§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the numbers of (a) remand prisoners and (b) short-term prisoners in Scottish prisons, giving numbers for each prison separately.
§ Mr. AncramThe numbers of remand prisoners and short-term prisoners in Scottish prisons and Longriggend remand institution at lock-up on 3 April 1984 were as follows:
Remand* Short-term† Prisons Aberdeen 51 94 Barlinnie 416 546 Cornton Vale 34 58 Dumfries 18 4 Edinburgh 125 180 Inverness 30 49 Low Moss — 383 Perth 25 133 Penninghame — 24 Remand institution Longriggend 252 24 * Untried and convicted awaiting sentence † Sentences of less than 18 months
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, of all prisoners in Scottish prisons, what percentage have been remand prisoners in 1983 and 1984 to date.
§ Mr. AncramRemand prisoners represented 17 per cent. of the prison population in 1983 and 18 per cent. in 1984 to date.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cells set aside for remand prisoners in Scotland contain one, two or three prisoners to a cell, giving separate figures for each category.
§ Mr. AncramDetails of the occupancy of cells allocated for remand prisoners in Scotland, at lock-up on 3 April 1984, are as follows:
Remand Cell Occupancy 1 prisoners 2 prisoners 3 prisoners 166 343 8
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, over the last five years, what percentage of prisoners in Scottish prisons on remand have (a) been convicted and (b) been released without imprisonment.
§ Mr. AncramThis information cannot be provided from the statistics collected by my Department.