Remand Prisoners

Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were in (a) long-term (b) short-term and (c) remand prisons, respectively, in May 1979; how many prisoners are held in each prison at present; and what changes in capacity for each category of prison have taken place since May 1979.

Mr. Mellor
The information is not available in the form requested. Prison service establishments are generally categorised according to whether they hold young offenders or adults, sentenced or unsentenced, or a mixture of these. Long and short-sentenced prisoners are, in many cases, held in the same establishment.Comparative information of population and certified normal accommodation (CNA) broken down by types of establishment is as follows:------------------------------------------
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|Local prisons3 and remand centres (male)|
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|Training prisons4 (male)                |
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|Young offender institutions5 (male)     |
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|Female establishments6                  |
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|Total                                   |
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