Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-35219

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 26 February 2025
Current status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 March 2025

Question

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates since 2011 was the timescale for the completion of HMP Highland communicated to it, and what the estimated timescale was at each update.

Answer

There has been regular communication between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Prison Service on HMP Highland, including time-scales for completion, since 2011, in line with updates to the Infrastructure Investment Plan.

In December 2011 the Scottish Government was updated that completion dates for HMP Highland were uncertain.
In October 2015 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2019.
In September 2016 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2020.
In July 2018 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2021.
In April 2019 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2023.
In September 2020 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2024.
In September 2022 the Scottish Government was updated that estimated operational date was 2025.
In February 2024 the Scottish Government was updated that the most likely time-scale for construction completion was 2026.

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