HC Deb 18 July 1988 vol 137 cc454-7W
Mr. Leigh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will state for each of the last 24 months (i) the number of category A, B, C and D prisoners in prisons on the last day of each month, and (ii) the number of category A, B and C prisoners who had(a) been accepted, and (b) been released, during that month;

(2) if he will list for each prison in the United Kingdom, for each of the last 24 months, the number of category A, B, C and D prisoners.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

[holding answer 6 July 1988]: The information readily available centrally is given in the following tables. Further figures could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.

Sentenced adult males discharged from Prison Department establishments on completion of sentence or on licence: by security category and type of sentence, 1986–87
Number
Fine defaulters Immediate imprisonment
Security category 1986 19871 1986 19871
Category A 10 10
Category B 300 200 2,000 1,500
Category C 3,000 3,100 20,900 21,000
Category D 1,500 1,500 11,000 11,300
Not recorded 9,100 8,900 6,200 6,900
All discharges 13,800 13,700 40,200 40,800

Note: The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.

1 Provisional figures.

Population (1) of adult male sentenced prisoners in prisons and remand centres in England and Wales on 31 March: by security category and prison, 1986 and 1988
1986 1988
Security category Security category
Prison or remand centre A B C D Not recorded Total population A B C D Not recorded Total population
Remand centres
Latchmere House 2 8 1 25 36 2 1 29 32
Risley 65 16 81 1 41 1 28 71
Local prisons
Bedford 12 63 20 27 122 7 65 26 44 142
Birmingham 4 67 278 58 149 556 114 233 73 121 541
Bristol 128 136 40 145 449 104 124 44 186 458
Brixton 5 8 6 88 107 8 30 22 328 388
Canterbury 10 41 18 70 139 8 49 14 91 162
Cardiff 32 97 19 130 278 33 76 19 241 369
Dorchester 15 81 2 29 127 37 45 5 28 115
Durham 28 294 21 206 549 1 39 345 26 441 852
Exeter 20 58 70 83 231 19 112 45 90 266
Gloucester 43 90 16 60 209 15 123 36 38 212
Hull 10 35 47 1 63 156 15 11 8 156 190
Leeds 5 103 294 45 75 531 1 97 260 54 147 559
Leicester 8 25 81 34 40 188 8 37 74 31 53 203
Lewes 8 71 8 96 183
Lincoln 20 128 29 104 281 4 28 143 23 135 333
Liverpool 6 108 542 59 370 1,085 3 125 557 26 570 1,281
Manchester 3 48 321 50 328 750 1 76 308 70 372 827
Norwich 1 35 99 5 64 204 11 104 12 37 164
Oxford 10 61 21 49 141 3 46 27 44 120
Pentonville 59 215 158 107 539 8 113 48 221 390
Reading 18 44 14 36 112 21 79 21 29 150
Shrewsbury 7 61 4 57 129 15 71 14 81 181
Swansea 57 112 8 22 199 18 85 8 65 176
Wandsworth 4 164 419 39 842 1,468 10 403 577 61 472 1,523
Winchester 3 125 179 28 32 367 128 167 19 53 367
Wormwood Scrubs 34 169 270 85 186 744 24 80 65 31 322 522
Closed training prisons
Acklington 440 5 16 461 395 7 43 445
Albany 41 274 43 1 5 364 42 160 58 5 37 302
Aldington n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 74 14 18 106
Ashwell n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 314 43 32 389
Blantyre House n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 44 1 45
Blundeston 217 164 11 15 407 184 183 11 31 409
Camp Hill 436 26 18 480 375 35 77 487
Channings Wood 391 56 13 460 453 40 29 522
Coldingley 1 97 113 9 6 226 1 79 113 19 28 240
Dartmoor 396 315 13 23 747 387 171 44 27 629
Erlestoke n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 67 8 16 91
Featherstone 327 35 141 503 457 44 30 531
Frankland 38 266 49 54 407 47 298 38 1 22 406
Full Sutton n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15 144 43 3 26 231
Gartree 45 232 25 2 9 313 52 222 19 18 311
Grendon 111 36 5 24 176 133 65 8 23 229
Haverigg 492 8 33 533 465 10 43 518
Highpoint 599 58 46 703 402 75 269 746
Lancaster 214 13 1 228 215 11 28 254
Lewes 82 63 13 69 227 82 39 7 14 142
Lindholme 336 9 98 443 389 182 187 758
Littlehey n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 279 17 32 328
Long Lartin 48 312 12 3 19 394 62 312 15 2 30 421
Maidstone 395 115 12 14 536 385 83 20 29 517
Northeye 387 9 39 435 112 28 82 222
Norwich (Britainia) 134 29 17 180 119 24 48 191
Nottingham 137 129 13 13 292 115 138 27 14 294
Parkhurst 27 115 29 4 17 192 43 154 16 34 247
Porstmouth (Kingston) 116 13 4 133 123 6 4 10 143
Preston 501 18 66 585 317 11 30 358

1986 1988
Security category Security category
Prison or remand centre A B C D Not recorded Total population A B C D Not recorded Total population
Ranby 363 10 5 378 397 5 402
Send n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 77 3 20 100
Shepton Mallet 218 7 14 239 229 1 19 249
Stafford 622 33 36 691 715 49 67 831
Stocken 265 14 13 292 271 9 21 301
Thorp Arch 57 1 4 62 134 6 12 152
The Verne 474 17 29 520 476 20 25 521
Wakefield 66 589 23 7 49 734 72 578 17 14 56 737
Wayland 388 43 49 480 367 30 80 477
Wymott 741 14 107 862 572 23 58 653
Open training prisons
Ashwell 391 391 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ford 517 517 567 56
Highpoint 35 35 70 70
Kirkham 574 574 621 62
Leyhill 327 327 374 37
Morton Hall 157 157 185 18
Rudgate 344 344 350 35
Spring Hill 202 202 202 20
Standford Hill 361 361 379 39
Sudbury 350 350 479 47
All prisons and remand centres 344 4,684 12,606 4,620 4,465 26,719 386 4,814 12,695 4,855 6,189 289
1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approxiate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
n/a=Not applicable.