- 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 what the staff turnover has been at each Scottish Prison Service prison in (a) 2000-01 and (b) to date in the current year.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is shown in the following table.
Establishments | 2000-01 | 01/04/01 to 01/10/01 |
Aberdeen | 5 | 6 |
Barlinnie | 35 | 19 |
Castle Huntly | 5 | 1 |
Cornton Vale | 21 | 16 |
HM YOI Dumfries | 6 | 4 |
Edinburgh | 40 | 31 |
YOI Glenochil | 16 | 15 |
Greenock | 13 | 9 |
Inverness | 5 | 11 |
Low Moss | 3 | 9 |
Noranside | 2 | 3 |
Perth | 25 | 22 |
Peterhead | 30 | 20 |
Polmont | 21 | 12 |
Shotts | 23 | 24 |
Turnover does not include retiring employees.
- 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-8916 by Mr Jim Wallace on 17 August 2000, what the current ratio is of prisoners to uniformed staff in the Scottish Prison Service, broken down by establishment.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:The information requested is shown in the following table.Ratio of Prisoners to Uniformed Staff in the SPS
Establishment | 01/04/01 |
HMP Aberdeen | 1.5:1 |
HMP Barlinnie | 2.1:1 |
HMP Castle Huntly | 2.5:1 |
HMP Cornton Vale | 1.1:1 |
HM YOI Dumfries | 1.1:1 |
HMP Edinburgh | 1.8:1 |
HMP YOI Glenochil | 1.4:1 |
HMP Greenock | 2.0:1 |
HMP Inverness | 1.4:1 |
HMP Low Moss | 2.6:1 |
HMP Noranside | 1.9:1 |
HMP Perth | 1.2:1 |
HMP Peterhead | 1.5:1 |
HMP Polmont | 1.4:1 |
HMP Shotts | 1.0:31 |
HMP Zeist | |
- 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.
- 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-10762 by Mr Jim Wallace on 14 November 2000, what financial allocation was made (a) in total and (b) to each local authority for criminal justice social work in 2001-02.
Answer
Financial allocations to local authorities for 2001-02 for offender services totalled £44,855,716. Allocations to individual local authorities are detailed in the following table. Additional sums to allow for procurement of IT equipment will be notified shortly.Allocations by authority 2001-02
Local Authority | Total 2001-02 (£) |
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Aberdeen City | 2,737,306 |
Aberdeenshire | 1,075,465 |
Angus | 888,882 |
Argyll & Bute | 445,987 |
City of Edinburgh | 3,959,960 |
Clackmannanshire | 441,109 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 1,177,127 |
Dundee City | 2,311,743 |
East Ayrshire | 954,952 |
East Dunbartonshire | 368,815 |
East Lothian | 497,568 |
East Renfrewshire | 376,618 |
Falkirk | 1,018,283 |
Fife | 3,206,108 |
Glasgow City | 8,961,247 |
Highland | 1,716,789 |
Inverclyde | 1,081,381 |
Midlothian | 500,865 |
Moray | 398,176 |
North Ayrshire | 1,019,416 |
North Lanarkshire | 2,200,218 |
Perth & Kinross | 905,096 |
Renfrewshire | 1,564,381 |
Scottish Borders | 674,073 |
South Ayrshire | 771,714 |
South Lanarkshire | 2,357,546 |
Stirling | 717,766 |
West Dunbartonshire | 1,010,707 |
West Lothian | 865,912 |
Orkney | 306,984 |
Shetlands | 208,286 |
Western Isles | 135,236 |
Total | 44,855,716 |
- 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 previously providing a prison medical service have gone on to employment with Medacs.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:All medical practitioners who had an individual contract of employment with the Scottish Prison Service on 1 November 2001 had their contracts transferred to Medacs, in accordance with the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981.
- 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, further to the answer to question S1W-7102 by Mr Jim Wallace on 7 June 2000, what percentage of officers who left the Scottish Prison Service in 2000-01 left due to (a) retirement through age, (b) ill health and (c) other reasons.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Based on the average number of staff employed the figures for 2000-01 were:
Retirement through age | 0.80% |
Ill Health | 0.30% |
Other reasons | 8.00% |
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 December 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for an appointment with an audiologist has been in (a) 1999-2000 (b) 2000-01 and (c) 2001-02 to date, broken down by health board.
Answer
The information requested is not available centrally.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 4 December 2001
To ask the Presiding Officer how many calls and complaints have been logged to the Parliament's IT Helpdesk concerning any failures of the remote access service since 1 January 2001.
Answer
Remote access difficulties which were caused by technical problems at the Parliament accounted for around 1.5% of all calls to the IT Helpdesk in the period 1 January 2001 to 23 November 2001. Of the 145 such calls, the main problems were: faulty remote access security tokens, faulty 0845 dial-in, server downtime (where several calls by users all related to the same incidents).
