§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of the rise in prison population which took place between 1980 and 1987 was the result of increases in the number of prisoners on remand.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonPrison population figures for 1987 are not yet available. Figures for earlier years are given in the Scottish Home and Health Department statistical bulletins "Prison Statistics Scotland", copies of which are in the Library.