- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 5 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets have been agreed in respect of target 1 for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-2006; What the money buys; whether there has been any announcement on this matter, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is committed to agreeing targets covering the progress of cases through the criminal justice system as set out in target 1 for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Building a Better Scotland - Spending Proposals 2003-2006; What the money buys. We are actively engaged in discussions with the police and the Scottish Court Service to agree such targets for the next financial year and, as the first stage of that process, have agreed to work in partnership with them in fulfilment of the Scottish Court Service's new target to dispose of all summary criminal cases within 20 weeks from first calling in court to sentence.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 5 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive who is liable for any injury occurring to staff sent from other Scottish Prison Service establishments to HM Prison Kilmarnock to deal with any concerted indiscipline there.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 4 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2506 by Mr Jack McConnell on 11 November 1999, how much of the Scottish block is administered by non-departmental public bodies in the current financial year and what the comparable figures were for 2000-01 and 2001-02.
Answer
Spending plans for non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) as a share of total managed expenditure is as shown in the following table:
| | 2000-01(£ Million) | 2001-02(£ Million) | 2002-03(£ Million) |
| NDPBs | 2,109 | 2,138 | 2,120 |
| Total Managed Expenditure | 17,997 | 19,893 | 21,098 |
| % | 12 | 11 | 10 |
In order to provide comparable information, the information given is drawn from stage 1 of the Budget Process for each of the relevant years.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 3 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33538 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 February 2003, in how many cases a serious assault has occurred in HM Prison Kilmarnock but no performance points have accrued to the prison operators, showing for each such case whether (a) no charges were brought in relation to the assault, (b) charges were dropped by the prosecution or (c) no conviction was obtained despite prosecution.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Performance points have not been applied in 13 such cases referred to the police because, so far as can be ascertained, there were no court proceedings and consequently no convictions. A trial is under way in one case and investigations are on-going in another 11 cases. It is not possible to say why there were no proceedings in the 13 cases, for the reasons given in the answer to question S1W-33537 on 11 February 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: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-31088, S1W-31487, S1W-32018 and S1W-33898 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 November, 22 November and 10 December 2002 and 18 February 2003 respectively, whether it will show the performance points 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 Ltd for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock other than sections 2.1(i), 2.2(a), 2.2(b), 2.4(a), 2.4(b), 2.4(d) and 2.4(e) for the quarter October to December 2002.
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.Performance Points - Year 4, Quarter 3
| 2.1 (a) | Absconds | 0 |
| 2.1 (b) | Temporary Release: Inadequate Risk Assessment | 0 |
| 2.1 (c) | Release of Prisoner in Error | 0 |
| 2.1 (d) | Failure to Provide Accurate Daily Report | 0 |
| 2.1 (e) | Failure to input basic Details into Prisoner Records | 0 |
| 2.1 (f) | Failure to Process Accurate Warrant Details | 10 |
| 2.1 (g) | Discovery within Prison of Smuggled-in-Items | 175 |
| 2.1 (h) | Key/Lock Compromise | 0 |
| 2.2 (c) | Incident of Concerted Indiscipline | 20 |
| 2.2 (d) | Incident of Hostage Taking | 0 |
| 2.2 (e) | Incident of Roof Climbing | 0 |
| 2.2 (f) | Incident of Self Harm | 15 |
| 2.2 (g) | Incident of Class 'A' Drugs | 400 |
| 2.2 (h) | Incident of Drugs Other than Class 'A' | 60 |
| 2.2 (i) | Contingency Planning Exercise (non-completion) | 0 |
| 2.2 (j) | Fire Evacuation Exercise (non-completion) | 0 |
| 2.2 (k) | Failure to Comply with Agreed Reporting Procedures | 10 |
| 2.2 (l) | Tool/Implement Loss (Recovered) | 4 |
