To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that HM Prison Grampian will be completed and what the overall cost of building it will be.

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The Scottish Government Infrastructure Investment Plan 2008, published in March 2008, provides details of the funding and planned investment in the Prison estate, including the redevelopment of HM Prison Edinburgh, HM Prison Glenochil, HM Prison Perth and HMYOI Polmont. Construction continues at each site and work is expected to be completed at HM Prison Edinburgh and HMYOI Polmont during 2009-10 followed by HM Prison Glenochil and HM Prison Perth during 2010-11.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects that HM Prison Bishopbriggs will be completed and what the overall cost of building it will be.

I have asked Mike Ewart, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:

The Scottish Government Infrastructure Investment Plan 2008, published in March 2008, provides details of the funding and planned investment in the prison estate, including the redevelopment of HM Prison Edinburgh, HM Prison Glenochil, HM Prison Perth and HMYOI Polmont. Construction continues at each site and work is expected to be completed at HM Prison Edinburgh and HMYOI Polmont during 2009-10 followed by HM Prison Glenochil and HM Prison Perth during 2010-11.

The procurement process is underway with a view to construction commencing, subject to planning permission, during 2009-10.

Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of its budget for the current spending review period will be spent on the construction of HM Prison Bishopbriggs and HM Prison Grampian.

The Scottish Government Infrastructure Investment Plan 2008 , published in March 2008, provides details of the funding and planned investment in the prison estate. The Scottish Prison Service budget for prison development, including HM Prison Bishopbriggs and HM Prison Grampian, amounts to £356 million during the current spending review period, and forecast to continue at £120 million per annum thereafter to complete the modernisation of the prison estate.

The planned investment in the prison estate during the current spending review is 0.4% of the Scottish Government’s Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) budget for that period.