Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-03838

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: 19 October 2021
Current status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 November 2021

Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35919 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:

The following tables detail the (a) Average Occupancy (b) Design Capacity and (c) the Occupancy Rate of each prison between March 2021 to September 2021.

The Occupancy Rate and the Design Capacity rate are the average for each calendar month.

MARCH 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	641	702	91%
Barlinnie	1219	987	124%
Cornton Vale	58	109	53%
Dumfries	162	176	92%
Edinburgh	874	867	101%
Glenochil	664	668	99%
Grampian	445	552	81%
Greenock	197	218	90%
Inverness	102	93	110%
Kilmarnock	504	501	100%
Low Moss	824	784	105%
Open Estate	147	284	52%
Perth	651	631	103%
Polmont	352	758	46%
Shotts	543	538	101%

APRIL 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	601	702	86%
Barlinnie	1205	987	122%
Cornton Vale	57	109	52%
Dumfries	179	176	102%
Edinburgh	860	867	99%
Glenochil	694	668	104%
Grampian	446	552	81%
Greenock	192	218	88%
Inverness	97	93	104%
Kilmarnock	532	501	106%
Low Moss	831	784	106%
Open Estate	149	284	52%
Perth	647	631	103%
Polmont	346	758	46%
Shotts	544	538	101%

MAY 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	689	702	98%
Barlinnie	1113	987	113%
Cornton Vale	56	109	51%
Dumfries	185	176	105%
Edinburgh	835	867	96%
Glenochil	694	668	104%
Grampian	439	552	80%
Greenock	194	218	89%
Inverness	105	93	113%
Kilmarnock	538	501	107%
Low Moss	828	784	106%
Open Estate	152	284	54%
Perth	633	631	100%
Polmont	338	758	45%
Shotts	542	538	101%

JUNE 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	710	702	101%
Barlinnie	1155	987	117%
Cornton Vale	57	109	52%
Dumfries	185	176	105%
Edinburgh	859	867	99%
Glenochil	694	668	104%
Grampian	439	552	80%
Greenock	199	224	91%
Inverness	102	93	110%
Kilmarnock	526	501	105%
Low Moss	805	784	103%
Open Estate	156	284	55%
Perth	650	631	103%
Polmont	345	758	46%
Shotts	545	538	101%

JULY 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	717	702	102%
Barlinnie	1246	987	126%
Cornton Vale	53	109	49%
Dumfries	187	176	106%
Edinburgh	876	867	101%
Glenochil	716	668	107%
Grampian	438	552	79%
Greenock	198	224	91%
Inverness	101	93	109%
Kilmarnock	539	501	108%
Low Moss	782	785	100%
Open Estate	150	284	53%
Perth	635	631	101%
Polmont	337	758	44%
Shotts	544	538	101%

AUGUST 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	723	702	103%
Barlinnie	1216	987	123%
Cornton Vale	63	109	58%
Dumfries	187	176	106%
Edinburgh	881	867	102%
Glenochil	716	668	107%
Grampian	435	552	79%
Greenock	196	224	90%
Inverness	114	93	123%
Kilmarnock	538	501	107%
Low Moss	839	785	107%
Open Estate	148	284	52%
Perth	637	631	101%
Polmont	335	758	44%
Shotts	541	538	101%

SEPTEMBER 2021

Name	Average Occupancy	Average Design Capacity	Average Occupancy Rate
Addiewell	723	702	103%
Barlinnie	1183	987	120%
Cornton Vale	58	109	53%
Dumfries	183	176	104%
Edinburgh	877	867	101%
Glenochil	728	668	109%
Grampian	430	552	78%
Greenock	190	219	87%
Inverness	115	93	124%
Kilmarnock	540	501	108%
Low Moss	857	785	109%
Open Estate	147	284	52%
Perth	650	631	103%
Polmont	334	758	44%
Shotts	540	538	100%

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