§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to(a) increase the prison population and (b) extend the site at (i) HMP Wymott and (ii) HMP Garth; and what recent discussions his Department has had with the (A) governor and (B) Prison Officers' Association on plans to extend (x) HMP Wymott and (y) HMP Garth. [36458]
§ Beverley HughesIn order to meet possible need for extra capacity, the Prison Service has an overall strategy of applying for planning consent at prison sites where building more accommodation is a viable option.
Wymott and Garth prisons are two such sites. Planning consent has been in place to build an extra houseblock at each site since 1996. Applications have recently been made to extend this consent before it expires in order to keep all options open.
While the governor and Prison Officers' Association at each prison may be aware of the existing planning consent, no discussions have taken place as there are no
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Number of persons aged 10–17 sentenced to custodial sentences in the Metropolitan police area shown by magistrates court (the committing court in Crown court cases) England and Wales 20001 Custodial sentence Young offender institution Detention and training order Secure training order Sentencing court (Committing court in Crown court cases) Under 1 year 1year and up to 2 years Total Under 1 year 1year and up to 2 years Total Under 1 year 1 year and up to 2 years Total Inner London magistrates courts2 Bow Street 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 1 4 5 1 6 7 0 0 0 Greenwich/Woolwich 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 Highbury Corner 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Horseferry Road 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 Marylebone 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 South Western 0 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 Thames 4 2 6 5 3 8 0 0 0 West London 1 1 2 5 5 10 0 0 0 Camberwell Youth court 24 4 28 78 13 91 1 0 1 South Western Youth court 0 1 1 33 6 39 0 0 0 Thames Youth court 12 6 18 57 31 88 0 0 0 West London Youth court 27 3 30 59 8 67 0 0 0 Outer London boroughs Barking and Dagenham 5 0 5 17 4 21 0 0 0 Havering 2 1 3 12 1 13 0 0 0 Redbridge 2 1 3 6 3 9 0 0 0 Newham 4 3 7 51 7 58 0 0 0 Waltham Forest 8 1 9 23 3 26 0 0 0 Bexley 3 0 3 11 1 12 0 0 0 Bromley 2 0 2 6 3 9 0 0 0 Croydon 8 2 10 21 15 36 0 0 0 Kingston-upon-Thames 4 0 4 10 0 10 0 0 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 4 0 4 4 1 5 0 0 0 Sutton 3 0 3 16 1 17 0 0 0 plans to build at either prison in the near future. If the situation should change there will be the usual full and frank discussion.