - Year 4, Quarter 3

2.1 (i)	Failure of Security Procedures	240
2.2 (a)	Serious Injury	0
	Minor Injury	0
	No Injury	5
2.2 (b)	Serious Injury	0
	Minor Injury	60
	No Injury	70
2.4 (a)	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (76-95%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (66-75%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (56-65%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (Equal to or less than 55%)	0
2.4 (b)	Failure to Deliver Work Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (76-95%)	40
	Failure to Deliver Work Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (66-75%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Work Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (56-65%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Work Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (Equal to or less than 55%)	0
2.4 (d)	Failure to Provide Structured Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (76-95%)	35
	Failure to Provide Structured Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (66-75%)	0
	Failure to Provide Structured Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (56-65%)	0
	Failure to Provide Structured Activity Hours (Sentenced Prisoners) (Equal to or less than 55%)	0
2.4 (e)	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours for Remand Prisoners (76-95%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours for Remand Prisoners (76-95%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours for Remand Prisoners (76-95%)	0
	Failure to Deliver Regime Activity Hours for Remand Prisoners (76-95%)	0

Question reference: S1W-33820

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) Premier Custodial Group Ltd, (b) any of its subsidiary companies and (c) any other companies that belong to the parent companies of the Premier group will be allowed to bid for the new private prison in the light of the experience of HM Prison Young Offenders Institution Ashfield and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.

Question reference: S1W-33821

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what guarantees it can give that the level of violence that has occurred at HM Prison Young Offenders Institution Ashfield will not occur at HM Prison Kilmarnock.

Question reference: S1W-33812

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any performance points will accrue directly or indirectly to the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock for the fire at the prison reported in the Sunday Mail on 19 January 2003 and what the reasons are for the position on the matter.

Question reference: S1W-33801

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what fine the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock are liable for as a result of the concerted indiscipline that occurred there on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.

Question reference: S1W-33811

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many officers from Strathclyde Police intervened during the concerted indiscipline that occurred at HM Prison Kilmarnock on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.

This is an operational matter for the force and information of this sort is not held centrally.Police forces have contingency plans, developed with partner organisations, to cover a variety of situations that may occur at key premises or installations, including each prison, within their areas. These set out individual organisational roles and responsibilities as well as the actions to be taken should a contingency response be required.

Question reference: S1W-33802

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how many performance points have been accrued under the 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 by the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock as a result of the concerted indiscipline there on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.

Question reference: S1W-33749

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 February 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the summary document of Recording Our Achievements was distributed as an insert with a newspaper or periodical and, if so, in which newspapers or periodicals, on which dates and what the cost was of each such distribution.