§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the proportion of prisoners held in establishments where prisoners are normally unlocked for a total of at least 12 hours a day from Monday to Friday inclusive, excluding prisoners who are in segregated or a special secure unit, for each of the past 12 months in prisons in England and Wales. [16268]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. George Howarth, dated 18 April 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the proportion of prisoners held in establishments where prisoners are normally unlocked for a total of a least 12 hours per weekday.The latest available information is as follows:
Percentage of prisoners unlocked for 12 hours per day Months 1994 February 27 March 29 April 31 May 32 June 33 July 35 August 36 September 37 October 38 November 36 December 39 1995 January 38 February 40 In my response to your Question of 27 January and my letter to you of 1 March, I indicated that 36% of prisoners were being unlocked for at least 12 hours on weekdays in January 1995. This has been revised to a final figure of 38%. The figure for September 1994 has also been revised from 36% to 37%.
Transfers of prisoners to hospital by direction of the Home Secretary under Sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 11994 After sentence S47 100 107 127 121 131 156 193 230 290 234 Before sentence S48 41 53 77 85 100 181 264 380 486 512 Total 141 160 204 206 231 337 457 610 776 746 1 Provisional figures.