- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 21 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30309 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 18 November 2002, how many (a) proceedings were taken by procurators fiscal and (b) convictions were obtained under sections (i) 4(2), (ii) 4(3) and (iii) 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in 2001, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.Persons Proceeded Against Under Sections 4(2), 4(3) and 5(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
1, 2001
| | Section 4(2) | Section 4(3) | Section 5(3) |
| Proceeded against | Charge proved | Proceeded against | Charge proved | Proceeded against | Charge proved |
| All Courts2 | 35 | 28 | 1,139 | 827 | 615 | 429 |
| Non- Sheriff Courts | 1 | 0 | 297 | 244 | 6 | 4 |
| Sheriff Court |
| Aberdeen | 0 | 0 | 37 | 30 | 19 | 16 |
| Airdrie | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 14 |
| Alloa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| Arbroath | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Ayr | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 31 | 17 |
| Banff | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Campbeltown | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cupar | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Dingwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dornoch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumbarton | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 12 |
| Dumfries | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| Dundee | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Dunfermline | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
| Dunoon | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Duns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 12 | 9 | 80 | 65 | 48 | 41 |
| Elgin | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Falkirk | 0 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 12 |
| Forfar | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Fort William | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Glasgow | 3 | 2 | 258 | 163 | 147 | 92 |
| Greenock | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 19 |
| Haddington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 62 | 28 | 74 | 45 |
| Inverness | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 6 |
| Jedburgh | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Kilmarnock | 1 | 1 | 36 | 25 | 32 | 22 |
| Kirkcaldy | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
| Kirkcudbright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Lanark | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Lerwick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Linlithgow | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Lochmaddy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oban | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Paisley | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 8 |
| Peebles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Perth | 0 | 0 | 39 | 26 | 21 | 18 |
| Peterhead | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Portree | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rothesay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selkirk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stirling | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 7 |
| Stonehaven | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stornoway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stranraer | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Tain | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Wick | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Notes:1. Where main offence.2. All courts figure includes a small number of High Court and district court cases.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 20 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what value of, fines were written off in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.
Answer
The information available is given in the following tables. The values of district court fines remitted are not held centrally. The system for writing off sheriff court fines changed in the course of the year 2001-02. Fines due for write off in 2001-02 were not written off until after the end of the financial year and so will be included in the data for 2002-03.Fines Written Off in the Sheriff Courts, 1999-2000 to 2000-01
| | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| No. of Fines | Value (£) | No. of Fines | Value (£) |
| Aberdeen | 84 | 21,615 | 51 | 10,680 |
| Airdrie | 71 | 15,575 | 49 | 11,823 |
| Alloa | 8 | 977 | 6 | 540 |
| Arbroath | 29 | 9,063 | 23 | 6,364 |
| Ayr | 64 | 22,053 | 71 | 21,782 |
| Banff | 3 | 506 | 2 | 490 |
| Campbeltown | 12 | 3,609 | 19 | 6,286 |
| Cupar | 4 | 850 | 1 | 250 |
| Dingwall | 53 | 5,812 | 39 | 5,393 |
| Dornoch | 3 | 553 | 3 | 375 |
| Dumbarton | 60 | 11,800 | 49 | 8,920 |
| Dumfries | 56 | 9,944 | 36 | 7,140 |
| Dundee | 60 | 10,446 | 73 | 16,262 |
| Dunfermline | 24 | 6,098 | 25 | 6,409 |
| Dunoon | 6 | 639 | 6 | 1,860 |
| Duns | - | - | 4 | 1,990 |
| Edinburgh | 329 | 67,576 | 222 | 75,948 |
| Elgin | 25 | 9,455 | 12 | 2,481 |
| Falkirk | 142 | 34,215 | 74 | 25,760 |
| Forfar | - | - | - | - |
| Fort William | 4 | 1,429 | 4 | 1,085 |
| Glasgow | 339 | 64,255 | 391 | 109,678 |
| Greenock | 73 | 19,409 | 23 | 5,145 |
| Haddington | - | - | 8 | 2,756 |
| Hamilton | 336 | 91,848 | 128 | 26,684 |
| Inverness | 30 | 7,390 | 9 | 1,701 |
| Jedburgh | 5 | 817 | 10 | 1,620 |
| Kilmarnock | 40 | 11,875 | 47 | 9,962 |
| Kirkcaldy | 3 | 1,957 | 17 | 3,525 |
| Kirkcudbright | 10 | 1,910 | 3 | 1,155 |
| Kirkwall | 4 | 1,275 | - | - |
| Lanark | 17 | 8,124 | 5 | 3,260 |
| Lerwick | 5 | 1,275 | 1 | 170 |
| Linlithgow | 81 | 16,827 | 63 | 17,325 |
| Lochmaddy | 1 | 55 | 1 | 200 |
| Oban | 4 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,877 |
| Paisley | 188 | 49,370 | 120 | 33,943 |
| Peebles | - | - | - | - |
| Perth | 23 | 4,469 | 21 | 5,330 |
| Peterhead | 5 | 1,040 | 5 | 1,733 |
| Portree | - | - | 2 | 400 |
| Rothesay | 1 | 150 | - | - |
| Selkirk | 1 | 60 | 5 | 427 |
| Stirling | 21 | 2,988 | 13 | 5,416 |
| Stonehaven | 9 | 3,865 | 6 | 845 |
| Stornoway | 1 | 450 | 4 | 856 |
| Stranraer | 27 | 7,509 | 22 | 6,365 |
| Tain | 4 | 953 | 8 | 2,140 |
