- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, whether it has at any time on or after 29 January 2004 provided any insurance in respect of HM Prison Kilmarnock; whether it currently provides any insurance in respect of the prison, and, if so, whether it will give details of any such insurance.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The SPS has not provided and does not provide any such insurance. Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited are responsible for placing insurance cover and have done so in each year of the contract to date.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 21 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7760 by Cathy Jamieson on 7 May 2004, what conclusion has been reached in respect of the notice received on 29 January 2004 under paragraph 6.8 of 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.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
No action was necessary as Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited subsequently advised that they had obtained and placed insurance cover.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what crime each prisoner released in error by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd had been charged with at the time they were so released.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not available. Personal information about named prisoners is covered by the terms of the Data Protection Act.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 16 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff were escorting each prisoner at the time each prisoner was released in error since the commencement of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The number and deployment of staff is an operational matter for Reliance. Each release in error is the subject of a thorough investigation conducted by the contract monitor.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the protocols followed by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for escorting prisoners differ from those used by Scottish Prison Service staff prior to the commencement of the contract with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services and, if so, in what way.
Answer
I have asked Tony CameronChief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
Yes. There are manydifferences which together provide a more secure system. The new method movesprisoners one at a time rather than in groups, the vehicles are cellular ratherthan open plan, the vehicles are tracked electronically and a comprehensivecomputer data based management information system has been introduced.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it took for each prisoner released in error by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd to be returned to police custody.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Of those released in error, only two were unlawfully at large. The two prisoners were released in error on 8 April 2004. One wasreturned to police custody on 9 April and the other returned to HM Young OffendersInstitute Polmont on 26 April.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average time taken was to escort prisoners to their destination in each case where a prisoner was released in error by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is not availableand is not the subject of routine logging.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that commercial confidentiality is a sufficient explanation for withholding information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Answer
Under section 33 of the Freedomof Information (Scotland) Act 2002 information is exempt from disclosure if itsdisclosure would be likely to prejudice substantially the commercial interest ofany person. Before applying such an exemption however a public authority would haveto consider whether the public interest in disclosure is outweighed by the needto maintain exemption.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Schedule 3, clause 4.4 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, whether the service provider has the right of appeal in the event that the authority makes any variation to the charges.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-8499 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action the service provider will take in respect of the late payment of invoices, as referred to in Schedule 3, clause 5.1.1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The Service Provider may takethe action specified in Schedule 3, Clause 5.1.1.
