§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of hospital beds at each of the London prisons as of 22 November; and what was the number of prison inmates being held in each of these prison hospital wings on that date.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 2 December 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of available hospital beds at each of the London prisons on 22 November and the number of occupied on that date. The information requested is as follows:
Number of beds Number of beds occupied HMP Belmarsh 73 47 HMP Brixton 66 62 HMYOI Feltham 30 26 HMP Holloway 86 85 HMP Pentonville 26 18 HMP Wandsworth 39 36 HMP Wormwood Scrubs 51 48