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New Prisons
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the timetable for the building and opening of the four new prisons which were announced in October 1993; and what progress has been made in identifying sites and securing planning permission.
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Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the timetable for building new prisons, and the progress that has been made on identifying sites for the new prisons to be built. In September 1993, the Home Secretary announced that six new prisons are planned to be built, including the two announced in Autumn 1992. The first two of these will be in North East Liverpool and South Wales, and outline planning agreement for these has been obtained. It is anticipated that construction work will commence in 1995 and the prisons will open in 1997-98 providing about 1,400 places.
Potential sites for the remaining four prisons are still under investigation and it is too early to give a timetable for their building and opening.
A site has been identified for the third prison in the Salford area of Greater Manchester. Preliminary meetings have been held with the local planning authority as a prelude to seeking formal planning clearance. Several potential sites for the remaining three prisons have been identified and are under consideration.
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to make a decision about the award of contracts for the proposed new prisons at Bridgend, Glamorgan, and Fazakerley, Merseyside; and what is the timetable for the building and opening of the prisons.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the award of contracts for the proposed new prisons at Bridgend and Fazakerley.
Invitations to Tender for the provision of prisons at Bridgend and Fazakerley were sent out on 29 July 1994. Tenders are due back on 8 November and we are aiming to sign the contracts by the end of March 1995. We expect construction work to start soon after contract signature. The opening of each prison will depend on the proposals of the two preferred contractors, but we hope that prisoners will be able to be accepted early in the financial year 1997 98.
Fine Defaulters
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been received into prison for fine defaults in 1994 to the latest available date.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many people have been received into prison for fine defaults in 1994 to the latest available date.
Provisional information for January to August 1994 shows that 13,619 persons (12,688 males and 931 females) were received into Prison Service establishments for fine default.
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Prisons (Market Testing)
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the timetable for the proposed market-testing of prisons, to be chosen from the short-list of 21 prisons announced in August.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the timetable for the proposed market-testing of prisons. The list was of twelve prisons. In addition, nine open prisons were asked for submissions to allow the Prisons Board to decide if any should be added to the shortlist. Having considered these submissions, the Board informed the local prisons on 30 September that no open prison would be shortlisted on this occasion.
The Prisons Board has not yet selected which one or two establishments will be market tested from the list of twelve. I would expect the market test to take about nine months to reach the stage of selecting the successful bidder.
Prisoners
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where prisoners are unlocked for a total of at least 12 hours on weekdays.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where prisoners are unlocked for a total of at least 12 hours on weekdays. At the end of September 1994, 36.4 per cent. of the prison population were held in establishments where prisoners are unlocked for a total of at least twelve hours on weekdays.
Prisoner Statistics
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current estimate for the number of (a) sentenced prisoners and (b) unsentenced prisoners who are (i) mentally ill, (ii) drug misusers and (iii) alcohol addicted, in England and Wales.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of sentenced and unsentenced prisoners who are mentally ill, drug misusers, or alcohol addicted, in England and Wales.
This information is not available in the form requested. The most up to date information held centrally is for 27 June 1994. On that day there were 174 mentally disordered prisoners awaiting transfer to NHS psychiatric facilities, 684 being treated in prison health care centres and 1,921 requiring mental health care.
Information on drug misuse is taken from the study carried out by Professor Gunn et al from the Institute of Psychiatry and
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published in the report "Mentally Disordered Prisoners" in May 1991. This study of 1,751 sentenced male prisoners in England and Wales showed that before entering prison 43 per cent. had used cannabis, nine per cent. had used opiates, nine per cent. had used amphetamines and five per cent. had used cocaine. Within this group of prisoners eleven per cent. of adult male prisoners were classified as drug dependent, six per cent. of male young offenders and 23 per cent. of women prisoners were dependent. The Home Office were notified of 3,764 drug addicts identified within prison during 1993. There are currently no central records of the number of alcohol addicted prisoners in England and Wales. There has been little research on alcohol misuse by prisoners but such studies as have been done suggest that alcohol misuse by prisoners before imprisonment is considerably higher than in the general population. However, the Mentally Disordered Prisoners study found a prevalence of alcohol abuse where treatment was indicated in 8.6 per cent. of adult sentenced prisoners, 8.7 per cent. of male sentenced young offenders and 4.4 per cent. of sentenced women.Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales were made subject to hospital orders under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983; and how many were transferred to hospital under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in the year 1993 94.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Reponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners in England and Wales made subject to hospital orders under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983, and the number transferred to hospital under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983, in the year 1993 94.
