- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 16 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 14-to 16-year-olds have been held in adult prisons in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not available. The number of receptions of 14- to 16-year-olds to the SPS are as follows:
1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 1 April 2002 to date |
150 | 145 | 192 | 155 |
The following is a corrected answer (published on 5 November 2002); see below.: I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:There are four possible ways to count the numbers of 14- to 16-year-olds held in penal establishments. The convention used in the prison statistics bulletins is to present the number of receptions to penal establishments. The number of receptions of 14- to 16-year-olds is given in Table 1 below.Table 1: Receptions of 14- to 16-Year-Olds to Penal Establishments
1 by Age, 1999-2000 to 1 April 2002 - 23 October 2002
Age | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 (prov.) | 1 April 2002 to 23 October 2002 (provisional) |
14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
15 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 18 |
16 | 573 | 391 | 467 | 395 |
Total | 583 | 407 | 494 | 414 |
Note:1. Including Young Offenders Institutions.An offender experiencing a continuous period of imprisonment could be the subject of more than one reception during that time. For example, they may first be received on remand and may then continue in prison as a sentenced prisoner, which would be counted as an additional reception. Table 2 below presents the numbers of times a 14- to 16-year-old commenced an uninterrupted period of imprisonment.Table 2: Number of 14- to 16-Year-Olds
1 Commencing a Continuous Period in Custody
2, 1999-2000 to 1 April 2002 - 23 October 2002
Age | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02(prov.) | 1 April 2002 to 23 October 2002(provisional) |
14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
15 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 18 |
16 | 383 | 266 | 337 | 274 |
Total | 391 | 281 | 362 | 293 |
Notes:1. 14- to 16-year-olds entering prison more than once in a financial year have been counted for each entry.2. The figures include those entering Young Offenders Institutions.It may happen that an offender is released from a period in custody and is re-imprisoned within the year for a different offence. Table 3 below presents the numbers of individuals aged 14 to16 who were imprisoned at least once during each year.Table 3: Number of Individual 14- to 16-Year-Olds Who Were Imprisoned at Least Once in the Financial Year
Age at first entry in year | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02(prov.) | 1 April 2002 to 23 October 2002(provisional) |
14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
15 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 17 |
16 | 290 | 193 | 221 | 201 |
Total | 298 | 209 | 243 | 219 |
Because 14- to 16-year-old offenders spend only relatively short times in custody, the number in custody at any one time is much lower than the numbers entering custody, as demonstrated in Table 4 belowTable 4: Numbers of 14- to 16-Year-Olds in Custody on 30 June
Age | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 (prov.) |
14 | - | - | - | - |
15 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
16 | 53 | 32 | 42 | 56 |
Total | 53 | 33 | 42 | 58 |
The above information covers 14- to 16-year-olds who entered any penal establishment, including Young Offenders Institutions. Information distinguishing young offenders who were in an adult prison from those in a Young Offenders Institution cannot meaningfully be supplied. This is because many young offenders will pass through an adult prison on their way to reception in a Young Offenders Institution or may be transferred to a Young Offenders Institution after reception in an adult prison. Table 5 presents a breakdown of the number of receptions of 14- to-16-year-olds by the receiving establishment while Table 6 shows a breakdown of the first establishment entered by 14- to 16-year-old offenders commencing a continuous period in custody. Copies of Table 5 and Table 6 have been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 24884 ).
- 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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Current Status:
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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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under paragraph 16, section 4.3, Annex A of the Civil Service Management Code have been approved (a) unconditionally and (b) conditionally in each of the last five years, broken down by department or agency.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29475 on 1 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: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its contract with Medacs for the provision of medical services in prisons includes the requirement that the contractor must comply with recommendation R(98)7 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concerning the ethical and organisational aspects of health care in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The Council of Europe Recommendation No R(98)7 "recommends that governments of member states: take into account, when reviewing their legislation and in their practice in the area of healthcare provision in prison, the principles and recommendations set out in the appendix".The appendix contains 74 paragraphs of principles and recommendations plus an explanatory memorandum and commentary on the recommendations. SPS took these recommendations into account in the design of the specification for the contract for the provision of medical services to prisons.
- 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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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in respect of each paragraph of recommendation R(98)7 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concerning the ethical and organisational aspects of health care in prisons, compliance is its responsibility or the responsibility of the contractor for the provision of medical services and whether it will detail the responsible party for each individual paragraph.
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 to given question S1W-29525. 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: Wednesday, 18 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific provision it has made to ensure that the Scottish Prison Service or the contractor for the provision of medical services in prisons complies with paragraph 22 of recommendation R(98)7 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concerning the ethical and organisational aspects of health care in prisons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The Scottish Prison Service is aware of the recommendations of the Council of Europe on the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prison. These have been taken into account when drawing up the contract for the provision of medical services in prisons. Remuneration of individual Medical Officers is the responsibility of the contractor.
- 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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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific provision it has made to ensure that the Scottish Prison Service or the contractor for the provision of medical service in prisons complies with paragraph 10 of recommendation R(98)7 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concerning the ethical and organisational aspects of health care in prisons.
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-29525. 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: Monday, 30 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 14 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidents of self-harm have been recorded in HM Prison Cornton Vale in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to date.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Year | Number |
1999 | 114 |
2000 | 72 |
2001 | 89 |
Jan-Sept 2002 | 70 |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to the Annual Report 2001-02 by the Over 21's Visiting Committee at HM Prison and Young Offenders' Institute Cornton Vale, whether sufficient resources are being provided to tackle drug addiction in the prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Yes. Cornton Vale makes available and is further developing a range of interventions/drugs programmes including health care and addictions assessment, information and awareness, detoxification and substitute prescribing, relapse prevention and pre- and post-release support. MDT allows the prison to monitor drug misuse and the effectiveness of interventions and to identify inmates who may need specialist support.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 13 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 11 October 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the ministerial statement on the prison estates review by the Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice on 5 September 2002, what assessment it has made of the financial risk to it of a change in policy leading to there being not sufficient remand prisoners to fill a 700-place privately-operated remand prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No such risk is believed to exist. The privately-built, privately-operated prison is to be capable of housing both remand and convicted prisoners, and so any spare capacity could be used to house convicted prisoners.