HC Deb 02 June 1997 vol 295 cc1-3W
Mr. Vaz

To as the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners there are currently in each prison in the United Kingdom, indicating in each case the maximum number of inmates the prison are designed to hold. [1464]

Ms Joyce Quin

The table lists all the prisons in England and Wales, their operational capacities and population figures for 22 May 1997.

Table 1: Operational capacity1 and population figures1
Prison Operational capacity Population
Acklington 662 649
Albany 436 427
Aldington 145 145
Ashwell 454 454
Askham Grange 132 127
Aylesbury 328 314
Bedford 376 364
Belmarsh 901 874
Birmingham 1,043 1,034
Blakenhurst 750 737
Blantyre House 120 120
Blundeston 408 401
Brinsford 509 517
Bristol 587 576
Brixton 645 625
Brockhill 159 154
Buckley Hall 350 348
Bullingdon 704 697
Bullwood Hall 126 127
Camp Hill 531 513
Canterbury 300 305
Cardiff 716 718
Castington 300 301
Channings Wood 615 603
Chelmsford 497 461
Colchester 38 29
Coldingley 296 295
Table 1: Operational capacity1 and population figures2
Prison Operational capacity Population
Cookham Wood 150 149
Dartmoor 606 592
Deerbolt 466 436
Doncaster 1,011 1,018
Dorchester 238 239
Dover 316 310
Downview 333 330
Drake Hall 285 274
Durham 917 921
East Sutton Park 100 94
Eastwood Park 138 128
Elmley 715 712
Erlestoke 310 307
Everthorpe 465 461
Exeter 473 472
Featherstone 599 596
Feltham 922 912
Ford 486 467
Frankland 447 448
Full Sutton 386 391
Garth 533 528
Gartree 364 364
Glen Parva 882 872
Gloucester 290 282
Grendon 235 213
Guys Marsh 315 313
Haslar 158 110
Hatfield 180 170
Haverigg 555 551
Hewell Grange 202 193
High Down 714 708
Highpoint 703 698
Hindley 551 543
Hollesley Bay 470 402
Holloway 532 523
Holme House 871 827
Hull 530 524
Huntercombe 266 259
Kingston 129 111
Kirkham 702 695
Kirklevington 180 161
Lancaster 218 209
Lancaster Farms 536 515
Latchmere House 187 174
Leeds 906 913
Leicester 348 358
Lewes 496 491
Leyhill 422 416
Lincoln 650 638
Lindholme 696 691
Littlehey 648 640
Liverpool 1,452 1,453
Long Lartin 379 390
Low Newton 299 302
Maidstone 570 564
Manchester 1,124 1,051
Moorland 665 666
Morton Hall 192 189
Mount 628 620
New Hall 226 237
North Sea Camp 213 206
Northallerton 298 296
Norwich 744 719
Nottingham 384 263
Onley 520 515
Parkhurst 313 324
Pentonville 929 904
Portland 536 528
Prescoed 128 93
Table 1: Operational capacity1 and population figures2
Prison Operational capacity Population
Preston 640 625
Ranby 538 533
Reading 245 234
Risley 868 834
Rochester 435 388
Send 231 171
Shepton Mallett 220 216
Shrewsbury 323 323
Spring Hill 210 204
Stafford 627 624
Standford Hill 384 382
Stocken 462 460
Stoke Heath 322 314
Styal 262 259
Sudbury 511 498
Swaleside 542 541
Swansea 350 344
Swinfen Hall 202 203
Thorn Cross 316 255
Usk 187 181
Verne 577 572
Wakefield 613 601
Wandsworth 876 870
Wayland 652 647
Wealstun 591 575
Wellingborough 322 321
Werrington 121 122
Wetherby 120 120
Whatton 226 224
Whitemoor 530 509
Winchester 612 620
Wolde 400 396
Woodhill 685 671
Wormwood Scrubs 1,362 1,293
Wymott 805 798
1 The prison population includes inmates on authorised absence.
2 Operational capacity is defined as the total number of prisoners which an establishment can hold without serious risk to good order, security and the proper running of the planned regime.