§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide full details of each occasion the minimum use of force tactical intervention force was employed, and the number of officers and 141W prisoners involved or injured on each occasion; and what was the stated reason for the disturbance in 1982 and so far in 1983.
§ Mr. MellorMinimum Use of Force—Tactical Intervention—MUFTI—teams have been deployed on one occasion since 1 January 1982. This was during an incident at Her Majesty's prison Aylesbury on the evening of 13 August 1982 when a number of prisoners refused to return to their cells as a protest against certain aspects of the regime and conditions at the prison. They were joined later by another group of prisoners who had succeeded in breaking out of their cells. Two MUFTI teams, a total of 12 officers, were deployed in sight of the demonstrating prisoners who then agreed to return to their cells. The MUFTI teams did not go into action and no force was used. Fifty-three prisoners were involved in the demonstration; none was injured. One officer was slightly injured.