§ Mr. FrenchTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the ratio of prison staff to inmates at Gloucester prison for each of the last three years; and what was the comparable figure in the five prisons nearest to it in size.
Officers per inmate 1 April 1988 1 April 1989 1 April 1990 1 April 1991 Gloucester 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.48 Bedford 0.50 0.54 0.56 0.68 Shrewsbury 0.33 0.44 0.42 0.53 Leicester1 0.49 0.54 0.63 0.70 Reading 0.40 0.51 0.56 0.55 Swansea 0.39 0.51 0.57 0.53 1 Including special unit.