§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many C Category prisoners are accommodated in prisons designed for A Category prisoners in each region, and what spare accommodation in C Category prisons there is in each region.
§ Lord GlenarthurOn 30th September 1985, the most recent date for which figures are currently available, there were 333 Category C prisoners in dispersal prisons as follows:
Midland Region Gartree 33 North Region Frankland 63 Wakefield 18 Hull 132 213 South East Region* Albany 37 Parkhurst 38 75 South West Region Long Lartin 12 Total all Regions 333 *Separate figures for the dispersal hall at Wormwood Scrubs are not available. Nearly two-thirds of these were in establishments in the North Region. The number of Category C prisoners in North Region dispersal prisons will fall substantially with the forthcoming conversions of Hull to a local prison and Thorp Arch to a Category C prison.
It is not recorded centrally how many of the Category C prisoners in dispersal prisons were awaiting transfers.
On 30th September 1985 there were 183 vacancies in Category C establishments as follows:
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Midland Region Featherstone 0 Ranby 10 Stafford 0 Stocken 66
North Region Acklington 0 Haverigg 0 Lancaster 0 Preston 0 Wymott 0 South East Region Camp Hill 0 Highpoint 36 Northeye 12 Norwich Annex 32 Wayland 7 South West Region Channings Wood 13 Shepton Mallet 0 The Verne 7 Total all Regions 183 Over one-third of these were at Stocken, which had not yet built up to full capacity following its recent opening.