Young Offender Institutions

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) capacity and (b) population was of each young offender institution in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward
The following tables give the population and capacity of each Young Offender Institution in England and Wales.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
|               |As at June 2005|As at June 2006|As at June 2007|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Establishment  |Population     |Capacity       |Population     |Capacity|Population|Capacity|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Ashfield       |310            |360            |357            |380|385|400|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Aylesbury      |425            |438            |442            |444|441|444|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Brinsford      |444            |493            |473            |489|473|489|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Castington     |352            |410            |385            |410|386|410|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Cookham Wood   |—              |—              |—              |—|—|—|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Deerbolt       |434            |518            |407            |458|417|449|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Feltham        |608            |761            |604            |764|599|764|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Glen Parva     |785            |808            |799            |808|813|808|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Hindley        |403            |455            |418            |455|502|515|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Huntercombe    |340            |368            |356            |368|359|365|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Lancaster Farms|521            |527            |518            |527|530|527|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Northallerton  |196            |209            |218            |248|249|252|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Portland       |392            |398            |479            |524|542|557|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Reading        |291            |297            |283            |297|262|287|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Rochester      |391            |392            |388            |392|387|392|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Stoke Heath    |624            |690            |663            |690|673|690|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Swinfen Hall   |581            |590            |606            |620|619|620|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Thorn Cross    |234            |316            |205            |321|240|321|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Warren Hill    |211            |222            |216            |222|212|222|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Werrington     |134            |148            |155            |162|146|162|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|Wetherby       |342            |360            |338            |363|354|360|
-----------------------------------------------------------------


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Establishment                                                               |Population|Capacity|Population|Capacity|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Ashfield                                                                    |397       |400     |338       |400     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Aylesbury                                                                   |437       |444     |433       |444     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Brinsford                                                                   |525       |569     |521       |569     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Castington                                                                  |398       |410     |371       |410     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Cookham Wood                                                                |34        |59      |86        |90      |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Deerbolt                                                                    |443       |453     |431       |513     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Feltham                                                                     |629       |762     |680       |762     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Glen Parva                                                                  |811       |808     |793       |808     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Hindley                                                                     |494       |523     |289       |515     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Huntercombe                                                                 |347       |365     |260       |365     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Lancaster Farms                                                             |521       |517     |493       |530     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Northallerton                                                               |241       |252     |232       |252     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Portland                                                                    |614       |624     |553       |624     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Reading                                                                     |240       |297     |242       |297     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Rochester                                                                   |388       |392     |647       |700     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Stoke Heath                                                                 |619       |634     |580       |678     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Swinfen Hall                                                                |614       |624     |616       |624     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Thorn Cross                                                                 |233       |322     |301       |322     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Warren Hill                                                                 |214       |222     |188       |222     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Werrington                                                                  |137       |162     |130       |162     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Wetherby                                                                    |310       |320     |360       |408     |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Note:Only those establishments with a predominant function of YOI are shown.|          |        |          |        |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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.