- 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: Thursday, 06 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what guarantees it can give that the level of violence that has occurred at HM Prison Young Offenders Institution Ashfield will not occur at HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS make every effort to ensure that good order and discipline is maintained at all prisons in Scotland including Kilmarnock.
- 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: 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: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many copies of the summary document of Recording Our Achievements were produced and what the (a) production and (b) distribution costs were.
Answer
In total, 93,000 copies of Recording our Achievements: A Summary were produced for distribution at a cost of £15,747. Of the 93,000 copies, 1,711 were distributed with the main Recording our Achievements document; therefore, the costs for distributing the summary documents cannot be separately identified.The total cost of distributing the main and summary documents was £15,888.68.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the summary document of Recording Our Achievements was distributed as an insert with a newspaper or periodical and, if so, in which newspapers or periodicals, on which dates and what the cost was of each such distribution.
Answer
I refer the member to my response to S1W-33748 on 12 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, 05 February 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff were sent from other Scottish Prison Service establishments to HM Prison Kilmarnock to deal with 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:None.
- 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 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether HM Prison Kilmarnock has sent any staff to deal with the concerted indiscipline at other Scottish Prison Service establishments and, if so, on what dates and how many staff were sent on each occasion.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Staff from HM Prison Kilmarnock are available to assist in the management of major incidents in any Scottish prison, under mutual aid arrangements between the SPS and Kilmarnock Prison Services Ltd. This assistance has been provided. The SPS Incident Command policy is not to identify how many or which staff of any named prison had been deployed on any particular incident, so as not to release information inadvertently which might be used by prisoners in a future incident. The SPS would be pleased to arrange a detailed briefing for Mr Matheson on Incident Command arrangements.
- 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 17 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of sending staff from other Scottish Prison Service establishments to HM Prison Kilmarnock to deal with 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:I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-33795 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.
