§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average age of the prison population for each Scottish penal establishment for each year since 1982.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average prison population for each Scottish prison for each year since 1982.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe 1986 figures are set out in the table. Figures for the earlier years have been published in Appendix 1 of the annual reports "Prisons in Scotland", of which copies are available in the Library.
Average daily number of prisoners or inmates Establishment 1986 Prisons Aberdeen 180 Barlinnie (inc. Special unit) 1,270 Cornton Vale 166 Dumfries 144 Dungavel 135 Edinburgh 776 Friarton1 41 Greenock 147 Inverness 109 Low Moss 345 Penninghame 69 Perth 578 Peterhead 182 Shotts 60 Young Offenders Institutions Castle Huntly 103 Cornton Vale 22 Glenochil 365 Noranside 74 242W
Gross Expenditure (£'000) 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Penal establishment Capital Revenue Capital Revenue Capital Revenue Capital Revenue Capital Revenue Aberdeen 178 1,432 397 1,419 227 1,497 164 1,586 155 1,704 Barlinnie 200 6,085 447 6,750 645 7,195 908 7,758 1,327 8,121 Castle Huntly 60 916 145 927 38 1,003 42 1,106 43 1,170 Cornton Vale 9 2,370 20 2,493 330 2,643 146 2,833 269 2,839
Establishment 1986 Polmont 378 Detention Centres Friarton1 15 Glenochil 146 Remand Institution Longriggend 280 1 Friarton changed use from detention centre to prison during 1986; the figures shown are average figures for each use calculated over the year.