I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-3191 on 3 November 2003.All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:

13 as at 10 October 2003.

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

Staff have regular contactwith prisoners at morning ablutions, meal times, recreation, exercise, visits,canteen and where it still exists slopping out times.

Prisoners can request to seeSPS Healthcare staff and are subject to assessment as part of the SPS suicideprevention strategy.

We have no current plans to re-regulatethe bus industry.

The Executive is considering this issue as a matter of priority under its Know the Score campaign, and will be producing materials which highlight the risks of drug-assisted rape in the lead up to Christmas. Details will be announced in due course. In addition, information and advice on how to recognise the risks and signs of drug-assisted rape will be included in forthcoming parents’ guides to talking about drugs and alcohol.

Following up the guidance issued to police forces in October 2002 by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), ACPOS is presently examining the possible use of forensic sampling kits specifically designed and developed for use in the investigation of drug-assisted assault. Additionally, police forces throughout Scotland are engaged in developing their own local initiatives, aimed at providing advice and guidance to the publicon drug-assisted sexual assault.

There are no statutory proceduresspecifically covering such a situation. It is open to an objector to bring theirconcerns to the attention of the planning authority.

It would be for the planningauthority to consider what action to take in the circumstances of the case. It maybe possible to modify or revoke planning permission or require the discontinuanceof the use but that would depend on the circumstances of each case and would bea matter for the planning authority.

Funding for the initiative isbeing allocated to local authorities through the Scottish Arts Council. It willbe for each local authority, working closely with the council, to prepare plansrelevant to its individual circumstances that will enable it to meet the target.

In exercising their functionsthe planning authority must act reasonably. Planning authorities have powers underplanning legislation to require further information in order for them to deal withan application and to require the production of evidence in respect of informationaccompanying a planning application.

The Scottish Executive has longsupported and encouraged public involvement in the regeneration of architecturallyimportant buildings throughout Scotland. Through Historic Scotland the Executive funds the Buildingsat Risk Register which provides information to the public on historic buildingsin need of rescue with a view to encouraging people to buy them and find new usesfor them. Since the Buildings at Risk initiative was started in 1990, some 650 historicbuildings have been saved in Scotland.

Most public involvement in buildingregeneration projects, however, is channelled through the work of Building PreservationTrusts (BPTs) in rescuing historic buildings which have suffered from long-termneglect. At a local level, Historic Scotland gives priority to BPT projects in awardingrepair grants. Moreover, Historic Scotland provides revenue grant to the ScottishAreas Committee of the Association of Building Preservation Trusts to assist intheir work of promoting and supporting the work of BPTs in Scotland.