HC Deb 06 November 1989 vol 159 cc424-6W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will(a). give the optimum operation capacity of each prison in England and Wales and (b) the actual numbers of prisoners currently housed in each prison in England and Wales.

Mr. Waddington

The maximum number of inmates an establishment can hold without some overcrowding is known as its certified normal accommodation (CNA).

The latest figures available for:

  1. (i) CNA; and
  2. (ii) population
of each establishment in England and Wales is as follows:
Establishment Total CNA for September 1989 Population on 3 November 1989
Acklington 448 441
Albany 389 379
Aldington 127 119
Ashford 374 0
Ashwell 404 404
Askham Grange 134 104
Aylesbury 296 272
Bedford 178 305
Birmingham 593 981
Blantyre House 87 86
Blundeston 405 406
Bristol 552 602
Brixton 729 1,096
Brockhill 161 252
Buckley Hall 139 44

Establishment Total CNA for September 1989 Population on 3 November 1989
Bullwood Hall 126 151
Camp Hill 461 479
Campsfield House 66 63
Canterbury 230 362
Cardiff 337 428
Castington 300 234
Channings Wood 538 536
Chelmsford 242 407
Coldingley 303 298
Cookham Wood 120 120
Dartmoor 631 614
Deerbolt 420 398
Dorchester 152 235
Dover 247 223
Downview 91 91
Drake Hall 288 260
Durham 729 1,009
East Sutton Park 84 77
Eastwood Park 134 101
Erlestoke 218 212
Everthorpe 304 370
Exeter 310 333
Featherstone 509 574
Feltham 846 713
Finnamore Wood 116 114
Ford 536 505
Frankland 447 385
Full Sutton 432 407
Garth 512 494
Gartree 320 313
Glen Parva 600 584
Gloucester 200 277
Grendon 261 239
Guys Marsh 180 104
Haslar 95 69
Hatfield 180 160
Haverigg 337 385
Hewell Grange 136 109
High Point 825 798
Hindley 312 401
Hollesley Bay 451 355
Holloway 517 482
Hull 402 673
Huntercombe 180 192
Kingston 150 139
Kirkham 632 589
Lancaster 186 253
Latchmere House 127 144
Leeds 633 1,189
Leicester 205 343
Lewes 371 554
Leyhill 384 384
Lincoln 391 568
Lindholme 1,001 850
Littlehey 484 482
Liverpool 967 1,309
Long Lartin 432 422
Lowdham Grange 304 121
Low Newton 185 278
Maidstone 550 551
Manchester 997 1,536
Morton Hall 192 151
Mount 484 346
New Hall 120 96
Northallerton 127 184
Northeye 249 232
North Sea Camp 202 130
Norwich 487 637
Nottingham 245 320
Onley 352 336
Oxford 124 201
Parkhurst 261 235
Pentonville 641 996
Portland 527 476
Preston 428 485
Pucklechurch 159 161
Ranby 404 405

Establishment Total CNA for September 1989 Population on 3 November 1989
Reading 178 286
Risley 318 378
Rochester 375 332
Rudgate 378 336
Send 101 99
Shepton Mallet 173 240
Shrewsbury 174 249
Spring Hill 210 211
Stafford 588 811
Standford Hill 444 428
Stocken 302 304
Stoke Heath 360 403
Styal 258 249
Sudbury 601 550
Swaleside 504 497
Swansea 229 278
Swinfern Hall 124 131
Thorn Cross 300 198
Thorp Arch 156 146
USK 238 147
Verne 595 599
Wakefield 756 716
Wandsworth 1,275 1,556
Wayland 484 484
Wellingborough 344 290
Werrington 110 75
Wetherby 196 145
Whatton 167 146
Winchester 471 652
Wormwood Scrubs 1,024 1,048
Wymott 816 720
TOTAL 44,991 48,632