Prisons: Greater Manchester
Justice
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the level of overcrowding in prisons serving the Greater Manchester area; and if he will make a statement.
Maria Eagle (Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Ministry of Justice; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)
For the financial year April to September 2009 the average rate of overcrowding for prisons serving the Greater Manchester area were as follows:
| Percentage | |
| Buckley Hall | 17.9 |
| Forest Bank | 58.2 |
| Hindley | 0 |
| Manchester | 53.4 |
It remains our priority to reduce overcrowding by increasing capacity through building new prisons, expanding existing prisons and making more effective use of the estate.