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Prison Staffing
35. Mr. Hinchliffe : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on prison staffing levels.
Mr. Mellor : On 1 April 1990 there were more than 20,500 principal, senior and basic grade officers in post in establishments, an unprecedently high level. A total of 3,300 additional officers have joined the staff of the service in the past three years to enable new places to open and to meet in full management's commitment under the fresh start framework agreement. Plans are in hand to recruit up to 1,295 more in 1990-91.
On 11 April my right hon. and learned Friend announced plans for the speeding up of the recruitment of
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200 of the officers who were due to join later this year, in recognition of the stress which the prison service is suffering as a result of the disturbances at Strangeways and elsewhere. Lord Justice Woolf has the task of looking into all the background to these disturbances and staffing levels will no doubt be an element of his inquiry.Bill of Rights
38. Mr. Atkinson : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to enter into discussions with the political parties to discuss a Bill of Rights.
West Midlands Police
39. Mr. Mullin : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the special branch document reference No. 10368/74 ; and what action he has taken.
58. Mr. Jim Marshall : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he received the special branch document reference No. 10368/74 ; and what action he has taken.
Mr. John Patten : I refer the hon. Members to the reply given earlier to the hon. Member for Brent, East (Mr. Livingstone).
Drugs Intelligence Unit
40. Mr. Evennett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the establishment figure for the police national drugs intelligence unit ; and what was the figure five years ago.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Dr. Twinn) on 25 January 1990 at column 870.
Firearms
41. Mr. McAllion : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of crimes in which firearms are used with intent to injure.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : We have taken a number of steps to deter the use of firearms in crime and to prevent their availability to criminals which have continuing effect. These include the firearms amnesty in 1988 in which almost 43,000 firearms were removed from circulation ; the stricter controls on the possession of firearms and shotguns, including the prohibition of the more lethal types of weapons, introduced under the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 ; and, under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, increased penalties for the illegal possession of a shotgun and for possessing or carrying a firearm in the furtherance of crime.
Criminal Damage
42. Dr. Kim Howells : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of criminal damage were reported to the police forces in England and Wales in 1989 ; and by what percentage these changed over 1988.
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Mr. John Patten : A total of 630,000 offences of criminal damage were recorded by the police in 1989--6 per cent. more than in 1988.Special Constabulary
43. Mr. Pawsey : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase the number of applicants coming forward from the ethnic communities to join the special constabulary.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : A number of forces are taking measures to encourage members of the ethnic minority communities to join the special constabulary. The Government will be undertaking a national advertising campaign later this year to supplement local recruitment efforts.
Crack
45. Mr. Duffy : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of the possession of the drug crack are known to the South Yorkshire police ; and what further action he plans for South Yorkshire to deal with this potential threat.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Figures supplied to the national drugs intelligence unit, which may not be complete, show that the South Yorkshire police have made two seizures of crack. In addition, in the course of police investigations, a number of other people in South Yorkshire had admitted to the use of crack. The illicit supply and misuse of drugs will continue to be investigated by the police and, under the new drug prevention initiative announced last year, we are willing to consider the provision of assistance for the implementation of any local drug prevention measures.
Prison Governors
48. Mr. Harris : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in restructuring prison department management what importance he intends to give to the need for an enhanced managerial role for prison governors.
Mr. Mellor : A number of changes in the prison service over the past few years have been specifically designed to enhance the managerial role of prison governors in their establishments, most notably the introduction of devolved budgeting and the fresh start package of reforms.
Royal Commission on the Police
50. Mr. Morgan : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now establish a Royal Commission on the police to set guidelines for the force.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : We have no plans to do so.
Rule 43 Prisoners
52. Mr. Alex Carlile : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners by establishment are currently held on rule 43 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Mellor : The information is given in the table.
