§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prisoners have escaped from Scottish prisons in the last 10 years for which information is available; and from which prisons they escaped.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is set out in the table.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI regret that this information is not available in the form requested. The table details the number of crimes of escape and rescue recorded by the police in Scotland by police force area. These figures include escaping from police custody or prison.
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Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Lothian and Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside Scotland 1986 27 12 16 36 105 35 295 50 576 1987 27 8 23 44 102 21 352 87 664