§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the improvement of conditions in Wales for men and women prisoners, respectively.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsSites are being sought in Wales or Monmouthshire for new prisons for men. The number of women committed to prison from Welsh courts is not large enough to require the provision of accommodation in Wales for women prisoners.
§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of cells and the average number of prisoners per cell in Welsh prisons.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe number of cells in the two Welsh prisons at Cardiff and Swansea and the remand centre at Cardiff is 410. On 31st May, 1967, 632 prisoners were housed in these cells, 357 of them three in a cell, 42 two in a cell and 233 in single cells. 37 cells were unoccupied, undergoing renovation and redecoration. A further 60 prisoners were housed in dormitories or hospital accommodation.