| Wick | 2 | 380 | 2 | 255 |
| Scotland | 2,267 | 532,481 | 1,691 | 455,604 |
District Court Fines
1 Remitted by Court, 1999-2000 to 2001-02
| | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| | Fully or Partly Remitted | Fully Remitted | Partly Remitted | Fully Remitted | Partly Remitted |
| Aberdeen City | 146 | 33 | 26 | 94 | 17 |
| Aberdeenshire | 61 | 28 | 21 | 79 | 31 |
| Angus | 27 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Argyll and Bute | 162 | 60 | 25 | 54 | 22 |
| Clackmannanshire | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 28 | - | 12 | 11 | 6 |
| Dundee City | 38 | 25 | 69 | 30 | - |
| East Ayrshire | 116 | 13 | 8 | 68 | 37 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| East Lothian | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| East Renfrewshire | - | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Edinburgh, City of | 408 | N/A | N/A | 240 | 38 |
| Eilean Siar | - | 19 | - | N/A | N/A |
| Falkirk | 42 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Fife2 | 225 | 117 | 38 | 137 | 42 |
| Glasgow City | 385 | 141 | 40 | 43 | 39 |
| Highland | 180 | 125 | 103 | 19 | 18 |
| Inverclyde | 31 | 23 | 9 | 31 | 19 |
| Midlothian | 2 | 5 | - | 12 | 5 |
| Moray | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | 1 |
| North Ayrshire | 59 | 13 | 36 | 24 | 36 |
| North Lanarkshire3 | 425 | 250 | 10 | 645 | (4) |
| Perth and Kinross | 80 | 126 | 57 | 79 | N/A |
| Renfrewshire | 255 | 143 | 129 | 49 | 57 |
| Scottish Borders | 41 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| South Ayrshire | 2 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| South Lanarkshire | 106 | 41 | 36 | 21 | 7 |
| Stirling | 32 | 40 | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| West Dunbartonshire | 436 | 55 | 26 | 22 | 22 |
| West Lothian | 36 | 154 | 4 | 154 | 6 |
| Scotland | 3,353 | 1,457 | 695 | 1,906 | 475 |
Notes:1. For some courts other types of fine (e.g. registered fines/compensation orders) are included as not separately identifiable.2. 2001-02: Fife figures are for Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy only, N/A for Cupar. 3. 2000-01: North Lanarkshire figures are for Coatbridge only.4. Included with fines fully remitted.
- 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 20 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what communications it has had with HM Prison Service with regard to HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Ashfield and, in particular, the management of the institution.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS has discussions with HM Prison Service, covering a range of issues, but not normally the management of individual establishments.
- 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 19 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how the stabbings of three prisoners at HM Prison Kilmarnock in September 2002 were recorded for the purpose of the (a) prison's performance points and (b) Scottish Prison Service's key performance indicators.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Three KPI assaults were recorded. No performance points have been recorded; the police are investigating the incident.
- 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 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many officers from Strathclyde Police intervened during the concerted indiscipline that occurred at HM Prison Kilmarnock on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.
Answer
This is an operational matter for the force and information of this sort is not held centrally.Police forces have contingency plans, developed with partner organisations, to cover a variety of situations that may occur at key premises or installations, including each prison, within their areas. These set out individual organisational roles and responsibilities as well as the actions to be taken should a contingency response be required.
- 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 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any performance points will accrue directly or indirectly to the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock for the fire at the prison reported in the Sunday Mail on 19 January 2003 and what the reasons are for the position on the 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 answer given to question S1W-33802 today. 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, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what fine the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock are liable for as a result of the concerted indiscipline that occurred there on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There is no provision for fines in the arrangements for operating Kilmarnock prison. Investigations into the alleged incident are on-going.
- 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 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) Premier Custodial Group Ltd, (b) any of its subsidiary companies and (c) any other companies that belong to the parent companies of the Premier group will be allowed to bid for the new private prison in the light of the experience of HM Prison Young Offenders Institution Ashfield and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Yes. The SPS hopes to attract a large number of expressions of interest in bidding, which will be evaluated in accordance with EU procurement rules.
- 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 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many performance points have been accrued under 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 by the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock as a result of the concerted indiscipline there on or between 29 and 31 January 2003.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Investigations into the incident are still on-going. They will inform discussions between the Scottish Prison Service and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited about any performance point issues.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31154 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002, what performance-related revenue deductions were incurred under the contract to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock by the prison's operator in 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:£159,000.
