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Doncaster Prison
Mr. Redmond: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the protection of remand prisoners under 18 years of age from bullying at Doncaster prison. [9900]
Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 25 January 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the protection of remand prisoners under 18 years of age from bullying at Doncaster prison.
Doncaster has already taken a number of steps to minimise bullying among young offender remand prisoners. Those considered to be bullying are isolated from other prisoners until they cease such activities. Doncaster has also installed cameras to help staff in monitoring the movement and behaviour of juvenile offenders and employed a full-time anti-bullying co-ordinator and removed personal cell keys from young offenders, in order to prevent them being forced to hand them over to other prisoners.
Anti-bullying measures are subject to continuous review and appraisal. A "Safe Inside Doncaster" Committee has recently been formed, which has been tasked with helping to increase further the safety and comfort of prisoners inside the prison environment. Doncaster takes very seriously its commitment to try and prevent bullying among this age group.
Holloway Prison
Ms Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison in December 1995 or at the latest available date. [10084]
Miss Widdecombe:
Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Richard Tilt to Ms Diane Abbott, dated 25 January 1996:
Mr. Allason:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the consideration by the Parole Board of the application by Martin Fenton, currently serving a life sentence for murder. [10252]
Miss Widdecombe:
Mr. Fenton's case was last considered by the Parole Board on 1 December 1995. The board did not recommend his release on life licence.
On 14 January 1996, Mr. Fenton suffered a cardiac arrest. He was immediately admitted to hospital where he is still serious ill. I shall be writing to the hon. Member about that.
Mr. George Howarth:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each prison, including those which are privately managed (a) the projected budget in monetary terms, (b) the percentage change and (c) the change in staffing levels for each financial year between 1996-97 and 1999-2000, inclusive. [10296]
Miss Widdecombe:
Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 25 January 1996:
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Mr. George Howarth:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the highest number of visitors strip searched in a single day during November 1995 at Stoke Heath young offenders institution without the police being present; and how many visitors to Stoke Heath young offenders institution have been strip searched in each of the last six months. [10327]
Miss Widdecombe:
Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has ben asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 25 January 1996:
Mr. Henderson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of tape recording immigration and asylum interviews at ports of entry and at the Home Office. [10477]
Mr. Kirkhope:
We have not made any estimates of the cost of tape recording immigration and asylum interviews at ports of entry or at the Home Office. We have no plans to introduce the tape recording of such interviews.
Mr. Gordon Prentice:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the previous Directors General of the Prison Service, the dates of their retirement, resignation or dismissal and the dates on which their successors took over. [10877]
Miss Widdecombe:
Mr. Richard Tilt was appointed temporary Director General of the Prison Service on 16 October 1995. The available information in respect of previous Directors Generals--a term used since 1967--is as follows:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison.
The ethnic breakdown of women prisoners in Holloway prison on 17 January 1996 is given in the attached table.
Adult Young offender Total
Asian--Bangladeshi 0 0 0
Asian--Indian 3 1 4
Asian--other 2 0 2
Asian--Pakistani 2 0 2
Black--African 42 5 47
Black--Caribbean 91 8 99
Black--other 25 8 33
Chinese 0 0 0
Other 24 1 25
White 299 40 339
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for the budget allocation and staffing levels for each prison establishment for each financial year 1996-97 and 1992-2000.
The process of setting budgets for public sector establishments for 1996-97 is not yet complete. I will send you details of budgets once they are finished.
Governors are in the process of working out staffing projections for their establishments in 1996-97. I will send you their estimates once governors have had the opportunity to discuss them with their staff locally. I will also send you the provision made for payments to private sector prisons for 1996-97. These are not exactly the same as cash-limited budgets, as the terms of the contract may trigger additional payments in some circumstances.
We do not at present have budget figures at establishment level more than one year ahead. But later this year we shall be issuing indicative spending figures for the years 1997-98 to 1998-99.
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the strip searching of visitors to Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institution during November 1995 and in each of the last six months.
