- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20324 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001, what outputs are specified in the Medacs contracts with the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:SPS' contract for the provision of primary care medical services is to deliver services in accordance with our Standards for the Health Care of Prisoners published in 1998.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected cost of social work services in (a) HM Prison Edinburgh, (b) HM Young Offenders Institution Glenochil, (c) HM Young Offenders Institution Dumfries and (d) HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont is for 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows.The expected cost of social work services for 2001-02 is as follows.
(a) HMP Edinburgh | £300,000 |
(b) HMP & YOI Glenochil | £260,000 |
(c) HMP Dumfries | £67,000 |
(d) HMP Polmont | £190,000 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what persons that do not fall within the definition of Scottish public authority in section 3(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill as introduced it intends to designate as Scottish public authorities by order under section 5(1) of the bill as introduced.
Answer
The powers at section 5(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill are included to ensure that ministers can respond to changes in the pattern of public service delivery, bringing public authorities within the coverage of the legislation as appropriate. If the legislation is enacted, consideration will be given in due course as to which bodies will be appropriate for designation for the purposes of the legislation.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many members of staff the Scottish Prison Service Controller at HM Prison Kilmarnock has and what the role is of each
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:In addition to the Controller there are two members of staff. A Deputy Controller and an administrative officer. There is also a part time relief controller to provide cover for further absences.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs of providing information under the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information have been in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date.
Answer
The information requested is not available.All requests for information received by the Scottish Executive and other public authorities covered by the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information must be considered under the terms of the code. As the number of requests for information run into many thousands it is not practicable to provide detailed information on the associated costs. For monitoring purposes, statistics are collected on those requests where the applicant specifically mentions the code, or where the request is refused or where charges are made. During the calendar year 2000 there were 44 such requests.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19196 by Iain Gray on 16 November 2001, what the cost to it has been of the office of the Scottish Prison Service Controller at HM Prison Kilmarnock in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01 and (e) 2001-02 to date in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms at current prices.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The cost of the Controller's function at HMP Kilmarnock has been:
at Current Prices | Cash Terms (£000) | Real Terms (£000) |
1997-98 | Nil | Nil |
1998-99 | Nil | Nil |
1999-2000 | £140 | £146 |
2000-01 | £132 | £135 |
2001 to date | £103 | £103 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many social workers provided social work services at (i) HM Prison Edinburgh, (ii) HM Young Offenders Institution Glenochil, (iii) HM Young Offenders Institution Dumfries and (iv) HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, (c) 2000-01 and (d) 2001-02 and what the ratio of social workers to prisoners has been in each case.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows.The available information is as follows.The number of social workers providing social work service at Edinburgh Prison is currently five and the number of social workers providing social work service at Dumfries is currently 1.5.Glenochil and Polmont have social work service delivered through a contract and the service is therefore based on outputs rather then staff numbers.The information in previous years is not readily available and could not be collected except at disproportionate cost.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 January 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of social work services in (a) HM Prison Edinburgh, (b) HM Young Offenders Institution Glenochil, (c) HM Young Offenders Institution Dumfries and (d) HM Young Offenders Institution Polmont has been in (i) 1998-99, (ii) 1999-2000, (iii) 2000-01 and (iv) 2001-02 to date in (1) cash terms and (2) real terms at current prices.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is as follows:
| (i) (£000s) | (ii) (£000s) | (iii) (£000s) | (iv) (£000s) |
Cash | Real | Cash | Real | Cash | Real | Cash | Real |
(a) | 264 | 282 | 281 | 293 | 247 | 253 | 77 | 77 |
(b) | 219 | 234 | 208 | 217 | 236 | 242 | 141 | 141 |
(c) | 32 | 34 | 42 | 44 | 40 | 41 | 13 | 13 |
(d) | 139 | 148 | 169 | 176 | 153 | 157 | 117 | 117 |
Total | 654 | 698 | 700 | 730 | 676 | 693 | 348 | 348 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the English High Court judgement of 15 November 2001 that cloned embryos are not subject to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, it has any powers or responsibilities in respect of human cloning and, if it does, why a Sewel motion was not lodged before the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 was enacted.
Answer
Human reproductive cloning is a reserved matter by virtue of section J3 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which companies were responsible for undertaking the annual maintenance of fisheries protection vessels Norna and Sulisker in 2001 and whether the maintenance contracts were completed within their quoted time scale and budget.
Answer
Norna's refit was completed by MMS Ship Repair and Dry Dock Company Ltd within the agreed timescale and budget. Sulisker's refit was completed by Dunston (Ship Repairers) Ltd within the allocated time and budget. However, she was not in service for a further seven days due to delays on work by specialist engineering and fire control contractors who had been directly contracted by Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency to undertake additional works while the vessel was in refit.
