§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ratio of staff to prisoners at each prison in England and Wales at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 26 May 1994]: Responsibility 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 14 June 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about staff to prisoner ratios in the Prison Service.A table showing the ratios of staff of all grades to prisoners at each prison, as at 25 May, has been placed in the House of Commons library.504W
25 May 1994 Establishment Ratio Acklington 1:1.8 Albany 1:1.3 Aldington 1:1.6 Ashwell 1:2.1 Askham Grange 1:1.3 Aylesbury 1:0.8 Bedford 1:1.1 Belmarsh 1:1.0 Birmingham 1:1.4 Blakenhurst 1:1.7 Blantyre House 1:1.4 Blundeston 1:1.5 Brinsford 1:1.4 Bristol 1:1.1 Brixton 1:0.9 Brockhill 1:1.2 Bullingdon 1:1.3 Bullwood Hall 1:0.9 Camp Hill 1:1.3 Canterbury 1:1.2 Cardiff 1:1.3 Castington 1:1.6 505W
Establishment Ratio Channings Wood 1:2.2 Chelmsford 1:1.2 Coldingley 1:1.3 Cookham Wood 1:1.3 Dartmoor 1:1.4 Deerbolt 1:1.5 Dorchester 1:1.4 Dover 1:1.1 Downview 1:1.5 Drake Hall 1:1.6 Durham 1:1.2 East Sutton Park 1:1.4 Hmley 1:1.5 Erlestoke 1:1.2 Everthorpe 1:1.2 Exeter 1:1.2 Featherstone 1:1.9 Feltham 1:1.4 Finnamore Wood 1:2.2 Ford 1:2.5 Frankland 1:0.8 Pull Sutton 1:0.8 Garth 1:1.5 Gartree 1:1.0 Glen Parva 1:1.7 Gloucester 1:1.1 Grendon (including Spring Hill) 1:4.0 Guys Marsh 1:1.0 Hollesley Bay 1:1.0 Haslar 1:1.7 Hatfield 1:1.1 Haverigg 1:1.5 Hewell Grange 1:1.4 High Down 1:1.3 Highpoint 1:1.7 Hindley 1:1.1 Holloway 1:1.0 Holme House 1:1.6 Hull 1:1.1 Huntercombe 1:1.2 Kingston 1:1.2 Kirkham 1:2.7 Kirklevington 1:1.0 Lancaster Farms 1:1.3 Lancaster 1:2.0 Latchmere House 1:1.8 Leeds 1:1.6 Leicester 1:1.1 Lewes 1:1.1 Leyhill 1:2.2 Lincoln 1:1.6 Lindholme 1:1.5 Littlehey 1:2.0 Liverpool 1:1.6 Long Lartin 1:0.7 Low Newton 1:1.5 Maidstone 1:1.4 Manchester 1:1.1 Moorland 1:1.6 Morton Hall 1:2.2 New Hall 1:1.0 North Sea Camp 1:1.9 Northallerton 1:0.8 Norwich 1:1.0 Nottingham 1:1.0 Onley 1:1.7 Oxford 1:2.1 Parkhurst 1:0.5 Pentonville 1:1.4 Portland 1:1.3 Preston 1:1.2 Pucklechurch 1:0.6 Ranby 1:1.6 Reading 1:0.9 Risley 1:1.5 Rochester 1:0.8 Rudgate 1:2.2 Send 1:1.4
Establishment Ratio Shepton Mallet 1:1.3 Shrewsbury 1:1.3 Stafford 1:1.5 Standford Hill 1:1.9 Stocken 1:1.8 Stoke Heath 1:1.3 Styal 1:1.0 Sudbury (including Foston Hall) 2:1.0 Swaleside 1:1.5 Swansea 1:1.1 Swinfen Hall 1:1.1 Thorn Cross 1:1.4 The Mount 1:2.4 The Verne 1:1.9 Thorp Arch 1:1.3 Usk 1:1.3 Wormwood Scrubs 1:1.3 Wakefield 1:1.1 Wandsworth 1:1.2 Wayland 1:2.1 Wellingborough 1:1.6 Werrington 1:1.3 Wetherby 1:1.1 Whatton 1:1.6 Whitemoor 1:0.8 Winchester 1:1.0 Wolds 1:1.7 Woodhill 1:1.1 Wymott 1:1.0 Note: The figures are to the nearest decimal point.