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The aforementioned table is drawn from (a) F1032 tables, copies of which are held in the House of Commons Library, for data from 2003 to 2005 and (b) published monthly tables, for more recent data, which can be found at:

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.

Prisoners: Education

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners in England and Wales have (a) applied for and (b) received student loans in each of the last five years. [189290]

Bill Rammell: I have been asked to reply.

The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, made a Statement to the House on 7 February. In it he stated that he would endeavour to make further relevant information available to the House prior to any debate on the revised regulations.

Prisoners: Females

Mr. Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are being held at each women’s prison in England and Wales; and how many were being held in each of the last five years. [194120]

Maria Eagle: The following table shows the number of female prisoners in each prison establishment in England and Wales as at (a) 31 January 2008 (the most recent figures available) and (b) 30 June in each of the last five years:


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June 2003 June 2004 June 2005 June 2006 June 2007 January 2008

Askham Grange

122

130

87

110

109

96

Brockhill

155

142

126

42

Bronzefield

63

421

432

444

437

Buckley Hall

308

313

343

Bullwood Hall

163

166

146

Cookham Wood

143

138

164

187

180

Downview

212

210

238

344

342

346

Drake Hall

303

293

274

274

231

310

Durham

107

94

6

East Sutton Park

99

95

96

88

100

91

Eastwood Park

286

286

278

349

339

334

Edmunds Hill

231

Foston Hall

224

221

221

236

228

268

Highpoint North

293

Holloway

465

458

430

458

451

473

Low Newton

268

311

282

262

233

301

Morton Hall

347

347

311

353

315

351

New Hall

374

336

278

335

356

421

Peterborough

211

332

327

360

Send

216

218

217

212

195

208

Styal

426

400

385

448

433

438

Winchester

84

Total

4,595

4,452

4,514

4,463

4,283

4,434

Note:
During this period, seven of the prisons (Brockhill, Buckley Hall, Bullwood Hall, Cookham Wood, Durham, Edmunds Hill (formerly Highpoint North) and Winchester) changed function to accommodate male prisoners. This was to assist in the management of population pressures in the male estate.

The aforementioned table is drawn from (a) F1032 tables, copies of which are held in the House of Commons Library, for data from 2003 to 2005 and (b) published monthly tables, for more recent data, which can be found at:

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.

Prisoners: Muslims

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008, Official Report, column 1213W, on prisoners: Muslims, what the scheme is called; and what public funding is allocated to it in 2007-08. [181925]

Maria Eagle: The project is a mentoring scheme to help re-settle Muslim offenders into the community.

Prisons: Manpower

Mr. Denis Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers are employed at each (a) public sector prison and (b) privately managed prison in England and Wales; and how many were employed in each category in each of the last five years. [194123]

Maria Eagle: Information on the number of officer grade staff at each public sector and privately managed Prison Service establishment on 31 January 2008 is contained in the following tables.


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Full-time-equivalent prison officers, senior officers and principal officers in public sector establishments—as at 31 January 2008
Establishment Officer grades

Acklington

242

Albany

143

Ashwell

103

Askham Grange

29

Aylesbury

180

Bedford

147

Belmarsh

518

Birmingham

511

Blakenhurst

252

Blantyre House

35

Blundestone

148

Brinsford

240

Bristol

218

Brixton

219

Brockhill

72

Buckley Hall

105

Bullingdon

242

Bullwood Hall

80

Camp Hill

160

Canterbury

103

Cardiff

246

Castington

220

Channings Wood

171

Chelmsford

226

Coldingley

92

Cookham Wood

84

Dartmoor

165

Deerbolt

184

Dorchester

105

Dover

122

Downview

116

Drake Hall

84

Durham

325

East Sutton Park

18

Eastwood Park

158

Edmunds Hill

125

Erlestoke

124

Everthorpe

174

Exeter

178

Featherstone

154

Feltham

400

Ford

61

Foston Hall

144

Frankland

588

Full Sutton

462

Garth

283

Gartree

202

Glen Parva

257

Gloucester

121

Grendon

141

Guys Marsh

135

Haslar

54

Haverigg

137

He well Grange

30

High Down

244

Highpoint

188

Hindley

221

Hollesley Bay

52

Holloway

260

Holme House

304

Hull

324

Huntercombe

151

Kennet

141

Kingston

75

Kirkham

93

Kirklevington Grange

46

Lancaster

86

Lancaster Farms

246

Latchmere House

35

Leeds

378

Leicester

134

Lewes

172

Leyhill

70

Lincoln

205

Lindholme

243

Littlehey

159

Liverpool

408

Long Lartin

354

Low Newton

152

Maidstone

150

Manchester

495

Moorland

325

Morton Hall

112

New Hall

211

North Sea Camp

56

Northallerton

64

Norwich

201

Nottingham

217

Onley

192

Parkhurst

179

Pentonville

362

Portland

207

Preston

258

Ranby

267

Reading

111

Risley

290

Rochester

178

Send

77

Sheppey Cluster

615

Shepton Mallet

63

Shrewsbury

106

Stafford

170

Stocken

177

Stoke Heath

250

Styal

188

Sudbury

66

Swansea

149

Swinfen Hall

202

The Mount

175

The Verne

109

Thorn Cross

115

Usk/Prescoed

88

Wakefield

441

Wandsworth

390

Warren Hill

139

Wayland

207

Wealstun

195

Wellingborough

175

Werrington

84

Wetherby

173

Whatton

211

Whitemoor

430

Winchester

182

Woodhill

423

Wormwood Scrubs

321

Wymott

269

All establishments

24,634


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