Belmarsh Prison Prison Accommodation

Written Question

Prison Accommodation

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the baseline (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) in use operational capacity of each prison was in September 2023.

Answered by Damian Hinds

Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA), or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Directors on the basis of operational judgement and experience.

The population, operational capacity and certified normal accommodation (CNA) level of every prison is published monthly at Prison population figures: 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The most recent version, containing information from 29 September 2023, has been replicated below.

Prison Name	Baseline CNA	In Use CNA	Operational Capacity	Population
Altcourse	780	780	1184	1153
Ashfield	416	416	412	407
Askham Grange	128	128	128	102
Aylesbury	402	402	402	394
Bedford	268	229	400	372
Belmarsh	792	792	774	716
Berwyn	2000	2000	2000	1998
Birmingham	1099	789	997	982
Brinsford	539	539	569	542
Bristol	424	408	580	575
Brixton	530	524	798	769
Bronzefield	527	527	542	495
Buckley Hall	409	409	469	455
Bullingdon	867	711	921	912
Bure	604	604	643	643
Cardiff	534	534	779	768
Channings Wood	688	688	746	737
Chelmsford	532	518	723	713
Coldingley	493	483	513	511
Cookham Wood	185	149	120	91
Dartmoor	642	640	689	681
Deerbolt	529	337	332	326
Doncaster	738	738	1125	1118
Dovegate	1060	1060	1160	1145
Downview	356	356	356	326
Drake Hall	340	340	340	325
Durham	600	573	985	980
East Sutton Park	137	98	98	96
Eastwood Park	391	326	387	363
Elmley (Sheppey)	1007	1007	1157	1149
Erlestoke	494	414	470	464
Exeter	317	205	321	314
Featherstone	671	671	687	671
Feltham	732	633	585	559
Five Wells	1680	1680	1560	1556
Ford	389	349	389	387
Forest Bank	1061	1061	1470	1459
Fosse Way	980	980	930	843
Foston Hall	286	223	284	268
Frankland	879	875	836	823
Full Sutton	660	631	594	585
Garth	810	810	845	820
Gartree	703	621	605	587
Grendon / Springhill	623	553	519	493
Guys Marsh	476	436	507	502
Hatfield	334	334	334	332
Haverigg	550	499	499	483
Hewell	795	795	1094	1075
High Down	1003	999	1180	1131
Highpoint (North and South)	1303	1280	1310	1288
Hindley	580	526	600	585
Hollesley Bay	496	494	655	591
Holme House	1036	985	1179	1162
Hull	723	663	962	955
Humber	965	861	1019	1002
Huntercombe	369	369	480	457
Isis	478	478	628	621
Isle of Wight	1064	1012	1101	1094
Kirkham	699	700	699	684
Kirklevington Grange	307	187	207	194
Lancaster Farms	495	495	560	538
Leeds	655	641	1110	1109
Leicester	221	212	344	310
Lewes	617	614	624	608
Leyhill	555	447	460	459
Lincoln	408	403	658	655
Lindholme	924	924	904	877
Littlehey	1116	1114	1235	1229
Liverpool	1224	890	870	860
Long Lartin	613	532	607	580
Low Newton	361	298	298	272
Lowdham Grange	894	892	908	895
Maidstone	565	560	613	607
Manchester	695	688	744	723
Moorland	977	977	1082	1065
Morton Hall	353	353	353	338
New Hall	341	341	381	364
North Sea Camp	303	300	300	298
Northumberland	1368	1328	1348	1343
Norwich	631	631	792	785
Nottingham	724	719	950	904
Oakwood	1628	1600	2134	2114
Onley	714	714	742	722
Parc	1559	1559	1815	1778
Pentonville	928	905	1205	1189
Peterborough (Male & Female)	1105	1099	1328	1292
Portland	463	458	538	533
Preston	426	426	680	668
Ranby	894	892	1112	1031
Risley	1061	1061	1042	1013
Rochester	808	697	706	702
Rye Hill	600	600	664	664
Send	202	189	189	186
Stafford	753	753	753	743
Standford Hill (Sheppey)	464	464	464	463
Stocken	974	964	1071	1041
Stoke Heath	662	662	782	770
Styal	469	453	454	444
Sudbury	610	560	621	609
Swaleside (Sheppey)	1100	959	870	846
Swansea	265	265	452	441
Swinfen Hall	604	604	624	608
Thameside	926	926	1232	1222
The Mount	1010	1007	1048	1041
The Verne	570	574	608	604
Thorn Cross	430	430	429	424
Usk / Prescoed	419	373	536	526
Wakefield	750	750	750	745
Wandsworth	979	950	1628	1613
Warren Hill	269	267	267	264
Wayland	894	856	917	888
Wealstun	810	809	868	854
Werrington	118	118	92	81
Wetherby	340	276	306	169
Whatton	774	766	855	851
Whitemoor	461	462	436	401
Winchester	448	448	678	664
Woodhill	647	583	514	489
Wormwood Scrubs	1178	1176	1280	1279
Wymott	1192	1068	1192	1173
Total	82024	78511	88561	87793