There were no strip searches of visitors to Stoke Heath YOI in November 1995. In the last six months there has been one strip search of a visitor to Stoke Heath YOI.
Mr. Derek Lewis (6 January 1993-16 October 1995. Dismissed)
Mr. Joe Pilling (14 August 1991-2 January 1993. Transferred)
Mr. Christopher Train (14 March 1983-31 August 1991. Retired)
Mr. Dennis Trevelyan (1 January 1978-13 March 1983. Transferred)
Mr. Eric Wright (1973-1977. Retired)
Mr. William Cox (1970-1973. Transferred)
Mr. William Pile (1964-1970. Transferred)
Incapacitants
Dr. Lynne Jones:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 17 January, Official Report, column 587, what conclusions he has reached on the effects on human health of (a) CS and
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(b) incapacitant products containing oleoresin capsicum. [11515]
Mr. Maclean:
My right hon. and learned Friend has concluded that CS presents no significant risk to human health, but that not enough is currently known about oleoresin capsicum for us to be reassured as to its effects on human health.
Labour Statistics
Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers in work for each of the last 30 years, dividing this total where possible between full and part-time workers. [11890]
Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| (Thousands) | All(2) | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 24,860 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1966 | 25,017 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1967 | 24,670 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1968 | 24,519 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1969 | 24,536 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1970 | 24,428 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1971 | 24,097 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1972 | 24,079 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1973 | 24,646 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1974 | 24,707 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1975 | 24,608 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1976 | 24,382 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1977 | 24,401 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1978 | 24,523 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1979 | 24,881 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1980 | 24,838 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1981 | 23,887 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1982 | 23,461 | (1)-- | (1)-- |
| 1983 | 23,184 | 18,299 | 4,885 |
| 1984 | 23,836 | 18,556 | 5,280 |
| 1985 | 24,106 | 18,705 | 5,401 |
| 1986 | 24,132 | 18,569 | 5,563 |
| 1987 | 24,651 | 18,809 | 5,842 |
| 1988 | 25,523 | 19,482 | 6,042 |
| 1989 | 26,322 | 19,933 | 6,389 |
| 1990 | 26,555 | 19,912 | 6,644 |
| 1991 | 25,657 | 19,095 | 6,562 |
| 1992 | 25,091 | 18,515 | 6,576 |
| 1993 | 24,703 | 18,097 | 6,605 |
| 1994 | 24,823 | 18,041 | 6,781 |
| 1995 | 25,052 | 18,098 | 6,953 |
(1) Includes employees in employment, self-employed, HM forces and work-related Government training programme participants.
(2) May not equal sum of full and part-time due to rounding.
"--
(3)" denotes information not available.
Source:
CSO.
Mr. Field:
To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer if he will list the number of unemployed workers who (a) return to the labour market and (b) cease claiming benefit after (i) under one month's unemployment, (ii) over one month's unemployment but less than two month's unemployment, (iii) each succeeding period of
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one month up to 12 months' unemployment and (iv) over 12 months' unemployment. [11891]
Mrs. Knight:
The following table shows the duration of claim for claimants who left the claimant count in the United Kingdom between 10 November 1995 and 14 December 1995. No information is available on the destination of claimants who cease to claim unemployment-related benefit.
| Duration of claim (weeks) | Number of claimants |
|---|---|
| Up to 4 | 70,517 |
| Over 4 and up to 8 | 42,608 |
| Over 8 and up to 12 | 28,398 |
| Over 12 and up to 16 | 19,772 |
| Over 16 and up to 20 | 16,728 |
| Over 20 and up to 24 | 13,583 |
| Over 24 and up to 28 | 9,343 |
| Over 28 and up to 32 | 10,163 |
| Over 32 and up to 36 | 9,402 |
| Over 36 and up to 40 | 6,235 |
| Over 40 and up to 44 | 5,086 |
| Over 44 and up to 48 | 4,595 |
| Over 48 and up to 52 | 3,604 |
| Over 52 | 56,158 |
| Total | 296,192 |
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