Prison Service

– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 23 May 2005.

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Photo of Alex Neil Alex Neil Scottish National Party

Question S2W-16504

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16176 by Cathy Jamieson on 9 May 2005, whether HM Chief Inspector of Prisons will revert to the policy of his predecessor of allowing MSPs to attend his press conferences and of issuing his reports and news releases to MSPs at the same time as he issues the documents to the media.

Photo of Cathy Jamieson Cathy Jamieson Labour

The Chief Inspector is satisfied that the current arrangements allow for transparent and open reporting of his findings. Embargoed reports for relevant MSPs are sent out the day before the report is published.

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