§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many new prison places have been created in the last 12 months at(a) Liverpool Prison and (b) Altcourse Prison; [145217]
(2) what the capacity is of (a) Liverpool Prison and (b) Altcourse Prison; [145218]
(3) how many prisoners there were in (a) Liverpool Prison and (b) Altcourse Prison on 8 January (a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999, (e) 2003 and (f) 2001. [145219]
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§ Mr. BoatengOn 12 January 2001, the certified operational capacity of Liverpool prison was 1,510 and the certified operational capacity of Altcourse prison was 850.
No new uncrowded places were created at either prison in the preceding 12 months, although the operational capacity at Altcourse did change three times during the year to reflect changes to the number of overcrowded places available at the prison. In February 2000, the operational capacity at Altcourse increased to 900, from 860, in November 2000 it fell to 880 and in January 2001 it fell to 850.
Official statistics on prison population are only held for the last day of each month. The total number of prisoners held in Liverpool and Altcourse prisons on the last days of January 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 are given in the table. Provisional population statistics are available for 8 January 2001 and these are included in the table.
Date Population of Liverpool Prison Population of Altcourse Prison 31 January 1996 1,154 1— 31 January 1997 1,243 1— 31 January 1998 1,451 459 31 January 1999 1,452 670 31 January 2000 1,364 685 8 January 20012 1,130 755 1 Altcourse opened on 1 December 1997 2 Provisional figures