In the year 1993 94, 421 prisoners were made subject to hospital orders without restrictions (S37 Mental Health Act 1983) and 45 were made subject to hospital orders with restrictions (S37 and S41 Mental Health Act 1983).
Transfers of convicted prisoners to hospital under section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 are recorded on a calendar year basis. 271 transfers took place during 1993.
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the (a) certified normal accommodation, (b) operational capacity and (c) actual population at each prison in England and Wales at the latest available date.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question on the certified normal accommodation, operational capacity and actual population at each prison in England and Wales at the latest available date.
The latest available information is for 30 September and is given in the attached table.
Certified Normal Accommodation, Operational Capacity and
Population in Prisons in England and Wales on 19 October
1994
National |CNA in use|OP cap |Population
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Acklington |658 |658 |616
Albany |436 |436 |431
Aldington |127 |127 |127
Ashwell |404 |404 |384
Askham Grange |146 |146 |124
Aylesbury |229 |232 |225
Bedford |303 |329 |320
Belmarsh |841 |841 |759
Birmingham |567 |850 |762
Blakenhurst |649 |649 |642
Blantyre House |95 |95 |94
Blundeston |408 |408 |389
Brinsford |477 |477 |455
Bristol |423 |473 |460
Brixton |484 |668 |622
Brockhill |111 |120 |115
Bullingdon |635 |635 |642
Bullwood Hall |125 |125 |121
Camp Hill |378 |441 |391
Canterbury |184 |275 |262
Cardiff |334 |450 |420
Castington |300 |300 |268
Channings Wood |594 |594 |550
Chelmsford |251 |416 |349
Coldingley |292 |292 |282
Cookham Wood |120 |140 |131
Dartmoor |538 |538 |501
Deerbolt |417 |417 |386
Doncaster |771 |773 |767
Dorchester |138 |232 |199
Dover |316 |316 |301
Downview |287 |291 |270
Drake Hall |255 |255 |255
Durham |399 |577 |628
East Sutton Park |94 |94 |85
Eastwood Park |0 |0 |0
Elmley |637 |637 |619
Erlestoke |250 |270 |245
Everthorpe |318 |318 |231
Exeter |260 |473 |413
Featherstone |599 |599 |582
Feltham |842 |842 |807
Finnamore Wood |0 |0 |0
Ford |536 |536 |472
Frankland |447 |447 |421
Full Sutton |567 |567 |545
Garth |512 |512 |495
Gartree |277 |277 |265
Glen Parva |767 |788 |749
Gloucester |202 |262 |240
Grendon |190 |186 |185
Guys Marsh |240 |240 |203
Hollesley Bay |365 |365 |333
Haslar |127 |127 |125
Hatfield |180 |180 |152
Haverigg |394 |394 |341
Hewell Grange |156 |179 |168
High Down |629 |629 |626
Highpoint |679 |679 |572
Hindley |280 |319 |285
Holloway |517 |532 |499
Holme House |649 |649 |618
Hull |328 |412 |406
Huntercombe |240 |240 |219
Kingston |154 |154 |142
Kirkham |644 |644 |569
Kirklevington |86 |86 |82
Lancaster Farms |364 |364 |333
Lancaster |260 |246 |220
Latchmere House |151 |151 |142
Leeds |814 |1,168 |1,003
Leicester |192 |348 |346
Lewes |282 |377 |349
Leyhill |410 |410 |393
Lincoln |444 |628 |603
Lindholme |567 |567 |524
Littlehey |593 |583 |546
Liverpool |1,104 |1,305 |1,265
Long Lartin |362 |362 |353
Low Newton |198 |343 |208
Maidstone |485 |485 |424
Manchester |827 |969 |896
Moorland |635 |635 |299
Morton Hall |168 |168 |<1>170
New Hall |169 |181 |175
North Sea Camp |201 |201 |<1>221
Northallerton |150 |219 |200
Norwich |333 |478 |350
Nottingham |222 |222 |206
Onley |520 |520 |494
Oxford |106 |120 |102
Parkhurst |253 |253 |224
Pentonville |559 |765 |747
Portland |420 |420 |398
Preston |342 |536 |501
Pucklechurch |56 |81 |61
Ranby |347 |347 |346
Reading |182 |205 |188
Risley |794 |753 |727
Rochester |294 |330 |253
