- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Prison Service has sold any land in Scotland over the last five years and, if so, what value was obtained for each sale.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:Surplus land sold by SPS:
| Financial Year | Sale Price |
| 1997-98 | £500 |
| 1997-98 | £32,000 |
| 1998-99 | £21,000 |
| 1998-99 | £2,000 |
| 1998-99 | £42,000 |
| 1998-99 | £425,000 |
| 1998-99 | £205,000 |
| 2001-02 | £1,000 |
| 2001-02 | £7,000" |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all land included in the balance sheet of the Scottish Prison Service under the heading of tangible assets, showing the (a) location, (b) area and (c) book value in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01 and (iii) 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The location and value of the tangible assets is as listed in the following table. The remainder of the information sought is not readily available and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.
| | As at31 Mar 2000(£000) | As at31 Mar 2001(£000) | As at31 Mar 2002(£000) |
| Aberdeen City | 1,800 | 1,900 | 2,059 |
| Glasgow | 5,207 | 4,860 | 5,262 |
| Stirling | 3,633 | 3,819 | 4,139 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 641 | 500 | 522 |
| South Lanarkshire | 244 | - | - |
| Edinburgh | 9,915 | 31,202 | 35,556 |
| Clackmannanshire | 713 | 1,131 | 1,226 |
| Inverclyde | 1,238 | 1,050 | 1,161 |
| Highland | 504 | 460 | 490 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 169 | 67 | 72 |
| Aberdeenshire | 1,250 | 1,066 | 1,180 |
| Falkirk | 3,060 | 4,833 | 6,012 |
| Perth and Kinross | 2,658 | 6,122 | 6,571 |
| Angus | 272 | 302 | 308 |
| North Lanarkshire | 203 | 253 | 257 |
| West Lothian | 141 | 125 | 136 |
| East Ayrshire | 1,111 | - | - |
| Grand Total | 32,759 | 57,690 | 64,951 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Prison Service has purchased any land or property in Scotland over the last five years; if so, (a) where, (b) why the purchase was made and (c) at what cost.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No land has been purchased over the last five years.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many convictions there have been under section 1(5) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 in each of the last five years, detailing convictions with regard to television licences separately.
Answer
The number of convictions for all offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 is given in the table. Convictions for offences under section 1(5) of the act cannot be separately identified in the data held centrally. Information for 2001 is not expected to be available until around November 2002.Number of Persons With a Charge Proved for Offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949
1, 1996-2000
| Year | Number |
| 1996 | 5,642 |
| 1997 | 2,893 |
| 1998 | 1,362 |
| 19992 | 582 |
| 2000 | 1,967 |
Notes:1. Where main offence.2. Based on incomplete data.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether members of the board of the Scottish Prison Service receive performance related pay and, if so, what proportion of that pay has been related to (a) custody objectives and (b) rehabilitation objectives in (i) 1999-2000, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2001-02 and (iv) 2002-03 to date.
Answer
The executive members of the SPS board are members of the senior civil service and are subject to the same Senior Civil Service pay and performance management system as other Senior Civil Servants in the Scottish Executive. Pay is dependent on performance against individual objectives, which are not classified in the way suggested. Details of the Civil Service pay system can be found at
www.cabinet-office.gov.uk.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to reduce illegal possession of firearms other than air weapons by under-21s.
Answer
Firearms policy and legislation are reserved matters. The Scottish Police Service, working closely with Police Services in the rest of the UK as well as with the National Criminal Intelligence Service, seeks rigorously to investigate and pursue the illegal possession of firearms.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28787 by Mr Jim Wallace on 19 September 2002, what specific evidence it can provide to the public that its contract with Medacs for medical services in prisons provides best value if it will not publish the cost of the contract for medical services.
Answer
The award of contract was conducted in accordance with EC procurement guidelines. The team who undertook the work demonstrated within the Scottish Prison Service that the Medacs proposal was the most economically advantageous proposal in terms of quality and costs.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how frequently it has to renegotiate its contract for the services of GPs in the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
There is no set frequency. The current contract exists for five years.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 8 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister has any plans to visit the Falkirk Council area on 1 October 2002 and, if so, for what purpose.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 3 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to improve services for disabled people.
Answer
Policies across the whole range of Scottish Executive responsibilities aim to provide better services for disabled people. Through consultation with service users and disability groups the Executive aims to ensure that the needs and requirements of disabled people are identified and enhanced.In addition, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 requires service providers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people, such as providing extra help or making changes to the way they provide their services. From October 2004 they may also have to make reasonable adjustments to the physical features of their premises to overcome physical barriers to access.
