HC Deb 29 March 1990 vol 170 c285W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been allocated to Thorp Arch prison and are now awaiting transfer at the latest count.

Mr. Mellor

On Friday 23 March, 275 inmates were allocated and awaiting transfer to Thorp Arch prison.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been transferred to Thorp Arch prison in the last three months.

Mr. Mellor

On 19 March, 27 of the 134 inmates held at Throp Arch had been received since 19 December 1989. The numbers of inmates who may have been transferred to Thorp Arch in that period, and subsequently moved elsewhere, cannot be readily identified.

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