Written question asked by Robert Smith (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 31 March 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 April 1999. It was answered by Henry McLeish (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999 on behalf of the Scottish Office.

Scottish Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the prison population was (a) in each Prison Service establishment and (b) in total on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will list those establishments which were officially overcrowded. - Inc table.

Answer: Sir Robert Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the prison population and (b) in total on the last date for which figures are available; and if he will overcrowded. [79864] Mr. McLeish: The information is correct as at Friday 2 April which is the last ________________________________________________________________________________________ Population Percentage of design capacity Barlinnie 1,233 Cornton Vale 215 Dumfries 119 Dungavel 92 Greenock 254 Kilmarnock 69 Longriggend 172 Low Moss 363 NIC 52 Penninghame 90 Shotts 452 Shotts Unit 9 Aberdeen 181 Castle Huntly 121 Edinburgh 748 Friarton 68 Glenochil 421 Glenochil YOI 154 Inverness 115 Noranside 93 Perth 468 Peterhead 297 Peterhead Unit 7 Polmont 471 All Scotland Total 6,264 ________________________________________________________________________________________ was (a) in each Prison Service establishment list those establishments which were officially time statistics were formally gathered. _________. 130.75 99.08 79.33 68.15 109.01 13.80 97.73 91.67 96.30 91.84 97.84 75.00 111.04 80.67 117.43 75.56 84.88 88.51 107.48 68.89 107.34 100.68 70.00 111.61 _________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 329 c206-7W; 79864
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Prisoners Prisons Overcrowding Population Scotland Prison accommodation Scottish Prison Service
Contains statistics: Yes