HC Deb 06 December 2001 vol 376 cc480-3W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prison population for each prison; and what overcrowding there is in each prison. [17208]

Beverley Hughes2

The total population and number of overcrowded prisoners in each establishment at the end of October is listed in the table. Data are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.

Prison name Population Total overcrowding
Acklington 761 0
Albany 443 0
Altcourse 817 0
Ashfield 397 0
Ashwell 378 0
Askham Grange 128 0
Aylesbury 343 0
Bedford 435 172
Belmarsh 839 345
Birmingham 840 120
Blakenhurst 839 186
Blantyre House 116 0
Blundeston 420 0
Brinsford 452 76
Bristol 612 90
Brixton 760 242
Brockhill 156 0
Buckley Hall 385 0
Bullingdon 884 303
Bullwood Hall 173 0
Camp Hill 520 230
Canterbury 292 220
Cardiff 666 534
Castington 322 0
Channings Wood 580 8
Chelmsford 456 84
Coldingley 364 0
Cookham Wood 146 46
Dartmoor 574 0
Deerbolt 383 0
Doncaster 1,080 638
Dorchester 255 150
Dovegate 585 0
Dover 190 0
Downview 144 0
Drake Hall 229 0
Durham 709 320
East Sutton Park 95 0
Eastwood Park 320 66
Elmley 936 236
Erlestoke 316 0
Everthorpe 465 64
Exeter 478 348
Featherstone 589 0
Feltham 653 0
Ford 444 0
Forest Bank 840 0
Foston Hall 213 0
Frankland 645 0
Full Sutton 583 0
Garth 593 0
Gartree 285 0
Glen Parva 798 432
Gloucester 296 166
Grendon 453 0
Guys Marsh 504 66
Haslar 155 0
Hatfield 167 0
Haverigg 545 0
Hewell Grange 169 0
High Down 704 174
Highpoint 873 0
Hindley 439 0
Hollesley Bay 335 0
Holloway 498 0
Holme House 929 118
Hull 578 0
Huntercombe 328 0
Kingston 183 0
Kirkham 515 0
Kirklevington 165 0
Lancaster 229 0
Lancaster Farms 536 92
Prison name Population Total overcrowding
Latchmere House 167 0
Leeds 1,228 898
Leicester 353 320
Lewes 468 28
Leyhill 369 0
Lincoln 537 318
Lindholme 611 0
Littlehey 628 28
Liverpool 1,395 488
Long Lartin 406 0
Low Newton 284 90
Lowdham Grange 482 0
Maidstone 366 0
Manchester 1,188 744
Moorland 757 40
Morton Hall 182 0
Mount 729 80
New Hall 375 72
North Sea Camp 179 0
Norwich 740 364
Nottingham 508 228
Onley 531 0
Pare 860 0
Parkhurst 422 0
Pentonville 1,159 402
Portland 469 0
Preston 550 440
Ranby 719 96
Reading 246 170
Risley 791 34
Rochester 239 0
Rye Hill 597 0
Send 219 0
Shepton Mallet 172 0
Shrewsbury 331 294
Stafford 625 0
Standford Hill 323 0
Stocken 573 52
Stoke Heath 543 0
Styal 420 12
Sudbury 506 0
Swaleside 745 0
Swansea 329 240
Swinfen Hall 313 0
Thorn Cross 229 0
Usk 327 178
Verne 567 40
Wakefield 561 0
Wandsworth 1,361 480
Wayland 640 52
Wealstun 618 0
Weare 386 0
Wellingborough 500 0
Werrington 113 0
Wetherby 328 0
Whatton 265 0
Whitemoor 397 0
Winchester 570 290
Wolds 405 0
Woodhill 675 100
Wormwood Scrubs 964 0
Wymott 793 0

Source:

Figures for Northhallerton are currently not available

Overcrowding includes prisoners held two to a cell designed for one, those held three in a cell designed for two and those overcrowded in larger dormitories and other accommodation units where population exceeds the uncrowded capacity.

Overcrowding is not evenly dispersed across the prison estate; it is particularly concentrated in local prisons. Local prisons are those which serve the courts of a specific area.

The Prison Service key performance indicator on overcrowding measures the number of prisoners held two to a cell designed for one. The target for this financial year is not to exceed 18 per cent. of the average population. The provisional April 2001 to October 2001 performance is better than target and stands at 16.9 per cent.