§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give(a) the optimum operational capacity of each prison in Scotland and (b) the actual numbers of prisoners currently housed in each prison in Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the table:
Design capacity Prisoners1 HMP Aberdeen 139 132 HMP Barlinnie 979 812 HMYOI Castle Huntly 144 110 HMI Cornton Vale 225 125 HMYOI Dumfries 144 137 HMP Dungavel 147 118 HMP Edinburgh 547 514 HMP Friarton 82 48 HMP & Detention Centre Glenochil 678 415 HMP Greenock 176 161 HMP Inverness 84 94 HM Remand Institution Longriggend 176 228 HMP Low Moss 400 307 HMP Noranside 119 111 HMP Penninghame 73 71 HMP Perth 510 426 HMP Peterhead 183 122 HMYOI Polmont 408 390 HMP Shotts 528 459 1 Housed as at 27 October 1989.
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total prison population in Scotland, in each of the years since 1980.
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe average daily prison population in 1988 is provisionally estimated as 5,229. For earlier years, corresponding figures are given in appendix 2 of the annual report "Prisons in Scotland Report for 1987" (Cm 551) copies of which are available in the Library.