§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by category all reported acts of concerted indiscipline, fires, escapes and attempted escapes from prison, escapes and attempted escapes from escort, deaths, hostage situations, wrongful releases, miscellaneous or any other incidents at Doncaster prison from 1 September 1994 to 30 June 1995. [37341]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 20 October 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a list by category of all reported acts of concerted indiscipline, fires, escapes and attempted escapes from prison, escapes and attempted escapes from escort, deaths, hostage situations, wrongful releases, miscellaneous or any other incidents at Doncaster Prison from 1st September to 30th June 1995.The information is given in the attached table.402W
Incident type Number Assaults 111 Deaths 2 Self-harm 90 Barricades 1 Fires 9 Concerted indiscipline 11 Food refusal 4 Drug finds 152 Tool loss/finds 4 Miscellaneous 10 Failure to return 1 Release in error 3 Hostage 0 Recaptures/surrenders 5 Total 403