§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of cells at each prison in England and Wales and the number of prisoners presently held.
§ 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 Mr. A. J. Butler to Mr. Stephen Byers, dared 15 February 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of cells in prisons in England and Wales and the number of prisoners presently held.Accommodation for prisoners consists of cells, double cells, cubicles and rooms or dormitories. Most prisons consist of more than one type of accommodation. The latest date for which a breakdown of these types of accommodation is available is 31 March 1993. The numbers for the separate parts of each establishment are listed in Apprendix 1 to the Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts for April 1992—March 1993, Volume Two, which is available both in the Library of the House and in the Vote Office. The list is followed by definitions of each of the types of accommodation.The attached table gives the total number of prisoners held at each establishment on 4 February 1994.661W
Establishment population on 4 February 1994 Establishment Population Acklington 616 Albany 328 Aldington 98 Ashwell 385 Askham Grange 101 Aylesbury 226 Bedford 266 Belmarsh 719 Birmingham 754 Blakenhurst 633 Blantyre House 93 Blundeston 391 Brinsford 454 Bristol 444 662W
Establishment Population Brixton 593 Brockhill 132 Bullingdon 617 Bullwood Hall 107 Camp Hill 383 Canterbury 238 Cardiff 423 Castington 286 Channings Wood 559 Chelmsford 318 Coldingley 263 Cookham Wood 117 Dartmoor 517 Deerbolt 359 Dorchester 195 Dover 242 Down view 275 Drake Hall 187 Durham 527 East Sutton Park 72 Elmley 613 Erlestoke 197 Everthorpe 224 Exeter 409 Featherstone 593 Feltham 752 Finnamore Wood 58 Ford 373 Frankland 402 Full Sutton 539 Garth 511 Gartree 265 Glen Parva 767 Gloucester 242 Grendon 158 Guys Marsh 137 Haslar 142 Hatfield 176 Haverigg 374 Hewell Grange 163 High Down 533 Highpoint 614 Hindley 271 Hollesley Bay 290 Holloway 496 Holme House 631 Hull 419 Huntercombe 216 Kingston 128 Kirkham 575 Kirklevington 65 Lancaster 253 Lancaster Farms 362 Latchmere House 137 Leeds 1,148 Leicester 325 Lewes 354 Leyhill 401 Lincoln 604 Lindholme 548 Littlehey 522 Liverpool 1,337 Long Lartin 345 Low Newton 259 Maidstone 462 Manchester 346 Moorland 608 Morton Hall 174 The Mount 463 New Hall 162 North Sea Camp 185 Northallerton 155 Norwich 455 Nottingham 214 Onley 407 Parkhurst 226 Pentonville 678 Portland 342
Establishment Population Prescoed 86 Preston 537 Pucklechurch 60 Ranby 340 Reading 151 Risley 693 Rochester 229 Rudgate 259 Send 111 Shepton Mallet 182 Shrewsbury 295 Spring Hill 200 Stafford 519 Standford Hill 273 Stocken 391 Stoke Heath 275 Styal 202 Sudbury 437 Swaleside 506 Swansea 269 Swinfen Hall 181 Thorn Cross 155 Thorp Arch 165 Usk 120 The Verne 524 Wakefield 644 Wandsworth 834 Wayland 545 Wellingborough 309 Werrington 110 Wetherby 147 Whatton 212 Whitemoor 482 Winchester 346 The Wolds 325 Woodhill 510 Wormwood Scrubs 858 Wymott 181