§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners on remand awaiting trial or sentence are confined in dormitory accommodition;
(2) in how many prisons in each security category prisoners are confined in dormitory accommodation; and how many prisoners are so confined in each prison.
§ Mr. Douglas Hogg[holding answer 6 June 1989]: The available information relates to prisoners held in rooms defined as
370Wany unit of accommodation whether secure or otherwise designed for 2 or more persons excluding accommodation defined as a double cell".This definition encompasses accommodation conventionally known as dormitories. The available information does not distinguish between classes of occupant but unsentenced prisoners are not normally held in dormitories.371W
Prisoners accommodated in rooms/dormitories on 9 April 1989 Establishment Number of inmates LOCAL PRISONS AND REMAND CENTRES Ashford 11 Bedford 10 Birmingham 73 Bristol 106 Brixton 73 Canterbury 14 Cardiff 4 Dorchester 8 Durham 0 Exeter 3 Feltham1 64 Hindley 0 Hull 210 Leeds 0 Leicester 15 Lincoln 22 Liverpool 45 Norwich 18 Oxford 13 Pentonville 4 Rochester 0 Shrewsbury 0 Swansea 30 Wandsworth 160 Winchester 26 CLOSED TRAINING PRISONS Category B Blundeston 105 Grendon 9 Maidstone 0 Nottingham 14 Category C Aldington 58 Blantyre House 24 Camp Hill 126 Featherstone 73 Haverigg 308 Highpoint 454 Lancaster 107 Lindholme 661 Northeye 215 Norwich 196 Ranby 165 Send 72 Shepton Mallet 0 The Verne 106 OPEN TRAINING PRISONS Ford 383 Highpoint 61 Kirkham 573 Leyhill 371 Morton Hal] 174 North Sea Camp 92 Rudgate 339 Spring Hill 80 Standford Hill 427 Sudbury 426 YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTIONS Buckley Hall 87 Campsfield House 49 Eastwood Park 0 Feltham 32 Finnamore Wood 8 Glen Parva 55 Haslar 54 Hewell Grange 101 Hollesley Bay 38 Huntercombe 0 Kirklevington 105 372W
Establishment Number of inmates Lowdham Grange 116 Swinfen Hall 6 Thorn Cross 0 Usk (Prescoed) 12 Werrington 89 Wetherby 0 Whatton 131
Establishment Number of inmates FEMALE PRISONS Askham Grange 96 Drake Hall 185 East Sutton Park 79 Holloway 146 New Hall 18 Risley 38 1 Also functions as Young Offenders Institution.