Written Question

Pentonville Prison: Mental Health Services

Friday 20th October 2023

Asked by: Kate Osamor (Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support provision inside Pentonville Prison.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

Mental health services at HMP Pentonville are continuously assessed through peer review, quality visits by the healthcare provider Practice Plus Group in conjunction with NHS England (London Region) and internal auditing procedures. Quarterly assurance meetings take place between NHS England and Practice Plus Group.

Mental health services at the prison were revised as part of New Models of Care in 2022, a pan London remodelling of prison healthcare services with the aim of improving patient safety, enhancing responsiveness to patient need and ensuring that services available met the needs of patients in prison. The New Models of Care have been fully embedded into the new healthcare contract at HMP Pentonville, which commenced in May 2023.

In addition, the prison had a full HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Care Quality Commission inspection in July 2022 which made one recommendation in respect of mental health waiting times for initial assessment. A subsequent Independent Review of Progress visit in March 2023 found that reasonable progress had been made against this recommendation.

The healthcare team at HMP Pentonville has a dedicated patient engagement lead who conducts regular patient focus groups to gain an understanding of the views of the patient group, in respect to quality and availability of services. In addition, User Voice were commissioned by NHS England in August 2023, to undertake a patient focus group specifically around mental health services in HMP Pentonville, to enhance the current understanding of the experiences of people using mental health services in the prison and to identify areas where further improvement could be made.

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Written Question

Prisoner Escapes

Friday 22nd September 2023

Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham, Ladywood)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those incidents occur.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Time series for escape and abscond data are published at: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2021 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). In the 13 years from April 2010 to March 2023 there were no escapes from category A prisons and 8 escapes from category B prisons. The prisons were HMP Pentonville, HMP Wandsworth, HMP Dovegate, HMP Peterborough and HMP Bedford. There have been no absconds from a category A or category B prison in this period.

In the 13 years prior to 2010, there were nearly 146 escapes from prisons – nearly ten times the number since 2010.

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Written Question

Prisoner Escapes

Friday 22nd September 2023

Asked by: Shabana Mahmood (Labour - Birmingham, Ladywood)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those escapes occur from.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Time series for escape and abscond data are published at: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2021 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). In the 13 years from April 2010 to March 2023 there were no escapes from category A prisons and 8 escapes from category B prisons. The prisons were HMP Pentonville, HMP Wandsworth, HMP Dovegate, HMP Peterborough and HMP Bedford. There have been no absconds from a category A or category B prison in this period.

In the 13 years prior to 2010, there were nearly 146 escapes from prisons – nearly ten times the number since 2010.

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Written Question

Prisoners' Release: Wales

Monday 22nd May 2023

Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers had an origin address in Wales by prison establishment in 2022.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

3,609 of the 46,804 prison leavers in 2022 had an identified origin address in Wales. The breakdown by establishment is shown in the table below.

The 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.

To prevent the disclosure of individual information, figures totalling five people or fewer have not been included (denoted by *).

Prison	Count
Altcourse	31
Ashfield	*
Askham Grange	*
Berwyn	537
Birmingham	*
Brinsford	*
Bristol	14
Brixton	*
Bronzefield	*
Buckley Hall	*
Bullingdon	*
Cardiff	1046
Channings Wood	*
Doncaster	*
Dovegate	*
Downview	*
Drake Hall	17
East Sutton Park	*
Eastwood Park	213
Elmley (Sheppey Cluster)	*
Erlestoke	*
Exeter	*
Five Wells	*
Ford	*
Forest Bank	*
Foston Hall	*
Frankland	*
Garth	*
Grendon/Spring Hill	*
Guys Marsh	*
Hatfield	*
Haverigg	6
Hewell	*
High Down	*
Highpoint (North and South)	*
Hindley	*
Hull	*
Humber	*
Huntercombe	12
Isis	*
Isle of Wight	*
Kirkham	10
Lancaster Farms	*
Leeds	*
Leicester	*
Leyhill	20
Littlehey	*
Liverpool	8
Maidstone	*
Manchester	*
Moorland	*
Mount	*
Northumberland	*
Norwich	*
Nottingham	*
Oakwood	24
Parc	559
Pentonville	*
Portland	*
Prescoed	134
Preston	*
Ranby	*
Risley	15
Rye Hill	*
Send	*
Stafford	10
Standford Hill (Sheppey Cluster)	*
Stocken	*
Stoke Heath	6
Styal	42
Sudbury	*
Swansea	688
Swinfen Hall	*
Thameside	*
Thorn Cross	12
Usk	58
Wakefield	*
Wandsworth	6
Wayland	*
Wetherby	*
Whatton	13
Winchester	*
Wymott	*
Total	3609

