- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14109 by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2005, what plans it has to gather and produce more detailed statistical analysis on an on-going basis in respect of women returning to custody.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Statistical methods used to provide information on return to custody are under continual review. Wherever it is statistically possible, prisoner sub-populations are examined for particular trends. SPS produce information on women returning to custody on an annual basis (Return to custody in Scottish prisons, SPS Research Bulletin).
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 26 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14102 by Cathy Jamieson on 2 March 2005, what the average cost of each daily meal per prisoner is and whether it will provide the testimonies of the nutritionists who stated that all menus meet dietary needs.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Information on average costs is not available. The nutrition report, referred to in S2W-14102, can be found on the SPS website at:
http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs/Nutrition%20Report/Nutrition%20Report.pdf.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Euan Robson on 21 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been taken into care as a result of their mother's imprisonment in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 19 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to establish the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List for which the consultation process closed on 30 April 2004.
Answer
We intend our Protection of Vulnerable Adults List will form part of our proposed Vulnerable Adults Bill, on which some preparatory work has already been completed. We will consult on further elements of a bill soon, and aim to bring forward legislation in this Parliament.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of Lord Sutherland's Opinion in Alexander Smith and Others v. P.F. Dingwall on 16 December 1999 that certain matters "cannot affect the validity of the assignation statement as at the time when it was made", when the assignation was made and by whom it was signed.
Answer
The Assignation Statementwas made by the then Secretary of State for Scotland. It was made availablefor public inspection, and notices to this effect were published on 23 Octoberand 1 November 1991, as required under Paragraph 14A(3) of Schedule 1 tothe Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. The Statement is unsigned.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive why the A87 Skye crossing toll order was not issued by Highland Regional Council.
Answer
The Invergarry-Kyle ofLochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 1992 wasmade by the then Secretary of State for Scotland, as the statutory roads authority for the A87 trunkroad. The Highland Regional Council did not have the power to make such an order.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the A87 Skye crossing extension was a trunk road in October 1995.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the statutory assignation statement for the A87 tolling regime is an order or a scheme.
Answer
Neither. It is a statementwith respect to the assignation by the then Secretary of State for Scotland ofhis rights to charge and collect tolls under the Invergarry-Kyle of LochalshTrunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 18 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Invergarry-Kyle of Lochalsh Trunk Road (A87) Extension (Skye Bridge Crossing) Toll Order 1992 (SI 1992/1501) prescribed toll charges according to statutory requirements.
Answer
We believe so, although, aspart of the removal of tolls on the Skye Bridge, this order is now beingrepealed.
- Asked by: Carolyn Leckie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Socialist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will issue a toll revocation order for the purpose of deregulating the A87 Skye Bridge crossing.
Answer
It is the intention of the Scottish Executive to lay before the Parliament a toll revocation order in relation to the Skye Bridge crossing prior to the Easter recess.
