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Scottish Office

Answer

Sir Robert Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the staff to prisoner ratio (a) in each prison and (b) in total in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [51746] Mr. McLeish: The information requested is in the table. Staff to prisoner ratio _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Establishments 1997-98 1996-97 1995-96 Aberdeen 1:1.2 1:1.2 1:1.1 Barlinnie 1:2 1:2.2 1:2.2 Castle Huntly 1:1.5 1:1.5 1:1 Cornton Vale 1:0.7 1:0.8 1:0.8 Dumfries 1:0.9 1:0.9 1:0.8 Dungavel 1:1.2 1:1.2 1:1.4 Edinburgh 1:1.6 1:1.7 1:1.5 Friarton 1:1.1 1:1.3 1:1.2 Glenochil 1:1.3 1:1.3 1:1.2 Greenock 1:1.4 1:1.5 1:1.5 Inverness 1:1.3 1:1.2 1:1.1 Longriggend 1:0.9 1:0.9 1:1 Low Moss 1:2.2 1:2.2 1:2.1 Noranside 1:1.7 1:1.8 1:1.7 National Induction Centre{1} 1:1.1 1:1.2 1:0.4 Penninghame 1:1.3 1:1.3 1:1.5 Perth 1:1.1 1:1.1 1:1.1 Peterhead (including unit) 1:0.8 1:0.8 1:0.8 Polmont 1:1.4 1:1.5 1:1.1 Shotts (including unit) 1:1.1 1:1.1 1:1.1 Total 1:1.3 1:1.4 1:1.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The National Induction Centre opened in May 1995 and became fully operational later that year

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

51746; 316 c645-6W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Prisoners Prisons Staff Scotland Scottish Prison Service

Contains statistics

Yes