To ask the Scottish Executive what the capacity is of HMP (a) Noranside and (b) Castle Huntly and what the occupancy has been in each month in the last five years.
I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The design capacity of HMP Castle Huntly is as follows:
1 January 2004 to 15 August 2005: 156
15 August 2005 to 10 May 2006: 297
10 May 2006 to 1 May 2007: 285
The design capacity of HMP Noranside is as follows:
1 January 2004 to 26 May 2006: 135
26 May 2006 to 1 May 2007: 140
The design capacity of HMP Open Estate is as follows:
1 May 2007 to 19 December 2008: 425
19 December 2008 to 22 July 2009: 419
22 July 2009 to present: 425
The following tables show the average monthly population for HMP Castle Huntly, HMP Noranside and HMP Open Estate.
HMP Castle Huntly
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
January | 0 | 153 | 264 | 275 |
February | 0 | 153 | 261 | 282 |
March | 0 | 156 | 256 | 282 |
April | 0 | 157 | 258 | 207 |
May | 0 | 157 | 268 | 0 |
June | 0 | 159 | 277 | 0 |
July | 157 | 155 | 274 | 0 |
August | 158 | 157 | 259 | 0 |
September | 154 | 181 | 247 | 0 |
October | 157 | 193 | 271 | 0 |
November | 156 | 254 | 272 | 0 |
December | 153 | 270 | 275 | 0 |
HMP Noranside
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
January | 0 | 134 | 140 | 164 |
February | 0 | 138 | 141 | 161 |
March | 0 | 137 | 143 | 164 |
April | 0 | 136 | 141 | 121 |
May | 0 | 137 | 138 | 0 |
June | 0 | 138 | 146 | 0 |
July | 137 | 134 | 146 | 0 |
August | 138 | 135 | 160 | 0 |
September | 137 | 127 | 165 | 0 |
October | 134 | 135 | 165 | 0 |
November | 133 | 138 | 165 | 0 |
December | 132 | 139 | 164 | 0 |
HMP Open Estate
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
January | 0 | 465 | 316 | 237 |
February | 0 | 470 | 319 | 229 |
March | 0 | 443 | 316 | 230 |
April | 0 | 377 | 302 | 225 |
May | 446 | 339 | 297 | 232 |
June | 470 | 339 | 296 | 241 |
July | 481 | 354 | 277 | 253 |
August | 483 | 353 | 264 | 250 |
September | 492 | 348 | 250 | 258 |
October | 493 | 358 | 248 | 266 |
November | 486 | 355 | 247 | 278 |
December | 479 | 344 | 256 | 281 |