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|c|Prisoners in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales
on|c|
|c|28 February 1990 removed from association under Prison Rule 43|c|
|c|and Young Offender Institution Rule 46: by establishment|c|
Establishment and type |Number
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Remand centres
Brockhill |8
Cardiff |6
Dorchester |1
Exeter |3
Feltham |6
Hindley |2
Hull |13
Low Newton |6
Norwich |1
Pucklechurch |2
Swansea |3
Winchester |10
Local prisons
Bedford |41
Birmingham |25
Bristol |44
Brixton |33
Canterbury |39
Cardiff |23
Chelmsford |42
Dorchester |5
Durham |185
Exeter |36
Gloucester |44
Holloway |4
Hull |81
Leeds |187
Leicester |25
Lewes |23
Lincoln |76
Liverpool |226
Manchester |97
New Hall |9
Norwich |21
Oxford |11
Pentonville |60
Preston |2
Reading |11
Risley |16
Shrewsbury |13
Swansea |42
Wandsworth |430
Winchester |50
Wormwood Scrubs |51
Training prisons
Acklington |2
Albany |7
Blundeston |9
Bullwood Hall |3
Camp Hill |20
Channings Wood |3
Cookham Wood |1
Coldingley |4
Dartmoor |32
Frankland |50
Full Sutton |108
Garth |4
Gartree |6
Haverigg |1
Lindholme |28
Littlehey |4
Long Lartin |7
Maidstone |4
Nottingham |5
Northeye |7
Parkhurst |14
Preston |3
Ranby |1
Shepton Mallet |4
Stafford |7
Standforth Hill |1
Stocken |3
Styal |9
Swaleside |9
Wakefield |29
Wayland |9
Wymott |7
Young offender institutions
Aylesbury |2
Bullwood Hall |3
Feltham |5
Hollesley Bay |16
The Mount |30
Northallerton |29
Onley |2
Portland |7
Stoke Heath |10
Styal |1
Swinfen Hall |3
Wellingborough |1
Wetherby |1
Whatton |1
All establishments |2,525
Sir Charles Irving : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on sexual and physical abuse of rule 43 offenders and of deliberate contamination of their food.
Mr. Mellor : Allegations of assault on rule 43 prisoners during the recent disturbances at Manchester prison are being investigated. No information is available centrally or at regional level about complaints from other rule 43 prisoners of sexual or physical abuse. In the past year, six rule 43 prisoners at different establishments have submitted petitions alleging contamination of their food by other prisoners. Prison staff are alert to this possibility and take precautions to obviate opportunities for such action.
Crime Statistics
53. Mr. Murphy : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many police force areas in England and Wales reported crime fell in 1989.
Mr. John Patten : Six. The information is published in table 8 of Home Office statistical bulletin 10/90, a copy of which is available in the Library.
61. Mr. Clelland : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next plans to meet the Chief Constable of Northumbria to discuss crime figures.
69. Mr. John P. Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next plans to meet the Chief Constable of Dorset to discuss crime figures.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : My right hon. and learned Friend has no plans to do so at the present time.
Drug Demand Reduction
54. Mr. Rathbone : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what drug demand reduction activities the Government plan to follow up the world ministerial drugs summit in London on 9 to 11 April.
Mr. Mellor : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in her opening address to the world ministerial drugs summit our plans to establish a United Kingdom
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task force to advise other countries on ways of reducing the demand for drugs. This task force will draw on the fund of experience and expertise which is available in the United Kingdom on such measures as community drug prevention initiatives, drugs education and publicity and programmes for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug misusers.A detailed, 35-point political declaration, a copy of which is in the Library, was adopted unanimously at the conclusion of the summit. As well as committing all countries represented to give higher priority to demand reduction, the London declaration contains a host of useful practical guidance on specific measures which can or should be taken to reduce demand. We intend to honour fully the commitments undertaken on behalf of the United Kingdom, and we shall be looking to other countries and interested organisations represented at the summit to do the same. We are considering more specific ways in which the summit can be followed up.
Police (Amendment) Regulations
55. Mr. Latham : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from police officers regarding the Police (Amendment) Regulations ; and what reply he has sent.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : My right hon. Friend has received a large number of representations on this subject from police officers, from hon. Members on behalf of police officers and from police representative organisations. In response he has explained his reasons for setting aside certain aspects of the Police Negotiating Board agreement on rent allowance. He has also made a number of important changes to his original proposals to meet points which were raised.
