§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by year on 1 December for the 10 years to 1991, and for each of Her Majesty's prison establishments in the United Kingdom, the number of prisoners held at each establishment, by category.
§ Mrs. RumboldI shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. ArcherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates have been displaced in the last two years as a result of the discovery of design faults in new prisons in England and Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldI am sorry that the information requested is not available, but very few prisoners would have been transferred for these reasons.
§ Mr. ArcherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of rectifying each design fault which has been found since 1982, in new prisons in England and Wales; and if he will specify the prisons concerned.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe available information on expenditure incurred in rectifying design faults found since 1982 in new prisons in England and Wales is as follows:
£ HM prison, Frankland (opened 1982) Modification to workshops 300,000 Improvements to windows 180,000 Upgrading of utilities 133,000 Enhancement of fire precautions 114,000 727,000
HM prison, Stocken (opened 1985) Flooring 30,000 Repairs to heating system 235,000 Repairs to staff quarters 250,000 515,000
HM young offenders institution, Thorn Cross (opened 1985) Sports hall roof 100,000 Modifications to boiler house and heating system 181,000 281,000
HM prison, Garth (opened 1988) Modifications to kitchen 250,000 Other work 15,000 265,000 HM young offenders institution, The Mount (opened 1988) Improvements in security 280,000 Comparable figures are not readily available for other new establishments, where in a number of cases negotiations on liabilities for defects are in progress.
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§ Mr. ArcherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison staff have been transferred on a temporary or permanent basis in the last two years as a result of additional prison building work necessitated by the discovery of design faults in prisons in England and Wales.
§ Mrs. RumboldNo staff have been permanently or temporarily transferred from new prisons as a result of design faults in the last two years.
From time to time it may be necessary to transfer staff when refurbishment work is undertaken to bring older prisons up to modern standards, but no statistical information is recorded about the number of officers transferred for this purpose.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by year on 1 December for the 10 years to 1991, and for each of Her Majesty's prison establishments in the United Kingdom, the number of prison officers in post, and by sex.
§ Mrs. RumboldThis information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.