§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last five years, the average number of prisoners held in each of the Category D prisons for which the Prison Service has responsibility. [121366]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 25 June 2003]: The average number of prisoners in the years 1998 to 2002 held in open prisons is given in the following table.
Annual average prison population 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Male open prisons Ford 434 365 378 374 495 Hewell Grange 193 177 173 163 184 Hollesley Bay 382 314 294 323 409 Kirkham 646 462 481 462 497 Leyhill 376 374 367 356 419 Morton Hall 200 186 120 — — North Sea Camp 193 185 195 189 250 Frescoed 95 88 95 103 106 Spring Hill 242 242 242 243 245 Standford Hill 340 301 310 334 382 Sudbury 495 492 499 496 505 Wealstun 290 283 282 277 272 Female open prisons Askham Grange 125 120 117 120 128 Drake Hall East 267 218 166 202 265 Sutton Park 91 88 76 92 89 YOI open prisons Hatfield/Moorland Open 153 119 131 165 173 Thorn Cross 217 231 224 212 219 Note:
Population figures are based on the main role of the prison