HC Deb 14 February 1984 vol 54 cc167-8W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the number of untried prisoners in each prison in Scotland has increased over the last 10 years; and how many there were in each prison in Scotland in January 1984.

Mr. Ancram

Information is not available in the form requested, but the average daily remand population—that is, including those convicted awaiting sentence—increased from 597 in 1983 to 844 in 1982. The number of remand inmates in Scottish penal establishments on 3 January 1984 was 766 as shown in the table.

Untried Convicted awaiting sentence Total
Aberdeen prison 58 — 58
Barlinnie prison 235 20 255
Corton Vale institution 21 4 25

Untried Convicted awaiting sentence Total
Dumfries prison 10 1 11
Edinburgh prison 107 40 147
Inverness prison 16 2 18
Longriggend remand institution 111 97 208
Perth prison 31 13 44
589 177 766