Prisons: Coronavirus

(asked on 3rd June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2020 to Question 49084 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many cases of covid-19 there have been in each prison in England and Wales as of 8 June 2020; and if he will publish that data on a weekly basis.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 12th June 2020

The Government has put robust measures in place to protect staff and offenders from COVID-19 and introduce ‘compartmentalisation’, to isolate those prisoners with symptoms, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.

Overall, prisons are seeing a decline in the numbers of new cases. The data in the table below shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases broken down by prison as of Friday 5 June 2020. These figures reflect the total number of recorded positive cases of COVID-19 since the first confirmed cases in mid-March, not the number of live cases. It includes individuals that have recovered.

The numbers reported will be affected by a number of variables, including the availability of testing locally which can result in differences between sites and regions and as self-reported (for staff) through HMPPS management lines for central collation

Establishment

Staff Cases

Prisoner Cases

Total Number of Cases by Establishment

Altcourse

24

15

39

Ashfield

0

0

0

Askham Grange

4

0

4

Aylesbury

~

0

~

Bedford

6

~

~

Belmarsh

13

7

20

Berwyn

32

36

68

Birmingham

22

~

~

Brinsford

22

5

27

Bristol

~

0

~

Brixton

0

~

~

Bronzefield

6

~

~

Buckley Hall

~

~

5

Bullingdon

~

0

~

Bure

~

0

~

Cardiff

24

22

46

Channings Wood

15

9

24

Chelmsford

10

~

11

Coldingley

5

~

~

Cookham Wood

~

~

~

Dartmoor

~

~

4

Deerbolt

8

~

~

Doncaster

12

8

20

Dovegate

8

~

~

Downview

4

0

4

Drake Hall

25

41

66

Durham

42

4

46

East Sutton Park

0

0

0

Eastwood Park

~

0

~

Elmley

5

0

5

Erlestoke

~

~

~

Exeter

0

0

0

Featherstone

~

~

5

Feltham A*

~

~

~

Feltham B*

6

~

~

Ford

~

~

~

Forest Bank

4

5

9

Foston Hall

~

~

~

Frankland

12

~

~

Full Sutton

8

0

8

Garth

7

0

7

Gartree

25

9

34

Grendon

0

0

0

Guys Marsh

0

0

0

Hatfield

~

~

5

Haverigg

~

6

~

Hewell

37

9

46

High Down

14

~

~

Highpoint

12

~

~

Hindley

10

~

~

Hollesley Bay

~

~

~

Holme House

22

16

38

Hull

~

0

~

Humber

41

10

51

Huntercombe

~

~

5

Isis

4

6

10

Isle of Wight

~

0

~

Kirkham

5

~

~

Kirklevington Grange

~

0

~

Lancaster Farms

~

0

~

Leeds

4

~

~

Leicester

6

5

11

Lewes

~

0

~

Leyhill

0

0

0

Lincoln

~

4

~

Lindholme

10

0

10

Littlehey

8

6

14

Liverpool

20

~

~

Long Lartin

~

~

5

Low Newton

0

~

~

Lowdham Grange

~

0

~

Maidstone

~

~

~

Manchester

19

20

39

Medway (Adult)

0

0

0

Moorland

~

~

~

New Hall

~

5

~

North Sea Camp

~

0

~

Northumberland

14

~

~

Norwich

6

0

6

Nottingham

~

0

~

Oakwood

24

17

41

Onley

16

7

23

Parc A**

~

0

~

Parc B**

4

7

11

Pentonville

15

4

19

Peterborough Female***

0

0

0

Peterborough Male***

16

~

~

Portland

0

0

0

Prescoed

4

~

~

Preston

36

13

49

Ranby

7

5

12

Risley

20

16

36

Rochester

0

0

0

Rye Hill

6

~

~

Send

~

0

~

Stafford

5

0

5

Stanford Hill

0

~

~

Stocken

4

~

~

Stoke Heath

~

4

~

Springhill

0

~

~

Styal

~

0

~

Sudbury

~

~

4

Swaleside

~

0

~

Swansea

10

12

22

Swinfen Hall

5

6

11

Thameside

4

10

14

The Mount

9

5

14

The Verne

~

0

~

Thorn Cross

~

0

~

Usk

13

16

29

Wakefield

~

~

6

Wandsworth

~

11

~

Warren Hill

0

0

0

Wayland

0

0

0

Wealstun

~

0

~

Werrington

0

0

0

Wetherby

~

0

~

Whatton

0

~

~

Whitemoor

10

6

16

Winchester

23

~

~

Woodhill

24

0

24

Wormwood Scrubs

14

6

20

Wymott

14

15

29

Total

952

485

1437

The symbol ~ denotes suppressed values of 3 or fewer (and totals that would allow values of 3 or fewer to be calculated) to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.

*Data is split between Feltham A and Feltham B to account for different age groups

**Data is split between Parc A and B to account for different age groups

***Data is split for male and female sites at Peterborough

The department is considering the content of its regular reporting schedule and how that could be expanded.

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