HC Deb 26 March 1981 vol 1 c396W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of prisoners sleeping in non-certified accommodation at the latest available date, the kinds of accommodation used and the penal establishment concerned.

Mr. Mayhew

On 20 March 1981 there were five prisoners in Oxford prison sleeping in a library which was formerly a double cell, and 29 trainees in Whatton detention centre sleeping in two storerooms and a classroom.

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