- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what methods are available for relevant officials from enterprise agencies to have access to the Disney Management Programme other than by attending in person.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Executive does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what relevance the Disney Management Programme has to the Scottish Borders tourist industry.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Executive does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was to the public purse of the 10-day trip organised by Scottish Enterprise Borders to Disneyland to attend the Disney Management Programme.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Executive does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 October 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community placements were available for women prisoners in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2001 to date, expressed also as a percentage of those imprisoned.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The number of community placements for women prisoners were:
1999-2000 | 14 |
2000-01 | 15 |
2001 to date | 18 |
This represents an average of 10% of female prisoners.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated monthly cost is of maintaining the estate of the former HM Prison Longriggend.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:About £5,000.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many general practitioners Medacs provides to prisons, how these general practitioners are distributed between prisons, and what the ratio of these general practitioners is to prisoners, broken down by prison.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:The information is not collected by SPS. It is for the contractor to arrange to provide the outputs specified in the contract.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7645 by Mr Jim Wallace on 8 September 2000, what the average daily population of penal establishments is projected to be in each of the next three financial years, broken down into (a) privately operated penal establishments, (b) Scottish Prison Service establishments and (c) legalised police cells.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The average daily population in the next three financial years is projected to be:
2002-03 | 6,400 |
2003-04 | 6,500 |
2004-05 | 6,700 |
The prisoner population projections do not distinguish between privately operated penal establishments, Scottish Prison Service establishments and legalised police cells.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11578 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 December 2000, whether data is now collected on the prevalence of speech and language difficulties among the prison population and, if so, what data has been collected.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:Yes, data relating to needs assessment is currently being collected via referrals to speech therapy at Polmont Young Offenders Institute.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken regarding any possible sale of the former HM Prison Longriggend.
Answer
I have asked Mr Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:SPS has conducted a sales campaign following which we hope to sell the property as soon as possible.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 7 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected cost of social work services to the Scottish Prison Service is for the current financial year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:The estimated cost is between £2 and £2.5 million.
