Question reference: S5W-18339
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 21 August 2018
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have (a) commenced and (b) completed the Scottish Prison Service's Self-Change Programme in each year since the programme started, also broken down by prison facility.
Answer
I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. His response is as follows:
Due to the nature of the delivery of the Self Change Programme (SCP), this information is not held in the format requested. SPS do however record the number of individuals who complete SCP and the attrition rate and this information is provided in the following table:
Low Moss | Shotts | |||
Completed | Non-completions | Completed | Non-completions | |
2014-15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
2015-16 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
2016-17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
2017-18 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 8 |