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Written Question

Prison Accommodation: Males

Monday 19th December 2022

Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, how many out-of-use cells there were at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The total population and capacity of the prison estate is published weekly at Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The population and capacity of each individual prison is published monthly at the same link.

On 27 March 2020, the total population was 83,189 and the useable operational capacity of the estate was 85,583. On 2 December 2022, the total population was 82,896 and the useable operational capacity was 84,148.

A table showing the capacity, population and places out of use at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022 has been provided below. Prison capacity can be taken out of use temporarily for a number of reasons.

All new prison capacity is brought into use in a phased and controlled way, so only cells that are available for use are included below. With regard to places out of use, these have only been listed where the losses affect the deliverable operational capacity of the site, and so is limited to sites where losses are not mitigated by other means (e.g. temporary accommodation).

Prison Name	Population	Current Op Cap	Places out of use
Altcourse	1161	1164	0
Ashfield	406	412	0
Aylesbury	380	402	0
Bedford	370	400	21
Belmarsh	718	774	0
Berwyn	1817	1820	80
Birmingham	971	977	0
Brinsford	488	539	38
Bristol	563	566	0
Brixton	741	786	12
Buckley Hall	461	469	0
Bullingdon	902	921	191
Bure	621	643	0
Cardiff	739	777	2
Channings Wood	689	724	0
Chelmsford	695	720	30
Coldingley	481	494	19
Dartmoor	632	640	0
Deerbolt	311	323	206
Doncaster	1142	1145	0
Dovegate	1159	1160	0
Durham	968	985	0
Elmley	1129	1157	0
Erlestoke	434	468	0
Exeter	384	400	112
Featherstone	677	687	0
Feltham	313	322	208
Five Wells	871	876	0
Ford	387	389	0
Forest Bank	1457	1460	0
Frankland	827	852	0
Full Sutton	581	594	0
Garth	795	845	0
Gartree	591	608	89
Grendon	163	188	45
Guys Marsh	476	511	0
Hatfield	298	334	0
Haverigg	306	400	99
Hewell	916	933	141
High Down	1092	1113	0
Highpoint	1259	1270	0
Hindley	590	600	0
Hollesley Bay	482	503	0
Holme House	1173	1179	0
Hull	947	958	86
Humber	997	1019	27
Huntercombe	460	480	0
Isis	615	628	0
Isle of Wight	1002	1035	104
Kirkham	483	699	0
Kirklevington Grange	177	197	0
Lancaster Farms	556	560	0
Leeds	1108	1110	0
Leicester	326	346	4
Lewes	612	618	0
Leyhill	438	461	0
Lincoln	662	664	0
Lindholme	932	932	78
Littlehey	1188	1188	0
Liverpool	816	820	0
Long Lartin	479	514	93
Lowdham Grange	842	856	32
Maidstone	587	600	0
Manchester	681	741	3
Moorland	958	1006	0
Morton Hall	254	333	20
Mount, The	1024	1048	0
North Sea Camp	243	300	0
Northumberland	1335	1348	0
Norwich	725	733	0
Nottingham	897	905	0
Oakwood	2084	2106	0
Onley	731	742	0
Parc	1641	1663	0
Pentonville	1141	1150	55
Peterborough Male	899	916	0
Portland	519	538	0
Prescoed	247	260	0
Preston	681	680	0
Ranby	1036	1084	14
Risley	1003	1016	98
Rochester	676	695	0
Rye Hill	647	664	0
Spring Hill	289	313	0
Stafford	751	752	0
Standford Hill	441	464	0
Stocken	1040	1071	0
Stoke Heath	760	781	1
Sudbury	536	610	0
Swaleside	924	950	140
Swansea	411	468	0
Swinfen Hall	614	624	0
Thameside	1201	1232	0
Thorn Cross	381	430	0
Usk	270	276	0
Verne. The	599	608	0
Wakefield	737	750	0
Wandsworth	1607	1628	0
Warren Hill	266	267	0
Wayland	747	762	161
Wealstun	846	856	0
Whatton	815	816	0
Whitemoor	315	333	126
Winchester	625	670	22
Woodhill	501	536	78
Wormwood Scrubs	1213	1280	0
Wymott	1135	1144	0

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Written Question

Prisons: Males

Monday 19th December 2022

Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, what the (a) capacity and (b) population was at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The total population and capacity of the prison estate is published weekly at Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The population and capacity of each individual prison is published monthly at the same link.

