- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive why the Scottish Prison Service has no target cost per prisoner similar to that of HM Prison Service.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service has a cost per prisoner place target rather than a cost per prisoner target. The former has been in place since 1993-94. No need is seen for the latter.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost per uncrowded prisoner place is for (a) the Scottish Prison Service as a whole and (b) each prison and young offenders institution.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:The SPS calculates the cost per prisoner place whether uncrowded or not, the figures for which are set out in the SPS Annual Reports which are laid before Parliament.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive on what occasions HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland has visited Dungavel House immigration removal centre.
Answer
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has not visited Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre. However, representatives from HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland visited the centre during the inspection of that establishment by HM Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales between 7 and 10 October 2002.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33802 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003, how many performance points have been accrued by the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock under the Minute of Agreement between the Secretary of State for Scotland and Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited for the Design, Construction, Management and Financing of a Prison at Kilmarnock as a result of the concerted indiscipline there from 29 to 31 January 2003.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Forty.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33812 by Mr Jim Wallace on 18 February 2003, whether any performance points will accrue directly or indirectly to the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock in respect of the fire at the prison reported in the Sunday Mail on 19 January 2003 and what the reasons are for the position on the matter.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No. Investigations have not identified any breach of discipline or of procedures which would justify application of performance points, as defined in schedule F of the contract.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 3 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will submit a response to the European Commission's green paper on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union by the deadline of 15 May 2003 and, if so, whether it will publish that response.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-34 today. 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.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33923 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 10 March 2003, how many cases have been marked "no proceedings" in 2002-03 because of a non-court disposal, broken down into warnings, conditional offers, fiscal fines and diversions from prosecution
Answer
As indicated in the answer given to question S1W-34894 on 27 March 2003, cases in which there has been a non-court disposal are not marked "no proceedings" and do not form part of any no proceedings data provided by Crown Office. 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.The number of cases in which there were non-court disposals in the categories listed, broken down as requested, for the period 2002-03 are as follows:
| Total Reports Received | Cases Closed as Warnings | Cases Closed as Conditional Offers | Cases Closed as Fiscal Fines | Cases Closed as Diversions from Prosecution |
| 306,148 | 15, 923 | 5,932 | 23, 631 | 1,116 |
| As % of Total Reports | 5% | 2% | 8% | 0.3% |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 2 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29801 by Colin Boyd QC on 7 October 2002, whether it will give a breakdown of the non-court costs for the Crown Office in 2002-03.
Answer
As the answer given to question S1W-29801 explained, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service records the nature of case costs, but does not attribute this to individual cases. Staff time spent on individual cases is not recorded but costing calculations are based on standard weightings derived from past analysis of staff time spent on the full range of different cases handled by the department.This produces a broad indication of relative costs rather than precise measures. Final figures for the year 2002-03 are not yet available but non-court costs are estimated to be as follows:
| Non-Court Costs | £000 |
| No Proceedings | 2,046 |
| No Further Proceedings | 5,021 |
| Warnings | 610 |
| Conditional Offer | 351 |
| Fiscal Fine | 1,556 |
| Diversion | 119 |
| Reporter | 70 |
| Transfer | 26 |
| Associate | 291 |
| Total | 10,090 |
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Elish Angiolini on 2 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34889 by Mrs Elish Angiolini on 31 March 2003, under what circumstances a drink-driving offence would be recorded as such by police but not reported to the procurator fiscal.
Answer
The police should report all such offences where they consider there is corroborated evidence of the crime having been committed and of the identity of the driver.
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 May 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 2 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will lodge a Sewel motion in respect of the Disabled People (Duties of Public Authorities) Bill seeking the consent of the Scottish Parliament for the United Kingdom Parliament to (a) legislate in a devolved area and (b) transfer powers to the Executive in respect of this matter, before the conclusion of the bill's Second Reading in the House of Commons.
Answer
The Executive is considering the Disabled People (Duties of Public Authorities) Bill and will advise of any Sewel motion that it intends to lodge if and when it concludes, following discussion with the UK Government, that provisions in the bill which relate to devolved matters should be recommended for extension to Scotland.
