- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 14 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16485 by Mr Jack McConnell on 11 July 2001, by what date it will require Scottish Borders Council to publish its allocations from the Additional Financial Resources for Schools funding.
Answer
The Council submitted a return to the Scottish Executive Education Department on 11 July which detailed the total spend by most of the schools in its area under different categories. The Council has advised that it will forward the finalised information as soon as it becomes available from the remaining schools, probably after the schools re-open for the autumn term.
I expect the Council to publish the information as soon as it has been finalised and, if necessary, considered by its Education Committee.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is an anticipated #17 million underspend in the Scottish Prison Service budget 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 underspend in the financial year 2000-01 was approximately £17 million.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what policy guidance it has given to the Scottish Prison Service, in order to comply with the Service's mission statement commitment to provide prisoners with a range of opportunities, regarding the participation of Scottish prisoners in exhibitions of their art work on the basis that the prisoners exhibit anonymously, derive no profit from any sales of their art work and that any such profits are applied to the provision of art materials within the prison service.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
None. The SPS is responsible for drawing up its procedures concerning prisoner art competitions and exhibitions. In future all requests to SPS for involvement in art and craft exhibitions, competitions and the like will be considered by an Art Exhibition Advisory Group with both internal and external representatives.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of ending slopping out in HM Prison Barlinnie would be.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
The options for ending slopping out in all Scottish Prisons, including HM Prison Barlinnie, are being considered as part of the Estates Review which is currently underway. Costings will be published as part of this exercise.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned a full report into the absconding of Gordon Johnstone during a Training for Freedom Programme and whether it will direct the Scottish Prison Service to review its risk assessment procedures given this prisoner's previous record, particularly when absconding from prison.
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-16944.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a full report into the absconding of Gordon Johnstone available to the Justice Committees.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The matter of Mr Johnstone's abscond has been referred to the police and will be the subject of a report to the Procurator Fiscal. It would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this time.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 August 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in relation to the two-day delay in publicising the absconding of Gordon Johnstone, given his previous record.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
There was no delay in publicising the abscond of this D category prisoner. SPS and ACPOS have an agreed protocol for the release of information to the media about escaped or absconding prisoners. This was followed.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13134 by Nicol Stephen on 12 March 2001, what the provision is by Scottish Borders Council of internet access in primary and secondary schools and what percentage of staff and secondary school pupils have internet access.
Answer
Provision of Internet access by Scottish Borders Council is shown in the tables:Percentage of schools with Internet access
| | Scottish Borders Council |
Primary schools | 40.8% |
Secondary schools | 100% |
Percentage of secondary teachers and pupils based in schools with internet access
| | Scottish Borders Council |
Secondary teachers | 100% |
Secondary pupils | 100% |
Source: SEED School Census, September 2000.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 24 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-13134 by Nicol Stephen on 12 March 2001, what the provision is by Scottish Borders Council of (a) primary school e-mail addresses and (b) secondary school e-mail addresses, given as a percentage of staff and secondary school pupils who have internet access.
Answer
Provision of e-mail addresses by Scottish Borders Council is shown in the tables:Teachers and pupils with e-mail addresses - as a percentage of teachers and pupils in all Scottish Borders Council Schools.
| | Primary Schools | Secondary Schools |
Teachers | 19.8% | 73.6% |
Pupils | 12.0% | 63.1% |
All Scottish Borders secondary schools and 40.8% of primary schools have internet access.Teachers and pupils with e-mail addresses - as a percentage of those in Scottish Borders Council primary and secondary schools with internet access.
| | Primary Schools | Secondary Schools |
| Teachers | 38.2% | 73.6% |
| Pupils | 20.3% | 63.1% |
Source: SEED School Census, September 2000.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 20 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the conditions for the award of National Grid for Learning funding allow for local authorities to have computer provision targets which are lower than the national targets of 1 modern computer for every 5 secondary pupils and 1 modern computer for every 7.5 primary pupils by March 2002 and, if so, which local authorities have agreed or are negotiating revised or reduced targets.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16563 on 11 July 2001.
