§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (i) the latest available figures, (ii) the figures for 1992, (iii) those for 1988 and (iv) those for 1987 for the number of prisoners sharing two to a cell designed for one for each category C prison. [38747]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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.
621WLetter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 24 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners sharing two to a cell designed for one, for each category C prison in 1987, 1988, 1992 and currently.The latest available information is for June 1996. There were 842 prisoners in category C prisons sharing cells certified to hold one.The attached table shows the figures for each prison.
Prison June 1987 June 1988 June 1992 June 1996 Stafford 688 394 108 378 Lancaster 106 116 128 106 Camp Hill 152 150 40 0 Shepton Mallet 26 20 114 76 Latchmere House 118 124 0 0 Brockhill 0 0 34 0 Usk 0 0 0 80 Channings Wood 0 0 0 1186 Buckley Hall 0 0 0 16 Total 1,090 804 424 842 1 Following the decanting of a wing for refurbishment.