- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available to ensure that the further education sector can accommodate a 96% student number target for 2012-13 and what targets for student numbers have been set for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Answer
<>I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05066 on 30 January 2012. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether changes are being made to the block grant being provided to the further education sector as proposed in the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13.
Answer
Yes. For example, the £15 million college transformation fund that I announced on 7 December 2011 will be available to colleges in 2012-13 to support change in the sector and help fund the cost of regional mergers. As in previous years, there may also be in-year adjustments to amounts allocated.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the Scottish Funding Council to ensure that baseline student numbers at further education colleges are maintained in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
Answer
My officials are routinely involved in discussions with the Scottish Funding Council on matters relating to further education, including on maintaining the baseline of student numbers at colleges.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason there has been a delay in confirming with colleges their budget allocation for 2012-13.
Answer
There has been no delay. The timetable published in our consultation paper on college regionalisation indicated college funding allocations would be made available in March 2012, following parliamentary approval of the 2012-13 budget. This is what we will do.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the block grant to the further education sector is for (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
Answer
The block grant to the further education sector for (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15 is shown in the following table. The figures for 2012-13 are subject to parliamentary approval and the figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15 are plans. The capital split between further education and higher education in each of the years has not yet been finalised.
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2012-13 (£ million)
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2013-14 (£ million)
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2014-15 (£ million)
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FE Programme
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506.9
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494.7
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470.7
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FE/HE Capital
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60.7
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45.9
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56.4
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- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 30 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what budget was proposed for each college when the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 was published.
Answer
Matters relating to the funding of individual colleges fall within the responsibility of the Scottish Funding Council. I have asked its Chief Executive to write to the member.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-scale responses have been required at prisons other than HMP Addiewell in the last five years.
Answer
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
There have been no “full-scale” responses at prisons in the last five years, inclusive of HMP Addiewell. All incidents have been resolved locally without recourse to a full Incident Command response from the Scottish Prison Service.
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) prisoner-on-prisoner and (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults have been recorded at HMP Addiewell in each year since it opened.
Answer
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows: The following table shows the number of assaults in HMP Addiewell since it opened in December 2008.
The prisoner on prisoner assaults figures for 2008/09 cannot be directly compared to the figures for 2009/10 onwards as they were calculated differently at that time and do not include assaults as a result of fights between two or more people, which can result in multiple assaults:
| Prisoner on Prisoner Assaults | Prisoner on Staff Assaults |
2008/09 | 26 | 14 |
2009/10 | 284 | 46 |
2010/11 | 253 | 36 |
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) prisoner-on-prisoner and (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults have been reported in each prison in each of the last five years.
Answer
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The table below illustrates the total number of prisoner on prisoner assaults and prisoner on staff assaults broken down by Establishment for the last five years. Serious, minor and non injury assaults are included. The difference in the number of assaults is in part linked to differences in the prisoner population housed in each prison. The prisoner on prisoner assaults figures for 2007/08 and 2008/09 cannot be directly compared to the figures for 2009/10 onwards as they were calculated differently at that time and do not include assaults as a result of fights between two or more people, which can result in multiple assaults.
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Prisoner-on-prisoner assaults:
| 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
Aberdeen | 26 | 46 | 113 | 110 | 126 |
Addiewell* | | 26 | 284 | 253 | 159 |
Barlinnie | 67 | 64 | 309 | 228 | 201 |
Cornton Vale | 41 | 48 | 156 | 183 | 182 |
Dumfries | 26 | 24 | 41 | 63 | 66 |
Edinburgh | 67 | 90 | 296 | 259 | 252 |
Glenochil | 28 | 30 | 80 | 120 | 109 |
Greenock | 26 | 37 | 55 | 51 | 49 |
Inverness | 18 | 17 | 50 | 56 | 47 |
Kilmarnock | 58 | 61 | 162 | 184 | 258 |
Low Moss** | 1 | | | | |
Open Estate | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Perth | 64 | 67 | 145 | 174 | 173 |
Peterhead | 13 | 14 | 29 | 25 | 10 |
Polmont | 137 | 153 | 572 | 547 | 734 |
Shotts | 10 | 15 | 66 | 49 | 74 |
Totals | 583 | 694 | 2359 | 2304 | 2442 |
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Prisoner-on-staff assaults:
| 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 |
Aberdeen | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
Addiewell* | | 14 | 46 | 36 | 14 |
Barlinnie | 19 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 23 |
Cornton Vale | 22 | 47 | 46 | 51 | 50 |
Dumfries | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Edinburgh | 13 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 13 |
Glenochil | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Greenock | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Inverness | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kilmarnock | 16 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
Low Moss** | 0 | | | | |
Open Estate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Perth | 14 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
Peterhead | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Polmont | 8 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 21 |
Shotts | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Totals | 114 | 153 | 180 | 173 | 169 |
*HMP Addiewell opened December 2008
**HMP LowMoss closed in March 2007 and re-opened in March 2012
- Asked by: Neil Findlay, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2012
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 27 January 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cause was of the reported incident that occurred at HMP Addiewell on 2 January 2012.
Answer
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
This incident is currently subject to an investigation by Lothian and Borders Police and may be subject to court action. It would not be appropriate therefore to comment further in advance of the completion of these enquiries.