Child Pornography
57. Mrs. Maureen Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is being given to tougher penalties for child pornography.
Mr. John Patten : We have no plans to increase the maximum penalties for child pornography offences. The maximum penalty for some offences is already three years' imprisonment. In addition, a new offence was introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 of possession of an indecent photograph of a child with a penalty of a fine of up to £2,000.
Sound Broadcasting, London
59. Mr. McCrindle : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the prospective arrangements for competitive sound broadcasting in the London area.
Mr. Mellor : During the past few months six of the IBA's incremental radio contractors have come on air in London to provide alternatives to the existing BBC and IBA local radio stations. Four more are due to start later this year, one covering Heathrow and Gatwick. Under the Broadcasting Bill currently before Parliament the new Radio Authority will be able to advertise further licences in the future. The areas covered will depend on audience demand and frequency availability.
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Immigration
60. Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the total number of citizens of Macao who will be entitled to settle in the United Kingdom ; and what is the scope of dependants and relatives who will be permitted to join such persons.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I understand that, under Portuguese law, about 90,000 residents of Macao are entitled to Portuguese nationality. Under European Community law a national of a member state is entitled to enter and reside in any other member state for the purpose of exercising rights conferred by the treaty of Rome. In the case of Portuguese nationals, however, these rights do not include the right to take employment in this country until 1 January 1993. A person exercising treaty rights is entitled to be accompanied by his or her spouse, descendants under 21 years of age and dependants in the ascending and descending lines.
Court Houses
62. Mr. Amess : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new court houses have been open since 1979.
Mr. John Patten : Thirty-one, including the major improvement of existing buildings as well as new construction.
Voluntary Sector Funding
63. Mr. Barry Field : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to implement the recommendations contained in the efficiency scrutiny report on Government funding for the voluntary sector.
Mr. John Patten : Home Office officials--and those in other Departments concerned--will be preparing action plans to review their grant programmes in the light of the principles set out in the statement of policy towards the voluntary sector given in my right hon. and learned Friend's answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) on 4 April 1990 at column 639 and of the recommendations of the scrutiny report.
Daylight Saving
65. Mr. Flynn : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will introduce proposals to introduce daylight saving.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : We are still considering the results of the consultation exercise.
Terrorism
66. Mr. Hunter : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on the measures which are being taken to combat international terrorism.
Mr. Waddington : The Government remain fully committed to the fight against terrorism, and will continue to play a leading role in the various international bodies of which the United Kingdom is a member in order to
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strengthen and improve counter-terrorist co- operation. The Trevi group provides a forum in which information about terrorist threats and incidents can be passed rapidly between EC member states and agreement reached on effective, practical measures. The United Kingdom also conducts bilateral exchanges with a wide range of countries to strengthen further international co-operation. I recently had such meetings with the Ministers of the Interior for France and Czechoslovakia. I am meeting the Minister of the Interior for Portugal tomorrow, 4 May, and I shall be meeting European Community colleagues collectively at the next meeting of Trevi Ministers in Dublin in June.Sexual Violence
67. Mrs. Golding : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of sexual violence were reported to the police forces in England and Wales in 1988.
Mr. John Patten : The information requested is published in table 6 of Home Office statistical bulletin 10/90, a copy of which is available in the Library.
Drug Traffickers (Confiscation of Assets)
68. Mr. Ian Taylor : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the value of drug traffickers' assets ordered to be confiscated by the courts in 1988 ; and what estimate he has as to the likely figure for 1989.
Mr. John Patten : The latest figures, which are in respect of confiscation orders made in 1987 and 1988, are given in table 7.25 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1988", a copy of which is in the Library. These show that £8.1 million was ordered to be confiscated in 1988. Data for 1989 will not be available until autumn 1990. The current estimate by the national drugs intelligence unit of the cumulative total of confiscation orders made since the Drug Trafficking Offences Act came into force in January 1987, is in excess of £16 million.
