§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the ratio of staff to prisoners in each prison at the latest available date.
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§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 14 June 1994]: Responsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Scottish Prison Service under its chief executive Mr. E. W. Frizzell. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman Godman, dated 15 June 1994:
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie has asked me to reply to your question about the ratio of staff to prisoners in each prison.
The information you require is given in the attached table.
Ratio of Staff to Prisoners as at 20 May 1994 Establishment Staff per Prisoner Aberdeen 0.9 Barlinnie 0.5 Barlinnie Special Unit 2.6 Castle Huntly 1.4 Cornton Vale 1.2 Dumfries 1.5 Dungavel 0.7 Edinburgh 0.7 Friarton 0.7 Greenock 0.7 Glenochil 0.9 Inverness 1 Longriggend 1 Low Moss 0.4 Noranside 0.7 Penninghame 0.8 Perth 0.9 Peterhead 1.2 Polmont 0.9 Shotts 0.9 Shotts Alternative Unit 3.5
ANNEX Establishment and alcohol programme run by 1991 Number completed1 1992 Number completed1 1993 Number completed1 1994 To date number completed Aberdeen Aberdeen alcohol advisory and counselling service, prison social work unit 2— 2— 24 46 Barlinnie Glasgow council on alcohol, alcoholics anonymous, trained prison staff 3— 3— 3— 3— Barlinnie Unit Glasgow council on alcohol 1 2 Nil Nil Castle Huntly Prison social worker, prison education officer 27 15 30 19 Cornton Vale Scottish council on alcohol, alcoholics anonymous, trained prison staff, prison social workers 2— 2— 2— 9 Dumfries Nil (contact is maintained with Alcoholics Anonymous) Nil Nil Nil Nil Dungavel Prison social work unit, alcoholics anonymous 18 40 43 15 Edinburgh Prison education unit, alcoholics anonymous 28 32 27 18 Friarton Alcoholics anonymous, prison education unit 10 10 10 4 Glenochil Alcoholics anonymous, Scottish council on alcohol 80 80 80 80 Greenock Inverclyde alcohol project, prison social work unit, alcoholics anonymous 2— 5 15 17 Inverness Scottish council on alcohol 40 40 40 40 Longriggend Alcoholics anonymous, prison social work unit, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, addiction and advisory centre 259 312 476 113 Low Moss Prison addictions unit, alcoholics anonymous 2— 2— 2— 34