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These show the prison population trends over the longer term. The latest data available is from 2022-23, with the 2023-24 data due to be published in December 2024.
The project uses the pooled Scottish sample of Family Resources Survey from 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 and the UK component of EUROMOD. The latest published guide to the UK component is De Agostini (2018).1de Agostini, P. (2018, December).
The latest Improvement Service survey confirms that four local authorities - West Lothian, East Lothian, Midlothian and South Ayrshire - have introduced fees in 2018-19.