- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, whether the new standards for health care of prisoners to be completed by March 2003 will enable current performance of health care in prisons to be monitored against those standards.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30686 by Mr Jim Wallace on 25 November 2002, what the reasons are other than the changing prison population for there being no information available on the number of prisoners that have a mental illness requiring medical treatment.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No records are held centrally on the number of individual prisoners requiring drug treatment, group therapy or one to one interventions for mental health problems. We have nothing to add to the answer given to question S1W-30686.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30022 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, what difficulties arose in auditing compliance with Standards of Health Care for Prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Some of the standards as currently written are difficult to measure compliance against.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29924 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 October 2002, whether, as part of the procurement process for prison health care services, any consideration was given to (a) the provision of services by the NHS (b) the provision of services otherwise by the public sector and (c) a not-for-profit service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Expressions of interest in providing primary care medical services within prisons were sought from a range of providers, including Primary Care NHS Trusts across Scotland.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2002
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Answered by Hugh Henry on 17 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31450 by Mr Jim Wallace on 2 December 2002, which budgets within the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are delegated to individual prisons and other establishments within the SPS; what each such budget covers, and what expenditure relating to prisons and other establishments is budgeted for centrally
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Budgets are allocated to areas best placed to manage them at any point in time. For example, when a process is relatively new the costs may be managed centrally and then subsequently delegated. Budgets at present delegated to prisons and other establishments are set out in the table but may change from year to year and during the year. A number of areas are managed by the centre including estate development, cost of capital and some specialist functions. These can also change from year to year and during the year.Budgets Categories Delegated to Prisons and Other Establishments by Expenditure Heading
| Budget Category | Description |
| 1. Revenue Budgets | Sale of GoodsSales Value for ProductionSale of QuartersGeneral Revenue |
| 2. Running Cost Budgets | PayAllowancesOvertimeOther staff costsCasual Temporary StaffTravel and SubsistenceEquipment Repair/UpgradeEquipment Renewal/ReplacementPlant and Equipment running costsMaintenance and Repair of prison buildingsMaintenance and Repair of housingOther repair costsIn house teams (maintenance)Fuel and Public UtilitiesStationery, Printing and TelecomsTraining and Associated CostsProjects and ProgrammesStaff Related Administration ExpensesOther General Administration ExpensesDepreciation |
| 3. Other Current Expenditure | Fees PaidOther Current CostsVictuallingHealth carePrisoner Related ServiceOther SuppliesGoods for productionVehicle and Freight CostsPrisoner EarningsVocational TrainingEducation, Physical Education, RecreationAdministration |
| 4. Capital Expenditure | Plant and EquipmentMinor Works |
Centrally managed budgets include headquarters, central stores and shared central services and support functions for the whole of SPS.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 December 2002
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 16 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many abortions have been performed since 1967 under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 and how many of these have been performed in order to save the life of the pregnant women under section 1(1) of the act, expressed also in percentage of the total number of abortions.
Answer
Information on abortions performed in Scotland under the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967 are published annually by the Information and Statistics Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland. Figures can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/isd/sexual_health/Abortion/AAS_homepage.htmTable 6 on these web pages provides figures for 1986 to 2001. Information on abortions performed in order to save the life of the woman is only available from 1991, recorded in the abortion notifications under ground F (it was necessary to save the life of the woman).
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32366 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2002, where a publication whose area of distribution is restricted to Scotland, or a part of Scotland, includes a report in contravention of the reporting restrictions in clauses 59 or 69 of the Criminal Justice Bill, whether a person suspected of an offence under those clauses would be prosecuted in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32784 on 13 January 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32365 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 December 2002, under what other circumstances prosecuting authorities in Scotland will ignore an offence committed under clauses 59 and 69 of the Criminal Justice Bill in Scotland on the basis that a similar offence has been committed in another jurisdiction.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-32784 on 13 January 2003. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2002
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Answered by Hugh Henry on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31487 and document Bib. number 25002, what the nature was of the incidents of concerted indiscipline in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of performance year 4 of the operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Both incidents occurred within one of the houseblocks but involved different groups of prisoners. In the first incident, three prisoners obstructed staff from removing two others who had damaged wing televisions and had thrown items from one floor to another. In the second incident, three prisoners tried to incite others to refuse to return to their cells. Both incidents were resolved relatively quickly and without any injuries.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 13 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31487 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 November 2002 and document Bib. number 25002, what the nature was of the incident of failure to comply with agreed reporting procedures in quarter 1 of performance year 4 of the operation 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:Staff on a local hospital escort were absent from the recovery room in the early stages of a prisoner regaining consciousness after an operation. That incident was not reported within the timescales prescribed by SPS Incident Reporting Procedures.
