Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-03837

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 19 October 2021
Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 17 November 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-36076 by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2021, whether it will provide figures for each month from March 2021 to date.

Answer

I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

SPS is unable provide information on the breakdown of the average monthly occupancy rates as the data is not collected in this format. The table below provides details of the weekly data collated on single cell occupancy across the prison estate.

Single Occupancy – number of people accommodated alone in a cell intended to accommodate one person
Single Occupancy Double Room – number of people accommodated alone in a cell that is designed to be double occupancy
Double Occupancy Single Room – number of people accommodated with another person in a cell intended for one person
Double Occupancy Double Room, Multiple Occupancy and Single Occupancy Dorm – number of people accommodated in a cell, or dormitory, intended for more than one person
Total Population – The total number of individuals in custody that evening.
Single Cell Occupancy % - The percentage of the total population of that evening who are accommodated in single cell accommodation.

Date	Single Occupancy	Single Occupancy Double Room	Double Occupancy Single Room	Double Occupancy Double Room	Multiple Occupancy	Single Occupancy Dorm	Total Population	Single Cell Occupancy %
22-03-2021	4992	258	1252	892	22	0	7416	70.8%
29-03-2021	4957	242	1232	942	19	1	7393	70.3%
05-04-2021	4937	248	1308	918	25	3	7439	69.7%
12-04-2021	4929	253	1306	898	31	0	7417	69.9%
19-04-2021	4933	267	1312	868	28	1	7409	70.2%
26-04-2021	4927	258	1286	874	30	3	7378	70.3%
03-05-2021	5015	274	1212	852	32	0	7385	71.6%
10-05-2021	5071	282	1122	844	33	1	7353	72.8%
17-05-2021	5072	280	1154	838	32	1	7377	72.6%
24-05-2021	5072	269	1142	838	35	1	7357	72.6%
31-05-2021	5133	260	1132	842	34	0	7401	72.9%
07-06-2021	5135	273	1128	862	28	3	7429	72.8%
14-06-2021	5056	269	1204	898	31	0	7458	71.4%
21-06-2021	5070	262	1262	884	30	1	7509	71.0%
28-06-2021	5001	265	1314	884	35	2	7501	70.2%
05-07-2021	5017	257	1316	892	33	0	7515	70.2%
12-07-2021	4982	251	1362	876	33	1	7505	69.7%
19-07-2021	4995	266	1384	870	31	1	7547	69.7%
26-07-2021	4971	248	1426	892	30	1	7568	69.0%
02-08-2021	4960	274	1454	868	33	1	7590	69.0%
09-08-2021	4919	280	1504	864	30	1	7598	68.4%
16-08-2021	4922	266	1468	910	33	1	7600	68.3%
23-08-2021	4964	252	1420	910	36	2	7584	68.8%
30-08-2021	4952	248	1452	906	38	1	7597	68.5%
06-09-2021	4934	256	1426	898	35	1	7550	68.8%
13-09-2021	4959	260	1406	914	31	1	7571	68.9%
20-09-2021	4957	254	1442	922	31	1	7607	68.5%
27-09-2021	4941	255	1444	916	33	1	7590	68.5%
04-10-2021	4901	250	1464	902	35	1	7553	68.2%
11-10-2021	4908	251	1472	894	33	0	7558	68.3%
18-10-2021	4872	248	1518	900	34	0	7572	67.6%

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