Rudgate |287 |300 |272
Send |113 |113 |115
Shepton Mallet |158 |211 |197
Shrewsbury |168 |307 |259
Spring Hill |210 |210 |207
Stafford |358 |530 |521
Standford Hill |384 |384 |355
Stocken |396 |396 |394
Stoke Heath |300 |300 |233
Styal |211 |260 |248
Sudbury |413 |348 |341
Sudbury Foston |96 |96 |91
Swaleside |512 |512 |499
Swansea |151 |220 |222
Swinfen Hall |182 |182 |182
Thorn Cross |209 |209 |192
The Mount |484 |484 |492
The Verne |552 |538 |522
The Wolds |320 |368 |289
Thorp Arch |166 |166 |159
Usk |241 |241 |226
Wormwood Scrubs |714 |1,050 |752
Wakefield |727 |727 |700
Wandsworth |833 |1,056 |965
Wayland |580 |580 |550
Wellingborough |344 |314 |308
Werrington |114 |114 |108
Wetherby |160 |160 |151
Watton |216 |216 |211
Whitemoor |534 |524 |463
Winchester |356 |451 |412
Woodhill |566 |566 |532
Wymott |432 |432 |420
|------- |------- |-------
Total |49,149 |53,922 |49,797
<1> The population of Morton Hall and North Sea Camp appear
to be in excess of the operational capacity. This is because
the total population includes a number of prisoners
temporarily absent from the establishment for home leave or
other authorised reasons.
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) unsentenced and (b) sentenced prisoners were being held at temporary allocation centres in prisons in England and Wales at the latest available date.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison
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Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock dated 24 October 1994:The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners being held at temporary allocation centres in prisons in England and Wales.
Because of the population pressures in the North West, it has been necessary to establish a temporary allocation centre at Risley prison.
On 18 October, the temporary allocation centre at Risley held 3 unsentenced prisoners and 182 sentenced prisoners.
Securicor Court Escort Service
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many escapes there have been from the Securicor court escort service in the metropolitan area: and how many prisoner movements have been carried out by the service at the latest available date.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of escapes and prisoner movements carried out in the Metropolitan area.
The contract with Securicor started on 27 June 1994. Up to 15 October there had been 15,469 prisoner movements and one escape.
Prison Dogs
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dog handlers and dogs are currently working in the prison dogs section; what tasks they undertake; and how many dogs are trained in the detection of (a) explosives and (b) illicit drugs.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about dog handlers and dogs in the Prison Service.
There are 426 dog handlers and 463 dogs in the Prison Service. Patrol dogs undertake tasks such as patrol duties, escorting prisoners, searching for missing property (eg. escape equipment) searching for and detecting would- be escapers and apprehending them. They can also be used to safeguard the perimeter or for control in prison disturbances.
72 dogs are trained to detect arms and explosives (no dogs are trained to detect explosives only); 101 dogs are trained to detect illicit drugs.
Prisons (Overcrowding)
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what preparations he is making to deal with prison overcrowding; and what plans there are to use (a) temporary buildings or portakabins, (b) Army camps, (c) prisons which are not currently in use and (d) prison ships or barges.
