HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc328-31W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of Her Majesty's prisons(a) the current actual ratio of prison staff to inmates, (b) what the establishment ratio should be and (c) what the figures were (i) 12 months ago, (ii) 24 months ago, (iii) 36 months ago and (iv) 48 months ago, respectively.

Mrs. Rumbold

There are no prescribed ratios between staff and inmate numbers in individual establishments. The information which is readily available about actual ratios over the last four years is given in the table.

Establishment 1 April 1 October
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1991
Camp Hill 0.31 0.32 0.33 0.35 0.39 0.41
Canterbury 0.51 0.52 0.51 0.50 0.54 0.55
Cardiff 0.37 0.34 0.38 0.47 0.45 0.58
Castington 0.58 0.48 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.52
Channings Wood 0.27 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.25
Chelmsford 0.42 0.44 0.52 0.54 0.54 0.50
Coldingley 0.50 0.54 0.53 0.54 0.58 0.70
Cookham Wood 0.40 0.43 0.44 0.49 0.48 0.46
Dartmoor 0.35 0.34 0.40 0.36 0.41 0.41
Deerbolt 0.33 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.37 0.37
Dorchester 0.33 0.36 0.39 0.61 0.48 0.43
Dover 0.37 0.41 0.42 0.69 0.52 0.49
Downview n/a n/a n/a 0.54 0.41 0.40
Drake Hall 0.24 0.23 0.34 0.32 0.34 0.30
Durham 0.28 0.27 0.36 0.40 0.42 0.44
East Sutton Park 0.31 0.31 0.28 0.33 0.41 0.33
Eastwood Park 0.74 0.43 0.55 0.51 0.43 0.47
Erlestoke 0.44 0.87 0.40 0.40 0.42 0.42
Everthorpe 0.31 0.28 0.28 0.37 0.38 1.77
Exeter Prison 0.43 0.40 0.44 0.56 0.58 0.50
Featherstone 0.21 0.23 0.22 0.29 0.26 0.26
Feltham 0.59 0.24 0.51 0.51 0.50 0.52
Ford 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.17 0.15 0.17
Foston/Sudbury 0.18 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16
Frankland 0.93 0.93 1.04 1.03 0.93 1.07
Full Sutton n/a 1.47 1.18 0.90 1.17 1.09
Garth n/a n/a 0.45 0.41 0.42 0.45
Gartree 0.81 0.86 0.93 1.03 1.05 1.28
Glen Parva 0.35 0.35 0.42 0.43 0.48 0.45
Gloucester 0.39 0.45 0.45 0.44 0.48 0.59
Grendon 0.36 0.33 0.38 0.83 0.45 0.45
Gringley 0.29 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Guys Marsh 0.39 0.60 0.65 0.58 0.56 0.53
H'Combe/F'Wood 0.25 0.25 0.35 0.42 0.46 0.43
Haslar 0.46 1.05 0.77 0.52 0.46 0.44
Hatfield 0.35 0.33 0.39 0.44 0.35 0.38
Haverigg 0.16 0.17 0.32 0.29 0.32 0.32
Hewell Grange 0.30 0.31 0.42 0.34 0.41 1.84
Hind ley 0.31 0.57 0.34 0.38 0.41 0.43
Highpoint 0.21 0.22 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.30
Hollesley Bay 0.41 0.39 0.48 0.56 0.62 0.56
Holloway 0.81 0.62 0.59 0.61 0.62 0.61
Hull 0.36 0.39 0.38 0.43 0.48 0.53
Kingston 0.44 0.43 0.41 0.43 0.47 0.68
Kirk ham 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.14
Kirklevington 0.42 0.53 0.37 0.58 0.68 0.69
Lancaster 0.35 0.33 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.38
Latchmere House 0.39 0.40 0.49 0.59 0.48 1.62
Leeds 0.28 0.28 0.30 0.32 0.41 0.44
Leicester 0.50 0.49 0.54 0.63 0.70 0.73
