HC Deb 28 January 1999 vol 324 cc371-4W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons he has jurisdiction for, setting out (a) the number of places the prisons were originally built for, (b) the number of inmates currently in each prison and (c) the percentage overcrowding. [67952]

Mr. George Howarth

The table lists the certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding at each prison establishment for which the Home Secretary has jurisdiction on 18 December 1998.

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 original capacity. The CNA measures can also be applied to older prisons, particularly those built in the last century, whose original capacity is no longer relevant because of significant building and or modernisation work.

Certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding by prison on 18 December 1998
Establishment Certified normal accommodation Population Percentage overcrowding
Acklington 662 651
Albany 436 427
Aldington 145 138
Altcourse 600 690 115
Ashwell 484 491 101
Certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding by prison on 18 December 1998
Establishment Certified normal accommodation Population Percentage overcrowding
Askham Grange 130 127
Aylesbury 439 374
Bedford 352 373 106
Belmarsh 820 809
Birmingham 734 1,063 145
Blakenhurst 647 830 128
Blantyre House 120 119
Blundeston 424 346
Brinsford 477 490 103
Bristol 487 574 118
Brixton 809 728
Brockhill 145 145 100
Buckley Hall 350 383 109
Bullingdon 773 872 113
Bullwood Hall 140 132
Camphill 429 480 112
Canterbury 196 284 145
Cardiff 525 662 126
Castington 330 314
Channings Wood 482 598 124
Chelmsford 357 355
Coldingley 298 287
Cookham Wood 120 163 136
Dartmoor 701 651
Deerbolt 432 401
Doncaster 771 1,050 136
Dorchester 147 222 151
Dover 316 313
Downview 327 342 105
Drake Hall 295 269
Durham 592 890 150
East Sutton Park 94 85
Eastwood Park 255 270 106
Elmley 760 931 123
Erlestoke 310 310 100
Everthorpe 438 467 107
Exeter 314 487 155
Featherstone 599 596
Feltham 849 887 104
Ford 462 443
Foston Hall 130 132 102
Frankland 529 520
Full Sutton 584 595 102
Garth 633 646 102
Gartree 366 368 101
Glen Parva 720 836 116
Gloucester 235 293 125
Grendon 241 222
Guys Marsh 487 518 106
Haslar 160 155
Hatfield 180 157
Haverigg 530 546 103
Hewell Grange 203 198
Highdown 649 785 121
Highpoint 680 690 101
Hindley 494 440
Hollesley Bay 398 364
Holloway 517 520 101
Holme House 971 958
Hull 556 506
Huntercombe 368 368 100
Kingston 193 165
Kirkham 702 596
Kirklevgton 180 177
Lancaster 218 216
Lancaster Farms 496 465
Latchmere House 193 172
Leeds 1,056 1,232 117
Leicester 219 348 159
Lewes 485 478
Leyhill 410 377
Lincoln 350 441 126
Lindholme 686 681
Littlehey 624 641 103
Liverpool 1,216 1,473 121
Certified normal accommodation, population and percentage overcrowding by prison on 18 December 1998
Establishment Certified normal accommodation Population Percentage overcrowding
Long Lartin 379 347
Low Newton 149 217 146
Lowdham Grange 504 498
Maidstone 551 569 103
Manchester 953 1,143 120
Moorland 740 767 104
Morton Hall 208 202
Mount 588 623 106
New Hall 327 367 112
North Sea Camp 197 181
Northallerton 152 250 164
Norwich 562 696 124
Nottingham 493 459
Onley 640 615
Parc 800 810 101
Parkhurst 482 393
Pentonville 897 1,091 122
Portland 516 576 112
Frescoed 120 87
Preston 398 679 171
Ranby 710 736 104
Reading 203 227 112
Risley 871 857
Rochester 433 381
Send 80 78
Shepton Mallet 162 217 134
Shrewsbury 166 298 180
Spring Hill 256 248
Stafford 627 623
Standford Hill 384 318
Stockken 556 576 104
Stoke Heath 646 613
Styal 412 282
Sudbury 511 510 100
Swaleside 632 622
Swansea 251 316 126
Swinfen Hall 319 293
Thron Cross 316 222
Usk 128 203 159
Verne 552 571 103
Wakefield 562 573 102
Wandsworth 1,171 1,300 111
Wayland 620 630 102
Wealstun 632 607
Weare 400 361
Wellingborough 368 328
Werrington 188 104
Wetherby 360 332
Whatton 267 263
Whitemoor 522 507
Winchester 463 609 132
Wolds 360 404 112
Woodhill 672 720 107
Wormwood Scrubs 946 967 102
Wymott 809 794