§ Mr. MACLEANasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the number and issue a list of the places where police cells have been legalised as places of detention?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe following police cells are at present used as legal prisons for the detention of prisoners for short periods, in pursuance of Rules made under Section 30 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act, 1877:
Place Single Cells. Male. Female. Total. Alloa 2 2 4 Banff 7 4 11 CampbelDown 9 4 13 Dingwall 3 1 4 Dunfermline (County) 6 3 9 Do. (Burgh) 3 2 5 Dunoon 5 4 9 Duns 2 2 4 Elgin 15 4 19 Falkirk 12 *6 18 Forfar 12 5 17 Fort-William 4 1 5 Haddington 12 6 18 Hawick 8 2 10 Inveraray 10 2 12 Jedburgh 3 3 6 Kinross 2 2 4 Kirkcaldy †21 *9 30 Lochgilphead 2 1 3 Lochmaddy 2 2 4 Montrose 5 2 7 Oban 9 1 10 Port Ellen 3 1 4 Portree 4 1 5 Stirling 5 5 10 Stonehaven 5 5 10 Stornoway 2 1 3 Thurso 3 1 4 Wigtown 3 1 4 Total 179 83 262 *Includes one Association Cell for Females. †Includes two Association Cells for Males.