§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 16 March (WA 115), how many prisoners are currently held in excess of the in-use certified normal accommodation; and in which prisons are these conditions obtaining. [HL1396]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe number of prisoners held in excess of the in-use certified normal accommodation at the end of February 2001 was 4,362. The prisons concerned are listed in the table. These data are provisional but are not expected to alter significantly.
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Prison name In Use CNA Population Difference Percentage overcrowded Altcourse 614 799 185 30.1% Aylesbury 348 353 5 1.4% Bedford 352 368 16 4.5% Belmarsh 843 850 7 0.8% Birmingham 710 925 215 30.3% Blakenhurst 647 846 199 30.8% Bristol 314 545 231 73.6% Brixton 651 755 104 16.0% Buckley Hall 350 360 10 2.9% Bullingdon 767 836 69 9.0% Canterbury 196 254 58 29.6% Cardiff 403 544 141 35.0% Cookham Wood 120 147 27 22.5% Doncaster 771 1,091 320 41.5% Dorchester 172 219 47 27.3% Downview 322 330 8 2.5% Durham 670 703 33 4.9% Eastwood Park 295 302 7 2.4% Elmley 763 864 101 13.2% Everthorpe 438 456 18 4.1% Exeter 315 385 70 22.2% Glen Parva 664 712 48 7.2% Gloucester 236 277 41 17.4% Guys Marsh 487 509 22 4.5% What is the planned increase in funding (a) next year and (b) over the next three years for police, probation services, Crown Prosecution Service and Prison Service respectively, expressed in both absolute and percentage terms. [HL1364]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)Planned increases in funding for the period 2001–02 to 2003–04 are given in the table:
Prison name In Use CNA Population Difference Percentage overcrowded High Down 649 702 53 8.2% Holloway 477 488 11 2.3% Leeds 770 1,236 466 60.5% Leicester 219 358 139 63.5% Lincoln 360 491 131 36.4% Littlehey 624 626 2 0.3% Liverpool 1,216 1,228 12 1.0% Low Newton 215 234 19 8.8% Manchester 953 1,076 123 12.9% Moorland 740 764 24 3.2% Mount 705 732 27 3.8% New Hall 327 365 38 11.6% Northallerton 135 197 62 45.9% Norwich 561 669 108 19.3% Parc 844 929 85 10.1% Pentonville 897 1,098 201 22.4% Preston 301 556 255 54.7% Ranby 725 741 16 2.2% Shepton Mallet 99 110 11 11.1% Shrewsbury 185 319 134 72.4% Stocken 556 573 17 3.1% Styal 412 428 16 3.9% Usk 251 321 70 27.9% Verne 552 562 10 1.8% Wandsworth 1.128 1,302 174 15.4% Wayland 620 625 5 0.8% Winchester 455 564 109 24.0% Wolds 360 378 18 5.0% Wormwood Scrubs 812 856 44 5.4%