§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons are currently assessed to be overcrowded; and if he will list them, indicating the number of places by which they exceed their quota. [16688]
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 28 March 1995]: Responsibility 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 Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 29 March 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about how many prisons are currently assessed to be overcrowded. The attached table, which will be placed in the Library of the House, lists the 50 prisons in which, on 28 February, the number of prisoners exceeded the Certified Normal Accommodation in use and by how much.
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CNA in use Population Number of prisoners in excess of CNA in use Birmingham 567 821 254 Blakenhurst 649 652 3 Bristol 464 470 6 Brixton 484 639 155 Brockhill 111 130 19 Camp Hill 378 403 25 Canterbury 184 267 83 Cardiff 321 441 120 Channings Wood 482 569 87 Chelmsford 251 403 152 Cookham Wood 120 139 19 Dartmoor 538 560 22 Doncaster 771 780 9 Dorchester 147 205 58 Durham 448 643 195 Exeter 260 385 125 Feltham 844 854 10 Gartree 277 280 3 Glen Parva 767 771 4 Gloucester 202 265 63 Grendon 190 199 9 Holloway 517 526 9 Hull 328 404 76 Leeds 814 1,066 252 Leicester 192 352 160 Lewes 312 318 6 Lincoln 444 625 181 Lindholme 567 583 16 Liverpool 973 1,274 301 Low Newton 198 245 47 Manchester 830 899 69 New Hall 169 200 31 North Sea Camp 201 205 4 Northallerton 150 194 44 Norwich 333 348 15 Pentonville 559 731 172 Preston 342 488 146 Pucklechurch 56 69 13 Reading 182 185 3 Rochester 294 301 7 Send 113 124 11 Shepton Mallet 158 192 34 Shrewsbury 168 281 113
CNA in use Population Number of prisoners in excess of CNA in use Stafford 358 517 159 Swansea 151 229 78 Swinfen Hall 182 183 1 The Wolds 320 330 10 Wormwood Scrubs 714 822 108 Wandsworth 922 968 46 Winchester 261 364 103 Note:
CNA in use does not include those places which are not available for immediate use, for example: damaged cells, cells affected by building works and cells not being used because of a shortage of staff resources.