On 27 March 2020, the total population was 83,189 and the useable operational capacity of the estate was 85,583. On 2 December 2022, the total population was 82,896 and the useable operational capacity was 84,148.

A table showing the capacity, population and places out of use at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022 has been provided below. Prison capacity can be taken out of use temporarily for a number of reasons.

All new prison capacity is brought into use in a phased and controlled way, so only cells that are available for use are included below. With regard to places out of use, these have only been listed where the losses affect the deliverable operational capacity of the site, and so is limited to sites where losses are not mitigated by other means (e.g. temporary accommodation).

Prison Name	Population	Current Op Cap	Places out of use
Altcourse	1161	1164	0
Ashfield	406	412	0
Aylesbury	380	402	0
Bedford	370	400	21
Belmarsh	718	774	0
Berwyn	1817	1820	80
Birmingham	971	977	0
Brinsford	488	539	38
Bristol	563	566	0
Brixton	741	786	12
Buckley Hall	461	469	0
Bullingdon	902	921	191
Bure	621	643	0
Cardiff	739	777	2
Channings Wood	689	724	0
Chelmsford	695	720	30
Coldingley	481	494	19
Dartmoor	632	640	0
Deerbolt	311	323	206
Doncaster	1142	1145	0
Dovegate	1159	1160	0
Durham	968	985	0
Elmley	1129	1157	0
Erlestoke	434	468	0
Exeter	384	400	112
Featherstone	677	687	0
Feltham	313	322	208
Five Wells	871	876	0
Ford	387	389	0
Forest Bank	1457	1460	0
Frankland	827	852	0
Full Sutton	581	594	0
Garth	795	845	0
Gartree	591	608	89
Grendon	163	188	45
Guys Marsh	476	511	0
Hatfield	298	334	0
Haverigg	306	400	99
Hewell	916	933	141
High Down	1092	1113	0
Highpoint	1259	1270	0
Hindley	590	600	0
Hollesley Bay	482	503	0
Holme House	1173	1179	0
Hull	947	958	86
Humber	997	1019	27
Huntercombe	460	480	0
Isis	615	628	0
Isle of Wight	1002	1035	104
Kirkham	483	699	0
Kirklevington Grange	177	197	0
Lancaster Farms	556	560	0
Leeds	1108	1110	0
Leicester	326	346	4
Lewes	612	618	0
Leyhill	438	461	0
Lincoln	662	664	0
Lindholme	932	932	78
Littlehey	1188	1188	0
Liverpool	816	820	0
Long Lartin	479	514	93
Lowdham Grange	842	856	32
Maidstone	587	600	0
Manchester	681	741	3
Moorland	958	1006	0
Morton Hall	254	333	20
Mount, The	1024	1048	0
North Sea Camp	243	300	0
Northumberland	1335	1348	0
Norwich	725	733	0
Nottingham	897	905	0
Oakwood	2084	2106	0
Onley	731	742	0
Parc	1641	1663	0
Pentonville	1141	1150	55
Peterborough Male	899	916	0
Portland	519	538	0
Prescoed	247	260	0
Preston	681	680	0
Ranby	1036	1084	14
Risley	1003	1016	98
Rochester	676	695	0
Rye Hill	647	664	0
Spring Hill	289	313	0
Stafford	751	752	0
Standford Hill	441	464	0
Stocken	1040	1071	0
Stoke Heath	760	781	1
Sudbury	536	610	0
Swaleside	924	950	140
Swansea	411	468	0
Swinfen Hall	614	624	0
Thameside	1201	1232	0
Thorn Cross	381	430	0
Usk	270	276	0
Verne. The	599	608	0
Wakefield	737	750	0
Wandsworth	1607	1628	0
Warren Hill	266	267	0
Wayland	747	762	161
Wealstun	846	856	0
Whatton	815	816	0
Whitemoor	315	333	126
Winchester	625	670	22
Woodhill	501	536	78
Wormwood Scrubs	1213	1280	0
Wymott	1135	1144	0

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Written Question

Prisons

Monday 19th December 2022

Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, what the (a) prison population and (b) operational capacity of the prison estate was on (i) 27 March 2020 and (ii) 2 December 2022.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The total population and capacity of the prison estate is published weekly at Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The population and capacity of each individual prison is published monthly at the same link.

