HC Deb 23 July 1981 vol 9 cc201-2W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department t what has been the staff to prisoner ratio in the last 10 years at each of Her Majesty's prison establishments.

Mr. Mayhew

The overall ratio of non-industrial staff to prisoners in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 1 April in each of the last 10 years was as follows

Overall ratio
1971 1:2.7
1972 1:2.3
1973 1:2.2
1974 1:2.2
1975 1:2.2
1976 1:2.2
1977 1:2.1
1978 1:2.1
1979 1:2.1
1980 1:2.1

To break these figures down into individual establishments would involve disproportionate cost.