§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimates are of the(a) uncrowded and (b) maximum capacity of prisons in England and Wales and of the average daily prison population for each of the next five years. [131652]
§ Paul GogginsAs at 17 October 2003, the certified normal accommodation (uncrowded) for the prison estate in England and Wales was 66,738 and the useable operational capacity was 74,775. Average projections for the next five years are set out in the following table.
Average daily figures for prison population projections are not available.
Capacity projections forecast 2003–08 Uncrowded Usable operational capacity 2003 65,900 74,200 2004 67,500 75,800 2005 69,800 78,200 2006 70,400 78,750 2007 70,400 78,700 2008 70,400 78,700