Publication - FOI/EIR release

New Highland Prison spend: FOI release

Published: 8 July 2025
Directorate: Justice Directorate
Topic: Law and order, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202500458979
Date received: 25 March 2025
Date responded: 22 April 2025

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Information requested

How much money to date has been spent on the construction of the new HMP Highland Prison in Inverness.

Response

The answer to your question is that to the 28th February 2025, the capital spend on HMP Highland has been £69,854,230, including site purchase, all project costs and taxation.

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Contact

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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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