Mr Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the preparations being made to deal with prison overcrowding. The provision of additional accommodation is already well underway. Work on the 2,000 new accommodation places at existing prisons is at an advanced stage and the new prison at Buckley Hall will be open before the end of this year. Tenders for the first two of the six new prisons announced last year are due in the next month.
The Prison Service has also developed contingency plans for an accelerated building programme to meet a potentially higher population but will decide whether or not to proceed with them in the light of population developments in the next few weeks.
There are no plans at present to use temporary buildings, portakabins, prisons ships or barges. Legislative changes however are being made in the Criminal Justice Bill which permit the use of ships/barges in the future. Contingency plans to defer closure of prisons and to convert army camps for use as low security prisons have been prepared to cope with any emergency need for additional accommodation.
Prisoners (Visits)
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where they have the opportunity to exceed the minimum visiting entitlement.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about what percentage of prisoners are held in establishments where they have the opportunity to exceed the minimum visiting entitlement.
At the end of September 1994, all establishments were providing prisoners with the opportunity to exceed the minimum visiting entitlement.
Refugees
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's definition is of burden sharing with regard to the admission and residence of refugees from third countries.
Mr. Nicholas Baker: Burden sharing is not a precise term. In this context it is taken to mean a proportion sharing out of persons displaced by events, such as the conflict in the former Yugoslavia; it is also used more generally to describe the overall response of the international community to such events.
Custodial Sentences
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of (a) male juveniles and (b) juveniles convicted of an indictable offence received a custodial sentence in 1993 94, and in each of the last 10 years;
(2) what percentage of (a) men and (b) women convicted of an indictable offence received a custodial sentence in 1993 94, and in each of the last 10 years.
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Mr. Maclean: Information for 1983 to 1993, which is provisional, is given in the table.
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Persons sentenced to immediate custody (1) by sex, type of offence and type of court
Number of persons (thousands) and percentage
Number of persons Persons sentenced
sentenced to to immediate
immediate custody
custody as a
percentage of all
