§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the funding which will be required in order to remove overcrowding in prisons over the next three years; and if he will make a statement. [103335]
§ Mr. BoatengIt is estimated that to avoid overcrowding would require an additional 6,000 places. If provided through new privately financed prisons the annual cost would be around £195 million.
§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those Prison Service establishments which are overcrowded and the level of overcrowding in each case; and if he will make a statement. [103334]
§ Mr. BoatengPrison Service establishments which are overcrowded and the level of overcrowding are listed in the table, based on the definition of overcrowding as being the number of prisoners above the in-use certified normal accommodation (CNA) of the establishment. In-use CNA is the baseline CNA minus places temporarily unavailable, such as damaged cells or those being refurbished. The data are for the month of November and are provisional.
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Overcrowding by prison—November 1999 Prison name In use CNA Population Number of Prisoners overcrowded Albany 436 437 1 Altcourse 612 853 241 Bedford 352 378 26 Birmingham 734 1,105 371 Blakehurst 647 843 196 Blundeston 364 372 8 Brinsford 477 509 32 Bristol 487 544 57 Brixton 693 729 36 Buckley Hall 350 386 36 Bullingdon 767 863 96 Camp Hill 394 476 82 Canterbury 196 283 87 Cardiff 525 580 55 Channings Wood 482 581 99 Cookham Wood 120 152 32 Doncaster 771 1,110 339 Dorchester 164 221 57 Downview 327 341 14 Durham 670 911 241 Eastwood Park 295 304 9 Elmley 763 917 154 Everthorpe 438 468 30 Exeter 321 468 147 Feltham 802 816 14 Garth 633 651 18 Glen Parva 678 847 169 Gloucester 235 281 46 Guys Marsh 487 518 31 Highdown 649 699 50 Lancaster Farms 496 504 8 Leeds 786 1,266 480 Leicester 219 357 138 Lincoln 360 480 120 Littlehey 624 632 8 Liverpool 1,216 1,497 281 Low Newton 142 156 14 Lowdham Grange 504 524 20 Maidstone 549 556 7 Manchester 953 1,158 205
Overcrowding by prison—November 1999 Prison name In use CNA Population Number of Prisoners overcrowded Moorland 740 775 35 New Hall 327 376 49 Northallerton 152 261 109 Norwich 564 673 109 Parc 800 833 33 Pentonville 897 1,103 206 Portland 516 558 42 Preston 398 673 275 Ranby 710 739 29 Reading 203 219 16 Shepton Mallet 159 196 37 Shrewsbury 323 338 15 Stocken 556 577 21 Styal 412 451 39 Swansea 251 298 47 Swinfen Hall 255 300 45 Usk 251 300 49 Verne 552 570 18 Wandsworth 1,102 1,339 237 Winchester 463 598 135 Wolds 360 403 43 Woodhill 672 691 19