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Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish his response to the chief inspector of Her Majesty's prisons annual report; and if he will make a statement. [10789]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 13 January 1997]: It is not our practice to publish a response to the chief inspector's annual report. The Government are grateful to the chief inspector for producing this considered and informative annual report, and have noted its contents.
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those prisons in England and Wales with prison cells designed for one person and holding two inmates on 1 January 1997. [10773]
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Miss Widdecombe: 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.
Establishment | 27 December 1996 |
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Bedford | 186 |
Birmingham | 544 |
Blakenhurst | 130 |
Bristol | 88 |
Brixton | 362 |
Buckley Hall | 20 |
Camp Hill | 80 |
Canterbury | 218 |
Cardiff | 458 |
Channings Wood | 208 |
Chelmsford | 78 |
Cookham Wood | 40 |
Doncaster | 416 |
Dorchester | 172 |
Down View | 12 |
Durham | 698 |
Everthorpe | 58 |
Exeter | 338 |
Glen Parva | 232 |
Gloucester | 130 |
Guys Marsh | 32 |
Highpoint | 14 |
Hull | 200 |
Lancaster Farms | 42 |
Leeds | 214 |
Leciester | 224 |
Lewes | 26 |
Lincoln | 480 |
Littlehey | 28 |
Liverpool | 220 |
Low Newton | 188 |
Maidstone | 30 |
Manchester | 478 |
Moorland | 60 |
Northallerton | 262 |
Nottingham | 4 |
Pentonville | 708 |
Portland young offenders institution | 68 |
Preston | 362 |
Reading | 112 |
Risley | 18 |
Rochester | 8 |
Shepton Mallet | 100 |
Shrewsbury | 278 |
Stocken | 52 |
Swaleside | 30 |
Swansea | 202 |
The Mount | 78 |
Usk | 104 |
Verne | 32 |
Wakefield | 110 |
Wandsworth | 180 |
Wayland | 32 |
Wealstun | 6 |
Winchester | 276 |
Woodhill | 72 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 260 |
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Mr. John Marshall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications were received for asylum in October 1996 and November 1996; and what were the equivalent figures for 1995. [10778]
Mr. Kirkhope: A total of 2,150 applications for asylum in the United Kingdom were lodged in October 1996 and 1,920 were lodged in the following month. The equivalent figures for the same months in 1995 were 4,595 and 4,715 respectively.
Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made towards opening a prison on the site of RAF Finningley; and if he will make a statement. [10788]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 13 January 1997]: 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 16 January 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the opening of a temporary prison on the RAF Finningley site.
In order to respond to the increase in prisoner population currently being experienced, several options have been considered. As part of this approach the Home Secretary asked the Secretary of State for Defence about sites no longer needed by the Ministry of Defence. RAF Finningley was found to be suitable for conversion into a temporary prison, particularly in the light of the immense pressure on other prisons in the north.
The planning application for part of the Finningley site to be converted into a temporary prison was lodged with Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council on 15 November 1996. The Council considered our proposal at a planning meeting on 23 December 1996 and has made clear its objections to our plans.
We are now considering whether to pursue further out planning application for use of part of Finningley as a temporary prison.
Mr. Hinchliffe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving air weapons were recorded in the last five years for which figures are available. [10255]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 14 January 1997]: The information requested is published in chapter 3 (table 3.3) of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1995".
A copy of this publication has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Hinchliffe:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of air weapons held in the United Kingdom. [10256]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 14 January 1997]: No realistic estimate has been made centrally.
Mr. Flynn:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prescription and (b) over-the-counter medicinal drugs were consumed in
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each of the past three years in (i) Cardiff prison, (ii) Downview prison, (iii) Everthorpe prison and (iv) Swansea prison. [9849]
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 13 January 1997]: 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 16 January 1997:
Mr. Cox:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have taken retirement under the new voluntary early retirement and severance scheme; and if he will indicate the numbers for each prison in England and Wales and the officers that have left that prison under this system. [10772]
Miss Widdcombe:
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.
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about medicines issued at Cardiff, Downview, Everthorpe and Swansea prisons.
The information is not available in the form requested. However we are able to provide figures for the number of prescription sheets issued in 1996 for each of the prisons listed. Each prescription sheet may cover one or more medicines.
Cardiff: 12,168
Downview: 3,900
Everthorpe: 2,080
Swansea: 11,960.
Number | |
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Prison Auxiliary | 5 |
Prison Officer | 404 |
Prison Officer (Works) | 25 |
Prison Officer Instructor | 8 |
Senior Officer | 139 |
Senior Officer (Works) | 14 |
Senior Officer Instructor | 3 |
Principal Officer | 129 |
Grade ESTAB | Total | Prison auxiliary | Prison officer | Prison officer (works) | Prison officer instructor | Senior officer | Senior officer (works) | Senior officer instructor | Principal officer |
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Acklington | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Albany | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Aldington | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Ashwell | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Askham Grange | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Aylesbury | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bedford | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
Belmarsh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Birmingham | 31 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
Blantyre House | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Blundeston | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Brinsford | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||||
Bristol | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Brixton | 29 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Bullingdon | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Bullwood Hall | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Camp Hill | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Canterbury | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cardiff | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Castington | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Channings Wood | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Chelmsford | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Coldingley | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dartmoor | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Deerbolt | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Dorchester | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Dover | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
Downview | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Drake Hall | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Durham | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Eastwood Park | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Erlestoke | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Everthorpe | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Exeter | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Featherstone | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Feltham | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Finnamore wood | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Ford | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Frankland | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Full Sutton | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | |||||
Garth | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Gartree | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Glen Parva | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Gloucester | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Grendon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Guys Marsh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Haslar | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Hatfield | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Haverigg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Hewell Grange | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Highpoint | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Hindley | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Hollesley Bay | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Holloway | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Holme House | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hull | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Huntercombe | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Kingston | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Kirkham | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Kirklevington | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Lancaster Castle | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Lancaster Farms | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Latchmere House | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Leeds | 24 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
Leicester | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Lewes | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Leyhill | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Lilleshall (PE) | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Lincoln | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | |||||
Lindholme | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Littlehey | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Liverpool | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Long Lartin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Low Newton | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Maidstone | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Moorland | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
The Mount | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
New Hall | 1 | 1 | |||||||
North Sea Camp | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Northallerton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Norwich | 14 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
Nottingham | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Parkhurst | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pentonville | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Portland | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Preston | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Ranby | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Reading | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Risley | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Rochester | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Send | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Shepton Mallet | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Shrewsbury | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
Stafford | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Standford Hill | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Stocken | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Stoke Heath | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Styal | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Sudbury | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Swaleside | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Swansea | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Swinfen Hall | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
Thorn Cross | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Usk | 2 | 2 | |||||||
The Verne | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Wakefield | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | |||||
Wandsworth | 28 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Wayland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Wealstun | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Wellingboro' | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wetherby | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Whatton | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Whitemoor | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Winchester | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |||||
Wormwood Scrubs | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |||||
Wymott | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 727 | 5 | 404 | 25 | 8 | 139 | 14 | 3 | 129 |
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