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Proceeding contribution from Ann Widdecombe (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 9 October 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Prison Estate.


Prison Estate

May I ask the Home Secretary to distinguish between operational capacity and certified normal accommodation, the second of which measures overcrowding? Since he is so fond of comparisons with 1997, will he give us the percentage of prisoners sharing two to a cell designed for one, compared with 1997? Will he tell us whether there are any instances of three sharing a cell designed for two, which we had wholly eliminated; whether, as a result of bringing back into use discarded accommodation, there is any slopping out, which we had completely eliminated; and how many national vocational qualifications are being awarded, compared with 1997?...Why not?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
450 c41 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Foreign nationals Prisoners Prisons Sentencing Detention centres
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk