§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) nurses and (b) prisoners there are in each prison in the UK; and what the ratio is of nurses to prisoners. [83179]
§ Hilary BennThe information available for England and Wales is set out in the table. It relates only to nursing staff or other staff with nursing experience working in prison health care that are employed by the Prison Service. Information about the numbers of prisoners in each establishment in England and Wales is available in the Home Office quarterly publication "Prison Population Brief, a copy of which is on the 593W Home Office website at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prisons1 html. Matters concerning Scotland are for the devolved administration to answer. While the
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Nurses and health care officers in prison establishments as at 31 October 2002 Area Est. Group Principal officer Senior officer Prison officer Nursing grades East Midlands (North) Lincoln 1 4 6 6 North Sea Camp 1 Nottingham 2 4 13 Ranby 1 5 1 Sudbury 1 2 Whatton 1 East Midlands (North) Total 3 6 15 24 East Midlands (South) Ashwell 4 Gartree 1 2 6 6 Glen Parva 2 2 31 Leicester 1 1 3 12 Onley 2 10 Stocken 1 6 Wellingborough 5 East Midlands (South) Total 4 4 13 74 Eastern Bedford 1 1 11 Blundeston 2 12 Chelmsford 1 2 1 16 Grendon 5 3 6 Highpoint 1 1 7 Littlehey 1 2 5 Norwich 1 2 5 18 The Mount 1 6 Wayland 1 3 3 Eastern Total 2 14 18 74 High Security Prisons Belmarsh 1 3 5 37 Durham 1 6 24 Frankland 2 11 8 Full Sutton 1 4 4 4 Long Lartin 2 15 Wakefield 1 3 1 13 Whitemoor 2 6 9 Woodhill 1 3 13 12 High Security Prisons Total 4 18 48 122 HQ Area off—Kent, Surrey, Sussex 1 HQ 1 Standards Audit Unit 2 1 Training and Development 1 1 HQ Total 3 0 0 4 Juvenile Establishments Hollesley Bay 1 2 4 Huntercombe 3 2 Werrington 1 1 2 6 Wetherby 1 1 9 Juvenile Establishments Total 1 3 8 21 Kent, Surrey and Sussex Blantyre House 1 1 Canterbury 1 1 4 3 Coldingley 1 1 2 Dover 1 1 4 Elmley 1 2 7 9 Ford 1 2 Highdown 1 2 16 Lewes 2 3 7 Maidstone 1 1 3 Rochester 1 1 4 4 Standford Hill 1 2 institutions in Northern Ireland are dissolved, responsibility rests with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office.
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Nurses and health care officers in prison establishments as at 31 October 2002 Area Est. Group Principal officer Senior officer Prison officer Nursing grades Swaleside 1 1 1 23 Kent, Surrey and Sussex Total 6 13 25 63 London Brixton 1 4 13 18 Feltham 2 2 23 Latchmere House 1 Pentonville 2 5 36 Wandsworth 1 3 3 32 Wormwood Scrubs 2 2 11 30 London Total 6 11 35 139 North London Acklington 1 7 Castington 1 13 Deerbolt 12 Holme House 1 2 4 21 Kirklevington 2 North East Total 1 3 5 55 North West Buckley Hall Garth 2 1 9 13 Haverigg 1 1 3 Hindley 1 1 8 15 Kirkham 1 3 Lancaster Lancaster Farms 22 Liverpool 1 9 26 31 Manchester 4 1 1 25 Preston 1 3 13 8 Risley 1 1 13 Thorn Cross 1 2 North West Total 9 18 62 123 South West Bristol 1 4 16 Channings Wood 1 1 2 2 Dartmoor 1 2 3 9 Dorchester 2 8 Erlestoke 3 Exeter 2 2 1 18 Gloucestershire 1 1 3 9 Guys Marsh 1 1 3 Leyhill 1 1 3 Portland 2 2 3 The Verne 3 Weare 2 South West Total 6 12 17 79 Thames Valley and Hampshire Aylesbury 1 1 9 Bullingdon 1 5 10 Haslar 3 Kingston 1 2 1 Parkhurst 1 2 11 15 Reading 1 3 6 Winchester 4 9 10 Thames Valley and Hampshire Total 1 10 31 54 Wales Cardiff 1 1 5 15 Swansea 1 2 4 12 Usk/Prescoed 4 Wales Total 2 3 9 31 West Midlands Birmingham 1 4 9 14 Brinsford 22 Featherstone 2 3 Shrewsbury 6 Stafford 1 5 2 Stoke Heath 14 Swifen Hall 1 1 1
Nurses and health care officers in prison establishments as at 31 October 2002 Area Est. Group Principal officer Senior officer Prison officer Nursing grades West Midlands Total 1 6 17 62 Women's Prisons and YOIs Askham Grange 3 Brockhill 10 Bullwood Hall 11 Cookham Wood 5 Drake Hall 6 East Sutton Park 2 Eastwood Park 1 14 Foston Hall 10 Highpoint North 1 1 14 Holloway 38 Low Newton 1 1 12 Morton Hall 1 New Hall 20 Send 4 Styal 23 Women's Prisons and YOIs Total 1 1 3 173 Yorkshire and Humberside Everthorpe 1 2 Hull 1 8 18 Leeds 3 11 37 Lindholme 1 2 7 Moorland 1 3 9 7 Wealstun 1 4 Yorkshire and Humberside Total 1 10 30 75 Grand Total 51 132 336 1,173