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I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:A wide range of information is collected each time a young person is held in a penal establishment. The information includes personal information such as gender and date of birth; the circumstances of the detention (whether on remand under an unruly certificate, as convicted awaiting sentence or as a sentenced prisoner); the length of time spent in custody, and the main crime/offence for which they were detained. Statistics on gender, age and time spent in custody of all young people remanded in custody under an unruly certificate are published each year in Tables 16-18 of the Prison Statistics bulletin.

The Scottish Executive has issued various codes of practice under section 13 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. There is one for local authorities exercising functions under the act and one for guardians and persons authorised under intervention orders. Local authorities may also have prepared guidance themselves for their care staff.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS are making arrangements to publish the contract. This will be done in due course. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-29472 today. 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.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The contract will be published in due course. SPS are currently in discussion with the supplier, Medacs, about the publication of the contract and the deletion of commercially sensitive information.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Due to the multiplicity of the tasks involved it is not possible to disaggregate funding allocation or spend.

We will publish all relevant information when we announce our next steps shortly.

The only recent contact with Northern Constabulary on this matter has been in connection with a number of parliamentary questions: S1W-27713 on 14 August 2002, 27714 on 16 September 2002 and 27715 on 14 August 2002, which are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa. As indicated at that time, the provision of police surgeons is an operational matter for chief constables.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is not held centrally.

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.

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.