§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those prisons in England and Wales with prison cells designed for one person and holding two inmates on 1 January 1997. [10773]
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§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 16 January 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners sharing two to a cell designed for one on 1st January 1997.The information requested is given in the attached table. As the data is collected on the last Friday of each month the information is for 27 December 1996.
Two inmates sharing a cell designed for one Establishment 27 December 1996 Bedford 186 Birmingham 544 Blakenhurst 130 Bristol 88 Brixton 362 Buckley Hall 20 Camp Hill 80 Canterbury 218 Cardiff 458 Channings Wood 208 Chelmsford 78 Cookham Wood 40 Doncaster 416 Dorchester 172 Down View 12 Durham 698 Everthorpe 58 Exeter 338 Glen Parva 232 Gloucester 130 Guys Marsh 32 Highpoint 14 Hull 200 Lancaster Farms 42 Leeds 214 Leciester 224 Lewes 26 Lincoln 480 Littlehey 28 Liverpool 220 Low Newton 188 Maidstone 30 Manchester 478 Moorland 60 Northallerton 262 Nottingham 4 Pentonville 708 Portland young offenders institution 68 Preston 362 Reading 112 Risley 18 Rochester 8 Shepton Mallet 100 Shrewsbury 278 Stocken 52 Swaleside 30 Swansea 202 The Mount 78 Usk 104 Verne 32 Wakefield 110 Wandsworth 180 Wayland 32 Wealstun 6 Winchester 276 Woodhill 72 Wormwood Scrubs 260