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Prisoners: Health Services

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many in-patient beds in prisons were occupied by prisoners for non-medical reasons in each month of each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the reasons were in each case. [199690]

Maria Eagle: This information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

In-patient beds can only be used for non-medical reasons where they are included in the prison's CNA; however, even where this is the case, the practice is avoided wherever possible.

The decision whether to include in-patient beds in an establishment's Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) is taken by the relevant Area Manager as part of the local cell certification process. As a general rule, in-patient beds are included in the CNA in local prisons but excluded in training prisons. This reflects the extent to which newly received prisoners require medical care.

Prisons: Cells

Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were (a) doubling up in cells designed for one and (b) trebling up in cells designed for two in each prison in England and Wales at the end of March 2008. [199678]

Maria Eagle: Figures for the end of March 2008 are not available at present. The following table shows the provisional number of prisoners reported as being doubled in cells certified to hold one person and trebled in cells certified to hold two persons at the end of February 2008.


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Prison Number of prisoners doubling up in cells designed for one Number of prisoners trebling up in cells designed for two

Altcourse

856

139

Ashwell

12

Bedford

302

6

Belmarsh

393

Birmingham

658

Blakenhurst

490

Blundeston

36

Brinsford

22

Bristol

150

Brixton

234

Buckley Hall

58

Bullingdon

400

Camp Hill

128

Canterbury

190

Cardiff

510

Channings Wood

32

Chelmsford

292

Coldingley

46

Dartmoor

44

Doncaster

708

27

Dorchester

164

Dovegate

66

Durham

678

Eastwood Park

48

Elmley

184

318

Everthorpe

140

Exeter

352

Featherstone

20

Forest Bank

656

Garth

12

Glen Parva

324

Gloucester

160

Guys Marsh

92

Haverigg

10

High Down

297

Highpoint

42

Holme House

286

Hull

550

Kennet

312

Lancaster

114

Lancaster Farms

58

Leeds

736

Leicester

292

Lewes

152

Lincoln

574

Lindholme

120

Littlehey

86

Liverpool

440

Low Newton

54

Lowdham Grange

88

Maidstone

56

Manchester

596

Moorland

64

Mount

28

New Hall

68

Northallerton

184

Norwich

182

6

Nottingham

332

Parc

346

Parkhurst

70

Pentonville

796

Preston

680

Ranby

236

Reading

148

Risley

92

Shepton Mallet

48

Shrewsbury

308

Stocken

54

Stoke Heath

196

Styal

18

Swaleside

28

Swansea

350

15

Swinfen Hall

34

Usk\Prescoed

208

6

Verne

68

Wandsworth

1084

Wayland

90

Wealstun

34

Wellingborough

8

Whatton

60

Winchester

330

Wolds

88

Woodhill

306

Wormwood Scrubs

124

Wymott

90


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