persons
of relevant age
group sentenced for
indictable
offences
Indictable Summary offences Indictable
offences (2) (2) offences
|Total
|number
|sentenced
|to immediate |Magistrates' |The Crown |Total non |Total |Magistrates' |The Crown
Age sex and year |custody |All courts |courts |court |motoring |motoring |All courts |courts |court
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England and Wales
Aged 14 and
under 18
Males
1983 |13.9 |13.5 |8.8 |4.7 |0.4 |- |15.3 |10.9 |61.6
1984 |12.5 |12.0 |8.7 |3.3 |0.4 |- |14.4 |11.2 |56.3
1985 |11.9 |11.5 |8.0 |3.4 |0.4 |- |14.7 |11.2 |54.4
1986 |9.2 |8.9 |5.8 |3.1 |0.3 |- |14.0 |10.1 |53.8
1987 |8.5 |8.2 |5.1 |3.1 |0.3 |- |14.0 |9.7 |50.1
1988 |7.6 |7.3 |4.2 |3.1 |0.3 |- |13.7 |8.9 |48.4
1989 |5.6 |4.7 |2.5 |2.2 |0.8 |0.1 |11.7 |7.0 |43.5
1990 |4.4 |3.6 |1.8 |1.8 |0.6 |0.1 |9.5 |5.4 |37.4
1991 |4.3 |3.5 |1.9 |1.5 |0.7 |0.2 |9.9 |6.3 |36.6
1992 |3.9 |3.3 |1.8 |1.5 |0.5 |0.1 |10.4 |6.5 |39.2
1993* |3.8 |3.3 |2.5 |0.7 |0.4 |0.2 |11.1 |9.3 |35.8
Females
1983 |0.2 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |1.6 |0.7 |22.5
1984 |0.2 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |2.5 |1.8 |20.4
1985 |0.2 |0.2 |0.2 |0.1 |- |- |2.6 |1.8 |21.6
1986 |0.2 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |2.5 |1.6 |20.4
1987 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |2.5 |1.6 |18.9
1988 |0.2 |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |2.6 |1.4 |20.1
1989 |0.1 |0.1 |- |0.1 |- |- |2.1 |1.1 |16.6
1990 |0.1 |0.1 |- |0.1 |- |- |1.7 |0.6 |15.7
1991 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |- |- |1.9 |0.9 |17.8
1992 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |- |- |1.7 |0.9 |14.8
1993* |0.1 |0.1 |0.1 |- |- |- |2.6 |1.9 |18.5
Persons
1983 |14.1 |13.6 |8.8 |4.8 |0.4 |- |13.9 |9.8 |59.6
1984 |12.7 |12.2 |8.9 |3.4 |0.4 |- |13.2 |10.2 |54.4
1985 |12.2 |11.7 |8.2 |3.5 |0.4 |- |13.4 |10.2 |52.7
1986 |9.4 |9.1 |5.9 |3.1 |0.3 |- |12.9 |9.2 |52.0
1987 |8.7 |8.4 |5.2 |3.2 |0.3 |- |12.9 |8.9 |48.5
1988 |7.8 |7.5 |4.3 |3.2 |0.3 |- |12.6 |8.2 |46.8
1989 |5.8 |4.8 |2.5 |2.3 |0.8 |0.1 |10.7 |6.4 |42.0
1990 |4.5 |3.7 |1.8 |1.9 |0.6 |0.1 |8.6 |4.9 |35.9
1991 |4.4 |3.5 |2.0 |1.6 |0.7 |0.2 |9.0 |5.6 |35.5
1992 |4.0 |3.3 |1.8 |1.5 |0.5 |0.1 |9.4 |5.8 |37.8
1993* |3.9 |3.4 |2.6 |0.8 |0.4 |0.2 |10.2 |8.5 |34.7
Aged 18 and under
21 Males
1983 |16.6 |15.6 |5.8 |9.8 |0.8 |0.1 |19.1 |9.2 |54.2
1984 |18.7 |17.7 |7.1 |10.5 |0.9 |0.1 |21.2 |11.0 |56.9
1985 |19.9 |18.9 |7.3 |11.6 |0.8 |0.2 |22.5 |11.4 |57.6
1986 |16.9 |16.0 |5.5 |10.6 |0.8 |0.1 |21.9 |10.0 |55.8
1987 |17.1 |16.4 |5.0 |11.4 |0.6 |0.1 |21.7 |9.1 |54.9
1988 |15.8 |15.1 |4.2 |10.9 |0.6 |0.1 |20.7 |8.0 |51.7
1989 |13.0 |11.0 |2.7 |8.4 |1.3 |0.6 |17.4 |5.9 |46.6
1990 |11.5 |9.7 |2.3 |7.3 |1.2 |0.6 |14.8 |4.8 |42.2
1991 |12.2 |10.1 |2.7 |7.4 |1.3 |0.8 |15.6 |5.7 |43.1
1992 |10.8 |9.0 |2.3 |6.8 |1.0 |0.8 |15.3 |5.2 |44.2
