§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give in respect of prisoners segregated at their own request on 2nd November 1973 the proportions making that request for the different reasons set out in paragraph 14 of the Report on the Work of the Prison Department 1964.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that the information is not readily available. Research into the operation of Rule 43 of the Prison Rules is being prepared. I hope that more information about reasons behind requests by prisoners for segregation will be collected during the course of this project.
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners segregated under Rule 43 on 2nd November 1973 were on remand and whether he will divide the figures by prisons and by the numbers segregated at their own request and those for reasons of good order and discipline.
§ Mr. CarlisleSeventy-nine, of whom 70 were segregated at their own request and nine for reasons of good order and discipline. They were accommodated as follows :
Establishment Own Request Good Order and Discipline Ashford 2 5 Canterbury 3 — Lewes 4 — Cardiff 1 — Exeter 2 — Oxford 4 2 Durham 4 — Leeds 12 — Risley 13 — Bedford 1 — Birmingham 11 — Brockhill 1 2 Leicester 7 — Lincoln 5 —
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were segregated under Rule 43 in November of each of the last five years ; how many were on remand, and how many were segregated at their own request and how many for good order and discipline.
§ Mr. CarlisleI regret that this information is not readily available and could62W not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the persons segregated under Rule 43 on 2nd November 1973 were entirely segregated from contact with other prisoners ; and how many of them were segregated at their own request and how many for good order and discipline.
§ Mr. CarlisleFive, of whom two were segregated at their own request and three for the maintenance of good order and discipline.
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, among those segregated under Rule 43 on 2nd November 1973, what was the longest time any sentenced person had been wholly segregated from contact with other prisoners ; and if this was at his own request or for good order and discipline.
§ Mr. CarlisleOne year and 10 days, at the prisoner's own request.
§ Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sentenced prisoners wholly segregated under Rule 43 from contact with other prisoners have been wholly segregated for periods longer than one, three and six months, respectively ; how many of these have been segregated at their own request ; and how many for good order and discipline.
§ Mr. CarlisleOne had been segregated for more than one month but less than three months on 2nd November 1973 and one for longer than six months. In the first case segregation was for the maintenance of good order and discipline and in the second at the prisoner's own request.