HC Deb 02 December 1987 vol 123 cc605-6W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the weekly cost of maintaining a prisoner in each of Scotland's prisons.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The latest available figures are for 1986–87 and are as follows:

Approximate gross weekly cost per inmate
Establishment £
Aberdeen 190
Barlinnie 140
Castle Huntly 220
Cornton Vale 310
Dumfries 240
Dungavel 190
Edinburgh 190
Friarton 280
Glenochil 260
Greenock 240
Inverness 260
Longriggend 170
Low Moss 140
Noranside 300
Penninghame 200
Perth 190
Peterhead 560
Polmont 220
Shotts 550

The figures include transfer value of supplies drawn by establishments from central stores and prisons industries as well as the direct revenue costs of each establishment.