1993* |11.0 |9.0 |3.0 |6.0 |0.9 |1.1 |17.0 |7.2 |51.3
Females
1983 |0.6 |0.6 |0.3 |0.3 |- |- |5.7 |3.2 |23.7
1984 |0.6 |0.6 |0.3 |0.3 |- |- |5.6 |3.1 |23.7
1985 |0.7 |0.6 |0.3 |0.3 |- |- |5.9 |3.1 |23.9
1986 |0.6 |0.6 |0.2 |0.3 |- |- |6.0 |2.9 |25.9
1987 |0.5 |0.5 |0.2 |0.3 |- |- |5.6 |2.7 |22.8
1988 |0.5 |0.5 |0.2 |0.3 |- |- |5.2 |2.3 |21.1
1989 |0.4 |0.4 |0.1 |0.2 |- |- |4.4 |1.8 |19.1
1990 |0.3 |0.3 |0.1 |0.2 |- |- |3.4 |1.2 |15.6
1991 |0.3 |0.3 |0.1 |0.2 |- |- |3.4 |1.2 |16.0
1992 |0.3 |0.3 |0.1 |0.2 |- |- |3.5 |1.4 |18.1
1993* |0.3 |0.3 |0.1 |0.2 |- |- |5.0 |2.4 |25.1
Persons
1983 |17.2 |16.2 |6.1 |10.1 |0.9 |0.1 |17.5 |8.4 |52.2
1984 |19.3 |18.3 |7.4 |10.9 |0.9 |0.1 |19.4 |10.0 |54.8
1985 |20.6 |19.5 |7.6 |11.9 |0.9 |0.2 |20.6 |10.4 |55.3
1986 |17.5 |16.6 |5.7 |10.9 |0.8 |0.1 |20.1 |9.1 |53.9
1987 |17.7 |16.9 |5.2 |11.7 |0.7 |0.1 |19.9 |8.3 |53.0
1988 |16.3 |15.6 |4.3 |11.2 |0.6 |0.1 |19.0 |7.3 |49.8
1989 |13.3 |11.4 |2.8 |8.6 |1.3 |0.6 |15.9 |5.3 |44.8
1990 |11.7 |9.9 |2.4 |7.5 |1.2 |0.6 |13.5 |4.3 |40.4
1991 |12.5 |10.3 |2.8 |7.6 |1.4 |0.8 |14.2 |5.1 |41.4
1992 |11.1 |9.3 |2.3 |6.9 |1.0 |0.8 |14.0 |4.7 |42.7
1993* |11.3 |9.3 |3.1 |6.2 |0.9 |1.1 |15.7 |6.6 |49.8
Aged 21 and over
Males
1983 |44.6 |41.6 |15.3 |26.3 |2.3 |0.8 |19.2 |9.2 |52.3
1984 |44.3 |41.0 |14.3 |26.7 |2.1 |1.2 |19.5 |9.0 |52.9
1985 |48.0 |44.4 |14.1 |30.3 |2.2 |1.4 |21.0 |9.0 |54.7
1986 |43.6 |40.5 |11.4 |29.2 |1.7 |1.4 |21.4 |8.4 |54.1
1987 |45.5 |42.0 |10.6 |31.5 |1.8 |1.7 |21.2 |7.5 |54.1
1988 |45.7 |41.9 |9.8 |32.0 |1.8 |2.0 |20.2 |6.8 |51.4
1989 |42.9 |35.9 |7.3 |28.6 |2.5 |4.5 |19.2 |5.6 |49.8
1990 |39.5 |32.7 |6.6 |26.1 |2.4 |4.5 |17.3 |5.0 |46.8
1991 |42.4 |34.3 |7.8 |26.5 |2.8 |5.3 |18.0 |5.8 |48.1
1992 |40.9 |33.3 |7.1 |26.2 |2.4 |5.2 |17.5 |5.3 |47.2
1993* |41.1 |32.1 |7.6 |24.6 |2.2 |6.8 |17.5 |5.6 |51.3
Females
1983 |2.3 |2.2 |0.9 |1.3 |0.1 |0.0 |5.3 |2.5 |26.2
1984 |2.5 |2.4 |1.0 |1.4 |0.1 |0.0 |6.1 |2.8 |27.3
1985 |2.7 |2.5 |0.9 |1.7 |0.1 |0.0 |6.6 |2.7 |29.3
1986 |2.4 |2.3 |0.7 |1.6 |0.1 |0.0 |6.8 |2.5 |29.4
1987 |2.5 |2.5 |0.6 |1.8 |0.1 |0.0 |7.7 |2.4 |32.2
1988 |2.3 |2.2 |0.6 |1.6 |0.1 |0.0 |7.0 |2.3 |27.3
1989 |2.1 |2.0 |0.5 |1.5 |0.1 |0.0 |6.8 |2.1 |25.9
1990 |1.8 |1.7 |0.4 |1.3 |0.1 |0.0 |5.5 |1.8 |21.6
1991 |2.0 |1.8 |0.5 |1.3 |0.1 |0.1 |6.2 |2.3 |23.0
1992 |2.0 |1.8 |0.5 |1.3 |0.1 |0.1 |6.4 |2.2 |24.3
1993* |2.1 |1.9 |0.6 |1.2 |0.1 |0.1 |6.8 |2.7 |27.7
Persons
1983 |46.9 |43.7 |16.2 |27.6 |2.4 |0.8 |17.0 |8.0 |50.0
1984 |46.8 |43.4 |15.2 |28.1 |2.2 |1.2 |17.4 |7.9 |50.5
1985 |50.6 |47.0 |15.0 |31.9 |2.3 |1.4 |18.8 |7.9 |52.4
1986 |46.0 |42.8 |12.1 |30.7 |1.8 |1.4 |19.2 |7.4 |51.9
1987 |48.0 |44.5 |11.2 |33.3 |1.9 |1.7 |19.3 |6.7 |52.2
1988 |48.0 |44.1 |10.4 |33.6 |1.9 |2.0 |18.4 |6.1 |49.4
1989 |45.0 |37.9 |7.8 |30.1 |2.6 |4.5 |17.5 |5.1 |47.6
1990 |41.4 |34.4 |7.0 |27.4 |2.5 |4.5 |15.7 |4.5 |44.5