Written Question

Prisoners

Tuesday 24th October 2023

Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the population was of each male prison in England and Wales on 1 October 2023.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The population, operational capacity and certified normal accommodation (CNA) level of every prison is published monthly at Prison population figures: 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The most recent version, containing information from 29 September 2023, has been replicated below.

Prison Name	Baseline CNA	In Use CNA	Operational Capacity	Population
Altcourse	780	780	1184	1153
Ashfield	416	416	412	407
Askham Grange	128	128	128	102
Aylesbury	402	402	402	394
Bedford	268	229	400	372
Belmarsh	792	792	774	716
Berwyn	2000	2000	2000	1998
Birmingham	1099	789	997	982
Brinsford	539	539	569	542
Bristol	424	408	580	575
Brixton	530	524	798	769
Bronzefield	527	527	542	495
Buckley Hall	409	409	469	455
Bullingdon	867	711	921	912
Bure	604	604	643	643
Cardiff	534	534	779	768
Channings Wood	688	688	746	737
Chelmsford	532	518	723	713
Coldingley	493	483	513	511
Cookham Wood	185	149	120	91
Dartmoor	642	640	689	681
Deerbolt	529	337	332	326
Doncaster	738	738	1125	1118
Dovegate	1060	1060	1160	1145
Downview	356	356	356	326
Drake Hall	340	340	340	325
Durham	600	573	985	980
East Sutton Park	137	98	98	96
Eastwood Park	391	326	387	363
Elmley (Sheppey)	1007	1007	1157	1149
Erlestoke	494	414	470	464
Exeter	317	205	321	314
Featherstone	671	671	687	671
Feltham	732	633	585	559
Five Wells	1680	1680	1560	1556
Ford	389	349	389	387
Forest Bank	1061	1061	1470	1459
Fosse Way	980	980	930	843
Foston Hall	286	223	284	268
Frankland	879	875	836	823
Full Sutton	660	631	594	585
Garth	810	810	845	820
Gartree	703	621	605	587
Grendon / Springhill	623	553	519	493
Guys Marsh	476	436	507	502
Hatfield	334	334	334	332
Haverigg	550	499	499	483
Hewell	795	795	1094	1075
High Down	1003	999	1180	1131
Highpoint (North and South)	1303	1280	1310	1288
Hindley	580	526	600	585
Hollesley Bay	496	494	655	591
Holme House	1036	985	1179	1162
Hull	723	663	962	955
Humber	965	861	1019	1002
Huntercombe	369	369	480	457
Isis	478	478	628	621
Isle of Wight	1064	1012	1101	1094
Kirkham	699	700	699	684
Kirklevington Grange	307	187	207	194
Lancaster Farms	495	495	560	538
Leeds	655	641	1110	1109
Leicester	221	212	344	310
Lewes	617	614	624	608
Leyhill	555	447	460	459
Lincoln	408	403	658	655
Lindholme	924	924	904	877
Littlehey	1116	1114	1235	1229
Liverpool	1224	890	870	860
Long Lartin	613	532	607	580
Low Newton	361	298	298	272
Lowdham Grange	894	892	908	895
Maidstone	565	560	613	607
Manchester	695	688	744	723
Moorland	977	977	1082	1065
Morton Hall	353	353	353	338
New Hall	341	341	381	364
North Sea Camp	303	300	300	298
Northumberland	1368	1328	1348	1343
Norwich	631	631	792	785
Nottingham	724	719	950	904
Oakwood	1628	1600	2134	2114
Onley	714	714	742	722
Parc	1559	1559	1815	1778
Pentonville	928	905	1205	1189
Peterborough (Male & Female)	1105	1099	1328	1292
Portland	463	458	538	533
Preston	426	426	680	668
Ranby	894	892	1112	1031
Risley	1061	1061	1042	1013
Rochester	808	697	706	702
Rye Hill	600	600	664	664
Send	202	189	189	186
Stafford	753	753	753	743
Standford Hill (Sheppey)	464	464	464	463
Stocken	974	964	1071	1041
Stoke Heath	662	662	782	770
Styal	469	453	454	444
Sudbury	610	560	621	609
Swaleside (Sheppey)	1100	959	870	846
Swansea	265	265	452	441
Swinfen Hall	604	604	624	608
Thameside	926	926	1232	1222
The Mount	1010	1007	1048	1041
The Verne	570	574	608	604
Thorn Cross	430	430	429	424
Usk / Prescoed	419	373	536	526
Wakefield	750	750	750	745
Wandsworth	979	950	1628	1613
Warren Hill	269	267	267	264
Wayland	894	856	917	888
Wealstun	810	809	868	854
Werrington	118	118	92	81
Wetherby	340	276	306	169
Whatton	774	766	855	851
Whitemoor	461	462	436	401
Winchester	448	448	678	664
Woodhill	647	583	514	489
Wormwood Scrubs	1178	1176	1280	1279
Wymott	1192	1068	1192	1173
Total	82024	78511	88561	87793

