Q. Prisons

Prisons

(asked on 13th December 2022) - View Source

Questioner

Grahame Morris
(Labour - Easington)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, what the (a) prison population and (b) operational capacity of the prison estate was on (i) 27 March 2020 and (ii) 2 December 2022.

Answered by

Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)

This question was answered on 19th December 2022

The total population and capacity of the prison estate is published weekly at Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The population and capacity of each individual prison is published monthly at the same link.

On 27 March 2020, the total population was 83,189 and the useable operational capacity of the estate was 85,583. On 2 December 2022, the total population was 82,896 and the useable operational capacity was 84,148.

A table showing the capacity, population and places out of use at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022 has been provided below. Prison capacity can be taken out of use temporarily for a number of reasons.

All new prison capacity is brought into use in a phased and controlled way, so only cells that are available for use are included below. With regard to places out of use, these have only been listed where the losses affect the deliverable operational capacity of the site, and so is limited to sites where losses are not mitigated by other means (e.g. temporary accommodation).

Prison Name	Population	Current Op Cap	Places out of use
Altcourse	1161	1164	0
Ashfield	406	412	0
Aylesbury	380	402	0
Bedford	370	400	21
Belmarsh	718	774	0
Berwyn	1817	1820	80
Birmingham	971	977	0
Brinsford	488	539	38
Bristol	563	566	0
Brixton	741	786	12
Buckley Hall	461	469	0
Bullingdon	902	921	191
Bure	621	643	0
Cardiff	739	777	2
Channings Wood	689	724	0
Chelmsford	695	720	30
Coldingley	481	494	19
Dartmoor	632	640	0
Deerbolt	311	323	206
Doncaster	1142	1145	0
Dovegate	1159	1160	0
Durham	968	985	0
Elmley	1129	1157	0
Erlestoke	434	468	0
Exeter	384	400	112
Featherstone	677	687	0
Feltham	313	322	208
Five Wells	871	876	0
Ford	387	389	0
Forest Bank	1457	1460	0
Frankland	827	852	0
Full Sutton	581	594	0
Garth	795	845	0
Gartree	591	608	89
Grendon	163	188	45
Guys Marsh	476	511	0
Hatfield	298	334	0
Haverigg	306	400	99
Hewell	916	933	141
High Down	1092	1113	0
Highpoint	1259	1270	0
Hindley	590	600	0
Hollesley Bay	482	503	0
Holme House	1173	1179	0
Hull	947	958	86
Humber	997	1019	27
Huntercombe	460	480	0
Isis	615	628	0
Isle of Wight	1002	1035	104
Kirkham	483	699	0
Kirklevington Grange	177	197	0
Lancaster Farms	556	560	0
Leeds	1108	1110	0
Leicester	326	346	4
Lewes	612	618	0
Leyhill	438	461	0
Lincoln	662	664	0
Lindholme	932	932	78
Littlehey	1188	1188	0
Liverpool	816	820	0
Long Lartin	479	514	93
Lowdham Grange	842	856	32
Maidstone	587	600	0
Manchester	681	741	3
Moorland	958	1006	0
Morton Hall	254	333	20
Mount, The	1024	1048	0
North Sea Camp	243	300	0
Northumberland	1335	1348	0
Norwich	725	733	0
Nottingham	897	905	0
Oakwood	2084	2106	0
Onley	731	742	0
Parc	1641	1663	0
Pentonville	1141	1150	55
Peterborough Male	899	916	0
Portland	519	538	0
Prescoed	247	260	0
Preston	681	680	0
Ranby	1036	1084	14
Risley	1003	1016	98
Rochester	676	695	0
Rye Hill	647	664	0
Spring Hill	289	313	0
Stafford	751	752	0
Standford Hill	441	464	0
Stocken	1040	1071	0
Stoke Heath	760	781	1
Sudbury	536	610	0
Swaleside	924	950	140
Swansea	411	468	0
Swinfen Hall	614	624	0
Thameside	1201	1232	0
Thorn Cross	381	430	0
Usk	270	276	0
Verne. The	599	608	0
Wakefield	737	750	0
Wandsworth	1607	1628	0
Warren Hill	266	267	0
Wayland	747	762	161
Wealstun	846	856	0
Whatton	815	816	0
Whitemoor	315	333	126
Winchester	625	670	22
Woodhill	501	536	78
Wormwood Scrubs	1213	1280	0
Wymott	1135	1144	0

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