HC Deb 07 December 1998 vol 322 c18W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons in England and Wales currently have prisoners held two to a cell designed for one. [62184]

Mr. George Howarth

Of the 133 prisons open at the end of October 1998, 63 had prisoners held two to a cell designed for one.

These data are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.