§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was(a) the complement of officers and staff working within HMP Durham and (b) the prison population within HMP Durham for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. MellorThe target staff in post for officers (including principal and senior officers) in HMP Durham is 387 for 1990–91 and the complement for other staff is 138.5. The number of officers in post dating back to just before the introduction of "fresh start" is:
Number 1 April 1986 326 1 April 1987 330 1 April 1988 368 1 April 1989 377 Other historical data are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Moreover, comparisons with staffing levels pre-"fresh start" are inevitably misleading because of differences in calculation methods, in particular the heavy reliance on officer overtime.
The population at HMP Durham since 1 April 1979 was as follows:
Number 1 April 1979 1,095 1 April 1980 1,123 1 April 1981 1,072
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Applications1 received for refugee status in the United Kingdom, and decisions1, by nationality and place of application, 1989 Number of persons Nationality Applications received Decisions2 At ports After entry3 Granted refugee status Granted exceptional leave Refused refugee status Following port application Following after-entry application3 Following port application Following after-entry application3 Following port application Following after-entry application3 Europe Czechoslovakia 6 46 — 11 — 19 — 12 Hungary 1 17 — 2 — 12 — 3 Poland 3 32 — 7 — 17 1 14 Romania 1 12 — 6 — 8 — 6 Turkey 3,656 697 193 134 1,010 400 2 26 Yugoslavia 6 7 — — — 2 — 6 Others 12 25 — 1 — 9 — 4 Total 3,685 836 193 161 1,010 467 3 71 Americas Chile 2 14 — 6 — 6 — 10 Colombia 47 30 5 16 — 13 — 1 Others — 7 — 5 1 4 — 4 Total 49 51 5 27 1 23 — 15 Africa Angola 80 43 1 9 5 4 3 — Ethiopia 271 76 22 182 7 12 — — Ghana 30 67 1 12 3 54 1 6 Seychelles 19 6 — 58 11 30 — — Somalia 2,092 204 77 317 108 31 3 — South Africa 12 11 — 23 — 2 1 — Sudan 7 33 — 22 — 1 — — Uganda 1,068 141 6 35 122 115 1 6 Zaire 58 136 — 28 1 2 2 3 Others 13 35 1 9 4 7 3 16 Total 3,650 752 131 695 261 258 14 31
Number 1 April 1982 1,013 1 April 1983 1,004 1 April 1984 934 1 April 1985 1,211 1 April 1986 942 1 April 1987 1,161 1 April 1988 1,232 1 April 1989 1,058 1 April 1990 992