Information on the numbers of prisoners sentenced to life or indeterminate sentences for public protection held in prison establishments in the North West prison region in England can be found in the following table:
Establishments in the NW region with IPP/Life population Rounded IPP/Life population figures Total 1,000 Altcourse 70 Buckley Hall 20 Forest Bank 40 Garth 250 Hindley 30 Haverigg 20 Kirkham 30 Lancaster 0 Lancaster Farms 30 Liverpool 120 Manchester 180 Preston 50 Risley 60 Styal 30 Wymott 60 1 Extract taken on 30 April 2007. Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
The issue of what is acceptable as the maximum number of such prisoners held in prison establishments against the available resources for their treatment and training is currently the subject of court action in the form of a judicial review to be heard on 22 June and in these circumstances it would not be appropriate for me now to make a statement on this part of the question.