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Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals prisoners in prisons were (a) aged over 65 and (b) classified as mentally disordered as at 1 December 2006. [119435]
John Reid [holding answer 6 February 2007]: In response to (a), on 30 November 2006 there were 74 foreign national prisoners held in prison establishments in England and Wales aged 65 and over. In response to (b) information on the numbers of prisoners with mental illness is not centrally collected.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and although shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign prisoners were being detained as at 31 December 2006 for immigration purposes at prison establishments beyond their release date, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement. [110711]
Mr. Byrne:
The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library of the House. It
contains a snapshot of the number of time-served foreign national prisoners who are awaiting deportation in both the IND Removals Estate and in prisons.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national prisoners whose automatic release date has already passed were detained in (a) prison service accommodation and (b) other custody facilities on the most recent date for which information is available. [123574]
John Reid: The director-general of the immigration and nationality directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library of the House. It contains a snapshot of the number of time-served foreign national prisoners who are awaiting deportation in both the IND removals estate and in prisons.
Prisons
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents involving (a) unlocked doors and (b) stolen keys were reported at each prison in each of the last 10 years. [122055]
John Reid: The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Prisons: Drugs
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people underwent drug detoxification in prison in each of the last five years. [122187]
John Reid: The following table indicates the number of entrants to prison detoxification and drug maintenance programmes for the years 2001-02 to 2005-06. Full year figures for 2006-07 are not yet available.
| Entrants | |
These data have been extracted from the prison service PSimon database.
Prisons: Lancashire
Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners there are in each prison in Lancashire; and what the operational capacity of each prison is. [122367]
Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 22 February 2007]: Information on the number of prisoners and the operational capacity of each prison in Lancashire can be found in the table.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and although shown to the last individual, the figures may not be accurate to that level.
| Prison numbers and operational capacity in Lancashire prisons, January 2007 | ||
| Operational capacity | Population | |
| Note: Lancaster Farms’ population figure includes authorised absences. Source: http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/assets/documents/100026F9pop_bull_jan_07.doc | ||
Prisons: Private Sector
Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which (a) prisons, (b) young offenders institutions and (c) other custodial units in the UK are run by private companies; how much was paid from public funds to each such company in each year since they took on the management of these institutions; what the staff turnover rate was in each such institution in each of the last five years; and what proportion of staff in such institutions had more than five years continuous service at the same facility as of 1 January 2007; [121769]
(2) how many assaults there were against (a) staff and (b) other inmates by prisoners in each privately-run custodial institution; [121770]
(3) what proportion of staff in privately-run custodial institutions are from ethnic minority backgrounds, broken down by grade. [121771]
Mr. Sutcliffe: The information is provided in the tables.
| Staff turnover expressed as a percentage of the total staff for each year since 2002 | |||||
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | |
| (1) Unavailable (2) Opened June 2004 (3) Opened March 2005 | |||||
These figures show the total amount of public funds paid to each company who run contracted prisons and young offenders institutions. These figures were previously published in the annual Office for Contracted Prisons statement of performance for 2004-05 and 2005-06.
The figures provided for 2006-07 are a predicted forecast of the amount to be paid from public funds to each company.
Figures for previous years of the management contract are unavailable as these were previously managed by HMPS.
| 2006-07 forecast | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | |
| (1) Peterborough opened during 2005-06 so part figures have been excluded. (2) Bronzefield and Peterborough opened during 2004-05 so part figures have been excluded. | |||
| Number of staff employed in each prison with over five years’ service at one site as at 1 January 2007 | ||
| Five+ years service | Percentage( 1) | |
| (1) The number of staff with over five years’ service expressed as a percentage of the total staff. (2) Not provided. Note: HMP Bronzefield and Peterborough have been excluded from this table as neither have been open long enough for staff to accrue five or more years’ service. | ||
Prisons: Staff Searches
Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of staff searches as a counter trafficking tool in HM Prison Service; whether he plans to review the use of staff searches; and if he will make a statement. [123633]
Mr. Sutcliffe: No national assessment has taken place since publication of the review of searching in 2000, and there are no plans to further review the use of staff searches. However, the Standards Audit Unit assess the quality of searching in all establishments to ensure that searching meets each establishment's security needs set out in local security strategies.
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