§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons were overcrowded in(a) 1992, (b) 1998 and (c) 2002; and by what percentage each was above optimal occupancy; and what definition of overcrowded he uses. [89548]
§ Hilary BennA prison is overcrowded when the number of prisoners held at the prison exceeds its total in use certified normal accommodation (CNA). The CNA of a prison measures its capacity to accommodate prisoners in uncrowded conditions. Operational Capacity is defined as the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold without serious risk to good order, security and the proper running of planned regimes.
Those prisons where average population for the year exceeded the average CNA for the periods 1992–93, 1998–99 and April to November 2002 are shown in the table.
At no time during the periods 1998–99 and April to November 2002 was the average population in any prison
192WAt no time during the periods 1998–99 and April to November 2002 was the average population in any prison above its operational capacity. Comparative data on operational capacity is not available for 1992–93.
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1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Albany Altcourse Acklington Bedford Bedford Altcourse Birmingham Belmarsh Ashwell Bristol Birmingham Aylesbury Brixton Blakenhurst Bedford Bullwood Hall Brinsford Belmarsh Canterbury Bristol Birmingham Cardiff Brixton Blakenhurst Chelmsford Bullingdon Blundeston Dorchester Bullwood Hall Brinsford Durham Camp Hill Bristol Elmley Canterbury Brixton Exeter Cardiff Buckley Hall Feltham Channings Wood Bullingdon Glen Parva Chelmsford Bullwood Hall Hindley Cookham Wood Camp Hill Hull Doncaster Canterbury Lancaster Dorchester Cardiff Leeds Downview Channings Wood Leicester Drake Hall Chelmsford 1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Lewes Durham Cookham Wood Lincoln East Sutton Park Dartmoor Liverpool Eastwood Park Doncaster Low Newton Elmley Dorchester Manchester Everthorpe Durham New Hall Exeter Eastwood Park Northallerton Feltham Elmley Norwich Glen Parva Erlestoke Pentonville Gloucester Everthorpe Preston Guys Marsh Exeter Shepton Mallet Haverigg Featherstone Shrewsbury Highdown Garth Stafford Highpoint Glen Parva Styal Hollesley Bay Gloucester Swansea Holme House Guys Marsh Wandsworth Hull Haverigg Wetherby Huntercombe High Down Winchester Lancaster Farms Highpoint Wormwood Scrubs Leeds Hindley Leicester Holme House Lewes Hull Lincoln Lancaster Lindholme Lancaster Farms Littlehey Leeds 1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Liverpool Leicester Low Newton Lewes Maidstone Lincoln Manchester Littlehey Moorland Liverpool Mount Low Newton New Hall Manchester Northallerton Moorland Norwich Mount Parkhurst New Hall Pentonville Northallerton Portland Norwich Preston Nottingham Ranby Pentonville Reading Portland Risley Preston Shepton Mallet Ranby Shrewsbury Reading Stocken Risley Swaleside Shepton Mallet Swansea Shrewsbury Swinfen Hall Stafford Usk Stocken 1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Verne Stoke Heath Wakefield Styal Wandsworth Swaleside 1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Wayland Swansea Wealstun Usk Winchester Verne Woodhill Wandsworth Wormwood Scrubs Wayland Winchester Wolds Woodhill Wormwood Scrubs Wymott
1992–1993 1998–1999 April—November 2002 Verne Stoke Heath Wakefield Styal Wandsworth Swaleside 1992–1993 1998–1999 April–November 2002 Wayland Swansea Wealstun Usk Winchester Verne Woodhill Wandsworth Wormwood Scrubs Wayland Winchester Wolds Woodhill Wormwood Scrubs Wymott