HC Deb 10 November 1997 vol 300 cc409-11W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were held at each prison on 1 October; what is the design capacity of each prison; and what were the occupancy levels at 1 October as a percentage of that capacity. [14247]

Ms Quin

The number of prisoners held at each establishment in England and Wales on 1 October 1997 is listed in column one of the following table.

The Prison Service uses the concept of Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) to define the uncrowded capacity of each establishment. For prisons built in recent years, this is equivalent to design capacity. The CNA measure can also be applied to older prisons, particularly those built in the last century, whose design capacity is no longer relevant because of significant building and/or modernisation work.

The CNA of each establishment is listed in column two of table 1. The occupancy level at each establishment is expressed as a percentage of CNA and can be found in column three of table 1.

Table 1—Population and CNA by Prison on 1 October 1997
Prison name Population CNA Population to CNA (per cent.)
Acklington 652 662 98
Albany 434 436 100
Aldington 127 145 88
Ashwell 453 444 102
Askham Grange 126 130 97
Aylesbury 313 318 98
Bedford 393 347 113
Belmarsh 863 822 105
Birmingham 1,027 719 143
Blakenhurst 842 647 130
Blantyre House 120 120 100
Blundeston 402 424 95
Brinsford 535 477 112
Bristol 590 487 121
Brixton 579 483 120
Brockhill 121 159 76
Buckley Hall 382 350 109
Bullingdon 691 770 90
Bullwood Hall 126 126 100
Camphill 522 470 111
Canterbury 264 158 167
Cardiff 730 531 137
Castington 320 330 97
Channings Wood 608 482 126
Table 1—Population and CNA by Prison on 1 October 1997
Prison name Population CNA Population to CNA (per cent.)
Chelmsford 465 448 104
Colchester 32 32 100
Coldingley 295 298 99
Cookham Wood 147 120 123
Dartmoor 622 578 108
Deerbolt 424 434 98
Doncaster 1,108 771 144
Dorchester 244 147 166
Dover 306 316 97
Downview 342 327 105
Drake Hall 277 281 99
Durham 937 667 140
East Sutton Park 99 94 105
Eastwood Park 136 135 101
Elmley 843 760 111
Erlestoke 305 310 98
Everthorpe 459 433 106
Exeter 465 267 174
Featherstone 595 599 99
Feltham 905 849 107
Ford 439 486 90
Foston 119 150 79
Frankland 455 447 102
Full Sutton 533 576 93
Garth 641 633 101
Gartree 370 364 102
Glen Parva 875 720 122
Gloucester 281 219 128
Grendon 438 461 95
Guys Marsh 322 300 107
Haslar 157 158 99
Hatfield 135 180 75
Haverigg 553 530 104
Hewell Grange 198 203 98
Highdown 719 649 111
Highpoint 698 679 103
Hindley 532 527 101
Hollesley Bay 445 458 97
Holloway 529 517 102
Holme House 871 971 90
Hull 491 519 95
Huntercombe 261 256 102
Kingston 117 129 91
Kirkham 666 702 95
Kirklevington 180 180 100
Lancaster 217 218 100
Lancaster Farms 492 496 99
Latchmere House 188 193 97
Leeds 914 800 114
Leicester 351 219 160
Lewes 490 485 101
Leyhill 366 410 89
Lincoln 638 434 147
Lindholme 693 686 101
Littlehey 643 624 103
Liverpool 1,502 1,216 124
Long Lartin 391 379 103
Low Newton 289 189 153
Maidstone 552 541 102
Manchester 1,029 852 121
Moorland 658 620 106
Morton Hall 203 208 98
Mount 629 588 107
New Hall 336 327 103
North Sea Camp 202 213 95
Northallerton 245 152 161
Norwich 746 570 131
Nottingham 413 401 103
Onley 611 550 111
Parkhurst 359 349 103
Pentonville 929 726 128
Portland 536 526 102
Preston 668 414 161
Ranby 581 518 112
Reading 240 203 118
Table 1—Population and CNA by Prison on 1 October 1997
Prison name Population CNA Population to CNA (per cent.)
Risley 882 851 104
Rochester 398 433 92
Send 231 231 100
Shepton Mallet 216 158 137
Shrewsbury 332 181 183
Stafford 627 568 110
Standford Hill 300 384 78
Stocken 464 436 106
Stoke Heath 424 454 93
Styal 267 262 102
Sudbury 499 511 98
Swaleside 571 512 112
Swansea 348 260 134
Swinfen Hall 197 208 95
Thorn Cross 223 316 71
Usk 290 246 118
Verne 572 552 104
Wakefield 609 522 117
Wandsworth 907 811 112
Wayland 642 620 104
Wealstun 580 591 98
Weare 358 400 90
Wellingborough 321 352 91
Werrington 157 220 71
Wetherby 324 360 90
Whatton 222 226 98
Whitemoor 521 522 100
Winchester 612 463 132
Wolds 399 360 111
Woodhill 687 616 112
Wormwood Scrubs 1,363 1,171 116
Wymott 801 809 99
Total 62,706 57,630 109