Question reference: S6W-24314
- Date lodged: 4 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23865 by Jenni Minto on 21 December 2023, whether records are kept of the condoms issued to prisoners on the female prison estate; if so, how many have been issued in each month of the last two years, and for what reason condoms are issued on the female prison estate if conjugal visits are not permitted.
Answer
Data on the numbers of condoms issued in prisons is not collected centrally.
Condom provision is one of the most effective harm reduction interventions to control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV and therefore condoms are available to all prisoners to support health protection in the prison population.
While centralised data is not collected, prison healthcare teams report that women access condoms for home visits and liberation.