Prisons: Standards
(asked on 4th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prisoners was in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics
The table below shows the average amount above Certified Normal Accommodation in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
Prison | 2017 | 2018 |
Bedford | 95 | 104 |
Birmingham | 327 | 207 |
Bristol | 178 | 133 |
Chelmsford | 171 | 100 |
Exeter | 162 | 146 |
Lindholme | 81 | 42 |
Liverpool | 40 | 79 |
Mount | 3 | -18 |
Nottingham | 257 | 186 |
Onley | -7 | -12 |
Peterborough | 140 | 88 |
Portland | 23 | 45 |
Wandsworth | 610 | 507 |
Winchester | 192 | 180 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 80 | 75 |
The table below shows the average number of prisoners in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
Prison | 2017 | 2018 |
Bedford | 370 | 381 |
Birmingham | 1400 | 1054 |
Bristol | 514 | 476 |
Chelmsford | 720 | 634 |
Exeter | 483 | 461 |
Lindholme | 1002 | 902 |
Liverpool | 1082 | 686 |
Mount | 990 | 990 |
Nottingham | 983 | 856 |
Onley | 735 | 727 |
Peterborough | 896 | 847 |
Portland | 482 | 508 |
Wandsworth | 1553 | 1431 |
Winchester | 660 | 577 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 1218 | 1147 |
CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.
There are no prisons operating above their operational capacity in England and Wales. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Director on the basis of operational judgement and experience.
In addition to a reduction in the national prison population, reductions in CNA have been seen across many prisons in England and Wales for a range of reasons, including
enabling maintenance to be performed and other operational reasons, such as part of the response to Urgent Notifications triggered by the Chief Inspector.
HMPPS operates a Performance Assurance Framework to identify and support prisons where performance is of concern.