§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in
Capital Expenditure* Prison 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 £ £ £ £ £ Aberdeen 121,848 162,897 33,402 483 6,541 Barlinnie 301,551 340,305 387,980 420,723 86,153 Cornton Vale 631,644 371,085 199,373 75,001 13,384 Dungavel 316,724 462,620 284,111 96,339 28,688 Edinburgh 148,536 53,428 312,933 164,447 47,789 Greenock 161 7,544 151,883 191,602 320,589 Inverness 874 14,329 105,846 6,071 7,508 Low Moss 2,777 17,569 43,089 82,799 3,754 Penninghame 2,980 2,119 3,971 150 6,531 Perth 46,788 23,998 43,594 88,245 20,999 Peterhead 26,738 29,498 40,004 377,921 155,941 Shotts 300,555 300,650 2,363,484 2,907,360 3,129,492 * Includes expenditure on prison staff housing.
§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the authorised establishment, the actual number of serving offi-
Prisons Authorised staff establishment Staff in post at 1 February 1979 Prisoner to authorised officer ratio Aberdeen Prison 75 70 2.50 Barlinnie Prison 339 309 2.81 Cornton Vale Institution (Prison, Borstal and Young Offenders Institution) 205 161 0.76 Dungavel Prison 53 39 1.87 Edinburgh Prison 177 199* 2.40 Greenock Prison 31 27 0.94 Inverness Prison 73 62 1.15 Longriggend Remand Institution 108 94 2.52 Low Moss Prison 89 79 3.25 Penninghame Prison 27 26 2.41 Perth Prison 201 198 2.66 Peterhead Prison 197 181 1.60 Shotts Prison 64 57 0.69 *Re-assignment of staff following closure of Edinburgh Young Offenders' Institution to be completed shortly.