Security Industry
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will place the July 1989 report of the working group on self- regulation of the security industry in the Library ; and when his Department expects to complete its consideration of this report.
Mr. John Patten : I hope that consideration of the report will be completed in the near future.
Commission for Racial Equality
Mr. Tim Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are members of the Commission for Racial Equality ; and how many of them are of (a) black Caribbean, black African or other black, (b) Indian, (c) Pakistani and (d) Bangladeshi origin.
Mr. John Patten : There are 14 members of the Commission for Racial Equality, including the chairman and deputy chairmen, of whom three are of black Caribbean, black African or other black origin ; two of Indian origin ; one of Pakistani origin and one of Bangladeshi origin.
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Correspondence
Mr. Steen : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he hopes to reply to the letter dated 10 April from the hon. Member for South Hams concerning Laurent Derioz and his application for British nationality.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : I wrote to the hon. Member on 1 May 1990.
Security Services Commissioner
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it is expected that the security services commissioner will be submitting his first report to the Prime Minister ; and if he will indicate the information which the report is likely to contain.
Mr. Waddington : Section 4(5) of the Security Service Act 1989 requires the commissioner to make an annual report on the discharge of his functions under the Act to the Prime Minister : the format and content of the report are matters for the commissioner himself to determine. I understand that Lord Justice Stuart-Smith intends to make his first report as soon as is practicable after the end of this year.
Winchester Three
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the total costs of the imprisonment of the Winchester Three.
Mr. Mellor : Based upon average weekly operating costs at each establishment in which they were held, the total cost of the imprisonment of the Winchester Three was £161,000.
Mr. Harry Barnes : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) law officers were involved in the initial detention, arrest and the preparations for trial of the Winchester Three ; and what were the costs in each case.
Mr. Waddington : The information at (a) could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Prosecution costs are a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General.
Prison Management
Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will postpone the implementation of the management structure review of the prison service pending Lord Justice Woolf's report on the riots in Strangeways.
Mr. Mellor : My right hon. and learned Friend announced on 11 January that changes to the organisation of the prison service would be made at the end of September along the lines recommended last August in the report of a study by a joint PA Consulting Group and prison service team. The work needed to give effect to those changes is on course. My right hon. and learned Friend received a request from the Prison Governors Association on 3 April that the reorganisation should be reconsidered in the light of the Manchester riot and he will respond to the association shortly.
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Fresh Start
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name the public relations consultants employed by his Department in relation to the introduction of fresh start for prison officers.
Mr. Mellor : No public relations consultants were employed. Fresh start was developed and introduced by the prison service in consultation with PA Management Consultants.
Prisoners (Police Cells)
Mr. Cox : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) men and (b) women being held in police stations cells in England and Wales on 30 April.
Mr. Mellor : On 30 April 1990 there were 496 prisoners in police cells in England and Wales. All were male.
Public Relations
Mr. Grocott : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to appoint a public relations adviser.
Mr. Waddington : My principal advisor on public relations is Mr. Adrian Moorey, director of information, who joined the Home Office on 17 April 1990 following the transfer of his predecessor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. I shall continue to seek advice from other sources as and when the need arises.
Parliament Square (Coach Parking)
Mr. Adley : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations have been received by the Metropolitan Commissioner from parliamentary authorities concerning coach parking in the vicinity of Parliament square ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : The police devote considerable resources to enforcing the law on illegal parking. I understand that the Serjeant at Arms wrote to the Commissioner on 5 April about coach parking in the vicinity of Parliament square following a point of order raised by my hon. Friend. The assistant commissioner replied on 17 April.
Prisoners (AIDS and HIV)
Mr. Key : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prisoners and (b) remand prisoners in England and Wales are known to (i) have AIDS and (ii) be HIV positive.
Mr. Mellor : On 25 April 1990 the prison population of England and Wales included 41 sentenced and six unsentenced prisoners reported as having been identified as HIV antibody positive.
