Written question asked by Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour) on Friday, 20 April 2007.

Prisoners

Question: How many prisoners were unlocked on the morning of 13 March in (a) HM Prison Pentonville; (b) HM Prison Nottingham; (c) HM Prison Wymott; (d) HM Prison Acklington; (e) HM Prison Wayland; and (f) HM Prison Erlestoke.

Answer: We publish monthly figures on the population in each prison establishment. The most recent published figures show that on 31 January 2007 there were (a) 1,124 prisoners in HMP Pentonville; (b) 552 prisoners in HMP Nottingham; (c) 1,043 prisoners in HMP Wymott; (d) 850 prisoners in HMP Acklington; (e) 701 prisoners in HMP Wayland; (f) 422 prisoners in HMP Erlestoke. This information is obtainable from table 4 at the following website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/prisjan07.pdf. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 2702; 691 c106-7WA
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Prisoners HMP Wymott HMP Acklington HMP Nottingham HMP Pentonville HMP Wayland HMP Erlestoke
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk