§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he publish in the Official Report a table to show, by age
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§ Mr. LangThe information is as follows:
Year Expenditure £'000 1979–80 Not available 1980–81 Not available 1 1981–82 3,328 1 1982–83 3,631 1 1983–84 4,162 1984–85 4,623 1985–86 4,911 1 Excludes cost of inter-establishment transfers: information not available.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made in the implementation of the recommendations of the 1979 May report on prison services; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LangThe May committee made a very large number of recommendations, many of which applied only to the prison service in England and Wales. If my hon. Friend will let me know in which recommendations he has a specific interest, I shall reply to him as soon as possible.
§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make it his policy that, before prison officers are accepted for service in Scottish prisons, they should be in possession of a professional qualification equivalent to a higher national certificate in prison studies; and if he will make a statement.