§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the certified normal accommodation level, population and percentage overcrowding for each local prison for the latest date available; and how many assaults on(a) staff and (b) prisoners have occurred in each prison since 1st April 1994.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Derek Lewis to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 16 March 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding for each local prison for the latest date available; and how many assaults on (a) staff and (b) prisoners have occurred in each prison since 1st April 1994.The information requested is given in the attached tables, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.677W
Table 1: Certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding in local prisons on 28 February 1995 Establishment Certified normal accommodation Population Percentage overcrowding (per cent.Pop/CNA in use Bedford 303 298 0 Belmarsh 792 699 0 Birmingham 567 821 45 Blakenhurst 649 652 0 Bristol 464 470 1 Brixton 484 639 32 Bullingdon 644 596 0 Canterbury 184 267 45 Cardiff 321 441 37 Chelmsford 251 403 61 Doncaster 771 780 1 Dorchester 147 205 39 Durham 448 643 44 Elmley 637 627 0 Exeter 260 385 48 Gloucester 202 265 31 Highdown 629 605 0 Holme House 649 624 0 Hull 328 404 23 Leeds 814 1,066 31 Leicester 192 352 83 Lewes 312 318 2 Lincoln 444 625 41 Liverpool 973 1,274 31 Manchester 830 899 8 Norwich 333 348 5
Table 1: Certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding in local prisons on 28 February 1995 Establishment Certified normal accommodation Population Percentage overcrowding (per cent. Pop/CNA in use Pentonville 559 731 31 Preston 342 488 43 Shrewsbury 168 281 67 Swansea 151 229 52 Wandsworth 922 968 5 Winchester 261 364 39 Wolds 320 330 3 Woodhill 566 524 0 Wormwood Scrubs 714 822 15 Note:
1 The certified normal accommodation figures used are the "in use" figures. They do not include places which arc temporarily out of use, eg. because of refurbishment programmes, damaged cells, etc.
Table 2: Assaults proved at adjudication1 on staff and prisoners in local prisons in England and Wales between April 1994—February 19952 Establishment Assaults on staff/others3 Assaults on Prisoners Total Bedford 15 11 26 Belmarsh 68 26 94 Birmingham 52 36 88 Blakenhurst 75 22 97 Bristol 20 8 28 Brixton 51 25 76 Bullingdon 38 16 54 Canterbury 11 0 11 Cardiff 21 16 37 Chelmsford 22 14 36 Doncaster 120 46 166 Dorchester 2 2 4 Durham 23 13 36 Elmley 28 21 49 Exeter 5 8 13 Gloucester 10 3 13 Highdown 47 18 65 Holme House 26 9 35 Hull 55 36 91 Leeds 92 44 136 Leicester 25 17 42 Lewes 19 10 29 Lincoln 25 14 39 Liverpool 42 27 69 Manchester 44 20 64 Norwich 25 13 38 Pentonville 60 26 86 Preston 39 17 56 Shrewsbury 11 19 30 Swansea 6 6 12 Wandsworth 122 12 134 Winchester 24 12 36 Wolds 31 15 46 Woodhill 39 34 73 Wormwood Scrubs 38 16 54 Total 1,331 632 1,963 Notes:
1 Includes attempt. incite or assist in an assault.
2 Provisional figures.
3 Includes prison officer grades, other staff and persons not being a member of staff.