– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 8 June 2004.
Question S2W-8484
To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional police officers could have been employed using the resources that have been allocated to Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd under Contract between The Scottish Ministers and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd for the Provision of Prisoner Escort & Court Custody Services in Scotland .
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The contract with Reliance frees up Prison and Police Officers who would otherwise have been deployed to escort duties.
Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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