- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it evaluates rehabilitation programmes delivered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), in particular the cognitive skills programme, and the impact of such programmes on re-offending rates.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Serviceis currently evaluating the impact of accredited offending behaviourprogrammes, including the cognitive skills programme, using a range ofmeasures. These include changes in attitudinal and behavioural indices; changesin attitudinal and behavioural proxy measures; prisoner interviews; and theanalysis of “return to custody” and reconviction data on the best availableproxies for re-offending rates.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which key performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service are outcome-based.
Answer
Of the seven ministerial keyperformance indicators set for 2003-04, Five are outcome-based:
escapes;
serious assaults;
available prison places withaccess to night sanitation;
percentage testing positivein Mandatory Drug Testing procedures, and
average annual cost perprisoner place.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the key performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) in order reflect the need to focus on rehabilitation as well as incarceration and recognise the value of qualitative measures over quantitative measures.
Answer
Three of the seven keyperformance indicators already focus on whole or part of rehabilitation in linewith the challenge set for SPS to protect the public by reducing re-offending. The key performance indicators are quantitative, but SPS recognises the valueof qualitative data such as that collected through its prisoner survey.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how performance indicators for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are set.
Answer
Ministers set SPS targets ona range of indicators. These are designed to indicate how efficiently andeffectively SPS is delivering its business. Targets are reviewed periodically.Those currently set cover the period up to 2004-05.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 18 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what key performance indicators are set for the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) as a whole and how the SPS has performed against such indicators.
Answer
The information is publishedon page 9 of the Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts, availablein the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 28640) and on SPS’s website.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding is required to implement the European Working Time Directive in the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3784 on 14 November 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to train ambulance technicians as paramedics; how long such training takes, and what the cost of the training is.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3788. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the likely impact of the European Working Time Directive will be on the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3784 on 14 November 2003. 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/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are, and timetable there is, for implementing the European Working Time Directive in the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Answer
Hours of work are the subjectof continuous monitoring by the Scottish Ambulance Service and the informationis shared with staff side representatives. This information is used to informdiscussions about changes that require to be made to ensure sustainedcompliance with the directive. The service has drawn up options and plans forimplementing these changes, including adjusted shift patterns and theconversion of some ambulance stations to different modes of working, includingfull-time working. It is continuing to work through this change programme.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 31 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 14 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Ambulance Service will install map tracking systems in all ambulances and, if so, what the timescale and cost will be of so doing.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-3787 on 14 November 2003. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
