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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.

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Question reference: S1W-25644

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 20 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether written parliamentary questions are ever referred to political advisers for input into the answer and, if so, what proportion, and what its reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S1W-25569

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25133 by Mr Jim Wallace on 1 May 2002, whether it will show the performance points 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 and for each year of operation of the contract.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The performance points are listed in the following table.

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
2.1(c)	0	30	30
2.1(d)	50	0	0
2.1(e)	135	15	0
2.1(f)	90	0	0
2.1(g)	150	50	100
2.1(h)	55	55	0
2.1(i)	185	125	260
2.2(a)	290	230	235
2.2(b)	225	295	645
2.2(c)	160	20	40
2.2(d)	0	0	10
2.2(f)	170	65	110
2.2(g)	580	750	1170
2.2(h)	285	100	185
2.2(i)	5	0	0
2.2(k)	0	0	10
2.2(l)	6	2	2
2.2(m)	12	16	4
2.3(e)	81	0	0
2.3(g)	45	0	0
2.3(h)	130	0	0
2.3(i)	55	0	0
2.4(a)	30	0	0
2.4(b)	105	365	175
2.4(c)	200	0	0
2.4(d)	65	140	240
2.4(e)	270	0	0
2.4(f)	5	10	25
2.4(g)	0	0	0
2.5(b)	639	0	2
Total	3,843	2,268	3,243

The following is a corrected answer (published on 24 May 2002); see below.

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
2.1(c)	0	30	30
2.1(d)	50	0	0
2.1(e)	135	15	0
2.1(f)	90	0	0
2.1(g)	150	50	100
2.1(h)	55	55	0
2.1(i)	185	125	260
2.2(a)	290	230	235
2.2(b)	225	295	645
2.2(c)	160	20	40
2.2(d)	0	0	10
2.2(f)	170	65	110
2.2(g)	580	750	1170
2.2(h)	285	100	185
2.2(i)	5	0	0
2.2(k)	0	0	10
2.2(l)	6	2	2
2.2(m)	12	16	4
2.3(e)	81	0	0
2.3(g)	45	0	0
2.3(h)	130	0	0
2.3(i)	55	0	0
2.4(a)	30	0	0
2.4(b)	105	365	175
2.4(c)	20	0	0
2.4(d)	65	140	240
2.4(e)	270	0	0
2.4(f)	5	10	25
2.4(g)	0	0	0
2.5(b)	639	0	2
Total	3,843	2,268	3,243

Question reference: S1W-24566

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many properties were converted into houses in multiple occupation by social landlords other than local authorities and by private developers in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.

Question reference: S1W-24571

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2002

Question reference: S1W-24570

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 13 May 2002

Question reference: S1W-25267

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 13 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to paragraph 95 of the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review, whether in estimating costs for a publicly built prison the review assumed the adoption of a project management approach to add certainty to the delivery of the project to deadline, detailing the reasons for its position on the matter.

Question reference: S1W-25458

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 10 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive why the Falkirk Council structural plan has not been approved.

Question reference: S1W-25349

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24351 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 April 2002, what the cost was to the Scottish Prison Service of the controller's function at HM Prison Kilmarnock in 2001-02.

Question reference: S1W-25348

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24351 by Mr Jim Wallace on 22 April 2002, what the cost was to the Scottish Prison Service of (a) the Assisted Prison Visit Scheme, (b) additional transitional care service and (c) prisoners' discharge grants at HM Prison Kilmarnock in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The Assisted Prison Visit Scheme cost is charged to SPS by the Home Office without identification of the costs for individual prisons. Transitional care charges are based on the region into which the prisoner is released rather than the prison from which the prisoner has been released. The cost of discharge grants was as follows:

1999-2000	£25,865
2000-01	£42,716
2001-02 (to date)	£38,710

Question reference: S1W-23876

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Curran on 7 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was provided to local authorities in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2001-02 and will be provided in 2002-03 for the provision of equipment and adaptations to promote independent living at home.

Generally it is for local authorities to decide how best to deploy the resources available to them to meet housing need, including the provision of equipment and adaptations to promote independent living at home. However, in 2000-01, a one-off allocation of £5 million was made to local authorities. This was to assist in overcoming any delays in making alterations to the homes of people with disabilities who wished to continue living in their own homes as an alternative to institutional care. The answer given to question S1W-21422 on 18 January 2002, provided a breakdown of this figure by local authority.