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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-26064

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, whether it will provide a breakdown of the performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock under section 2.4(b) showing the number and degree of instances of failure to deliver the required sentenced prisoner work hours for each year of operation.

Question reference: S1W-26062

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, whether it will provide a breakdown of the performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock under section 2.2(b) for each category of assault for each year of operation.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The answer to question S1W-25569 was based on performance measure points having been applied on the following "level of injury sustained" incidents*:Year 1: none serious, six minor, 21 no injury.Year 2: none serious, five minor, 39 no injury.Year 3: two serious, eleven minor, 65 no injury. Note:*Points were awarded on the number of assailants and/or prisoners injured in a proven assault.

Question reference: S1W-26067

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002, whether it will provide a breakdown of the performance points accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock under section 2.4(e) showing the number and degree of instances of failure to deliver the required regime activity hours for remand prisoners for each year of operation.

Question reference: S1W-25641

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is of holding a person in prison for (a) a seven-day sentence, (b) a two-week sentence, (c) a one-month sentence, (d) a two-month sentence, (e) a three-month sentence, (f) a six-month sentence, (g) a one-year sentence, (h) a two-year sentence and (i) a four-year sentence, broken down by gender.

Question reference: S1W-25643

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any internal guidance to staff of the Scottish Prison Service on how to deal with parliamentary questions and whether any such guidance will be published.

Question reference: S1W-25750

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 27 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will employ in the selection of consultants for work on each of recommendations 17, 19, 20, 22, 25 and 26 contained in The Scottish Fire Service of the Future.

Question reference: S1W-25751

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2002
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 23 May 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the recommendations of the joint Scottish Executive and Brigades Purchasing Arrangements Working Group on the review of procurement within the fire service are publicly available; if so, in what format and, if not, what the reasons are for withholding these recommendations.

Question reference: S1W-25642

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 it has issued any internal guidance to civil servants on how to answer parliamentary questions additional to the civil service code and whether any such guidance will be published.

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