§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contingency plans his Department has formulated to protect members of the public living near category C prisons in the event of(a) disturbances and (b) escapes.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggAll prison establishments are required to maintain contingency plans for dealing with inmate disturbances and escapes, in accordance with instructions issued by the Prison Department. These plans include arrangements for calling for assistance from the police whenever it is needed, and governors are required to maintain close liaison with their local chief officers of police to ensure that these arrangements will work effectively in the event of any emergency. Plans to deal with disturbances are directed towards containing and suppressing disorder with minimum force and restoring order within establishments as quickly as possible. In the event of an escape the police are called immediately and assume responsibility for the conduct of any follow-up action outside the establishment.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of category C prisons that are within 5 miles of a regular bus and rail service; and how many prisoners are more than 5 miles from a regular bus and rail service.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOf the 25 currently operational category C training prisons in England and Wales, 16 are located within 5 miles of both a regular bus service and a rail station served by a regular train service and five are within 5 miles of a regular bus but not a regular train service. Four prisons, accommodating 1,345 prisoners on 17 June, are more than 5 miles distant from both a regular bus and a regular rail service.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many category B prisoners have been down graded to category C in the last(a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 36, (d) 48 and (e) 60 months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of escapes from category C prisons by prisoners over the last(a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 36, (d) 48 and (e) 60 months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to a question from the hon. Member for Copeland (Dr. Cunningham) on 20 June, at column 384.
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Population1 of category C prisons in England and Wales on 31 March 1988; by offence group and prison2 Prison Violence against the person Sexual offence Burglary Robbery Theft handling fraud forgery Drugs offences Other offences Not recorded Total Acklington 115 21 141 54 45 30 29 10 445 Aldington 16 — 14 2 27 10 21 16 106 Ashwell 105 — 67 28 78 31 50 30 389 Blantyre House 13 2 4 11 2 10 3 — 45 Camp Hill 91 7 120 54 61 60 50 44 487 Channings Wood 96 73 91 32 41 147 38 4 522 Erlestoke 10 2 27 1 18 3 23 7 91
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of crimes committed by those escaping from category C prisons over the last(a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 36, (d) 48 and (e) 60 months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggEscaping from prison is itself an offence at common law. Information relating to crimes committed by prisoners during their escape or while at large is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the instance of drug and alcohol(a) abuses and (b) discoveries in category C prisons over the last (i) 12, (ii) 24, (iii) 36, (iv) 48 and (v) 60 months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNew instructions for the reporting by prison establishments of finds of illicit drugs and related implements took effect on 1 July 1984. Since then, the following numbers of such reports have been received from category C prisons:
Number 19841 190 1985 255 1986 264 1987 312 19882 223 1 From 1 July. 2 Up to 31 May. Other information is not available centrally in the form requested.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of internal disturbances in category C prisons over the last(a) 12, (b) 24, (c) 36, (d) 48 and (e) 60 months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOn the night of 30 April-1 May 1986, at the time of the national industrial action called by the Prison Officers' Association, incidents occurred at a number of prison establishments. The most serious including those at two category C prisons—Northeye and Wymott. Since then, there have been disturbances at Wymott on 4 October 1986, at Rollestone on 24 May 1988 and at Haverigg on 5–6 June 1988.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each category C prison the number of prisoners serving sentences for each category of crime.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe readily available information is given in the table.
