§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the official capacity for each prison in England and Wales, together with the numbers of prisoners each prison actually contained at the last date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MayhewOn 31 March 1981 the certified normal accommodation and population for each prison in England and Wales was as follows:-
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CNA Population Males Remand Centres Ashford 400 417 Brockhill 177 227 Cardiff 67 114 Exeter 44 60 Latchmere House 128 179 Low Newton 153 260 Norwich 60 65 Pucklechurch 115 136 Risley 453 711 Thorp Arch 173 212 Winchester 66 81 Local Prisons Bedford 169 358 Birmingham 579 1,042 Bristol 583 585 Brixton 682 774 Canterbury 246 362 Cardiff 273 374 Dorchester 155 214 Durham 669 1,039 Exeter 289 366 Gloucester 193 340 Leeds 612 1,160 Leicester 201 418 Lewes 352 441 Lincoln 356 632 Liverpool 1,016 1,662 Manchester 873 1,571 Norwich 219 372 Oxford 137 240 Pentonville 876 1,052 Reading 177 323 Shrewsbury 170 239 Swansea 227 295 Wandsworth 1,258 1,410 Winchester 411 557 Wormwood Scrubs 1,224 1,360 Females Askham Grange 137 102 Cookham Wood 56 74
CNA Population Drake Hall 250 148 Durham 39 34 East Sutton Park 20 12 Holloway 253 337 Low Newton 36 22 Moor Court 76 85 Pucklechurch 56 61 Risley 85 103 Styal 204 255 Closed Prisons Acklington 213 211 Albany 294 297 Aylesbury 295 319 Blunderston 418 411 Camp Hill 468 426 Castington 78 78 Chelmsford 250 313 Channings Wood 314 292 Coldingley 296 214 Dartmoor 550 538 Erlestoke 205 141 Exeter 45 45 Featherstone 485 478 Gartree 200 125 Grendon 294 171 Haverigg 520 522 Highpoint 301 279 Hull 318 262 Kingston 140 124 Lancaster 153 165 Long Lartin 420 380 Maidstone 543 529 Northallerton 143 212 Northeye 433 361 Norwich 104 103 Nottingham 207 255 Onley 420 412 Parkhurst 341 257 Preston 427 584 Ranby 488 472 Rochester 80 78 Shepton Mallet 169 239 Stafford 536 766 Standford Hill 177 177 Swinfen Hall 180 180 Verne 618 496 Wakefleld 798 660 Wymott 816 628 Open Prisons Ashwell 400 406 Ford 528 495 Kirkham 608 511 Leyhill 331 315 Rudgate 378 343 Spring Hill 200 195 Standford Hill 357 357 Sudbury 384 382