1991 |44.3 |36.1 |8.3 |27.8 |2.9 |5.3 |16.5 |5.2 |45.8
1992 |42.9 |35.1 |7.6 |27.5 |2.5 |5.3 |16.1 |4.8 |45.2
1993* |43.2 |34.0 |8.2 |25.8 |2.3 |6.9 |16.1 |5.2 |49.3
Aged 14 and over
Males
1983 |75.1 |70.7 |29.9 |40.8 |3.5 |0.9 |18.3 |9.6 |53.7
1984 |75.4 |70.7 |30.1 |40.6 |3.4 |1.4 |18.8 |10.0 |54.2
1985 |79.7 |74.8 |29.5 |45.3 |3.4 |1.5 |20.0 |10.1 |55.4
1986 |69.7 |65.4 |22.6 |42.8 |2.8 |1.5 |20.0 |9.1 |54.5
1987 |71.1 |66.6 |20.7 |45.9 |2.7 |1.8 |20.0 |8.4 |54.0
1988 |69.1 |64.3 |18.2 |46.1 |2.7 |2.2 |19.2 |7.5 |51.3
1989 |61.5 |51.6 |12.4 |39.2 |4.6 |5.2 |17.8 |5.9 |48.7
1990 |55.4 |46.0 |10.7 |35.3 |4.2 |5.2 |15.7 |5.0 |45.2
1991 |58.9 |47.8 |12.4 |35.4 |4.8 |6.2 |16.5 |5.8 |46.4
1992 |55.7 |45.6 |11.2 |34.4 |4.0 |6.1 |16.3 |5.4 |46.2
1993* |55.9 |44.4 |13.1 |31.3 |3.4 |8.1 |16.7 |6.4 |50.8
Females
1983 |3.1 |2.9 |1.3 |1.7 |0.2 |0.0 |4.8 |2.3 |25.5
1984 |3.3 |3.2 |1.4 |1.8 |0.1 |0.0 |5.4 |2.7 |26.3
1985 |3.6 |3.4 |1.3 |2.1 |0.1 |0.0 |5.9 |2.6 |27.9
1986 |3.2 |3.0 |1.0 |2.0 |0.1 |0.0 |6.1 |2.4 |28.3
1987 |3.2 |3.1 |0.9 |2.2 |0.1 |0.0 |6.6 |2.4 |29.9
1988 |2.9 |2.8 |0.8 |2.0 |0.1 |0.0 |6.1 |2.2 |25.8
1989 |2.6 |2.5 |0.7 |1.8 |0.1 |0.0 |5.8 |1.9 |24.3
1990 |2.2 |2.1 |0.5 |1.5 |0.1 |0.0 |4.7 |1.5 |20.3
1991 |2.4 |2.2 |0.7 |1.5 |0.1 |0.1 |5.2 |1.9 |21.7
1992 |2.3 |2.1 |0.6 |1.5 |0.1 |0.1 |5.4 |1.9 |23.1
1993* |2.5 |2.3 |0.8 |1.4 |0.1 |0.1 |6.1 |2.6 |27.1
Persons
1983 |78.2 |73.6 |31.2 |42.5 |3.7 |1.0 |16.5 |8.5 |51.5
1984 |78.8 |73.9 |31.5 |42.4 |3.5 |1.4 |17.0 |8.9 |51.9
1985 |83.3 |78.2 |30.8 |47.4 |3.6 |1.6 |18.1 |9.0 |53.1
1986 |72.9 |68.4 |23.7 |44.8 |2.9 |1.6 |18.2 |8.1 |52.4
1987 |74.4 |69.8 |21.6 |48.1 |2.8 |1.8 |18.4 |7.5 |52.1
1988 |72.1 |67.1 |19.1 |48.0 |2.8 |2.2 |17.7 |6.7 |49.3
1989 |64.1 |54.1 |13.1 |41.0 |4.8 |5.2 |16.3 |5.3 |46.6
1990 |57.6 |48.0 |11.3 |36.8 |4.3 |5.3 |14.3 |4.5 |43.1
1991 |61.2 |50.0 |13.1 |36.9 |5.0 |6.3 |15.1 |5.3 |44.3
1992 |58.0 |47.7 |11.8 |36.0 |4.1 |6.1 |14.9 |4.9 |44.3
1993* |58.4 |46.6 |13.9 |32.7 |3.6 |8.2 |15.4 |5.9 |48.9
<1>Immediate custody for persons aged 14 and under 21 comprises borstal training and unsuspended imprisonment (before 24 May 1983) or youth custody (from 24 May 1983) and detention centre
orders until 1 October 1988 and detention in a young offender institution after 1 October 1988; for persons aged 21 and over immediate custody is equivalent to immediate imprisonment,
which includes partly suspended sentences up to 30 September 1992.
<2>Improvements in the data collection methods used by the Metropolitan Police District have led to an increase in the number recorded as sentenced of about 2 per cent. in 1993 and 1 per
cent. in 1992 for indictable offences and 0.5 per cent. in both years for summary non-motoring offences; also, about 5 per cent. for summary motoring offences in 1991.
* Provisional
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Temporary Allocation Centres
