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Figures on escapes and a range of other prison performance statistics are available at:

http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/assets/documents/10004423prison_escapes_jan09.pdf

Prisoners

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners held in a cell designed for two people shared their cell with two or more other prisoners in each prison in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. [286488]

Maria Eagle: The figures requested are shown in the following table. Since 1997, the Government have increased prison capacity by over 24,000 places (not all of them new build). The Government increased capacity by over 3,300 places last year, aim to increase it by around 1,750 this year and are committed to increase net capacity to 96,000 by 2014.

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	Average number of prisoners in trebled accommodation	Percentage of prisoners in trebled accommodation	Average number of prisoners in trebled accommodation	Percentage of prisoners in trebled accommodation
Establishment name	2007-08	2007-08	2008-09	2008-09
Acklington	0	0	0	0
Albany	0	0	0	0
Aldington(1, 2)	-	-	-	-
Altcourse(3)	1,717	11.8	1,612.0	10.6
Ashfield(3)	0	0	0	0
Ashwell	0	0	0	0
Askham Grange	0	0	0	0
Aylesbury	0	0	0	0
Bedford	117	2.0	210.0	3.8
Belmarsh	4,467	40.6	4,579.0	42.5
Birmingham	0	0	0	0
Blakenhurst(2)	0	0	-	-
Blantyre House	0	0	0	0
Blundeston	0	0	0	0
Brinsford	0	0	0	0
Bristol	0	0	0	0
Brixton	0	0	0	0
Brockhill(2)	0	0	-	-
Bronzefield(3)	0.0	0	0	0
Buckley Hall	0	0	0	0
Bullingdon	60	0.5	0	0
Bullwood Hall	0	0	0	0
Camp Hill	0	0	0	0
Canterbury	0	0	0	0
Cardiff	0	0	0	0
Castington	0	0	0	0
Channings Wood	0	0	0	0
Chelmsford	0	0	0	0
Colchester(1, 2)	-	-	-	-
Coldingley	0	0	0	0
Cookham Wood	0	0	0	0
Dartmoor	0	0	0	0
Deerbolt	0	0	0	0
Doncaster(3)	201	1.5	271.0	2.0
Dorchester	0	0	0	0
Dovegate(3)	0	0	0	0
Dover	0	0	0	0
Downview	0	0	0	0
Drake Hall	0	0	0	0
Durham	0	0	0	0
East Sutton Park	0	0	0	0
Eastwood Park	0	0	0	0
Edmunds Hill	0	0	0	0
Elmley	3,606	30.5	4,051.0	34.7
Erlestoke	0	0	0	0
Everthorpe	0	0	0	0
Exeter	0	0	0	0
Featherstone	0	0	0	0
Feltham	0	0	0	0
Ford	0	0	0	0
Forest Bank(3)	0	0	0	0
Foston Hall	0	0	0	0
Frankland	0	0	0	0
Full Sutton	0	0	0	0
Garth	0	0	0	0
Gartree	0	0	0	0
Glen Parva	0	0	0	0
Gloucester	0	0	0	0
Grendon	0	0	0	0
Guys Marsh	0	0	0	0
Haslar	0	0	0	0
Hatfield	0	0.0	0	0.0
Haverigg	0	0	0	0
Hewell(1)	-	-	0	0
Hewell Grange(2)	0	0	-	-
High Down	3,531	36.2	3,123.0	23.9
Highpoint	0	0	0	0
Hindley	0	0	0	0
Hollesley Bay	0	0	0	0
Holloway	0	0	0	0
Holme House	0	0	0	0
Hull	0	0	0	0
Huntercombe	0	0	0	0
Kennet	0	0	0	0
Kingston	0	0	0	0
Kirkham	0	0	0	0
Kirklevington	0	0	0	0
Lancaster	0	0	0	0
Lancaster Farms	0	0	0	0
Latchmere House	0	0	0	0
Leeds	0	0	0	0
Leicester	0	0	0	0
Lewes	0	0	0	0
Leyhill	0	0	0	0
Lincoln	0	0	0	0
Lindholme	0	0	0	0
Littlehey	0	0	0	0
Liverpool	0	0	0	0
Long Lartin	0	0	0	0
Low Newton	0	0	0	0
Lowdham Grange(3)	0	0	0	0
Maidstone	0	0	0	0
Manchester	0	0	0	0
Moorland	0	0	0	0
Morton Hall	0	0	0	0
Mount	0	0	0	0
New Hall	0	0	0	0
North Sea Camp	0	0	0	0
Northallerton	0	0	0	0
Norwich	45	0.7	90.0	1.4
Nottingham	0	0	0	0
Onley	0	0	0	0
Parc(3)	0	0	0	0
Parkhurst	0	0	0	0
Pentonville	0	0	0	0
Peterborough(3)	0.0	0	0	0
Portland	0	0	0	0
Preston	0	0	0	0
Ranby	0	0	0	0
Reading	0	0	0	0
Risley	0	0	0	0
Rochester	0	0	0	0
Rye Hill(3)	0	0	0	0
Send	0	0	0	0
Shepton Mallet	0	0	0	0
Shrewsbury	0	0	0	0
Stafford	0	0	0	0
Standford Hill	0	0	0	0
Stocken	0	0	0	0
Stoke Heath	0	0	0	0
Styal	0	0	0	0
Sudbury	0	0	0	0
Swaleside	0	0	0	0
Swansea	126	2.5	225.0	4.4
Swinfen Hall	0	0	0	0
Thorn Cross	0	0	0	0
Usk\Prescoed	63	1.3	69.0	1.4
Verne	0	0	0	0
Wakefield	0	0	0	0
Wandsworth	0	0	0	0
Warren Hill	0	0	0	0
Wayland	0	0	0	0
Wealstun	0	0	0	0
Weare	-	-	-	-
Wellingborough	0	0	0	0
Werrington	0	0	0	0
Wetherby	0	0	0	0
Whatton	0	0	0	0
Whitemoor	0	0	0	0
Winchester	0	0.0	3.0	0.0
Wolds(3)	0	0	0	0
Woodhill	0	0	0	0
Wormwood Scrubs	0	0	0	0
Wymott	0	0	0	0
Service Total	1,161	1.4	1,186.1	1.4
Key: (1) Not operational in 1007-08 (2) Not operational in 1008-09 (3) Contracted out

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