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

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

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

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

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

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

Written Question

Belmarsh Prison: Prison Accommodation

Friday 26th November 2021

Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Belmarsh, published on 10 November 2021, whether the Prison Service plans to reinstate the tripling up of prisoners in any cells in HMP Belmarsh.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

There are currently no plans to resume the use of triple cells at HMP Belmarsh.

HMPPS continually monitors the anticipated population and capacity of the prison estate and will always ensure that there is sufficient space to hold those committed to custody from the courts.

Written Question

Prison Accommodation

Monday 15th June 2020

Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners sharing cells in each prison in each of the last three months.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

We are implementing our compartmentalisation strategy (isolating the symptomatic; quarantining new arrivals; and shielding the vulnerable) in the prison estate. The latest PHE modelling indicates this strategy has shown early signs of success. We are increasing headroom in the prison estate to better enable prisons to implement compartmentalisation and reduce the number of prisoners sharing cells. This has been actioned through a combination of the early release of low-risk offenders, provision of temporary accommodation and expediting remand hearings to reduce the unsentenced population.

We are installing over 1,000 temporary cells to increase space and help reduce the spread of the virus. These units are being placed where there are the highest number of shared cells, a lack of in-cell sanitation and where there are high numbers of vulnerable prisoners. We have also opened an Annex at HMP/YOI Rochester to hold up to 70 men.

Upon arrival into custody, all prisoners’ suitability to share a cell is risk assessed. These assessments are based on numerous factors including health concerns.