Hilda Murrell
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will call for a report on the progress of investigations into the murder of Hilda Murrell, of Shrewsbury, on 21 March 1984.
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Mr. Peter Lloyd : The investigation into the death of Miss Hilda Murrell is an operational matter for the police. However, I understand from the Chief Constable of West Mercia that a suspect has been identified and papers have been forwarded to the Crown prosecution service which is considering the matter.Police Recruitment Examinations
Mr. Shersby : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to replace the police initial recruitment examinations ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : In February this year the Police Advisory Board standing committee on conditions of service agreed that a new initial recruitment test should be prepared. We hope shortly to be inviting tenders for a contract to devise the new test.
Mentally Ill Prisoners
Sir Charles Irving : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mentally ill offenders were given custodial sentences by magistrates courts in each year from 1985 to 1989 ; and what steps he is taking to reduce these figures.
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Mr. John Patten : Such information is not available centrally. Guidance to courts on avoiding sending mentally disordered offenders to prison is provided in "The Sentence of the Court" (HMSO), a new edition of which will be published shortly. This guidance has been revised to encourage courts to use their powers to remand to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 or making attendance at or admission to hospital a condition of bail. Statistical information on the use of such powers was published in Home Office statistical bulletin 28/88 "Statistics of Mentally Disordered Offenders, England and Wales, 1985 and 1986", a copy of which is in the Library.
Prisons (Deaths)
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all deaths during 1989 and the first quarter of 1990 of persons detained in prison department establishments, stating in each case the age and sex of the inmate, the cause of death, the inquest verdict, whether the inmate was sentenced or on remand, the establishment where the inmate was detained, and whether the death occurred there or in an outside hospital.
Mr. Mellor : The information is given in the table. Deaths occurred within the establishment unless otherwise indicated.
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|c|Deaths of persons detained at Prison Service establishments|c|
|c|1 January 1989 to 31 March 1990|c|
Date |Establishment |Age |Sex |Status<3> |Cause |Inquest
|of death |verdict
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1989
1 January |Manchester |51 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
3 January |Reading |27 |M |R |Diabetes |Natural causes
4 January |Brixton |30 |M |R |Hanging |Open
11 January |Castington |19 |M |S |Hanging |Accidental
12 January |Durham |22 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
12 January |Wellingborough |19 |M |S |Hanging |Accidental
18 January |Manchester |60 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
21 January |Canterbury<1> |24 |M |S |Hanging |Open
27 January |Winchester |27 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
3 February |Canterbury |32 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
14 February |Liverpool<1> |55 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
16 February |Leeds |18 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
25 February |Brixton |45 |M |R |Heart attack |Natural causes
25 February |Stafford |27 |M |S |Hanging |Open
25 February |The Verne<1> |48 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
25 February |Liverpool<1> |31 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
5 March |Frankland |34 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
9 March |Durham |31 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
15 March |Wandsworth |43 |M |S |Cut artery |Suicide
17 March |Pentonville |30 |M |I |Brain tumour |Natural causes
18 March |Liverpool |48 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
19 March |Liverpool |32 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
22 March |Pentonville |35 |M |S |Drug poisoning |Misadventure
23 March |Gloucester<1> |22 |M |R |Burns |Misadventure
25 March |Risley |19 |F |R |Hanging |Open
31 March |Maidstone |48 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
12 April |Littlehey |29 |M |S |Cut artery |Suicide
19 April |Leeds<1> |48 |M |S |Cancer |Natural causes
21 April |Preston |40 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
25 April |Brixton |52 |M |R |Hanging |Open
26 April |Sudbury |38 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
27 April |Stafford<1> |24 |M |S |Pneumonia |Natural causes
28 April |Lewes |19 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
30 April |Brixton<1> |23 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
8 May |Dartmoor |23 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
