§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of escapes from prison in each year since 1983 stating(a) the prison concerned, (b) what offence the prisoner had been convicted for and (c) how long each prisoner remained at large.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe subject of the question relates to matters undertaken by the Scottish Prison Service. I have asked its chief executive, Mr. E. W. Frizzell, to arrange for a reply to be given.
630WLetter from E. W. Frizzell to Dr. Norman A. Godman, dated 14 February 1995:
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton has asked me to reply to your Question about escapes from Scottish prisons.
Information on the number of escapes from 1983 from Scottish Prisons is included in Reports "Prisons in Scotland" and from 1991–92 "Scottish Prison Service".
The remaining information you requested relating to escapes is not held centrally. Details of the relevant Annual Reports are as follows:
Year Command number Number of escapes 11987 551 Appendix 4 Page 22 1988–89 998 Appendix 4 Page 21 1989–90 1,499 Appendix 4 Page 17 1990–91 1,663 Appendix 4 Page 10 1991–92 2,143 Appendix 9 — 1992–93 2,323 Appendix 9 Page 61 1993–94 515 Appendix 8 Page 59 1 This report contains the number of escapes from 1983–87.