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Written Question · S3W-12530 · Session 3

What the ratio of prisoners to staff is in (a) Shotts, (b) Glenochil and (c) Kilmarnock prisons.

Answered Asked by John Wilson SNP Lodged 30 Apr 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of prisoners to staff is in (a) Shotts, (b) Glenochil and (c) Kilmarnock prisons.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 9 May 2008 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table illustrates the prisoner to staff ratios in HM Prison Shotts and HM Prison Glenochil.

| Establishment
| Baseline
Prisoner Capacity
| Total Staff
Complement
| Prisoner to
Staff Ratio

(a)
| HM Prison Shotts
| 537
| 365
| 1.48 to 1

(b)
| HM Prison Glenochil
| 670
| 383
| 1.75 to 1

(c)
| HM Prison Kilmarnock1
|
|
|

Note: 1. Information about staffing levels at HM Prison Kilmarnock is not collected by SPS. Specific staffing levels are not set in the terms of the contract. It is a matter for Kilmarnock Prison Services Limited, as contractor, to determine how to meet the contractual requirements to deliver services.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-12530 by reference.