HC Deb 30 June 1994 vol 245 cc724-7W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in which prisons alcohol abuse and misuse programmes are available to prisoners; how many prisoners(a) commenced and (b) completed the programme in each prison in 1991, 1992, 1993 and so far this year; and if he will make a statement.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[pursuant to his reply 15 June 1994, c. 610]: The chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, has mind further to the hon. Member.

Letter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman Godman, dated 30 June 1994: I wrote to you on 15 June in response to your question about alcohol abuse and misuse programmes within Scottish penal establishments and undertook to write again when the figures for Barlinnie prison were available. These are now included in the table attached which, for ease of reference, also repeats the information given in my earlier letter.

Establishment Alcohol programme run by 1991 1Number completed 1992 1Number completed 1993 1Number completed 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 221 130 81 31
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
Noranside Alcoholics Anonymous Tayside Council on Alcohol Prison Education Unit 4 14 19 21
Penninghame Prison Education Unit Prison Social Work Alcoholics Anonymous Al-teen 2— 2— 54 12
Perth Tayside Council on Alcohol Alcoholics Anonymous Prison Social Work Unit 13 21 12 32
Peterhead Prison Education Unit Alcoholics Anonymous 26 46 80 40
Polmont Prison Social Work Unit Scottish Council on Alcohol 65 63 42 16
Shotts Alcoholics Anonymous 30 prisoners attend per week 30 prisoners attend per week 30 prisoners attend per week 30 prisoners attend per week
Shotts Unit Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
TOTAL 792 810 1,033 547

1The numbers quoted show the total number of prisoners who completed alcohol programmes. The number of prisoners who commenced but did not complete the programmes is not available.

2No figures available.

Note:

The figures do not include the prisoners who receive individual counselling from prison based social workers or community based addiction counsellors.