§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of visits made to prisoners serving sentence, and the average number of
Table 1—Total number of visits made to sentenced prisoners Peterhead Shotts Glenochil1 Perth Edinburgh January 1988 94 807 1,169 780 676 February 1988 111 850 1,236 863 646 March 1988 133 847 1,202 980 667 April 1988 102 907 1,209 876 709 May 1988 153 878 649 690 648 June 1988 160 1,079 638 830 630 1 Prior to serious disturbances at Glenochil prison in April 1988 the number of visits allowed to prisoners was substantially in excess of the normal entitlement.
Table 2—Total number of sentenced prisoners held Peterhead Shotts Glenochil Perth Edinburgh December 1987 130 341 441 418 496 January 1988 125 346 444 411 498 February 1988 120 356 460 420 512 March 1988 119 360 457 433 510 April 1988 111 365 455 414 479 May 1988 119 386 445 373 471