- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 12 August 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what authority the police have to exclude members of the public from the courts.
Answer
Section 17 of the Police(Scotland) Act 1967 sets out the general functions of the Scottish Police andimposes on them the duties to guard, patrol, and watch so as to prevent thecommission of offences against the law, to preserve order, and to protectproperty.
The police must also complywith the lawful instructions they receive from Sheriffs Principal under Section17 (3) of the 1967 Act.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the costs per unit for telephone calls made by prisoners in each of Scotlands prisons and what information it has on how these unit costs compare with those in prisons in the rest of the United Kingdom.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish PrisonService (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS has one charging rateas set out as follows:
| Type of Call | Cost per Second |
| Local Calls | 0.184p |
| National calls | 0.184p |
| Calls to mobile phones – Peak rate 08.00 – 18.00 | 1.05p |
| Calls to mobile phones – off peak | 0.634p |
| Calls to mobile phones - Weekend | 0.334p |
The cost of international callsvaries according to country called and the time of the call.
We understand that English costsare similar, but have no information on Northern Ireland costs.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-17244 by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005, whether the removal of kettles and televisions in cases of sickness would meet the disciplinary or the anti-intimidation criteria.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish PrisonService to respond. His response is as follows:
No.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 July 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question SW2-17245 by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005, whether there are any weeks in the year where prisoners are not required to work and whether any particular arrangements apply to long-term prisoners.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No. It is customary for a modified regime to apply at Christmas and New Year. Any such provisions apply to both long term and short-term prisoners. Prisoners in open prisons who are eligible for home leave are able to apply one additional period of leave during summer and at Christmas.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 28 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, further to the answer to question S2W-17331 by George Reid on 21 June 2005 and in the event of any G8 leaders and/or their supporting delegations visiting the Parliament, whether they would be required to produce any identification such as a utility bill.
Answer
Heads of State and their supporting delegations would not require ID.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 27 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to assign secondary healthcare budgets to community health partnerships.
Answer
NHS boards are establishing CommunityHealth Partnerships as committees or sub committees of NHS boards with devolvedresponsibility for a range of functions and services as outlined in their schemeof establishment.
The Scottish Excutive providesNHS boards with a unified budget. It does not allocate budgets directly to CommunityHealth Partnerships. It is the responsibility of each NHS board to allocate budgetsand resources to fit local circumstances and to deliver the Local Health Plan. Thisincludes assigning budgets to secondary and primary health care.
The Kerr Report reaffirmed therole of Community Health Partnerships as vehicles for integration of services ata local level. NHS boards will be asked to consider removing any budget barriersto developing integrated care solutions and to consider innovative ways of usingresources to enable the shift in the balance of care into community based services.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances it would be appropriate to remove standard electrical equipment from prison cells.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
It would be appropriate to removestandard electrical equipment from prison cells where such equipment is unsafe orwhere its continued presence creates a risk to safety or good order. In-cell televisionis a privilege which can be withdrawn as a result of a disciplinary adjudicationor under the SPS “Anti-Intimidation” Strategy.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it offers to prisons on the management of long-term prisoners in relation to the proportion of the year that these prisoners must spend participating in (a) work parties and (b) the formal prison regime.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The law specifies that all convictedprisoners must work and regime activities are classified as work. The SPS has nofixed policy on the proportion of time divided between industries and regime activities.We provide structured timetables which offers a range of opportunities in whichprisoners may participate in work, programmes and approved activities.
This year in addition to industriesand work activities, we aim to provide 1,300,000 hours of offender development activitiesincluding education and Vocational Training and 80,000 hours of programme and otherapproved activities.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are applied in defining a healthy option on prison menus.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
There are currently no standardcriteria applied in defining a healthy option on prison menus. Local catering managerswill take into account factors such as levels of fat, salt and sugar and the cookingprocess used.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by George Reid on 21 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether any of the G8 leaders and supporting delegations will be visiting the Parliament and, if so, whether they will be required to produce any identification such as a utility bill in order to gain access to the Parliament building, in light of the recent announcement on the security arrangements during the G8 summit.
Answer
In the interests of securityit would not be prudent to comment on the G8 leaders’ movements.
