HC Deb 10 December 1997 vol 302 c626W
Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list per capita spending for(a) male prisoners, (b) female prisoners and (c) each prison in Scotland in the last year for which figures are available. [19828]

Mr. McLeish

[holding answer 9 December 1997]The budgeted average annual cost per prisoner in Scotland in the current financial year (April 1997 to March 1998) is(a) £20,790 for male prisoners, and (b) £36,728 for female prisoners at Cornton Vale, and (c) as listed for each establishment in Scotland.

Prison Cost per prisoner £
Aberdeen 27,354
Barlinnie 15,032
Castle Huntly 19,742
Cornton Vale 36,728
Dumfries 32,628
Dungavel 21,033
Edinburgh 19,715
Friarton 23,935
Glenochil 21,927
Greenock 17,500
Inverness 24,974
Longriggend 27,090
Low Moss 13,195
Noranside 19,865
Penninghame 19,225
Perth 24,140
Peterhead 35,609
Peterhead Unit 84,402
Polmont 20,190
Shotts 23,943
Shotts Unit 99,394
Shotts National Induction Centre 24,186

The above costs have been calculated as total budgeted expenditure (excluding capital, Headquarters and other central costs) divided by the forecast daily average prisoner population for the year, at the time at which budgets were set.