§ Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridgeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many prison places have access to sanitation at night and how many places do not have such access.
The Minister of State, Home Office (The Earl of Caithness)The number of certified places in September 1987 was 42,514, of which approximately 22,000 lacked access to night sanitation.
§ Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridgeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many prison places they estimate will lack access to sanitation, and how many individual prisoners they estimate will be slopping out, in 1991.
The Earl of CaithnessThe projected number of certified places for 1991 is 48,300. Of these there will be just under 20,000 places in 1991 still lacking access to night sanitation. The number of prisoners slopping out in 1991 will depend on the extent to which there is still overcrowding in prisons which lack access to night sanitation.