On 27 March 2020, the total population was 83,189 and the useable operational capacity of the estate was 85,583. On 2 December 2022, the total population was 82,896 and the useable operational capacity was 84,148.

A table showing the capacity, population and places out of use at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022 has been provided below. Prison capacity can be taken out of use temporarily for a number of reasons.

All new prison capacity is brought into use in a phased and controlled way, so only cells that are available for use are included below. With regard to places out of use, these have only been listed where the losses affect the deliverable operational capacity of the site, and so is limited to sites where losses are not mitigated by other means (e.g. temporary accommodation).

Prison Name	Population	Current Op Cap	Places out of use
Altcourse	1161	1164	0
Ashfield	406	412	0
Aylesbury	380	402	0
Bedford	370	400	21
Belmarsh	718	774	0
Berwyn	1817	1820	80
Birmingham	971	977	0
Brinsford	488	539	38
Bristol	563	566	0
Brixton	741	786	12
Buckley Hall	461	469	0
Bullingdon	902	921	191
Bure	621	643	0
Cardiff	739	777	2
Channings Wood	689	724	0
Chelmsford	695	720	30
Coldingley	481	494	19
Dartmoor	632	640	0
Deerbolt	311	323	206
Doncaster	1142	1145	0
Dovegate	1159	1160	0
Durham	968	985	0
Elmley	1129	1157	0
Erlestoke	434	468	0
Exeter	384	400	112
Featherstone	677	687	0
Feltham	313	322	208
Five Wells	871	876	0
Ford	387	389	0
Forest Bank	1457	1460	0
Frankland	827	852	0
Full Sutton	581	594	0
Garth	795	845	0
Gartree	591	608	89
Grendon	163	188	45
Guys Marsh	476	511	0
Hatfield	298	334	0
Haverigg	306	400	99
Hewell	916	933	141
High Down	1092	1113	0
Highpoint	1259	1270	0
Hindley	590	600	0
Hollesley Bay	482	503	0
Holme House	1173	1179	0
Hull	947	958	86
Humber	997	1019	27
Huntercombe	460	480	0
Isis	615	628	0
Isle of Wight	1002	1035	104
Kirkham	483	699	0
Kirklevington Grange	177	197	0
Lancaster Farms	556	560	0
Leeds	1108	1110	0
Leicester	326	346	4
Lewes	612	618	0
Leyhill	438	461	0
Lincoln	662	664	0
Lindholme	932	932	78
Littlehey	1188	1188	0
Liverpool	816	820	0
Long Lartin	479	514	93
Lowdham Grange	842	856	32
Maidstone	587	600	0
Manchester	681	741	3
Moorland	958	1006	0
Morton Hall	254	333	20
Mount, The	1024	1048	0
North Sea Camp	243	300	0
Northumberland	1335	1348	0
Norwich	725	733	0
Nottingham	897	905	0
Oakwood	2084	2106	0
Onley	731	742	0
Parc	1641	1663	0
Pentonville	1141	1150	55
Peterborough Male	899	916	0
Portland	519	538	0
Prescoed	247	260	0
Preston	681	680	0
Ranby	1036	1084	14
Risley	1003	1016	98
Rochester	676	695	0
Rye Hill	647	664	0
Spring Hill	289	313	0
Stafford	751	752	0
Standford Hill	441	464	0
Stocken	1040	1071	0
Stoke Heath	760	781	1
Sudbury	536	610	0
Swaleside	924	950	140
Swansea	411	468	0
Swinfen Hall	614	624	0
Thameside	1201	1232	0
Thorn Cross	381	430	0
Usk	270	276	0
Verne. The	599	608	0
Wakefield	737	750	0
Wandsworth	1607	1628	0
Warren Hill	266	267	0
Wayland	747	762	161
Wealstun	846	856	0
Whatton	815	816	0
Whitemoor	315	333	126
Winchester	625	670	22
Woodhill	501	536	78
Wormwood Scrubs	1213	1280	0
Wymott	1135	1144	0

