§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements are in force in Scottish prisons to provide(a) special diets, (b) religious worship facilities, (c) appropriate cultural facilities and (d) interpreter services, for ethnic minority prisoners or prisoners with special religious needs.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonAn inmate's right to a wholesome and varied diet, and to adequate arrangements for religious observation, is protected by the Prison (Scotland) Rules 1952, which also encourage the provision
Home help provision in Scotland number of home helps1 per 1.000 total population As at the first Monday in October Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Strathclyde Tayside Orkney Shetland Western Isles Scotland 1979 1.19 1.70 2.20 1.68 1.17 1.01 2.28 2.07 1.30 3.27 1.81 4.6.1 1.88 1980 1.10 1.65 2.19 1.49 1.18 1.09 2.37 1.93 1.52 3.10 1.81 4.47 1.83 1981 1.10 1.56 2.23 1.48 1.15 1.20 1.88 1.92 1.38 3.34 1.94 4.25 1.74 1982 1.10 1.55 2.24 1.78 1.19 1.30 2.20 1.95 1.38 3.18 2.11 4.50 1.82 1983 1.10 1.60 2.00 1.79 1.33 1.52 2.02 1.96 1.46 3.43 2.17 5.23 1.83 1984 1.10 1.62 2.39 2.00 1.45 1.59 1.97 1.96 1.59 3.26 2.23 4.90 1.87 1985 1.06 1.66 2.01 1.96 1.47 1.58 1.99 2.09 1.60 3.62 2.05 5.14 1.93 1986 1.08 1.70 1.83 2.59 1.43 1.26 2.01 2.17 1.61 3.53 1.95 5.11 1.99 1987 1.09 1.74 1.66 2.38 1.52 1.20 2.19 2.19 1.62 3.31 2.27 5.02 2.02 1 Expressed in Whole-time Equivalents