-  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10762 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000, what financial allocation was made (a) in total and (b) to each local authority for criminal justice social work in 2001-02.
                                
Answer
                                    Financial allocations to local authorities for 2001-02 for offender services totalled £44,855,716. Allocations to individual local authorities are detailed in the following table. Additional sums to allow for procurement of IT equipment will be notified shortly.Allocations by authority 2001-02
| Local Authority | Total 2001-02 (£) | 
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| Aberdeen City | 2,737,306 | 
| Aberdeenshire | 1,075,465 | 
| Angus | 888,882 | 
| Argyll & Bute | 445,987 | 
| City of Edinburgh | 3,959,960 | 
| Clackmannanshire | 441,109 | 
| Dumfries & Galloway | 1,177,127 | 
| Dundee City | 2,311,743 | 
| East Ayrshire | 954,952 | 
| East Dunbartonshire | 368,815 | 
| East Lothian | 497,568 | 
| East Renfrewshire | 376,618 | 
| Falkirk | 1,018,283 | 
| Fife | 3,206,108 | 
| Glasgow City | 8,961,247 | 
| Highland | 1,716,789 | 
| Inverclyde | 1,081,381 | 
| Midlothian | 500,865 | 
| Moray | 398,176 | 
| North Ayrshire | 1,019,416 | 
| North Lanarkshire | 2,200,218 | 
| Perth & Kinross | 905,096 | 
| Renfrewshire | 1,564,381 | 
| Scottish Borders | 674,073 | 
| South Ayrshire | 771,714 | 
| South Lanarkshire | 2,357,546 | 
| Stirling | 717,766 | 
| West Dunbartonshire | 1,010,707 | 
| West Lothian | 865,912 | 
| Orkney | 306,984 | 
| Shetlands | 208,286 | 
| Western Isles | 135,236 | 
| Total | 44,855,716 | 
 
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-8916 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 August 2000, what the current ratio is of prisoners to uniformed staff in the Scottish Prison Service, broken down by establishment.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is shown in the following table.Ratio of Prisoners to Uniformed Staff in the SPS
| Establishment | 01/04/01 | 
| HMP Aberdeen | 1.5:1 | 
| HMP Barlinnie | 2.1:1 | 
| HMP Castle Huntly | 2.5:1 | 
| HMP Cornton Vale | 1.1:1 | 
| HM YOI Dumfries | 1.1:1 | 
| HMP Edinburgh | 1.8:1 | 
| HMP YOI Glenochil | 1.4:1 | 
| HMP Greenock | 2.0:1 | 
| HMP Inverness | 1.4:1 | 
| HMP Low Moss | 2.6:1 | 
| HMP Noranside | 1.9:1 | 
| HMP Perth | 1.2:1 | 
| HMP Peterhead | 1.5:1 | 
| HMP Polmont | 1.4:1 | 
| HMP Shotts | 1.0:31 | 
| HMP Zeist |  | 
 
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general practitioners Medacs provides to prisons, how these general practitioners are distributed between prisons, and what the ratio of these general practitioners is to prisoners, broken down by prison. 
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not collected by SPS. It is for the contractor to arrange to provide the outputs specified in the contract.
                         
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5082 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 September 2000, how many children under the age of 16 were held in each adult prison for less than (a) 24 hours and (b) 48 hours, (c) up to seven days and (d) more than seven days in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000 and (iii) to date this year.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The following table sets out the number of unruly certificate remands for 1999 and 2000 where the child was under the age of 16. Figures to date this year are not yet available.
|  | 1999 | 2000 | 
|  | < 24hrs | < 48hrs | 3 to 7 Days | > 7 Days | Total | < 24hrs | < 48hrs | 3 to 7 Days | > 7 Days | Total | 
| Aberdeen |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Barlinnie |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Corton Vale |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Dumfries |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 
| Edinburgh |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 
| Glenochil YOI |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Greenock |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Inverness |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  | 0 | 
| Kilmarnock |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  | 1 |  | 1 | 
| Longriggend |  |  | 2 | 2 | 4 |  |  |  | 2 | 2 | 
| Perth |  |  | 4 |  | 4 |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 
| Polmont |  |  |  |  | 0 |  | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 
| Total | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 
 
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive what the turnover of general practitioners who provided a prison medical service was in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000 and (c) 2000-01, broken down by prison. 
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not available.
                         
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7645 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 September 2000, what the average daily population of penal establishments is projected to be in each of the next three financial years, broken down into (a) privately operated penal establishments, (b) Scottish Prison Service establishments and (c) legalised police cells.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The average daily population in the next three financial years is projected to be:
| 2002-03 | 6,400 | 
| 2003-04 | 6,500 | 
| 2004-05 | 6,700 | 
The prisoner population projections do not distinguish between privately operated penal establishments, Scottish Prison Service establishments and legalised police cells.
 
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated monthly cost is of maintaining the estate of the former HM Prison Longriggend.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:About £5,000.
                         
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected cost of social work services to the Scottish Prison Service is for the current financial year.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The estimated cost is between £2 and £2.5 million.
                         
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive what the staff turnover has been at each Scottish Prison Service prison in (a) 2000-01 and (b) to date in the current year.
                                
Answer
                                    I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Establishments | 2000-01 | 01/04/01 to 01/10/01 | 
| Aberdeen | 5 | 6 | 
| Barlinnie | 35 | 19 | 
| Castle Huntly | 5 | 1 | 
| Cornton Vale | 21 | 16 | 
| HM YOI Dumfries | 6 | 4 | 
| Edinburgh | 40 | 31 | 
| YOI Glenochil | 16 | 15 | 
| Greenock | 13 | 9 | 
| Inverness | 5 | 11 | 
| Low Moss | 3 | 9 | 
| Noranside | 2 | 3 | 
| Perth | 25 | 22 | 
| Peterhead | 30 | 20 | 
| Polmont | 21 | 12 | 
| Shotts | 23 | 24 | 
Turnover does not include retiring employees.
 
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                        -  Asked by:     Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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                                            Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2001
                                        
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                                        Current Status:
                                            Answered by   Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2001
                                    
                            
To ask the Scottish Executive  what the average waiting time for an appointment with an audiologist has been in (a) 1999-2000 (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date, broken down by health board.
                                
Answer
                                    The information requested is not available centrally.