- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-476 by Cathy Jamieson on 30 May 2003, what roles the proposed new prisons at Addiewell and Low Moss will play and how many prisoner places will be provided in each.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Each prison will provide about700 cells and be designed in a way which will, so far as practicable, enable themto house all categories of prisoners and to change their role to meet future needsover the next 25 years.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many places in each of the proposed new prisons at Addiewell and Low Moss will be (a) suitable for and (b) intended for (i) prisoners being held on remand prior to conviction, (ii) prisoners serving sentences under four years (short-term prisoners), (iii) prisoners serving sentences of four years and over (long-term prisoners), (iv) short-term prisoners whose crime has meant they have been placed on the sexual offender's register, (v) long-term prisoners whose crime has meant that they have been placed on the sexual offenders register and what proportion of each category will be top-end prisoners moved to these prisons immediately prior to their release.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Each prison will provide about700 cells and be designed appropriately to meet the long-term needs of the prisonservice in Scotland by being able to accommodate all categories of prisonerduring the life of the proposed developments.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff it expects to be employed in each of the proposed new prisons at Addiewell and Low Moss.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Staffing levels will be determinedby the operator of the proposed prisons. It is expected that between 350 and 400staff may be involved in the operation of each prison.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 22 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be put in place to ensure that offending is reduced after prisoners are released from the proposed new prisons at (a) Addiewell and (b) Low Moss; how many prison staff at each prison will participate in Scottish Prison Service training programmes, and in which programmes they will be trained.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Scottish Prison Service aimsto reduce the risk of prisoners re-offending on release from prison. Arrangementsto support these objectives are being developed which will apply to existing andthe proposed new prisons. Training at the new prisons will be determined by theoperator.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2058 by Peter Peacock on 3 September 2003, how the statement that the timetable for submission by Her Majesty's Government of the next periodic report of the UN Convention on the rights of the child is by 14 March 2008 is consistent with the statement in For Scotland's Children that Her Majesty's Government is committed to the submission of a report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) every five years, whether it will prepare a Scottish chapter for inclusion in such a report, and whether the chapter will include its views about the detention of children in Dungavel House immigration removal centre in relation to the UNCRC.
Answer
The 14 March 2008timetable for submission of the next periodic report was set by the UNCRC intheir concluding observations on the United Kingdom’s 2nd Report. The committee hasasked the United Kingdom to delay its next report because of the pressure ofother work on the committee. The final structure and content of the report willbe determined closer to the date of publication.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 18 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what structures it has in place to monitor, review and examine the implementation of the McCrone agreement.
Answer
The Scottish NegotiatingCommittee for Teachers (SNCT), a tripartite body with representatives fromlocal authorities, teacher organisations and the Scottish Executive, isresponsible for the implementation of all aspects of the agreement ATeaching Profession for the 21st Century. The SNCT has procedures in placewithin its workplan to ensure full implementation of the agreement by August2006.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 5 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much contact time probationary teachers have had in each local authority area in each of the last five years and what projections have been made for such contact time.
Answer
The Teacher Induction Scheme (the scheme), introduced in August 2002, offers probationer teachers a guaranteed one-year teaching post. Under the scheme, probationers have a class commitment of 0.7 full-time-equivalent (FTE), with the remainder of their time allocated for professional development. The 0.7 FTE class commitment translates into maximum class contact times of 17.5 hours for probationers in the primary sector; 16.45 hours in secondary, and 15.75 hours in special.
It is for local authorities to determine the terms and conditions of contract of probationer teachers who are not on the scheme; as it was in the case of all probationers prior to the introduction of the scheme. The Executive does not collect data relating to such contracts.
The Induction Implementation Group, established to implement and develop the scheme, will consider in due course whether adjustments are necessary to the class contact time for probationers on the scheme in light of the future phased reduction of class contact time for teachers.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 August 2003
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Answered by Peter Peacock on 3 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is preparing a Scottish chapter to the five-yearly report on the monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to be submitted by Her Majesty's Government in 2004 to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; when it will publish this chapter, and whether the chapter will include its views about the detention of children in Dungavel House immigration removal centre in relation to the UNCRC.
Answer
The timetable for submission by Her Majesty’s Government of the next periodic report on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is by 14 March 2008. As this report, which will combine the third and fourth periodic reports to the UN Committee, is some considerable time away it is premature to speculate on what any Scottish contribution might contain.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 July 2003
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 28 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve the situation of contract research staff in higher education institutions.
Answer
The Scottish Executive commissioned a report on this issue from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council(SHEFC) which was published on 10 July 2003. As the report indicates, there have recently been a number of positive developments inthis area, including new legislation, which should serve to improve theposition of contract research staff. In addition, the Scottish Executive has promoted the need for good practice in this area both in its A Framework for Higher Education in Scotland, published on 20 March 2003, and in its 2003-04 guidance to SHEFC which asked the fundingcouncil to work with key stakeholders to ensure positive action is taken.
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 July 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 26 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current membership of the Lifelong Learning Forum is and how often it has met.
Answer
I expect the first meeting of the Lifelong Learning Forum to take place later this year. The forum will provide the opportunity to bring together the key stakeholders in lifelong learning to discuss areas of mutual interest. I willannounce the membership of the forum later this year.