13 May |Winchester |23 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
15 May |Manchester |18 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
17 May |Risley |28 |F |R |Hanging |Not yet held
25 May |Stafford |22 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
26 May |Manchester<1> |27 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
3 June |Brixton |39 |M |R |Hanging |Accidental
13 June |Manchester |47 |M |R |Not known |Not yet held
19 June |Liverpool |42 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
10 July |Exeter |25 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
10 July |Brixton |25 |M |R |Hanging |Open
19 July |Lancaster |22 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
19 July |Ackington |49 |M |S |Heart attack |Not yet held
31 July |Norwich<1> |42 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
2 August |Stafford |46 |M |S |Cancer |Not yet held
4 August |Leicester<1> |28 |M |R |Kidney failure |Natural causes
5 August |Rochester |22 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
6 August |The Verne |35 |M |S |Heart attack |Not yet held
14 August |Birmingham |25 |M |S |Asthmatic attack |Natural causes
18 August |Brixton<2> |41 |M |S |Hanging |Open
24 August |Full Sutton |33 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
26 August |Brixton |25 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
31 August |Wormwood Scrubs |29 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
13 September |Garth |28 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
26 September |Cardiff |25 |M |R |Hanging |Accidental
30 September |Shepton Mallet |21 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
1 October |Rochester |18 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
15 October |Canterbury |24 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
18 October |Brixton |35 |M |R |Hanging |Accidental
19 October |Stafford |50 |M |S |Lung disease |Natural causes
20 October |Bristol |26 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
22 October |Norwich |52 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
23 October |Channings Wood |26 |M |S |Heart attack |Natural causes
24 October |Rochester |49 |M |S |Heart attack |Not yet held
31 October |Hindley |19 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
2 November |Brixton |33 |M |R |Pneumonia |Not yet held
3 November |Wandsworth |69 |M |S |Not known |Not yet held
4 November |Swansea |18 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
13 November |Leeds |52 |M |R |Hanging |Suicide
19 November |Stafford |53 |M |S |Cancer |Not yet held
6 December |Brixton |58 |M |R |Heart attack |Natural causes aggravated by lack of care
10 December |Long Lartin |29 |M |S |Cut artery |Suicide
10 December |Shepton Mallet |31 |M |S |Influenza |Natural causes
23 December |Manchester |19 |M |S |Hanging |Not yet held
24 December |Glen Parva |19 |M |S |Hanging |Not yet held
28 December |Liverpool |39 |M |R |Brain haemorrhage/ pheumonia |Not yet held
1990
6 January |Durham |20 |M |S |Hanging |Not yet held
6 January |Bristol |22 |M |S |Hanging |Suicide
10 January |Lincoln |46 |M |R |Suffocation |Open
14 January |Winchester |69 |M |R |Unknown |Not yet held
25 January |Manchester |37 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
10 February |Reading<1> |35 |M |S |Brain haemorrhage |Not yet held
14 February |Winchester |19 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
21 February |Camp Hill |24 |M |S |Hanging |Not yet held
22 February |Bedford |29 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
28 February |Hindley<1> |18 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
2 March |Brixton |29 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
2 March |Manchester |37 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
3 March |Pentonville |34 |M |R |Asphyxiation |Misadventure
14 March |Wakefield |56 |M |S |Heart attack |Not yet held
16 March |Durham |27 |M |S |Hanging |Not yet held
23 March |Bristol |31 |M |R |Hanging |Not yet held
<1>Inmate died in an outside hospital.
<2>Inmate died in a Crown court cell.
<3>Status: S-Sentenced; R-Remand; I-Immigration Act detention.
Charity Mailing Lists
Mr. Speller : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to prevent registered charities' mailing lists from being used to tout for business from the members of such charities by banking service firms.
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Mr. Mellor : The Government have no present plans to do so. If there is any evidence of a breach of the Data Protection Act, it should be brought to the attention of the Data Protection Registrar.
Prison Officers (Suicides)
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers are known to have committed suicide in each of the last 10 years.
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Mr. Mellor : Before 1 January 1990 no central records were kept of the causes of death among prison officers and this information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Since 1 January 1990 one prison officer is known to have committed suicide.
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