HC Deb 17 February 1955 vol 537 c75W
70. Rev. LI. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the cells in Her Majesty's Prisons in Cardiff, Swansea, respectively, have three prisoners to a cell; and how these percentages compare with the average figures for England and Wales.

Major Lloyd-George

Prisoners are accommodated three to a cell only in certain local prisons for men. In those prisons, taken as a whole, the percentage of cells so used on 1st February was 12.96; the percentages at Cardiff and Swansea were 4.27 and 10.19 respectively.

71. Rev. LI. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the prisoners in Her Majesty's Prison, Cardiff, do not attend the various religious services arranged on any given date.

Major Lloyd-George

Of about 300 prisoners at Cardiff prison 10 are excused attendance at chapel, the remainder attend the weekly services arranged for their denominations. For prisoners of the Church of England and Church in Wales there are two additional services during the week, at which the attendance is about one-third of those eligible.