The table below identifies the number of prisoners, broken down by establishment, sharing cells holding two or more people as at 27 March, 24 April and 29 May 2020. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system

Total number of prisoners sharing cells
Prison	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20
Altcourse	731	688	684
Ashfield	150	150	152
Askham Grange	67	68	0
Aylesbury	0	0	0
Bedford	268	250	242
Belmarsh	426	467	476
Berwyn	1,164	1,098	1,056
Birmingham	587	479	582
Brinsford	254	256	290
Bristol	230	221	217
Brixton	610	536	532
Bronzefield	138	120	104
Buckley Hall	88	80	72
Bullingdon	750	699	737
Bure	38	14	10
Cardiff	420	408	398
Channings Wood	94	62	44
Chelmsford	350	322	302
Coldingley	40	24	0
Cookham Wood	0	0	0
Dartmoor	0	0	0
Deerbolt	14	16	14
Doncaster	775	755	760
Dovegate	226	218	224
Downview	0	0	0
Drake Hall	97	65	41
Durham	754	850	744
East Sutton Park	93	95	86
Eastwood Park	111	93	80
Elmley	686	703	683
Erlestoke	86	78	64
Exeter	320	352	334
Featherstone	130	110	110
Feltham	196	178	130
Ford	252	234	212
Forest Bank	823	873	801
Foston Hall	120	118	142
Frankland	0	0	0
Full Sutton	0	0	0
Garth	28	22	22
Gartree	22	24	22
Grendon	0	0	0
Guys Marsh	136	120	98
Hatfield	98	58	16
Haverigg	0	0	0
High Down	686	668	633
Highpoint	286	248	236
Hindley	240	254	248
Hewell	612	606	508
Hollesley Bay	78	73	44
Holme House	776	730	724
Hull	594	608	555
Humber	358	296	260
Huntercombe	234	230	208
Isis	312	290	246
Isle Of Wight	150	156	156
Kirkham	86	24	16
Kirklevington Grange	0	0	0
Lancaster Farms	126	66	120
Leeds	793	654	746
Leicester	243	231	219
Lewes	304	274	176
Leyhill	17	2	0
Lincoln	492	476	422
Lindholme	344	332	336
Littlehey	222	184	134
Liverpool	384	430	412
Long Lartin	0	0	0
Low Newton	50	18	12
Lowdham Grange	4	2	6
Maidstone	64	64	52
Manchester	354	326	284
Moorland	434	388	258
New Hall	61	45	32
North Sea Camp	259	252	164
Northumberland	4	0	0
Norwich	308	275	250
Nottingham	420	428	402
Oakwood	962	862	810
Onley	154	162	154
Parc	800	706	736
Pentonville	814	634	668
Peterborough	358	362	398
Peterborough Female	116	100	74
Portland	146	142	128
Prescoed	78	78	36
Preston	517	535	441
Ranby	396	336	322
Risley	216	198	178
Rochester	322	274	218
Rye Hill	172	160	158
Send	14	0	0
Springhill	164	160	126
Stafford	584	562	508
Standford Hill	0	0	0
Stocken	238	242	240
Stoke Heath	322	318	302
Styal	234	235	235
Sudbury	372	298	232
Swaleside	2	0	0
Swansea	343	303	254
Swinfen Hall	98	96	62
Thameside	798	710	680
The Mount	224	218	220
The Verne	28	27	21
Thorn Cross	84	58	36
Usk	239	219	207
Wakefield	0	0	0
Wandsworth	1,176	1,146	1,120
Warren Hill	0	0	0
Wayland	344	304	286
Wealstun	50	0	0
Werrington	0	0	0
Wetherby	0	0	0
Whatton	190	136	112
Whitemoor	0	0	0
Winchester	236	222	238
Woodhill	80	54	24
Wormwood Scrubs	601	558	601
Wymott	132	68	16
Total	32,271	30,017	28,181

Written Question

Prison Accommodation: Coronavirus

Monday 15th June 2020

Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of sharing of prison bedrooms during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

Upon arrival into custody, all prisoners’ suitability to share a cell is risk assessed. These assessments are based on numerous factors including health concerns.

