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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: S2W-10932

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8514 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, when it will begin publishing the monthly performance summary of the operation of Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd in escorting prisoners.

Question reference: S2W-10934

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8450 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, what incidents involving (a) staff misbehaviour and (b) prisoner indiscipline it considers to be significant in respect of the Escort Monitor’s report on the Reliance contract.

Question reference: S2W-10929

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to transfer the post or the powers of the controller of HM Prison Kilmarnock to the prison operator.

Question reference: S2W-10926

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, why the costs given did not include the opportunity costs of assigning prison officers to escort duties.

Question reference: S2W-10927

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, whether it includes in the cost of risks associated with escort duties the cost of recapturing an escaped prisoner.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The costs given in the answer to question S2W-09015, answered on 30 August 2004, do not include the cost of recapturing an escaped prisoner. All answers towritten PQs are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-10928

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-9015 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 August 2004, whether there were any other reasons for the delay in providing the information requested other than commercial confidentiality.

Question reference: S2W-11077

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what statutory authority Reliance employees have within the bounds of properties of the Scottish Court Service.

Question reference: S2W-10941

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the public interest in the release of commercially confidential information in Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services in Scotland is outweighed by any harm likely to arise from such a release.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

Yes. The exemptions under which the SPS withheld information from the published version of the contract are subject to a public interest test. The SPS concluded that the harm likely to arise from the publication of the withheld information outweighed the public interest in releasing the information.

Question reference: S2W-10940

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 13 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive under what exemption to the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information it decided to withhold information contained in Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-10942

Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 October 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive under what exemption to the Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information it decided to withhold information contained in appendix A of schedule 2 to Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort and Court Custody Services in Scotland.