Prisons (Hansard, 18 November 1987)

HC Deb 18 November 1987 vol 122 c548W 548W

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in the United Kingdom which receive only prisoners who are on rule 43.

§ Mr. John Patten
No prisons in England and Wales receive only prisoners who are on rule 43.

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of(a) men and (b) women who were being kept on rule 43 in prisons in the United Kingdom on 31 October.

§ Mr. John Patten
On 30 September 1987, the most recent date for which information is available, 1,595 male sentenced and unsentenced prisoners were segregated under rule 43 in prisons in England and Wales. Figures are not kept centrally for female prisoners.