Lewes 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.40 0.46 0.49
Leyhill 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19
Lincoln 0.35 0.33 0.37 0.43 0.50 0.46
Lindholme 0.27 0.25 0.32 0.31 0.28 0.32
Littlehey n/a 0.31 0.27 0.31 0.30 0.30
Liverpool 0.28 0.27 0.30 0.44 0.49 0.45
Long Lartin 0.76 0.75 0.81 0.79 0.81 0.82
Low Newton 0.35 0.39 0.45 0.42 0.52 0.37
Lowdham Grange 0.23 0.23 0.35 0.58 n/a n/a
Maidstone 0.36 0.34 0.32 0.35 0.40 0.40
Manchester 0.28 0.29 0.34 0.32 2.26 1.08
Medomsley 0.33 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Moorland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.74
Morton Hall 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.20 0.18 0.19
New Hall n/a 0.70 0.80 1.22 1.15 0.90
North Sea Camp 0.62 n/a 0.34 0.24 0.19 0.17
Northallerton 0.32 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.48 0.45
Northeye 0.33 0.31 0.30 0.40 0.33 0.33
Norwich 0.34 0.37 0.39 0.56 0.54 0.52
Nottingham 0.41 0.38 0.41 0.46 0.53 0.59
Onley 0.30 0.33 0.33 0.41 0.36 0.40
Oxford 0.42 0.47 0.51 0.68 0.79 0.64
Parkhurst 1.09 1.23 1.44 1.32 1.64 1.73
Pentonville 0.27 0.39 0.32 0.37 0.43 0.47
Portland 0.31 0.28 0.34 0.31 0.34 0.32
Preston 0.23 0.27 0.28 0.57 0.59 0.67
Establishment 1 April 1 October
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1991
Pucklechurch 0.52 0.67 0.63 0.64 1.23 1.07
Ranby 0.23 0.24 0.29 0.27 0.27 0.33
Reading 0.38 0.40 0.51 0.56 0.55 0.50
Risley 0.52 0.54 0.68 1.09 0.67 0.64
Rochester 0.33 0.42 0.62 0.51 0.57 0.56
Rudgate 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.20 0.19
Send 0.30 0.37 0.41 0.47 0.53 0.46
Shepton Mallet 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.49
Shrewsbury 0.31 0.33 0.44 0.42 0.53 0.52
Stafford 0.23 0.24 0.26 0.27 0.30 0.32
Standford Hill 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.22 0.22
Stocken 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.42 0.38 0.34
Stoke Heath 0.27 0.27 0.31 0.37 0.44 0.42
Styal 0.41 0.38 0.44 0.50 0.58 0.57
Swaleside n/a n/a 0.43 0.39 0.41 0.42
Swansea 0.41 0.39 0.51 0.57 0.53 0.52
Swinfen Hall 0.51 0.50 0.67 0.72 0.58 0.56
The Mount n/a 0.95 0.45 0.49 1.44 0.43
The Verne 0.20 0.23 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.25
Thorn Cross 0.28 0.30 0.45 0.45 0.35 0.35
Thorp Arch 0.49 0.44 0.39 0.44 0.48 0.49
Usk/Prescoed 0.38 0.33 0.54 0.57 0.49 0.46
Wormwood Scrubs 0.34 0.50 0.50 0.53 0.61 0.55
Wakefield 0.54 0.55 0.59 0.63 0.66 0.75
Wandsworth 0.25 0.27 0.28 0.30 0.35 0.36
Wayland 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.30 0.27 0.27
Wellingborough 0.33 0.34 0.41 0.44 0.70 0.55
Werrington 0.43 0.43 0.42 0.59 0.42 0.40
Wetherby 0.35 0.36 0.38 0.47 0.43 0.36
Whatton 0.30 0.33 0.37 0.62 0.46 0.47
Whitemoor n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Winchester 0.38 0.40 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.49
Wymott 0.25 0.29 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.32
NATIONAL TOTAL 0.35 0.37 0.40 0.44 0.48 0.49