FOI/202600516330 · FOI · released

Scottish prison population statistics by nationality: FOI release

Published: 2026-07-20
Received: 2026-05-08
Responded: 2026-05-28
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector
Exemptions: None detected

Information requested

You asked for the nationality of individuals spending time in prison in each financial year 2016-17 through 2024-25.

Please accept my apologies for the partial response issued previously (Ref 202600512777).

Response

I enclose a copy of the information you requested in a spreadsheet. Following the standards adopted by the Scottish Prison Service for potentially disclosive information about individuals held in prison, cells in the attached table containing fewer than 5 cases are labelled "< 5".

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Attachments

FOI 202600516330 - Information Released - Spreadsheet Excel document 21.9 kB

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