§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in the Official Report a table of the dates, periods, location and type of prison in which Eric Tomlinson and Dennis Warren, the Shrewsbury pickets served, together with a summary of actual days served in open and closed prisons; and how these compare with similar details for Andrew Cunningham, convicted in the Poulson affair.
§ Mr. JohnEric Tomlinson was sentenced on 19th December 1973, and began 3W his sentence at Shrewsbury Prison, where he had previously been remanded in
Prison Type From To Period days Shrewsbury … Local prison 19th December 1973 4th January 1974 … 17 Stafford … Closed training prison 5th January 1974 18th February 1974 … 45 Brixton … Local prison 19th February 1974 21st February 1974 … 3 Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison 22nd February 1974 6th March 1974 … 13 Sudbury … Open training prison 7th March 1974 31st May 1974 … 86 Brixton … Local prison 1st June 1974 3rd June 1974 … 3
Mr. Tomlinson was released on bail between 3rd June and 29th October 1974. Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison … 29th October 1974 … 30th October 1974 … 2 Sudbury … Open training prison … 31st October 1974 … 4th February 1975 … 97 Leicester … Local prison … 5th February 1975 … 25th July 1975 … 171
He therefore served 183 days in open prisons and 254 days in closed prisons. Dennis Warren was also sentenced on 19th December 1973, and also began his sentence at Shrewsbury Prison, where he had previously been remanded in custody. He served his sentence in the following prisons: Shrewsbury … Local prison 19th December 1973 4th January 1974 … 17 Bedford … Local prison 5th January 1974 17th January 1974 … 13 Liverpool … Local prison 18th January 1974 22nd January 1974 … 5 Stafford … Closed training prison 23rd January 1974 18th February 1974 … 27 Brixton … Local prison 19th February 1974 21st February 1974 … 3 Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison 22nd February 1974 6th March 1974 … 13 Stafford … Closed training prison 7th March 1974 17th May 1974 … 72 Sudbury … Open training prison 18th May 1974 31st May 1974 … 14 Brixton … Local prison 1st June 1974 3rd June 1974 … 3
Mr. Warren was released on bail between 3rd June and 29th October 1974. Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison 29th October 1974 … 30th October 1974 … 2 Sudbury … Open training prison 31st October 1974 … 4th February 1975 … 97 Lincoln … Local prison 5th February 1975 … 4th June 1975 … 120 Nottingham … Closed training prison 5th June 1975 … 14th August 1975 … 71 Lincoln … Local prison 15th August 1975 … 24th February 1976 … 194 Leicester … Local prison 25th February 1976 … 5th August 1976 … 163
He therefore served 111 days in open prisons and 703 days in closed prisons. Andrew Cunningham was sentenced on 26th April 1974, and began his sentence at Leeds Prison, where he had previously been remanded in custody. He served his sentence in the following prisons: Leeds … Local prison … 26th April 1974 1st May 1974 6 Liverpool … Local prison … 2nd May 1974 17th June 1974 47 Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison … 18th June 1974 25th June 1974 8 Ford … Open training prison … 26th June 1974 29th July 1975 399 Durham … Local prison … 30th July 1975 7th August 1975 9 Ford … Open training prison … 8th August 1975 10th September 1975 34 Durham … Local prison … 11th September 1975 12th September 1975 2 Ford … Open training prison … 13th September 1975 15th January 1976 125 Durham … Local prison … 16th January 1976 6th April 1976 82 Wormwood Scrubs … Local prison … 7th April 1976 8th April 1976 2 Ford … Open training prison … 9th April 1976 30th June 1976 83 He therefore served 641 days in open prisons and 156 days in closed prisons. These figures do not take account of periods spent in custody before sentence, which counted towards sentence. These periods were, in the cases of Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Warren, eight days, and, in the case of Mr. Cunningham two days.