Publication - FOI/EIR release

Information regarding foreign nationals in Scottish Prisons: FOI release

Published: 2 November 2026
Directorate: Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Public safety and emergencies, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202600526100
Date received: 3 July 2026
Date responded: 15 July 2026

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

Information requested

You asked for "Further to the attached (FOI 202600512777), can you provide the same data but this time for 2025/2026."

Response

The 25/26 annual publication has not yet been produced, which is required to produce the data for this request. The Scottish Prisons annual official statistics are usually produced towards the end of the year but no final publication data has been decided yet.

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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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