§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list the levels of alcoholism and suicide rates for each of the prisons in Scotland for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. LangInformation is published in the annual report "Prisons in Scotland", copies of which are available in the Library.
The numbers of inmates in penal establishments in Scotland who (a) received treatment for symptoms associated with alcohol abuse, and (b) died as a result of self-inflicted injuries in the years 1979–86 are as follows:
(a) (b) 1986 n.a. 17 198S 1,165 7 1984 1,699 5 1983 1,880 6 1982 1,888 3 1981 1,085 3 1980 921 1 1979 800 3 1978 724 4 1977 649 3 1 Figure for 1986 not yet published.