| 2.2 (m) | Tool/Implement Loss (Not recovered) | 12 |
| 2.3 (a) | Failure to Provide Timeous Medical Assistance | 0 |
| 2.3 (b) | Failure to see Medical Officer on Admission | 0 |
| 2.3 (c) | Failure to Provide Meal | 0 |
| 2.3 (d) | Failure to Comply with Health & Safety and Hygiene Requirements/Legislation | 0 |
| 2.3 (e) | Failure to Respond to Prisoner Complaint Timeously | 0 |
| 2.3 (f) | Substantiated Complaints against Staff | 0 |
| 2.3 (g) | Failure to Comply with Cleaning Schedule | 0 |
| 2.3 (h) | Failure to Repair (Equipment and Services) | 0 |
| 2.3 (i) | Failure to Repair (Accommodation & other Areas of Prison | 0 |
| 2.4 (c) | Failure to Deliver Education Hours (76-95%) | 0 |
| Failure to Deliver Education Hours (66-75%) | 0 |
| Failure to Deliver Education Hours (56-65%) | 0 |
| Failure to Deliver Education Hours ( Less than or equal to 55%) | 0 |
| 2.4 (f) | Failure to Provide Sentence Planning | 0 |
| 2.4 (g) | Failure to Provide Prisoner Compacts | 0 |
| 2.4 (h) | Failure to Deliver Offending Behaviour Programmes | 0 |
| 2.5 (a) | Failure to Deliver Pre-Release Programmes | 0 |
| 2.5 (b) | Visits - Failure to Start within 20 mins. of Visitor Arriving | 4 |
| 2.5 (c) | Prisoner Not Visited by Legal Advisor | 0 |
| 2.6 | Failure to Report/Incorrect Reporting of any Performance Measure | 0 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have (a) had proceedings taken against them for and (b) received (i) an adjudication or (ii) a criminal conviction for violence at HM Prison Kilmarnock in each quarter since the prison came into operation.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The number of cases dealt with in the orderly room has been:Year 1 (including opening months): 3,200Year 2: 4,300Year 3: 4,100Year 4 (10 months): 4,200A breakdown of types of breaches of discipline is contained in Appendix 6 of the latest SPS Annual Report and Accounts. This document can be found in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 22587).The remainder of the information is not available.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 27 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be available for schemes funded by the Better Neighbourhood Services Fund when that fund ends.
Answer
We have made no commitment to continue to fund BNSF pathfinder schemes after the programme ends in 2003-04. We are considering how the regeneration resources identified in the 2003-06 budget can be used to take forward our commitments in the Community Regeneration Statement and further announcements will follow in due course.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will re-examine any of its present contracts with companies that are part of the Premier Custodial Group Ltd which operates HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Ashfield and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS see no need to do so. Our contract is working satisfactorily.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive in which performance quarters the maximum limit of 5% of contract price for performance revenue deductions, 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 since operation of HM Prison Kilmarnock began and what the performance revenue deduction would have been in each case had there been no such maximum limit.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Quarters 1, 2 and 3 of performance year 1 and performance quarters 1, 2 and 3 of performance year 4.The contract does not provide for the calculation of performance revenue deductions where no maximum limit applies; such a figure cannot therefore be calculated.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many probationer police officers there have been in each police force in each of the last five financial years and in the current financial year to date.
Answer
Information in the form requested is not held centrally. However, the following figures give a breakdown of entrants to probationer training at the Scottish Police College, in each of the past three years. Prior to 2000, figures were recorded for the whole of Scotland and not split between forces. Totals for 1998 and 1999 were 476 and 356 respectively.
| Force | Number of New Recruits |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| British Transport Police | 6 | 18 | 16 |
| Central | 47 | 21 | 51 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 29 | 34 | 12 |
| Fife | 41 | 75 | 57 |
| Grampian | 82 | 75 | 52 |
| Lothian and Borders | 174 | 109 | 173 |
| Northern | 20 | 98 | 42 |
| Strathclyde | 404 | 378 | 383 |
| Tayside | 61 | 55 | 65 |
| Scotland | 864 | 863 | 851 |
Note:Recruits normally retain probationer status for around two years.
