Daily Written Answers Friday 27 January 2012 (138KB pdf)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Glenochil 9 2 4 2 0
Greenock 1 0 4 1 6
Inverness 4 2 0 2 1
Kilmarnock 13 17 9 6 20
Low Moss** 0
Open Estate 0 0 0 1 0
Perth 13 9 15 5 6
Peterhead 2 3 1 3 5
Polmont 13 6 15 11 25
Shotts 2 11 4 5 5
Totals 122 133 180 168 188
Notes:
*HMP Addiewell opened December 2008.
**HMP LowMoss closed in March 2007.
Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-scale
responses have been required at HMP Addiewell since it opened and what the cause was in each
case.
(S4W-04829)
Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS),
to respond. His response is as follows:
There have been no “full-scale” responses required at HMP Addiewell since it opened in 2008.
The SPS defines a “full-scale” or Level 3 incident as one that requires a full (prison) command
structure which will require additional resources and back up services to be deployed.
Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-scale
responses have been required at prisons other than HMP Addiewell in the last five years.
(S4W-04830)
Kenny MacAskill: I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to
respond. His response is as follows:
There have been no “full-scale” responses at prisons in the last five years, inclusive of HMP
Addiewell. All incidents have been resolved locally without recourse to a full Incident Command
response from the Scottish Prison Service.
Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (Scottish Labour): To ask the Scottish
Executive what progress it is making in maximising the potential for parents to access and sustain
good quality employment and what progress was made in the previous parliamentary session.
(S4W-04995)
Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government is committed to supporting everyone who wants to
work to do so. Scotland currently has the highest rate of working households with children of any part
the UK. The employment rate for lone parents in Scotland has also risen from 56.3% in 2007 to 56.8%
in 2010.
Our Early Years Framework affirms that high quality, affordable and accessible early learning and
childcare is key both for children’s development and to enable parents to balance work and family life.
A number of organisations receive Scottish Government funding to provide a wide range of support,
including benefit advice, to individuals and families. These include:
One Parents Families Scotland;
Parenting in Scotland;
Citizens Advice Direct;
Contact-a-Family, and