To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide the full terms of its agreement with Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd regarding the monthly performance summary of the contract for the provision of prisoner escort and court custody services.

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:

The SPS and Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd and have agreed that the following performance summary information can be released:

Prisoner movements

Police Custody to Court

Prisons to Court

Hospital to Court

Court to Court

Other

Performance

On time delivery to Court

Prisoners unlawfully at large

Financial

Payment due to Service Provider

This information is published quarterly in arrears on the SPS website which can be found by clicking on the following link http://www.sps.gov.uk/keydocs/reliance/html/nstats2.htm