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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-24666

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive in which prisons and in what numbers are the 1,900 prisoners held who are required to slop out each day, as referred to in paragraph 30 of its Scottish Prison Service Estate: Consultation Paper - Proposals for the Future of the Scottish Prison Service Estate.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:This information refers to prisoner places which do not have access to full sanitation. It is contained in The Scottish Prison Service Estates Review Appendix B, which is shown in the following table.

Establishment(Design Capacity)	Without Night Sanitation as at January 2002
Barlinnie (1,009)	833
Edinburgh (678)	292
Glenochil YOI (179)	174
Perth (615)	146
Peterhead (296)	296
Polmont (164)	164
Total	1,905

Question reference: S1W-24662

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Coopers & Lybrand, or their successors PricewaterhouseCoopers, signed Schedule P in line with section 64 of 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 on behalf of the Scottish ministers and, if so, on what date.

Question reference: S1W-24661

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish ministers have (a) contributed substantially to the development of any materials or rights, (b) received any monies resulting from their sale and (c) been made aware of any negotiations which may lead to such a sale in terms of the intellectual property rights provisions under section 51.5 of 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.

Question reference: S1W-24677

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what types of assets would be transferred to the public sector upon termination of 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.

Question reference: S1W-24679

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Prison Kilmarnock was included in the calculation of the projected cost of a Public Private Partnership Private Build Private Operate prison as referred to in paragraph 1.3 of the Financial Review of Scottish Prisons Service Estates Review by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Question reference: S1W-24676

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what value of assets, calculated at March 2001 values, would be transferred to the public sector upon termination after 25 years of 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 and to which public body would these assets be transferred.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:As published in the SPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2000-01, included with Land and Buildings, as at 31 March 2001, is an amount of £5,259,566 for the reversionary interest in the Private Finance Initiative prison HM Prison Kilmarnock. These assets will transfer to SPS at the end of the contract.

Question reference: S1W-24614

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive in how many quarters has there been a reduction in the payment under section 35 of 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 as a result of the application of schedule F of the agreement and in which quarters this has occurred.

Question reference: S1W-24262

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any self-help groups for tinnitus sufferers in (a) the north east of Scotland and (b) the Highlands area and whether there are any plans to increase the number of such groups.

Question reference: S1W-24261

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 April 2002

Question reference: S1W-24260

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2002
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 22 April 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tinnitus sufferers there currently are in (a) the Banff and Buchan parliamentary constituency and (b) Scotland.

The information requested is not held centrally and should be requested directly from NHS boards.The review of audiology services commissioned last year, and due to report in the autumn, will collect data on the number of patients being referred for treatment for tinnitus and the services currently available. The review will make recommendations on how NHSScotland should address any shortfalls identified.