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the number of temporary allocation centres in prisons in England and Wales.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison
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Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about plans to increase the number of temporary allocation centres in prisons in England and Wales.
Temporary allocation facilities are currently being provided at Risley prison because of population pressure in the North West. We
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have no plans to provide such facilities at any other prisons in England and Wales.Security Vetting
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what security vetting prison officers and civilian staff engaged to work in prisons in England and Wales are subject to prior to appointment.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the security vetting of staff engaged to work in prisons in England and Wales.
All staff engaged to work in prisons in England and Wales are subject to criminal record checks. In addition, governor grades are subject to security vetting, including a counter terrorist check, beforeappointment. All other staff are subject to security vetting before appointment to prisons housing Category A prisoners.
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what security vetting prior to appointment prison officers and civilian staff engaged to work with (a) category A and (b) exceptionally high risk prisoners in prisons in England and Wales are subject to.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the security vetting of staff engaged to work with category A and exceptionally high risk prisoners.
All staff engaged to work in prisons housing Category A prisoners, including exceptionally high risk prisoners, in England and Wales are subject to security vetting before appointment to the establishments concerned.
Prison Population
Ms Ruddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the change in the prison population for each month of 1994.
Mr. Michael Forsyth: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 24 October 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what has been the change in the prison population for each month of 1994.
The information requested is shown in the attached table.
Prison population including those held in police cells, England
and Wales, January-September 1994
|Total |Change on
Last day of each |population |previous month
month
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1994
January |46,902 |-
February |47,906 |+1,004
March |48,778 |+872
April |47,943 |-835
May |48,675 |+732
June |48,929 |+254
July |49,169 |+240
August |49,392 |+223
September<1> |49,821 |+429
<1> Provisional figure.
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