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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each women's prison as at 31 October the (a) normal prisoner establishment, (b) actual numbers held, (c) prison officer establishment, (d) prison officers on strength and (e) number of suicides at each prison since 1 January. [140451] Paul Goggins: The information requested is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prison Operational capacity Population Target prison officer Actual in post grades Askham Grange 141 116 31.75 30.75 Brockhill 167 146 104 96 Buckley Hall 320 300 113 106.5 Bullwood Hall 184 156 91 73.5 Cookham Wood 140 126 63 59 Downview 224 211 123 106 Drake Hall 315 285 83 81 Durham1 110 100 -- -- East Sutton Park 100 97 21.5 21.5 Eastwood Park 346 274 132 127 Edmunds Hill 310 266 139 120 Foston Hall 235 222 103 94 Holloway 495 453 291 299 Low Newton 396 294 144 144 Morton Hall 395 327 1,171 15.5 New Hall 426 370 189 180 Send 220 213 73 68.5 Styal 468 426 177 174 Winchester West Hill1 87 78 -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 These establishments are part of the male estate and separate figures for prison officer grades in the women's units are not available. There have been 14 deaths of women in custody since 1 January, as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Brockhill 1 Bullwood 1 Downview 1 Durham 3 Eastwood Park 1 New Hall 3 Styal 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

140451; 415 c239-40W;415 c239W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Women Prisoners Prisons Staff Population Suicide

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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