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Written Question

Prisoners' Release: Wales

Monday 4th July 2022

Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 7 September 2020 to Question 82217 on Prisoners' Release: Wales, how many prison leavers in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 had an origin address in Wales, by prison establishment.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Please note that where the number released from an establishment was 5 or fewer, the specific figure has not been given, in order to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.

The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible error with data entry and processing.

The available information is shown in the table below.

Prison Name	2020	2021
Altcourse	75	≤5
Ashfield	9
Askham Grange	≤5
Belmarsh	≤5
Berwyn	538	116
Birmingham	7
Brinsford	≤5
Bristol	11	≤5
Brixton	≤5
Bronzefield	≤5
Bullingdon	≤5
Cardiff	1032	169
Channings Wood	≤5	≤5
Chelmsford	≤5
Coldingley	≤5
Dartmoor	≤5
Deerbolt	≤5
Doncaster	≤5	≤5
Dovegate	≤5
Downview	7
Drake Hall	10	≤5
Eastwood Park	225	38
Elmley	≤5
Erlestoke	≤5
Exeter	≤5	≤5
Featherstone	≤5
Feltham	≤5
Ford	≤5
Forest Bank	6	≤5
Foston Hall	≤5
Garth	≤5
Guys Marsh	≤5
Haverigg	≤5	≤5
Hewell	11	6
High Down	≤5
Hindley	10	≤5
Hollesley Bay	≤5
Holme House	≤5
Hull	≤5	≤5
Humber	≤5	≤5
Huntercombe	9	≤5
Isis		≤5
Kirkham	27	7
Lancaster Farms	≤5	≤5
Leeds	≤5
Lewes	≤5	≤5
Leyhill	17	≤5
Lincoln	≤5
Lindholme	≤5
Littlehey		≤5
Liverpool	≤5
Low Newton	≤5
Lowdham Grange	≤5
Maidstone	≤5
Moorland	≤5
Mount	≤5
New Hall	≤5
North Sea Camp	7
Northumberland	≤5
Nottingham		≤5
Oakwood	20	≤5
Parc	619	158
Pentonville	11
Peterborough	≤5
Peterborough (female)	≤5
Portland	6	≤5
Prescoed	148	30
Preston	≤5	≤5
Ranby	≤5	≤5
Risley	20	≤5
Rochester	≤5
Rye Hill	≤5
Send	≤5	≤5
Spring Hill	≤5
Stafford	22	6
Stoke Heath	28	≤5
Styal	54	≤5
Sudbury	≤5
Swansea	670	93
Swinfen Hall	≤5	≤5
Thameside	≤5
Thorn Cross	13	≤5
Usk	66	15
Verne	≤5	≤5
Wandsworth	≤5
Warren Hill		≤5
Wayland	≤5	≤5
Wealstun	≤5
Werrington	≤5	≤5
Wetherby	≤5
Whatton	7	≤5
Winchester	≤5
Woodhill	≤5
Wormwood Scrubs	≤5
Wymott	10

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Written Question

Prisoners' Release: Wales

Tuesday 14th June 2022

Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 had an origin address in Wales, by prison establishment.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Please note that where the number released from an establishment was 5 or fewer, the specific figure has not been given, in order to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.

The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible error with data entry and processing.

The available information is shown in the table below.

