Question reference: S6W-12337
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 18 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 November 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the number of prison cells that have been taken permanently out of use in each year since 2016.
Answer
I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:
SPS do not record the number of prison cells taken permanently out of use.