Total number of prisoners sharing cells
Prison	Mar-20	Apr-20	May-20
Altcourse	731	688	684
Ashfield	150	150	152
Askham Grange	67	68	0
Aylesbury	0	0	0
Bedford	268	250	242
Belmarsh	426	467	476
Berwyn	1,164	1,098	1,056
Birmingham	587	479	582
Brinsford	254	256	290
Bristol	230	221	217
Brixton	610	536	532
Bronzefield	138	120	104
Buckley Hall	88	80	72
Bullingdon	750	699	737
Bure	38	14	10
Cardiff	420	408	398
Channings Wood	94	62	44
Chelmsford	350	322	302
Coldingley	40	24	0
Cookham Wood	0	0	0
Dartmoor	0	0	0
Deerbolt	14	16	14
Doncaster	775	755	760
Dovegate	226	218	224
Downview	0	0	0
Drake Hall	97	65	41
Durham	754	850	744
East Sutton Park	93	95	86
Eastwood Park	111	93	80
Elmley	686	703	683
Erlestoke	86	78	64
Exeter	320	352	334
Featherstone	130	110	110
Feltham	196	178	130
Ford	252	234	212
Forest Bank	823	873	801
Foston Hall	120	118	142
Frankland	0	0	0
Full Sutton	0	0	0
Garth	28	22	22
Gartree	22	24	22
Grendon	0	0	0
Guys Marsh	136	120	98
Hatfield	98	58	16
Haverigg	0	0	0
High Down	686	668	633
Highpoint	286	248	236
Hindley	240	254	248
Hewell	612	606	508
Hollesley Bay	78	73	44
Holme House	776	730	724
Hull	594	608	555
Humber	358	296	260
Huntercombe	234	230	208
Isis	312	290	246
Isle Of Wight	150	156	156
Kirkham	86	24	16
Kirklevington Grange	0	0	0
Lancaster Farms	126	66	120
Leeds	793	654	746
Leicester	243	231	219
Lewes	304	274	176
Leyhill	17	2	0
Lincoln	492	476	422
Lindholme	344	332	336
Littlehey	222	184	134
Liverpool	384	430	412
Long Lartin	0	0	0
Low Newton	50	18	12
Lowdham Grange	4	2	6
Maidstone	64	64	52
Manchester	354	326	284
Moorland	434	388	258
New Hall	61	45	32
North Sea Camp	259	252	164
Northumberland	4	0	0
Norwich	308	275	250
Nottingham	420	428	402
Oakwood	962	862	810
Onley	154	162	154
Parc	800	706	736
Pentonville	814	634	668
Peterborough	358	362	398
Peterborough Female	116	100	74
Portland	146	142	128
Prescoed	78	78	36
Preston	517	535	441
Ranby	396	336	322
Risley	216	198	178
Rochester	322	274	218
Rye Hill	172	160	158
Send	14	0	0
Springhill	164	160	126
Stafford	584	562	508
Standford Hill	0	0	0
Stocken	238	242	240
Stoke Heath	322	318	302
Styal	234	235	235
Sudbury	372	298	232
Swaleside	2	0	0
Swansea	343	303	254
Swinfen Hall	98	96	62
Thameside	798	710	680
The Mount	224	218	220
The Verne	28	27	21
Thorn Cross	84	58	36
Usk	239	219	207
Wakefield	0	0	0
Wandsworth	1,176	1,146	1,120
Warren Hill	0	0	0
Wayland	344	304	286
Wealstun	50	0	0
Werrington	0	0	0
Wetherby	0	0	0
Whatton	190	136	112
Whitemoor	0	0	0
Winchester	236	222	238
Woodhill	80	54	24
Wormwood Scrubs	601	558	601
Wymott	132	68	16
Total	32,271	30,017	28,181

Written Question

Prison Accommodation

Thursday 21st May 2020

Asked by: Lord Hylton (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prison cells are being shared; in which prisons such cells exist; and what steps they are taking to end overcrowding in prisons.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

Upon arrival into custody, all prisoners’ suitability to share a cell is risk assessed. These assessments are based on numerous factors including index offence, health concerns and security information (such as beliefs and prejudices).