Prison Name	2020	2021
Altcourse	75	≤5
Ashfield	9
Askham Grange	≤5
Belmarsh	≤5
Berwyn	538	116
Birmingham	7
Brinsford	≤5
Bristol	11	≤5
Brixton	≤5
Bronzefield	≤5
Bullingdon	≤5
Cardiff	1032	169
Channings Wood	≤5	≤5
Chelmsford	≤5
Coldingley	≤5
Dartmoor	≤5
Deerbolt	≤5
Doncaster	≤5	≤5
Dovegate	≤5
Downview	7
Drake Hall	10	≤5
Eastwood Park	225	38
Elmley	≤5
Erlestoke	≤5
Exeter	≤5	≤5
Featherstone	≤5
Feltham	≤5
Ford	≤5
Forest Bank	6	≤5
Foston Hall	≤5
Garth	≤5
Guys Marsh	≤5
Haverigg	≤5	≤5
Hewell	11	6
High Down	≤5
Hindley	10	≤5
Hollesley Bay	≤5
Holme House	≤5
Hull	≤5	≤5
Humber	≤5	≤5
Huntercombe	9	≤5
Isis		≤5
Kirkham	27	7
Lancaster Farms	≤5	≤5
Leeds	≤5
Lewes	≤5	≤5
Leyhill	17	≤5
Lincoln	≤5
Lindholme	≤5
Littlehey		≤5
Liverpool	≤5
Low Newton	≤5
Lowdham Grange	≤5
Maidstone	≤5
Moorland	≤5
Mount	≤5
New Hall	≤5
North Sea Camp	7
Northumberland	≤5
Nottingham		≤5
Oakwood	20	≤5
Parc	619	158
Pentonville	11
Peterborough	≤5
Peterborough (female)	≤5
Portland	6	≤5
Prescoed	148	30
Preston	≤5	≤5
Ranby	≤5	≤5
Risley	20	≤5
Rochester	≤5
Rye Hill	≤5
Send	≤5	≤5
Spring Hill	≤5
Stafford	22	6
Stoke Heath	28	≤5
Styal	54	≤5
Sudbury	≤5
Swansea	670	93
Swinfen Hall	≤5	≤5
Thameside	≤5
Thorn Cross	13	≤5
Usk	66	15
Verne	≤5	≤5
Wandsworth	≤5
Warren Hill		≤5
Wayland	≤5	≤5
Wealstun	≤5
Werrington	≤5	≤5
Wetherby	≤5
Whatton	7	≤5
Winchester	≤5
Woodhill	≤5
Wormwood Scrubs	≤5
Wymott	10

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Written Question

Prisons: Digital Technology

Friday 14th January 2022

Asked by: Matt Hancock (Conservative - West Suffolk)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have (a) provision for and (b) operational in-cell devices provided by (i) Coracle and (ii) other providers, broken down by prison.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The total number of prison sites which have provision for, and operational in-cell devices provided by Coracle is currently 21. There will also be approximately 300 more devices being deployed across an additional 20 sites in total by the end of January 2022. The table below breaks down the figures for the number of these in-cell devices by prison.

HMP Belmarsh	17
HMP Buckley Hall	20
HMP Cardiff	5
HMP Full Sutton	15
HMP Guys Marsh	8
HMP Highpoint (North and South)	18
HMP Hollesley Bay	11
HMP Hull	12
HMP Hydebank Wood College	16
HMP Isle of Wight	20
HMP Isis	15
HMP Kirklevington Grange	10
HMP Northumberland	8
HMP Parc	5
HMP Pentonville	11
HMP Prescoed	2
HMP Stocken	3
HMP Swaleside	12
HMP Swansea	5
HMP Warren Hill	10
HMP Whitemoor	15
Total	238

The total number of prison sites which have provision for, and operational in-cell devices by other providers (MoJ D&T managed in-cell technology devices) is currently 8 with an additional 7 sites planned for deployment by the end of 2022. The table below breaks down the figures for the number of these in-cell devices by prison, currently deployed, together with the sites that have the infrastructure deployed, with device and digital services deployment planned for this year:

Site	No. of MoJ managed In-cell Tech Devices	Notes
HMP Lindholme	900	Full deployment under In-Cell Tech Programme
HM YOI Feltham	260	Full deployment under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP/YOI New Hall	323	Full deployment under In-Cell Tech Programme
HM YOI Wetherby	2	Deployment in progress under in-cell tech programme
HM YOI Cookham Wood	106	Full deployment under In-Cell Tech Programme
HM YOI Werrington	68	Full deployment under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Wayland	923	Full deployment in 2016
HMP Berwyn	1810	Full deployment in 2016
HMP The Mount		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Ranby		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Styal		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Erlstoke		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Stoke Heath		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Garth		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
HMP Swaleside		Deployments planned by end of 2022 under In-Cell Tech Programme
Total devices deployed as of 6/1/2022	4392

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