§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list the occasions on which body belts, handcuffs and ankle straps were applied to prisoners in 1979, together with figures for the first part of 1980, if available, indicating the prisons in which they were applied.
§ Mr. MayhewInformation for 1980 is not yet available. Information on the use of restraints at prison department establishments was given in tables 10.9 and 10.10 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1979" (Cmnd. 7978). The table below gives for 1979 the information requested for each establishment concerned.
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Name of Establishment Type of Restraint Body belt Handcuffs Ankle straps Prisons Albany 2 1 — Bedford 1 1 — Camp Hill 5 — — Durham 1 — — Gartree 2 — 1 Hull 1 — — Lincoln 1 — — Manchester 1 — — Parkhurst 1 — — Pentonville 1 — — Pucklechurch — 1 — Stafford 3 2 — Wandsworth 11 — — Borstals Rochester 2 — — Detention Centres Aldington 2 — —