As at 24^th April 2020 14,885 cells in prisons in England and Wales were occupied by prisoners on a shared basis. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

The following prisons in England and Wales held prisoners on a shared basis as at 24 April 2020.

ALTCOURSE	HATFIELD	PRESCOED
ASHFIELD	HAVERIGG	PRESTON
ASKHAM GRANGE	HIGH DOWN	RANBY
AYLESBURY	HIGHPOINT	RISLEY
BEDFORD	HINDLEY	ROCHESTER
BELMARSH	HEWELL	RYE HILL
BERWYN	HOLLESLEY BAY	SEND
BIRMINGHAM	HOLME HOUSE	SPRING HILL
BRINSFORD	HULL	STAFFORD
BRISTOL	HUMBER	STANDFORD HILL
BRIXTON	HUNTERCOMBE	STOCKEN
BRONZEFIELD	ISIS	STOKE HEATH
BUCKLEY HALL	ISLE OF WIGHT	STYAL
BULLINGDON	KIRKHAM	SUDBURY
BURE	KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE	SWALESIDE
CARDIFF	LANCASTER FARMS	SWANSEA
CHANNINGS WOOD	LEEDS	SWINFEN HALL
CHELMSFORD	LEICESTER	THAMESIDE
COLDINGLEY	LEWES	THE MOUNT
COOKHAM WOOD	LEYHILL	THE VERNE
DARTMOOR	LINCOLN	THORN CROSS
DEERBOLT	LINDHOLME	USK
DONCASTER	LITTLEHEY	WAKEFIELD
DOVEGATE	LIVERPOOL	WANDSWORTH
DOWNVIEW	LONG LARTIN	WARREN HILL
DRAKE HALL	LOW NEWTON	WAYLAND
DURHAM	LOWDHAM GRANGE	WEALSTUN
EAST SUTTON PARK	MAIDSTONE	WERRINGTON
EASTWOOD PARK	MANCHESTER	WETHERBY
ELMLEY	MOORLAND	WHATTON
ERLESTOKE	MORTON HALL IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE	WHITEMOOR
EXETER	NEW HALL	WINCHESTER
FEATHERSTONE	NORTH SEA CAMP	WOODHILL
FELTHAM	NORTHUMBERLAND	WORMWOOD SCRUBS
FORD	NORWICH	WYMOTT
FOREST BANK	NOTTINGHAM
FOSTON HALL	OAKWOOD
FRANKLAND	ONLEY
FULL SUTTON	PARC
GARTH	PENTONVILLE
GARTREE	PETERBOROUGH
GRENDON	PETERBOROUGH FEMALE
GUYS MARSH	PORTLAND

We remain committed to reducing crowding across the prison estate. In the year to March 2019, the proportion of prisoners held in crowded accommodation was 22.5%, down from 24.2% the previous year and levels of around 25% experienced since 2004.

Our plan for reducing prison crowding is to replace prisons that are operating over their certified normal accommodation levels with new accommodation that is safe, decent, and uncrowded and close current (crowded or partially crowded) capacity. The first steps in this direction have already been taken with the opening of 2,100 uncrowded prison places at HMP/YOI Berwyn; 206 uncrowded places in a houseblock at HMP Stocken; and a commitment to construct modern, decent, uncrowded prisons at the former HMP Wellingborough and HMP Glen Parva sites, which are due to open in 2021 and 2023, respectively, as well as a new prison to be built at HMP Full Sutton alongside the existing establishment.

