§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average number of prisoners in each prison in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Dawn Primarolo, dated 12 May 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question, for written answer on 10 May, on the average population in each Prison Service establishment.The attached table shows the average population in all establishments in England and Wales in 1992–93.608W
Average population figures for year ending 31 March 1993 Number Acklington 677 Albany 252 Aldington 103 Ashwell 384 Askham Grange 97 Aylesbury 231 Bedford 245 Belmarsh 732 Birmingham 888 Blantyre House 93 Blundeston 325 Brinsford 319 Bristol 398 Brixton 718 Brockhill 150 Bullingdon 418 Bullwood Hall 104 Camp Hill 396 Canterbury 167 Cardiff 424 Castington 239 Channings Wood 562 Chelmsford 337 Coldingley 205 Cookham Wood 112 Dartmoor 509 Deerbolt 493 Dorchester 193 Dover 218 Downview 280 Drake Hall 166 Durham 646 East Sutton Park 78 Elmley 502 Erlestoke 205
Number Everthorpe 221 Exeter 380 Featherstone 547 Feltham 867 Finnamore Wood 76 Ford 457 Frankland 309 Full Sutton 439 Garth 484 Gartree 241 Glen Parva 686 Gloucester 190 Grendon 180 Guys Marsh 141 Haslar 110 Hatfield 146 Haverigg 304 Hewell Grange 134 High Down 319 Highpoint 598 HIndley 393 Hollesley Bay 288 Holloway 456 Holme House 445 Hull 330 Huntercombe 191 Kingston 94 Kirkham 465 Kirklevington 19