HC Deb 13 May 1987 vol 116 cc266-7W
Mr. McTaggart

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements have been made to house offenders under the age of 21 years following the transfer of prisoners from Barlinnie prison in Glasgow to Glenochil young offenders' institute and other young offenders' institutions.

Mr. Lang

I refer to my reply of 12 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Mr. Pollock).

In order to reduce pressure of overcrowding at Barlinnie prison and other local prisons, Noranside young offenders institution was converted to use as an adult open prison on 13 April and two halls of Glenochil young offenders institution have been used for adult prisoners since 4 March and 6 April, respectively. A group of 40 inmates from Glenochil young offenders institution who had been presenting management problems were transferred to B hall, Dumfries prison, on 15 April, where they are being kept out of association with adult inmates.

Plans to complete the transfer of remaining under-21 inmates in Glenochil YOI to Dumfries prison and Greenock prison are now being drawn up (together with plans for transfer of adult inmates from Dumfries and

Expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility in real terms (1987–88 base year)1
£ million
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 21987–88
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 160 209 224 200 187 193 205 216 196 186
Industry, Energy, Trade and Employment 170 173 176 166 195 189 230 310 357 257
Other services:
Tourism 12 12 12 12 14 13 15 14 13 13
Transport 608 560 567 596 595 584 570 574 604 601
Housing 1,172 1,269 1,138 953 850 849 745 664 661 696
Other Environmental Services 630 681 643 620 615 616 601 586 641 610
Law, Order and Protective Services 392 423 447 475 494 529 551 543 587 625
Education 1,970 1,960 2,020 2,064 2,024 2,032 1,990 1,901 2,032 1,956
Arts and Libraries 69 64 80 82 78 76 78 81 83 82
Health and Social Work 2,073 2,131 2,270 2,347 2,364 2,411 2,477 2,473 2,556 2,605
Other Public Services 109 104 108 106 96 114 114 112 116 118
Local Authority Current Expenditure not allocated to services 124
Total Other Services 7,036 7,244 7,284 7,255 7,132 7,225 7,141 6,948 7,295 7,430
Nationalised Industries External Financing 133 244 159 126 197 328 427 249 250 87
Total Expenditure within the Secretary of State's responsibility 7,498 7,868 7,844 7,747 7,711 7,936 8,003 7,723 8,099 7,960
1The figures are the cash figures taken from the 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 editions of "Public Expenditure: A Commentary on The Scot and Programme" adjusted for general inflation as measured by the GDP deflator at market prices.
2The figures for 1987–88 are planned provision. Those for 1986–87 are based on provisional outturn figures, and those for earlier year are based on actual outturn.

NoteThe individual figures for services may not sum to the totals due to roundings.