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Prison Violence against the person Sexual offence Burglary Robbery Theft handling fraud forgery Drugs offences Other offences Not recorded Total Featherstone 135 47 78 92 41 60 54 24 531 Haverigg 111 7 200 29 71 32 45 23 518 Highpoint 85 1 145 60 162 188 61 44 746 Lancaster 69 8 68 48 19 23 17 2 254 Lindholme 139 9 268 65 109 66 66 36 758 Littlehey 94 11 70 33 48 34 27 11 328 Northeye 19 2 38 12 57 35 13 46 222 Norwich 23 2 55 4 49 18 32 8 191 Preston — — — — — — — — — Ranby 121 12 86 10 56 33 62 23 403 Send 14 — 19 12 17 18 5 15 100 Shepton Mallet 52 6 78 11 18 41 29 14 249 Stafford 177 95 208 86 114 44 74 33 831 Stocken 94 24 53 56 17 20 29 8 301 Thorp Arch 38 9 23 26 17 31 7 1 152 The Verne 117 21 72 43 33 181 48 6 521 Wayland 138 16 72 65 38 93 32 23 477 Wymott 116 9 206 9 143 35 88 47 653 1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. 2 Allocation of prisoners to individual establishments is designed to reflect the suitability of each prisoner for the type of accommodation provided.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all category C prisons with their addresses.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is as follows.
Category C prison service establishments in England and Wales
- Her Majesty's Prison
- ACKLINGTION
- Morpeth
- Northumberland
- NE65 9XF
- Her Majesty's Prison
- ALDIBGTION
- Ashford
- Kent
- TN25 7BQ
- Her Majesty's Prison1
- ALMA DETTINGEN
- Deepcut
- Camberley
- Surrey
- GU16 6SF
- Her Majesty's Prison
- ASHWELL
- Oakham
- Leicestershire LE15 7LS
- Her Majesty's Prison
- BLANTYRE HOUSE
- Goudhurst
- Cranbrook
- Kent
- TN17 2NA
- Her Majesty's Prison
- CAMP HILL
- Newport
- Isle of Wight
- P030 5PB
- Her Majesty's Prison
- CHANNINGS WOOD
- Denbury
- Newton Abbot
- Devon
- TQ12 6DW
34 - Her Majesty's Prison
- ERLESTOKE HOUSE
- Devises
- Wiltshire
- SN10 5TU
- Her Majesty's Prison
- FEATHERSTONE
- Woleverhampton
- WV10 7PU
- Her Majesty's Prison
- HAVERIGG CAMP
- Millom
- Cumbria
- LA18 4NA
- Her Majesty's Prison
- HIGHPOINT
- Stradishall
- Newmarket
- Suffolk
- CB8 9YG
- Her Majesty's Prison
- The Castle
- LANCASTER
- LA1 1YL
- Her Majesty's Prison
- LINDHOLME
- Bawtry Road
- Hatfield Woodhouse
- Doncaster
- South Yorkshire
- DN7 6DG
- Her Majesty's Prison
- LITTLEHEY
- Great Staughton
- St. Neots
- Hutington
- Cambs
- PE19 4DL
- Her Majesty's Prison2
- MEDOMSLEY
- Consett
- Co Durham
- DH8 6QX
- Her Majesty's Prison
- NORTHEYE
35 - Barnhorn Road
- Bexhill on Sea
- East Sussex
- TN39 4QW
- Her Majesty's Prison
- (Britannia Annex)
- NORWICH
- NR1 4LU
- Her Majesty's Prison
- PRESTON
- 2 Ribbleton Lane
- Preston
- Preston
- RP1 5AB
- Her Majesty's Prison
- RANBY
- Retford
- Notts
- DN22 8EU
- Her Majesty's Prison1
- ROLLESTONE
- Shrewton
- Salisbury
- Wilts
- SP3 4DS
- Her Majesty's Prison
- Ripley Road
- SEND
- Woking
- Surrey
- GU23 7LJ
- Her Majesty's Prison
- Cornhill
- SHEPTON MALLET
- Somerset
- BA4 5LU
- Her Majesty's Prison
- 54 Goal Road
- STAFFORD
- ST16 3AW
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Population(1) and certified normal accommodation of category C prisons in England and Wales on 31 March 1988: by security category and prison. Prison Security Category C D Not recorded Total population Certified normal accommodation Acklington 395 7 43 445 448 Aldington 74 14 18 106 100 Ashwell 314 43 32 389 404 Blantyre House 44 — 1 45 48 Camp Hill 375 35 77 487 449 Channings Wood 453 40 29 522 538 Erlestoke 67 8 16 91 96 Featherstone 457 44 30 531 541 Haverigg 465 10 43 518 497 Highpoint 402 75 269 746 754 Lancaster 215 11 28 254 186 Lindholme(2) 389 182 187 758 1001 Littlehey(3) 279 17 32 328 484 Northeye 112 28 82 222 233 Norwich 119 24 48 191 200 Preston 320 11 30 361 276 Ranby 398 — 5 403 425 Send 77 3 20 100 104 Shepton Mallet 229 1 19 249 173 Stafford 715 49 67 831 563 Stocken 271 9 21 301 300 Thorp Arch 134 6 12 152 156 The Verne 476 20 25 521 520 Wayland 367 30 80 477 484 Wymott 572 23 58 653 816
