Lord Bradley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

January 1, 2023 admin 2015, Lord Bradley, Parliamentary Question

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradley on 2015-10-29.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many places in category D prisons were available in England and Wales in each month since January 2013.

Lord Faulks

Progression to open prisons is never automatic, and prisoners must generally be within two years of release before they can be considered for allocation. Public protection is paramount, only those prisoners who are assessed as low risk of escape/abscond and low risk of causing harm to the public are transferred to an open prison.

The following table shows the number of category D places that were available and occupied by prisoners in open prisons in England and Wales as at the last Friday in each month since January 2013. This information is published monthly on gov.uk

The data above does not include the number of places available and in use in category D units in otherwise closed prisons.

Breakdown of the population and capacity of the dedicated open estate from

January 2013 to October 2015.

Month	Capacity	Population
Jan-13	5,131	4,933
Feb-13	5,131	4,953
Mar-13	5,131	4,982
Apr-13	5,131	4,993
May-13	5,131	4,988
Jun-13	5,131	4,981
Jul-13	5,131	4,988
Aug-13	5,131	4,994
Sep-13	5,131	4,990
Oct-13	5,131	5,005
Nov-13	5,203	5,048
Dec-13	5,217	4,993
Jan-14	5,217	4,932
Feb-14	5,217	4,994
Mar-14	5,217	5,037
Apr-14	5,339	5,159
May-14	5,339	5,122
Jun-14	5,339	5,087
Jul-14	5,339	5,082
Aug-14	5,374	5,011
Sep-14	5,374	4,943
Oct-14	5,397	4,846
Nov-14	5,397	4,814
Dec-14	5,397	4,759
Jan-15	5,405	4,666
Feb-15	5,329	4,680
Mar-15	5,131	4,691
Apr-15	5,453	4,922
May-15	5,468	4,876
Jun-15	5,544	5,020
Jul-15	5,569	5,019
Aug-15	5,569	5,062
Sep-15	5,520	5,076
Oct-15	5,550	5,127

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