HC Deb 29 January 1990 vol 166 cc50-1W
Mr. Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many remand prisoners there were in Scottish prisons at a convenient date in each of the past 10 years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The available information is set out in the table:

Average daily remand population in Scottish penal establishments 1980–89
Numbers
1980 705
1981 746
1982 844
1983 863

Numbers
1984 942
1985 1,092
1986 1,017
1987 938
1988 844
11989 768
1Provisional.