- 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, in the event that the authority and the service provider agree any variation to the charges, it will publish such changes.
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-8500 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 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, 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鈥檚 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, with reference to Schedule 3, clause 4.3 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland, whether it will publish any relevant documentation detailing any suggested adjustment to the operational procedures or costs or other effect of the legislative change upon the ability of the service provider to undertake the contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Such circumstances have not arisenand the SPS has therefore made no such suggestions.
- 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 why aspects of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland have been omitted from the document published on the Scottish Prison Service website on 20 May 2004.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Aspects of the contract havebeen omitted in accordance with the exemptions contained in part 2 of the Codeof Practice on Access to Scottish Executive Information.
- 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 will provide details of the circumstances leading up to each prisoner becoming unlawfully at large, including as a result of release in error, whilst being escorted by Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd staff, since the commencement of the contract.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
This information is collated by the contract monitor. It hasbeen agreed that a summary of performance data will be produced.
- 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 how many prisoners have been unlawfully at large, excluding prisoners who abscond and including those released in error (a) in each year since 1999 and (b) since the start 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 information in relation toreleases in error is not available for the period before the Reliance contract.Reliance have accepted responsibility for two prisoners who have been unlawfullyat large for periods since the start of the contract. Other potential release inerror are being investigated.
- 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 the per capita cost has been of re-apprehending prisoners unlawfully at large, excluding prisoners who abscond and including prisoners released in error, (a) for each year since 1999 and (b) since the start 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:
This information is notavailable.
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the standardised Prisoner Escort Record required under clause 1.7.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited 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:I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-8434 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which 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: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish details of the performance and prisoner logging system referred to in clause 1.4.4.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited 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 asfollows:I refer the member to the answer given to S2W-8434 answered 8 June 2004 . All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament鈥檚 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: Tuesday, 25 May 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it, or the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), had the opportunity to observe the testing of the prisoner logging system referred to in clause 1.4.4.1 of Schedule 1 of Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Limited for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland prior to the Service Commencement Date and whether it, or the SPS, took advantage of such an opportunity.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes. The SPS took advantage of the opportunity.
