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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

he Bus Service Operator's Grant (BSOG) scheme is administered by the Department for Transport on a Great Britain basis with the overall costs met from that department's running cost provision, reflecting the position before devolution. BSOG is a devolved matter and as such payments to Scottish bus operators are funded by the Scottish Executive. The budget for BSOG in this financial year is £54.8 million.

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.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The new private-build private-operate prison will be designed and built as a fully flexible prison in order to secure value for money, but as the Deputy First Minister made clear during the debate in Parliament, it is our intention to use those places to respond to the recent significant increase in remand prisoners.

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.