- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25345 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, what periods of time the contracts for social work services for HM Young Offenders Institution (a) Glenochil and (b) Polmont have been agreed to cover.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:(a) An initial period of two years 11 months.(b) An initial period of two years five months.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give any new advice to judges on sentencing in the light of the reclassification of cannabis.
Answer
The Home Secretary proposed on 10 July that cannabis should be reclassified from a Class B to a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. If approved by the Westminster Parliament, this will reduce the maximum penalty for possession of cannabis from five years to two years imprisonment. The Home Secretary also proposed a 14-year maximum prison sentence for drug traffickers who deal in Class B or Class C drugs. The current maximum penalty for possession with intent to supply Class C drugs is five years in prison, compared with 14 years for Class B drugs. The Scottish Executive does not provide advice to judges on sentencing as the independence of the judiciary is a fundamental principle of the Scottish legal system. The role of the Scottish Executive is to ensure that the courts have an adequate range of penalties available to them.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 12 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was consulted by Her Majesty's Government about any impact of reclassifying cannabis on (a) education, (b) health, (c) social work, (d) police work and (e) the criminal prosecution system.
Answer
The classification of drugs is a reserved matter. The Scottish Executive was informed by Her Majesty's Government of the proposal to reclassify cannabis and the consequences highlighted were fully considered. The Home Secretary's decision was based, in part, on a recommendation by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, on which Scottish interests are well represented. The Executive has issued a guide, which is also on the Know the Score website at:
www.knowthescore.info, setting out the legal position in Scotland, the effects of cannabis and the health risks associated with its use.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-24629 by Mr Jim Wallace on 1 May 2002, whether it will provide a table showing where omissions have been made in 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 and in each schedule, showing in each case the paragraph and sub-paragraph numbers or specified section of the text as appropriate and what the reasons were for each omission.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows: This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Members of the Justice 1 Committee have now had the opportunity to view the contract in full.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost at March 2001 prices to obtain the outline planning approval for the construction of the prison referred to in section 1.1.73 of 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The actual cost is not separately identifiable. The best estimate is approximately £32,000 including planning fees.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25345 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, why it did not provide in the answer details of the periods of time within which the outputs are required and whether this answer complies with Part I of its Code of Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Question S1W-25345 did not request the periods of time within which the outputs were required. The answer to question S1W-25345 assumed that it was annual outputs that were required.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25345 by Mr Jim Wallace on 21 June 2002, within what periods of time the outputs required by the contracts for social work services for HM Young Offenders Institution (a) Glenochil and (b) Polmont are to be provided.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The outputs contained in the answer to question S1W-25345 in relation to both Glenochil and Polmont are based on a twelve month period.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 22 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has paid in non-domestic rates for each prison in each of the last four years and how much it will pay in 2002-03.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is provided in the following table.Information regarding non-domestic rates dates back to April 2000 when this rating system was introduced. Payments previous to this are based on "Contributions in Lieu of Rates" (CILOR).
| Establishment | CILOR1998-99£ | CILOR 1999-00£ | Non Domestic Rates 2000-01£ | Non Domestic Rates 2001-02£ | Anticipated Non Domestic Rates 2002-03£ |
| Aberdeen | 59,587.31 | 61,125.00 | 66,442.88 | 81,669.41 | 96,800.27 |
| Barlinnie | 265,348.07 | 281,175.00 | 305,637.23 | 383,775.76 | 461,765.07 |
| Castle Huntly | 25,228.80 | 48,900.00 | 53,154.30 | 56,183.01 | 58,806.28 |
| Cornton Vale | 8,845.78 | 97,800.00 | 106,308.60 | 110,019.22 | 112,834.63 |
| Dumfries | 61,536.86 | 82,641.00 | 89,310.00 | 91,650.00 | 93,210.00 |
| Dungavel | 75,712.60 | 70,918.66 | 31,986.04 | 5,458.28 | - |
| Edinburgh | 305,751.30 | 331,248.60 | 360,067.23 | 388,724.77 | 414,928.40 |
| Friarton | 5,199.55 | 13,447.50 | 16,094.01 | 23,881.28 | 26,389.27 |
| Glenochil | 245,118.67 | 321,762.00 | 328,630.68 | 343,100.00 | 348,940.00 |
| Greenock | 64,695.29 | 97,800.00 | 100,760.00 | 103,400.00 | 105,160.00 |
| Inverness | 31,845.53 | 39,609.00 | 43,054.98 | 48,875.90 | 54,489.42 |
| Kilmarnock | - | 215,160.00 | 206,533.60 | 207,155.67 | 205,780.95 |
| Longriggend | 32,708.72 | 62,227.21 | 31,626.08 | 35,494.33 | 36,971.70 |
| Low Moss | 28,626.84 | 36,273.30 | 52,917.99 | 60,694.65 | 68,238.77 |
| Noranside | 55,019.78 | 62,103.00 | 59,654.88 | 60,515.37 | 60,867.25 |
| Penninghame | 7,156.29 | 12,249.45 | 2,587.70 | - | - |
| Perth | 130,181.27 | 163,815.00 | 217,784.91 | 254,888.42 | 296,621.53 |
| Peterhead | 90,419.96 | 110,025.00 | 119,597.18 | 147,826.32 | 175,912.74 |
| Polmont | 216,730.12 | 289,488.00 | 295,416.27 | 305,500.00 | 357,500.00 |
| Shotts | 79,405.98 | 237,165.00 | 257,798.35 | 325,583.95 | 393,311.14" |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost of non-domestic rates was included in the costing of the public sector comparator by PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Financial Review of the Scottish Prison Service Estates Review.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 July 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-25569 by Mr Jim Wallace on 16 May 2002 and S1W-26494 and S1W-26495 by Mr Jim Wallace on 20 June 2002, what the reason was for the errors in answers S1W-26060 and S1W-26061 by Mr Jim Wallace on 30 May 2002.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Arithmetic errors occurred in converting the numbers of performance measure points previously awarded to summarise the numbers of incidents. The errors were noticed and corrected as soon as possible but, regrettably, not before the answers to S1W-26060 and S1W-26061 were given.
