§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by prison(a) the target prison population, (b) the actual prison population, (c) the staff establishment in full-time equivalents and (d) staff in post in full-time equivalents for each year since 1991.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Services, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 25 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions about a list by prison of (a) the target prison population, (b) the actual prison population, (c) the staff establishment in full-time equivalents and (d) staff in post in full-time equivalents for each year since 1971.Individual Prison Service establishments do not have target populations. Information on the accommodation (at 31 March) and average population of prison establishments is published in the 230W Prison Service annual reports, copies of which are in the Library of the House.The annual report for 1993–94 has yet to be published but the information on total accommodations and average number of prisoners is as in the attached table (annex 1).Information on the average population of establishments for April to November 1994 is set out in the attached table at annex 2, together with the average certified normal accommodation (CNA).Copies of both annexes have been placed in the House of Commons libraries.I will write to you separately with the figures on staffing levels at establishments.