– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 7 November 2001.
Question S1W-19364
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to questions S1W-18201 and S1W-18189 why it will not publish information on the number of whole-time equivalent nursing posts there currently are and the social work cost per prisoner and whether this is in line with its current freedom of information policy.
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
Figures giving the whole-time equivalent nursing posts in all SPS-run prisons were published in the answer to question S1W-18201. The figure for Kilmarnock was not included as the arrangements at Kilmarnock Prison are different. Under the contract, outputs for health care services are specified and, consequently, it is not a matter for SPS how many staff posts are involved. The contract is monitored to ensure that outputs are provided to the required standard.
In relation to question S1W-18189 (social work costs), the same considerations as above apply to the provision of social work services at Kilmarnock. Costs of individual elements of the contract are not disclosed. As in the previous answer, the total cost of social work provision for SPS-run prisons for 2000-01 was £2.18 million for an average prison population within SPS prisons of 5,600. This approximates to an average annual cost per prisoner of £390.
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