§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners were sleeping two or three to a cell on (a) 15 March and (b) the most recent available date;
(2) what was the combined certified normal accommodation of all penal establishments in England and Wales on (a) 15 March and (b) the most recent available date.
§ Mr. BrittanI regret that information relating to 15 March is not readily available but information relating to 9 March and 13 April, the most recent date for which information is available, is shown below:
Certified normal accommodation Number sleeping 2 or 3 to a cell 9 March 1980. 38,526 17,787 13 April 1980 38,526 16,990