HC Deb 13 March 1996 vol 273 cc629-30W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the size of the prison cells at Eastwood Park prison. [19332]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 7 March 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 13 March 1996:

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the size of prison cells at Eastwood Park Prison.

The sleeping accommodation at Eastwood Park prison is divided into 4 areas:

  1. 1. Health Care Centre which has cellular sleeping accommodation. The 10 medical cells are each 4.20m by 2.95m (12.39m2).
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  2. 2. Segregation Unit which has 2 cells which are each 2.425m by 3.01m (7.32).
  3. 3. East Block which has 37 redecorated sleeping accommodation single cubicles measuring 2.200m by 3.050m (6.7m2).
  4. 4. "Mid and West" Blocks which each have 43 redecorated single cubicles with a room size measuring 1.593m by 2.630m (5.076m2.