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Mr. Aitken
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current ratio of prison officer staff to inmates in each of the penal establishments in England and Wales.
Mr. John
The ratio of prison officer staff to inmates in each of the penal establishments in England and Wales at 31st October 1976 was as follows:
| Acklington Prison | 1:2·40 |
| Albany Prison | 1:1·04 |
| Aldington detention centre | 1:2·29 |
| Appleton Thorn Prison | 1:6·125 |
| Ashford remand centre | 1:2·13 |
| Ashwell Prison | 1:6·08 |
| Askham Grange Prison | 1:3.93 |
| Aylesbury Prison | 1:2·55 |
| Bedford Prison | 1:2·34 |
| Birmingham Prison | 1:3.61 |
| Blantyre House detention centre | 1:1·95 |
| Blundeston Prison | 1:2·99 |
| Bristol Prison | 1:2·61 |
| Brixton Prison | 1:2·22 |
| Brockhill remand centre | 1:1·96 |
| Buckley Hall detention centre | 1:2·57 |
| Bullwood Hall borstal | 1:1·73 |
| Camp Hill Prison | 1:2·85 |
| Campsfield House detention centre | 1:1·55 |
| Canterbury Prison | 1:2·40 |
| Cardiff Prison | 1:2·94 |
| Channings Wood Prison | 1:2·90 |
| Chelmsford Prison | 1:1·43 |
| Coldingley Prison | 1:1·84 |
| Dartmoor Prison | 1:2·30 |
| Deerbolt borstal | 1:2·22 |
| Dorchester Prison | 1:2·64 |
| Dover borstal | 1:2·35 |
| Drake Hall Prison | 1:3·48 |
| Durham Prison | 1:3·15 |
| East Sutton Park borstal | 1:2·50 |
| Eastwood Park detention centre | 1:2·35 |
| Erlestoke detention centre | 1:1·32 |
| Everthorpe borstal | 1:3·56 |
| Exeter Prison | 1:2·93 |
| Feltham borstal | 1:2·13 |
| Finnamore Wood borstal | 1:2·58 |
| Ford Prison | 1:6·22 |
| Foston Hall detention centre | 1:2·06 |
| Gartree Prison | 1:0·91 |
| Gaynes Hall borstal | 1:3·69 |
| Glen Parva borstal | 1:2·10 |
| Gloucester Prison | 1:2·78 |
| Grendon Prison | 1:2·49 |
| Guys Marsh borstal | 1:3·50 |
| Haslar detention centre | 1:2·73 |
| Hatfield borstal | 1:3·55 |
| Haverigg Prison | 1:4·79 |
| Hewell Grange borstal | 1:1·96 |
| Hindley borstal | 1:3·11 |
| Hollesley Bay borstal | 1:3·31 |
| Holloway Prison | 1:2·48 |
| Hull Prison | 1:1·23 |
| Huntercombe borstal | 1:2·60 |
| Kingston Prison | 1:1·50 |
| Kirkham Prison | 1:5·70 |
| Kirklevington detention centre | 1:2·93 |
| Lancaster Prison | 1:2·33 |
| Latchmere House remand centre | 1:1·72 |
| Leeds Prison | 1:3·69 |
| Leicester Prison | 1:2·14 |
| Lewes Prison | 1:2·63 |
| Leyhill Prison | 1:5·81 |
| Lincoln Prison | 1:3·03 |
| Liverpool Prison | 1:4·20 |
| Long Lartin Prison | 1:1·08 |
| Lowdham Grange borstal | 1:3·46 |
| Low Newton remand centre | 1:2·68 |
| Maidstone Prison | 1:2·26 |
| Manchester Prison | 1:4·69 |
| Medomsley detention centre | 1:2·70 |
| Moor Court Prison | 1:3·56 |
| New Hall detention centre | 1:2·60 |
| Northallerton Prison | 1:2·55 |
| Northeye Prison | 1:5·23 |
| North Sea Camp detention centre | 1:2·89 |
| Norwich Prison | 1:2·48 |
| Nottingham Prison | 1:2·44 |
| Onley Prison | 1:2·63 |
| Oxford Prison | 1:2·69 |
| Parkhurst Prison | 1:1·14 |
| Pentonville Prison | 1:4·24 |
| Portland borstal | 1:3·02 |
| Preston Prison | 1:4·17 |
| Pucklechurch remand centre | 1:1·77 |
| Ranby Prison | 1:4·90 |
| Reading Prison | 1:2·79 |
| Risley Prison | 1:2·17 |
| Rochester borstal | 1:3·15 |
| Send detention centre | 1:2·79 |
| Shepton Mallett Prison | 1:3·47 |
| Shrewsbury Prison | 1:2·22 |
| Stafford Prison | 1:3·82 |
| Standford Hill Prison | 1:4·40 |
| Stoke Heath borstal | 1:3·53 |
| Styal Prison | 1:2·37 |
| Sudbury Prison | 1:5·01 |
| Swansea Prison | 1:2·59 |
| Swinfen Hall Prison | 1:2·05 |
| Thorp Arch Prison | 1:5·62 |
| Thorp Arch remand centre | 1:2·91 |
| Usk detention centre | 1:1·68 |
| Prescoed borstal | 1:2·21 |
| Verne Prison | 1:4·44 |
| Wakefield Prison | 1:2·26 |
| Wandsworth Prison | 1:5·12 |
| Wellingborough borstal | 1:3·35 |
| Werrington detention centre | 1:2·57 |
| Wetherby borstal | 1:3·59 |
| Whatton detention centre | 1:2·43 |
| Winchester Prison | 1:3·29 |
| Wormwood Scrubs Prison | 1:3·71 |
| * At 1st September 1976. | |