- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what costs have been incurred by each local authority on external consultants and advisers for PFI and PPP projects in each year since 1999.
Answer
This is a matter for local authorities.The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the full business case for each public sector capital project involving private finance and whether it will make a commitment to do so for each new project under consideration.
Answer
Since May 1998 the NHS in Scotland hashad a policy of publishing full business cases for signed projects. The Scottish Executive introduced a similar policy for all its PPP projects in June 1999, and allpublic sector bodies are expected to follow suit. One of the conditions of fundingfor the schools PPP projects is that the full business case be made public.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, in total, has been provided in capital resources through all PFI and PPP projects and what the average rate of interest paid to all lenders has been for the provision of that capital.
Answer
An estimate of the capital spendingprovided by the private sector in all public private partnership signed projectsin Scotland in total to date is £2.3 billion. The rate of interestpaid to lenders by PPP consortia for the provision of this capital is not collatedcentrally. This is a matter for individual public sector procuring bodies.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what value of, fines have been written off due to (a) the offender receiving a prison sentence or (b) an alternative disposal for failure to pay in each of the last six years.
Answer
The information requested forthe number of fine defaulters and the value of the fines written off due to theoffender receiving a prison sentence is given in tables 30, 30a, 30b, 33, 33a and33b of
Prison Statistics Scotland, 2002, published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre(Bib. number 29169).
The available information onthe number of supervised attendance orders given to offenders who failed to paya fine is given in table 32 of Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2002-03published by the Scottish Executive in 2003, copies of which are available in the Parliament’sReference Centre (Bib. number 30274). Information on the number and value of thefines involved is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment is carried out on prisoners at HM Prison Kilmarnock who spend long periods of time in their cells.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Normally prisoners who spendlong periods in their cells are prisoners under cellular confinement to maintaingood order and discipline, prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide, prisonerswith mental health problems and young offenders on social care orders. Prisonersunder any of these conditions are kept in either segregation or health care.
Prisoners held in segregationare subject to multi-disciplinary case conferences, which identify and assess individualneeds for the management of difficult prisoners and their reintegration back intothe mainstream population.
Prisoners held under confinementin the health centre for mental health or self-harm issues or young prisoners onsocial Care Orders are also subject to multi disciplinary case conferences. Thefrequency of these case conferences is dependent on need.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-284 by Cathy Jamieson on 4 June 2003 what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-7761 on 7 May 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1868 by Cathy Jamieson on 1 September 2003, whether the maximum limit of 5% of contract price for performance revenue deduction, as referred to in the second paragraph of Schedule F to 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, has been applied for each other quarter of the operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
No.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what performance points were accrued by the operating company of HM Prison Kilmarnock, broken down for each heading and subsection in Schedule F to 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, for the quarters October to December 2003 and January to March 2004.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
| | October – December 2003 | January – March 2004 |
| Failure to process Accurate Warrant Details | 10 | 0 |
| Discovery within Prison of Smuggled in items | 125 | 150 |
| Failure of Security Procedures | 70 | 100 |
| Staff Assault – Serious Injury | 0 | 0 |
| Minor Injury | 0 | 0 |
| No Injury | 15 | 10 |
| Prisoner Assault – Serious Injury | 0 | 0 |
| Minor Injury | 0 | 40 |
| No Injury | 55 | 45 |
| Incident of Concerted Indiscipline | 20 | 40 |
| Incident of Class A Drugs | 350 | 280 |
| Incident of Drugs other than Class A | 95 | 45 |
| Tool/Implement Loss (recovered) | 2 | 0 |
| Tool/Implement Loss (not recovered) | 8 | 4 |
| Failure to start Visits within 20 minutes | 3 | 0 |
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-5824 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 February 2004, what the data held on prison visitors is used for and to which organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service data held on prison visitors is sent.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Data held on prison visitorsis not sent to any organisations outside the Scottish Prison Service. Individualvisitor information may be used by the Scottish Prison Service to ensure the validityof claims for financial assistance towards the cost of travel in relation to prisonvisits. This is carried out in conjunction with the Assisted Prison Visits Unitand is intended to reduce the risk of fraudulent claims.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 April 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-27403 and S2W-286 by Mr Jim Wallace and Cathy Jamieson on 2 August 2002 and 4 June 2003 respectively, whether it has received any further notices under paragraph 6.8 of the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock and, if so, on what dates.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes. The notice was dated 29 January 2004.
