- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners from Aberdeen city are held in (a) HMP Aberdeen, (b) HMP Peterhead, (c) another prison in Scotland for adult males, (d) HMP and YOI Cornton Vale and (e) YOI Polmont.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table illustrates the distribution of prisoners in custody whose postcode area lies within Aberdeen City. The data is as of 10:30 on 20 February 2009.
| Establishment | Total |
| Aberdeen | 126 |
| Barlinnie | 5 |
| Cornton Vale | 23 |
| Edinburgh | 9 |
| Glenochil Prison | 49 |
| Greenock | 5 |
| Inverness | 7 |
| Open Estate | 9 |
| Perth | 50 |
| Peterhead | 12 |
| Polmont | 27 |
| Shotts | 13 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners in HMP Aberdeen come from an address with an AB postcode.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond.
His response is as follows:
As of 13:30 on 20 February 2009 there were 155 prisoners within HM Prison Aberdeen who had an AB postcode from a total population of 221.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners in HMP Aberdeen come from (a) Aberdeen city, (b) Aberdeenshire, (c) Moray, (d) elsewhere in Scotland and (e) elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table illustrates the distribution of prisoners in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Other Scotland, and Other UK. The data is as of 10:15, 20 February 2009.
| Area | Total |
| Aberdeen City | 133 |
| Aberdeenshire | 57 |
| Moray | 4 |
| Other Scotland | 12 |
| Other UK | 15 |
| Total | 221 |
Note: Prisoners who are recorded as No Fixed Abode are given the AB1 postal area.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners with an AB postcode are held in (a) HMP Aberdeen, (b) HMP Peterhead, (c) another prison in Scotland for adult males, (d) HMP and YOI Cornton Vale and (e) YOI Polmont.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
The following table illustrates the distribution of prisoners in custody with an AB postcode. The data is as of 11:30 on 20 February 2009.
| Establishment | Total |
| Aberdeen | 159 |
| Barlinnie | 6 |
| Cornton Vale | 33 |
| Dumfries | 4 |
| Edinburgh | 12 |
| Glenochil Prison | 58 |
| Greenock | 6 |
| Inverness | 13 |
| Open Estate | 17 |
| Perth | 70 |
| Polmont | 31 |
| Peterhead | 19 |
| Shotts | 16 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its target for tourism revenue in 2009 is (a) as part of reaching the target of a 50% increase in tourism revenues by 2015 and (b) directly as a result of Homecoming Scotland 2009.
Answer
The shared ambition with the tourism industry to increase tourism revenues by 50% by 2015 has not been broken down on a year-by-year basis so there is no specific target for 2009. For Homecoming, the target in 2009 is to achieve an 8:1 return on the core £5 million funding (i.e. £40 million tourism revenue).
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what its target is for additional tourism revenue for each of the next three years as part of reaching the target of a 50% increase in tourism revenues by 2015.
Answer
The shared ambition with the tourism industry to increase tourism revenues by 50% by 2015 has not been broken down on a year-by-year basis so there are no specific targets for each of the next three years.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners are held at HMP Peterhead and how many of these are serious sex offenders.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
On 18 February 2009 the population of HMP Peterhead was 304, all of whom were sex offenders. There is no technical definition of serious sex offenders however, given that the sentence length imposed by the Court is likely to be commensurate with the gravity of the offence, the breakdown of sentence categories can be provided.
The following table illustrates the sentence categories for the population of HMP Peterhead as of February 18 2009. Life Recalls are included in the Life sentence total (3).
| Sentence Category (years) | Total |
| 0 - 1 | 1 |
| 1 - 2 | 5 |
| 2 - 4 | 13 |
| 4 - 10 | 176 |
| 10 + | 41 |
| Life | 58 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional tourism revenue was achieved in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008 as part of reaching the target of a 50% increase in tourism revenues by 2015.
Answer
Data from the Office of National Statistics records that tourism revenue (expenditure) in Scotland was (a) £4.159 billion in 2006 and (b) £4.203 billion in 2007. Data for 2008 is not yet available.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners were held at HMP Peterhead in August 2007 and how many of these were serious sex offenders.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
On 1 August 2007 the population of HMP Peterhead was 306, all of whom were sex offenders. There is no technical definition of serious sex offenders however, given that the sentence length imposed by the Court is likely to be commensurate with the gravity of the offence, the breakdown of sentence categories can be provided.
The following table illustrates the sentence categories for the population of HMP Peterhead as of 1 August 2007. Life Recalls are included in the Life sentence total (5).
| Sentence Category (Years) | Total |
| 0 - 1 | 3 |
| 1 - 2 | 2 |
| 2 - 4 | 18 |
| 4 - 10 | 165 |
| 10 + | 42 |
| Life | 76 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 February 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners were held at HMP Aberdeen in August 2007.
Answer
I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
There were no females prisoners held in HMP Aberdeen during August 2007. There were an average of 92 Adult Male Remand, 15 Young Adult Male Remand, 130 Adult Male Convicted and three Young Adult Male Convicted prisoners held during that month.
