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Prisons

Volume 168: debated on Thursday 8 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the penal establishments in Scotland, by security category, giving the number of inmates in each at a convenient date in (a) 1979 and (b) 1989.

The categories of the penal establishments in Scotland, together with the number of inmates in each in November 1979 and November 1989 are set out in the table.

City of Glasgow district council—HRA and non-URA gross allocations (1989–90 prices)
HRA (£ million)Non-HRA (£ million)
1978–79126·228·6
1979–80121·926·5
1980–81104·628·7
1981–8292·429·6
1982–8382·639·1
1983–84188·439·4
1984–8560·5104·3
1985–8671·248·6
1986–8779·748·8
1987–8895·861·5
1988–8994·253·8
1989–9096·154·7

1 Special arrangements applied in 1983–84 when authorities were allowed to exceed consent subject to certain conditions.