HC Deb 18 February 1980 vol 979 c12W
Mr. Thomas Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men are sleeping three to a cell in each prison in England and Wales.

Mr. Brittan

On 13 January 1980 the number of men sleeping three to a cell in each prison in England and Wales was as follows:

Bedford 117
Birmingham 519
Leicester 219
Lincoln 201
Brixton 279
Canterbury 159
Lewes 21
Norwich 171
Wandsworth 189
Wormwood Scrubs 246
Durham 240
Leeds 750
Liverpool 198
Manchester 348
Bristol 102
Cardiff 90
Dorchester 9
Exeter 12
Gloucester 93
Oxford 195
Reading 6
Shepton Mallet 72
Swansea 12
Winchester 111

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