Open Prisons

Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners convicted for (a) robbery and (b) grievous bodily harm were transferred to open prisons in 2007;

(2) how many prisoners convicted for (a) a violent offence and (b) actual bodily harm were transferred to open prisons in 2007;

(3) how many prisoners were detained in open prisons in England and Wales on the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by prison establishment.

Mr. Hanson
Information on the transfer of prisoners within the prison estate of establishments within England and Wales is not held centrally and to collect it would require extensive manual inspection of records.

The number of prisoners detained in open prisons in England and Wales at the end of November 2007, the latest date for which figures are available, can be found in the following table:

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|Prison                        |Number of prisoners|
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|Open prisons                  |                   |
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|Askham Grange                 |110                |
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|Drake Hall                    |307                |
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|East Sutton Park              |97                 |
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|Ford                          |471                |
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|Hewell Grange                 |186                |
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|Hollesley Bay                 |325                |
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|Kirkham                       |506                |
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|Leyhill                       |402                |
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|Moorland Open                 |246                |
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|North Sea Camp                |276                |
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|Spring Hill                   |322                |
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|Standford Hill                |437                |
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|Sudbury                       |545                |
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|Thorn Cross                   |214                |
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|Usk/Prescoed                  |380                |
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|                              |                   |
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|Closed prisons with open units|                   |
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|Morton Hall                   |366                |
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|Norwich                       |532                |
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|Reading                       |263                |
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|Wealstun                      |855                |
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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.