How many children aged under 16 have been detained in HM Prison Kilmarnock in each of the last six years; how old they were; how long they …

I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
There are two circumstances in which a child or young person may be admitted to the custody of the Scottish Prison Service. In the first, a child or young person remanded or committed for trial and considered by the sheriff to be unruly may be detained in prison on an “unruly certificate”. In the second, a child who has been convicted on indictment and sentenced to be detained in such a place as the Scottish ministers direct may be held in a prison or young offenders institution.
The available information on the number of children so held in Kilmarnock Prison are set out in the tables which follow.
Details of all Under 16s Who Were Held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 2004

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
| Individuals Aged 15
| Total Number of Days or Part Days

Kilmarnock
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 12


Details of all Under 16s Who Were Held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 2003

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
| Individuals Aged 15
| Total Number of Days or Part Days

Kilmarnock
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3


Details of all Under 16s Who Were Held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 2002

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
| Individuals Aged 15
| Total Number of Days or Part Days

Kilmarnock
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0


Details of all Under 16s Who Were Held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 2001

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
| Individuals Aged 15
| Total Number of Days or Part Days

Kilmarnock
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 86


Details of all Under 16s Who Were Held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 2000

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
| Individuals Aged 15
| Total Number of Days or Part Days

Kilmarnock
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 32


Details of all under 16s who were held in HM Prison Kilmarnock, 1999

| Number of Individuals
| Individuals Aged 14
|