To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the average number of prisoners accommodated at Cardiff prison during each of the past 10 years;(2) what was the average number of
(a) sentenced offenders, (b) remand prisoners and (c) young prisoners accommodated at Cardiff in each of the past 10 years, and in the current year to date.
The information is given in the table.
The greatest number of prisoners held in each establishment at a point during each year is calculated annually, and published in the report of the work of the prison service. Details are set out in the tables. Figures are not routinely collected in a way which enables the provision of a breakdown into the categories requested, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
| Greatest number of inmates held at Her Majesty's Prison and Her Majesty's Remand Centre Cardiff | ||
| Year | Local prison1 | Remand centre1 |
| 1989–902 | 382 | 84 |
| 1988–89 | 465 | 128 |
| 1987–88 | 487 | 147 |
| 1986–87 | 482 | 128 |
| 1985–86 | 452 | 137 |
| 1984–853 | 379 | 126 |
| 1983 | 461 | 130 |
| 1982 | 465 | 142 |
| 1981 | 435 | 141 |
| 1980 | 454 | 127 |
| 1979 | 422 | 104 |
Notes:
1 Greatest numbers of inmates in the local prison and the remand centre may not necessarily occur simultaneously.
2 Period from 1 April 1990 to 20 April 1990.
3 Period from 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1985.