§ Mr. Colvinasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table showing (a) the total capacity in terms of the number of prisoners for which Her Majesty's prisons were designated, (b) the current number of inmates and (c) the additional places he plans to create in the next three years.
§ Mr. MayhewOn 3 July 1981 the certified normal accommodation of Prison Department establishments in England and Wales was about 38,800 and the total number of inmates was about 44,700. Approximately 1,000 additional places should be available for inmates to occupy in the next three years.