- Her Majesty's Prison
- STOCKEN
- Stocken Hall Road
- Stretton
- Nr. Oakham
- Leicestershire
- LEI5 7RD
- Her Majesty's Prison
- THORP ARCH
- Wetherby
- West Yorkshire
- LS23 7AY
- Her Majesty's Prison
- THE VERNE
- Portland
- Dorset
- DT5 1EQ
- Her Majesty's Prison
- WAYLAND
- Griston
- Thetford
- Norfolk
- IP25 6RL
- Her Majesty's Prison
- WYMOTT
- Moss Lane
- Ulness Walton
- Leyland
- Preston
- PR5 2LW
1 Service camp in temporary use as category C prison
2 Temporarily closed
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of category C prisoners in category C prisons; and how this relates to the recommended establishment for prisoner numbers in each Her Majesty's Prison.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe readily available information is given in the table.
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(2) New living block (CNA 250) recently opened.
(3) New prison, with population increasing up to capacity.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of uniformed and non-uniformed staff in each category C prison; and how this relates to the recommended establishment.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe number of uniformed and non-uniformed staff in post and the recommended complement at the beginning of June at each category C establishment was as follows:
Establishment1 Uniformed staff Non-uniformed staff Acklington 176 94½ Aldington 41 25 Alma Dettingen 20 17 Ashwell 105 60¾ Blantyre House 39 16 Camp Hill 178 63½ Channings Wood 146 75½ Erlestoke 91 35½ Featherstone 133 114½ Haverigg 116 79½ Highpoint 206 90 Lancaster 92 40 Lindholme 246 91 Littlehey 129 62 Northeye 80 57 Preston3 166 65 Ranby 116 77 Rollestone 20 23 Send 44 17½ Shepton Mallet 80 45 Stafford 216 86 Stocken 116 54½ Thorp Arch 74 22½ The Verne 138 86 Wayland 139 64 Wymott 224 116½ 38W
Tuberculosis Hepatitis A Hepatitis B (including carriers) HIV Positive 1983 Acklington — — — — Albany — — — — Aldington — — — — Ashford 3 — — — Ashwell — — — — Askham Grange — — — —- Aylesbury — — — — Bedford — — — — Birmingham 3 — — — Blantyre House — — — — Blundeston — — — — Bristol — — — — Brixton 2 — — — Brockhill 2 — — — Buckley Hall — — — — Bullwood Hall — — — — Camp Hill — — — — Campsfield House — — — — Canterbury 1 — — — Cardiff Prision 1 — — — Channings Wood — — — — Castington — — — — Chelmsford Prison 1 — — — Coldingley 2 — — — Cookham Wood — — — — Dartmoor — — — — Deerbolt — — — — Dorchester — — — — Dover — — — — Drake Hall 3 — — — Durham 2 — — — 1 Excluding Medomsley which is closed and Norwich which has a predominantly local and remand function.
2 Starffed by the armed services.
3 Includes the remand function.
It is not possible to relate staff in post to the recommended establishment because some complements are under review either in connection with Fresh Start implementation or, following implementation, as a consequence, this year, of the efficiency targets, framework agreement and optancy rates. In general establishments' staffing levels meet requirements, although there are some shortages particularly of specialists.
§ Mr. LeighTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many category B prisoners there are in category C prisons.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggNone.