Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the maximum prison population and how many prison officer staff were employed in 2010–11 and each succeeding year to date in (1) HMP Deerbolt, (2) HMP Durham, (3) HMP Frankland, (4) HMP Holme House, (5) HMP Kirklevington Grange, (6) HMP Low Newton, and (7) HMP Northumberland; how many of the prisoners in each of those establishments were on remand, and what proportion of those prisoners received a custodial sentence.
Answered on
29 November 2016
The information requested on prisoner population is published regularly at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2016. Staffing data is also regularly published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2015-to-2016
The following table details the highest population figures for the prisons requested in the financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17.
Highest population figures by prison in financial years 2010/11 - 2016-17 | |||||||
Prison | 2010/11* | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Deerbolt | 499 | 505 | 464 | 513 | 508 | 420 | 432 |
Durham | 957 | 960 | 927 | 934 | 976 | 953 | 953 |
Frankland | 843 | 824 | 817 | 809 | 820 | 835 | 810 |
Holme House | 1081 | 1200 | 1193 | 1227 | 1223 | 1229 | 1218 |
Kirklevington Grange | 278 | 283 | 283 | 296 | 299 | 283 | 268 |
Low Newton | 277 | 299 | 310 | 329 | 324 | 313 | 340 |
Northumberland** | 1177 | 1328 | 1337 | 1345 | 1347 | 1345 | 1345 |
* Data for 2010/11 only available from November 2010 to March 2011.
** Data for Northumberland summed from the totals for Acklington and Castington before both sites officially formed Northumberland in March 2012.
NOMS Prison Officers1 in Post at Selected Prisons, 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2016
| 31-Mar-2010 | 31-Mar-2011 | 31-Mar-2012 | 31-Mar-2013 | 31-Mar-2014 | 31-Mar-2015 | 31-Mar-2016 |
Deerbolt | 175 | 173 | 167 | 151 | 156 | 134 | 126 |
Durham | 305 | 291 | 248 | 225 | 188 | 202 | 195 |
Frankland | 596 | 597 | 572 | 539 | 499 | 487 | 485 |
Holme House | 312 | 334 | 330 | 321 | 249 | 235 | 226 |
Kirklevington Grange | 50 | 49 | 48 | 45 | 55 | 51 | 51 |
Low Newton | 136 | 130 | 134 | 133 | 121 | 124 | 140 |
Northumberland2 | 446 | 398 | 377 | 344 | - | - | - |
(1) Consists of Band 3-5 officers | |||||||
(2) The management of HMP Northumberland was transferred to Sodexo in December 2013 | |||||||
Information on how many of the prisoners in each of these establishments were on remand and what proportion of those prisoners received a custodial sentence could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.