Reporting
Section 6 – report on operation of Act
51.Subsection (1) of this section requires the Scottish Ministers to carry out a review of how the changes made to the 1993 Act and 1995 Act have operated. This must be carried out as soon as reasonably practicable after the period of 2 years, beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force. The report must be published and a copy of it laid before the Scottish Parliament.
52.Subsection (2) of this section sets out some things which the report must include (though it can also include other information about how the changes are operating). In particular, the report must include information about the prison population throughout the review period as well as setting out certain information in relation to those who are released in tranches under the transitional arrangements that are provided for in paragraph 3(1) of the schedule. Release under paragraph 3(1) (i.e. in the three tranches that are provided for) will be the biggest release of prisoners under the changes made by this Act.
53.In relation to those releases, the report must set out—
the number of individuals released in each release period (broken down by reference to the matters set out at subsection (2)(b)(i)(A) to (C)),
for each local authority area, the number of individuals released whose last known address prior to imprisonment was within that area,
for each health board area, the number of individuals released whose last known address prior to imprisonment was within that area.
