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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.

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Question reference: S1W-30736

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, how it arrived at a valuation of the Scottish Prison Service's land and buildings, as shown on the service's balance sheet, without having a breakdown of the (a) location, (b) area and (c) value of each parcel of land.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The location and value of land was published in the answer given to question S1W-30175.Land is not separately disclosed from buildings in the SPS accounts - these assets are aggregated. The District Valuer's Office carries out regular revaluations of the estate. A register maintains a record of the valuations and subsequent movements such as additions, disposals, transfers indexation etc and is used to prepare the accounts. A detailed analysis of title and area of land is not held on the register.

Question reference: S1W-30739

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, why there was an increase #3,464,000 in the value of tangible assets held by the Scottish Prison Service in Perth between 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The quinquennial revaluation of the SPS Estate was conducted on 31 August 2000 by the District Valuer's Office, this resulted in an increase in the land values recorded in Perth and Kinross. Details of the basis of valuation is recorded in SPS's Annual Report and Accounts for 2000-01.

Question reference: S1W-30737

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, why there was an increase of #24,931,000 in the value of tangible assets held by the Scottish Prison Service between 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30738

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, why there was an increase of #21,287,000 in the value of tangible assets held by the Scottish Prison Service in Edinburgh between 31 March 2000 and 31 March 2001.

Question reference: S1W-30740

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30175 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002, what the cost would be of producing the remainder of the information sought in the question and how it calculated this cost.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Land is not separately disclosed from buildings in the SPS accounts - these assets are aggregated. The District Valuer's Office carries out regular revaluations of the estate. A register maintains a record of the valuations and subsequent movements such as additions, disposals, transfers, indexation etc and is used to prepare the accounts. A detailed analysis of title and area of land is not held on the register. As this information is not readily available, it could only be produced at disproportionate cost. It was estimated that the cost would be well in excess of £600.

Question reference: S1W-30744

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 17 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29427 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002, how much the management of the Scottish Prison Service has received in performance-related pay in each of the last three years broken down by the objectives for which the performance-related pay was received.

All pay increases in the Senior Civil Service are based on performance, and depend on the overall assessment of an individual officer's performance. Information on the pay of Executive members of the Scottish Prison Service Board for the last three years is published in the Notes to the Accounts of the Scottish Prison Service Agency, which are published with the Annual Report. This is available on www.sps.gov.uk.

Question reference: S1W-31154

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what performance-related revenue deductions have been incurred under the contract to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock by the prison's operator in each quarter since the prison opened.

Question reference: S1W-31155

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 31 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been removed from each Scottish Prison Service prison for reasons other than routine treatment in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.

Question reference: S1W-30676

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29900 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 October 2002, whether any buildings have been purchased by the Scottish Prison Service in each of the last five years; if so, where, why the purchase was made and what the purchase cost was.

Question reference: S1W-30675

Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2002
Current Status: Answered by Richard Simpson on 8 November 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what proportion of those proceeded against for the offence of vandalism in each of the last five years were aged (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 17 and (c) 18 to 20 years.

The available information is given in the following table. Summary statistics for court proceedings in 2001 are expected to be published later this year. Persons Proceeded Against for Vandalism¹ in Scotland 1996-2000

Age	Number					Percentage of all Persons Proceeded Against ²
	Year					Year
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Under 16	5	3	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
16 to 17	829	825	777	717	620	14	15	16	16	14
18 to 20	1,398	1,333	1,209	1,236	1,221	24	24	25	28	28
21 and Over	3,537	3,318	2,944	2,492	2,535	61	61	60	56	58
Total	5,769	5,479	4,939	4,452	4,377	100	100	100	100	100

Notes:1. Main crime.2. Figures may not add to 100 because of rounding.

Year	Quarter	£000
1	1	105
	2	176
	3	174
	4	-
2	1	-
	2	-
	3	-
	4	-
3	1	60
	2	32
	3	27
	4	88
4	1	161
4	2	131