HC Deb 19 February 1973 vol 851 cc36-8W
Dame Joan Vickers

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list Her Majesty's Prisons for males and females, respectively, stating in each case the number of prison officers, and stating in which prisons there is a shortage of such officers.

Mr. Carlisle

The following are the latest figures of prison officers in post at prisons in England and Wales. There are varying degrees of staff shortage throughout the service.

Men's prisons
Acklington 67
Albany 242
Appleton Thorn 46
Ashford 242
Ashwell 65
Aylesbury 116
Bedford 87
Bela River 41
Birmingham 262
Blundeston 102
Bristol 174
Brixton 355
Brockhill 67
Camp Hill 160
Canterbury 126
Cardiff 129
Chelmsford 158
Coldingley 141
Dartmoor 270
Dorchester 69
Drake Hall 53
Durham 326
Eastchurch 117
Exeter 165
Ford 76
Gartree 201
Gloucester 97
Grendon and Spring Hill 159
Haverigg 91
Hull 204
Kirkham 81
Lancaster 71
Leeds 276
Leicester 155
Lewes 135
Leyhill 52
Lincoln 159
Liverpool 343
Long Lartin 147
Maidstone 161
Manchester 308
Northallerton 53
Northeye 53
Norwich 107
Nottingham 88
Oxford 82
Parkhurst 329
Pentonville 252
Portsmouth 61
Preston 126
Pucklechurch 46
Ranby 58
Reading 57
Risley 272
Shepton Mallet 67
Shrewsbury 78
Stafford 172
Sudbury 53
Swansea 102
Swinfen Hall 81
Thorpe Arch 58

The Verne 83
Wakefield 243
Wandsworth 304
Winchester 181
Wormwood Scrubs 376
Women's prisons
Askham Grange 26
Holloway 161
Moor Court 21
Pucklechurch 32
Risley 59
Styal 86

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