Written Question

Prison Accommodation

Monday 18th May 2020

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 and what proportion of inmates are housed in double cells in each prison as at May 2020; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lucy Frazer

We are creating additional space in the existing estate by deploying temporary accommodation cells. Alongside measures to limit prisoner movement and releasing low-risk offenders, this will help prevent our NHS being overwhelmed. These cells are a temporary measure to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Prisoners will return to their usual accommodation arrangements when it is safe to do so.

We have robust and flexible plans in place to keep staff, the public and prisoners safe. These are based on the latest public health advice, and there are positive early signs that these are proving effective.

The table below identifies the number of prisoners sharing cells holding two or more people as at 1 May 2020. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

Prison	Total number of prisoners sharing cells	Proportion	Prison	Total number of prisoners sharing cells	Proportion
Altcourse	673	64%	Leicester	234	72%
Ashfield	156	38%	Lewes	278	47%
Askham Grange	69	64%	Leyhill	0	0%
Aylesbury	0	0%	Lincoln	454	73%
Bedford	249	68%	Lindholme	328	36%
Belmarsh	473	59%	Littlehey	172	15%
Berwyn	1124	63%	Liverpool	428	61%
Birmingham	547	62%	Long Lartin	0	0%
Brinsford	250	49%	Low Newton	12	4%
Bristol	220	45%	Lowdham Grange	6	1%
Brixton	550	78%	Maidstone	60	10%
Bronzefield	110	23%	Manchester	316	41%
Buckley Hall	78	17%	Moorland	370	41%
Bullingdon	711	67%	New Hall	57	16%
Bure	10	2%	North Sea Camp	206	51%
Cardiff	436	61%	Northumberland	0	0%
Channings Wood	68	10%	Norwich	270	39%
Chelmsford	312	46%	Nottingham	378	46%
Coldingley	24	6%	Oakwood	832	42%
Cookham Wood	0	0%	Onley	156	22%
Dartmoor	0	0%	Parc	678	43%
Deerbolt	16	5%	Pentonville	596	65%
Doncaster	799	72%	Peterborough	372	45%
Dovegate	228	20%	Peterborough Female	88	30%
Downview	0	0%	Portland	134	27%
Drake Hall	59	22%	Prescoed	66	29%
Durham	832	87%	Preston	513	76%
East Sutton Park	96	99%	Ranby	326	34%
Eastwood Park	93	28%	Risley	196	18%
Elmley	735	65%	Rochester	254	41%
Erlestoke	74	15%	Rye Hill	158	24%
Exeter	340	70%	Send	0	0%
Featherstone	110	17%	Springhill	158	50%
Feltham	170	43%	Stafford	554	75%
Ford	230	45%	Standford Hill	0	0%
Forest Bank	847	60%	Stocken	248	24%
Foston Hall	118	39%	Stoke Heath	324	44%
Frankland	0	0%	Styal	227	61%
Full Sutton	0	0%	Sudbury	304	59%
Garth	22	3%	Swaleside	0	0%
Gartree	24	3%	Swansea	294	77%
Grendon	0	0%	Swinfen Hall	90	16%
Guys Marsh	102	23%	Thameside	702	63%
Hatfield	58	18%	The Mount	210	21%
Haverigg	0	0%	The Verne	30	5%
High Down	672	59%	Thorn Cross	52	14%
Highpoint	262	21%	Usk	213	86%
Hindley	250	45%	Wakefield	0	0%
Hewell	508	62%	Wandsworth	1102	77%
Hollesley Bay	66	14%	Warren Hill	0	0%
Holme House	716	62%	Wayland	300	31%
Hull	612	60%	Wealstun	0	0%
Humber	294	30%	Werrington	0	0%
Huntercombe	228	49%	Wetherby	0	0%
Isis	272	46%	Whatton	120	15%
Isle Of Wight	152	15%	Whitemoor	0	0%
Kirkham	24	4%	Winchester	208	45%
Kirklevington Grange	0	0%	Woodhill	50	10%
Lancaster Farms	124	24%	Wormwood Scrubs	580	55%
Leeds	608	67%	Wymott	54	5%
Grand total				29,559	37%