Question reference: S3W-04243
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 12 September 2007
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prison places have been available in each Scottish parliamentary region or equivalent in each year since 1979.
Answer
I have asked MikeEwart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
A table showingthe average annual prisoner population across all sites since 1979 has beenplaced in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 43685). SPSdoes not hold historical information on prisoner places in the formatrequested.