- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice to my question during the debate on his ministerial statement on prisons on 5 September 2002 (Official Report, col 13882), which house blocks have been built since 1999; how much each cost; what the timescale was from the decision to build to occupancy for each, and who the main contractors were.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:None. New houseblocks are currently under construction at HM Young Offenders Institute Polmont and HM Prison Edinburgh, but are not yet complete. The main contractor for both projects is Skanska Construction UK Ltd.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2002
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Answered by Margaret Curran on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are derogations from the requirement to provide access for disabled people in buildings to which the public have access and, if so, what these derogations are.
Answer
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 requires that, from October 2004, service providers may have to make reasonable adjustments in relation to the physical features of their premises to overcome physical barriers to access.In Scotland, all new buildings to which the public has access must be provided with access and facilities for disabled people. The Technical Standards for compliance with the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990 allow several derogations, the principal being to storeys other than the principal entrance storey. Access need not be provided for people in a wheelchair to storeys where the area is not more than 200 square metres for a building more than two storeys or 280 square metres for a building not more than two storeys. Stairs to those areas, however, must still be suitable for ambulant disabled people.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 July 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26388 by Mr Jim Wallace on 2 July 2002, whether it provided any advice to the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock on drafting (a) the submission by Premier Custodial Group to the Justice 1 Committee of 26 October 2001, (b) the letter sent by Elaine Bailey to the Justice 1 Committee on 20 December 2001, (c) the letter sent by Elaine Bailey to the Justice 1 Committee on 7 May 2002 and (d) the letter sent by Elaine Bailey to the Justice 1 Committee on 17 May 2002.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:SPS gave advice in respect of (a) and (d). No advice was given in respect of the letters referred to in (b) and (c).
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29085 by Mr Jim Wallace on 20 September 2002, what the timescale was from the decision to build another prison to the awarding of the contract to Premier Prison Services Ltd for HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:From the announcement at the Scottish Grand Committee in June 1996 until the contract was awarded in November 1997.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26897 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 July 2002, whether it will provide a table for HM Prison Kilmarnock equivalent to the table given for prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-28769 on 2 October 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of health care records of prisoners held in prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service contain errors.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Such information is not available.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 18 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost of providing the services of general practitioners in prisons operated by the Scottish Prison Service was greater than #1.3 million in real terms in 2000-01 or 2001-02.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:As this information could prejudice commercial competitiveness in future negotiations, it is commercially confidential.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 17 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-28903 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 September 2002, whether it has set a revised date for issuing the consultation paper, due to be issued by the end of September, on the delivery of court services in the Peebles area and, if so, what date it has set.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given in question S1W-30468 on 10 October 2002. 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/search_wa. No revised date for issuing the consultation paper in relation to delivery of court services in the Peebles area has been set.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2002
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Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26397 by Cathy Jamieson on 12 June 2002 that data regarding review hearings of a change from a recommendation from a children's panel that a child be sent to secure accommodation is not held by the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA), on what data the Secure Accommodation Advisory Group concluded that there is a lack of evidence to support an increase in places.
Answer
The report draws from a variety of data sources including SCRA, prison records and a survey of young people in secure accommodation carried out in 1998.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints have been made with regard to medical treatment in prisons in (a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002 to date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:(a) 85 (nine month period, from April to December)(b) 211 (c) 290 (d) 279.
