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