Prior to this date, his responsibilities for data protection and freedom of information were both funded by a grant in aid.
Police Custody
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions prisoners were housed in police stations in each of the last six months due to prison overcrowding; and what additional funding has been provided to the police forces providing prison services. [170465]
Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the occasions prisoners have been held under Operation Safeguard in England and Wales in each of the last six months.
[Official Report, 20 February 2008, Vol. 472, c. 8MC.]| 2007 | Occasions( 1) |
| (1) One occasion means one prisoner night in a police cell. | |
The police forces involved charge NOMS for the cost of making police cells available to accommodate prisoners.
Prisons: Mobile Phones
Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many mobile telephones were seized in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months. [170463]
Maria Eagle: Prison establishments are required to send all seized mobile telephones to HMPS Security Group for interrogation. The following table contains the number of mobile phones (which includes handsets, handsets containing SIM cards, and individual SIM cards) seized and sent for interrogation in each month from 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2007.
| Month | Total number submitted for interrogation |
Wymott Prison: Occupational Health
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons a staff notice was issued to prison officers at HMP Wymott on the wearing of tie pins. [170862]
Maria Eagle: The notice to staff at HMP Wymott, reminding staff of existing Prison Service policy on wearing tie pins with uniform, was issued in response to the circulation of a new tie pin by the POA which commemorated the unlawful strike action taken by prison officers on 29 August 2007. Prison Service policy is that wearing a tie pin of this political nature on uniform would be incompatible with the Service’s role.
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons prison staff from HMP Wymott have been sent for Atos occupational health appointments; how many have been sent to such appointments in the last six months; and what the cost of these appointments has been. [170863]
Maria Eagle: In the last six months since 1 June 2007, 109 members of staff have been referred to the OH provider (Atos Healthcare) in accordance with PSO 8403, Management of Attendance Procedures. 31 members of staff have been referred to the occupational health nurse (Atos) for supportive reasons—where it has been felt after discussion between the staff member and the manager that referral to occupational health may be of benefit and support to the individual for a variety of reasons. 308 members of staff have been through the immunisation programme (provided by Atos) since April 2007.
The costs of referrals are commercial in confidence.
Young Offenders: Injuries
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what injuries were incurred by boys held in (a) Ashford, (b) Brinsford and (c) Castington Young Offenders Institution following use of control and restraint in each month in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. [Official Report, 9 September 2009, Vol. 496, c. 15MC.] [167802]
Maria Eagle:
The information for Ashfield, Brinsford and Castington is set out in the following table and relates to the period until the end of October 2007. The collation of this statistical data commenced at Brinsford in January 2007 and is not available prior to this date. It should be noted that Castington record the incidents in some detail and that the incidents marked with an asterisks were subsequent to fights between young people, and that it is likely that
the injuries were sustained in the fights rather than during restraint. The incidents are recorded nonetheless.
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