§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are 823W the numbers of (a) male prisoners sharing three to a cell and the number of female prisoners sharing three to a cell, (b) the number of male prisoners sharing two to a cell, and the number of female prisoners sharing two to a cell, and (c) the number of male prisoners sharing more than three to a cell and the number of women prisoners sharing more than three to a cell.
§ Dr. Summerskill:The following table gives information about the numbers sharing cells on 12th November 1978:
Males Females Three to a cell 4,977 99 Two to a cell 10,234 186 Total two and three in cells 15,211 285 In addition, some 11,744 males and 807 females were located in other accommodation designed for sharing such as dormitories and huts, but there are no cells holding more than three prisoners.