- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average length of sentence has been of female prisoners in each of the last five years, broken down by age into (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 35, (e) 36 to 40, (f) 41 to 45 and (g) 46 and over.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The available information is given in the following table:
Average Sentence Length in Days of Female Determinate Sentenced Prisoners in Custody on 30 June in Each of the Last Five Years
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Under 21 | 627 | 532 | 345 | 436 | 501 |
| 21 - 25 | 837 | 959 | 916 | 836 | 627 |
| 26 - 30 | 438 | 621 | 691 | 633 | 660 |
| 31 - 35 | 913 | 553 | 832 | 744 | 835 |
| 36 - 40 | 705 | 933 | 1,109 | 1,194 | 1,091 |
| 41 - 45 | 1,193 | 1,106 | 1,074 | 1,099 | 1,455 |
| 46 and over | 1,552 | 1,005 | 1,317 | 1,708 | 1,382 |
| All | 781 | 764 | 860 | 894 | 850” |
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21513 by Colin Boyd QC on 19 December 2005, in what legal capacity Crown Production 16 was a “relevant document in establishing the legality of the tolling regime” at the Skye Bridge.
Answer
Production number 16 was relevant, as it made clear that the Secretary of State was aware of the existence of the Operations and Maintenance Agreement.
I also refer to the answer to question S2W-22390 on 30 January 2006. 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/wa.search.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s position that the 2006 pay award for healthcare staff should be in the region of 2%.
Answer
The Scottish Executive agrees with the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s position that the pay review bodies should base their 2006 pay settlements on the achievement of the Government inflation target of 2%.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement ministers will have in the decision on the 2006 pay award for NHS Scotland staff.
Answer
The process for determining NHS pay awards is that independent pay review bodies covering doctors and dentists (DDRB) and nurses and other health professionals (NOHPRB) receive written and oral evidence from Health Departments, NHS employers, and trades unions and professional organisations. The 2006 pay award for NHS staff across the UK will be determined by ministers, following recommendations from these independent health pay review bodies.
Scottish ministers, in common with those in England and Wales, submitted recommendations on NHS pay to the independent pay review bodies in the form of both written and oral evidence.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what role or input the UK Government had in respect of documents associated with the contamination of blood products recently released by the Executive under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
These documents were released in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. There was no involvement from the UK Government.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government in respect of documents associated with the contamination of blood products.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular discussion with the UK Government on a wide range of matters including the specific issue raised.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a breakdown of the ages of the female prison population in each of the last five years, broken down into (a) under 21, (b) 21 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 35, (e) 36 to 40, (f) 41 to 45 and (g) 46 and over.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The available information is given in the following table:
Number of Female Prisoners in Custody on 30 June in Each of the Last Five Years
| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Under 21 | 40 | 51 | 42 | 41 | 53 |
| 21 - 25 | 48 | 61 | 86 | 79 | 88 |
| 26 - 30 | 39 | 51 | 58 | 45 | 57 |
| 31 - 35 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 44 |
| 36 - 40 | 23 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 54 |
| 41 - 45 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| 46 and over | 12 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the UK Government has advised the Executive (a) which documents associated with the contamination of blood products have been destroyed, (b) in what format such documents were held, (c) where they were held and (d) by what process or mechanism they were destroyed and what explanation the UK Government has offered for the destruction of the documents.
Answer
The UK Government has not provided the Executive with any information beyond the explanation released publicly that files were destroyed due to being incorrectly archived after the HIV litigation process in the early 1990s.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 24 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made, and what steps it has taken, to address the dispute in respect of the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-21675 on 17 January 2006 relating to the rule of 85 in the Local Government Pension Scheme in Scotland. Officials from the Scottish Public Pensions Agency, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and trade union representatives began discussions of possible protection or alternative provisions for existing members, at their meeting on 18 January. These discussions will continue at future meetings.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what the breastfeeding duration rates have been in the last five years in the fullest and most detailed form available.
Answer
A table detailing breastfeeding duration rates has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 38624). This covers those NHS boards using the Child Health Surveillance Programme – Pre School (CHSP-PS) and gives details for those children who have received an eight to nine month pre-school review.
