HC Deb 23 October 1995 vol 264 cc440-2W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the boards of visitors' annual reports for 1994–95 that have been received by his Department, the replies which have to date been sent to these reports and the prisons in England and Wales to which these were sent. [38392]

Miss Widdecombe

Boards of visitors are required to submit an annual report to the Home Secretaryconcerning the state of the prison and its administration, including in it any suggestions and advice they consider appropriate".

Boards were asked to submit their reports for 1994 by 31 March 1995.

As on 20 October 1995, annual reports had been received from boards of visitors for Her Majesty's prison establishments as listed:

  • Acklington
  • Albany
  • Aldington
  • Ashwell
  • Askham Grange
  • Aylesbury
  • Bedford
  • Belmarsh
  • Birmingham
  • Blakenhurst
  • Blundeston
  • Brinsford
  • Bristol
  • Brixton
  • Brockhill
  • Bulingdon
  • Bulwood Hall
  • Camp Hill
  • Canterbury
  • Cardiff
  • Castington
  • Channings Wood
  • Chelmsford
  • Coldingley
  • Cookham Wood
  • Dartmoor
  • Deerbolt
  • Doncaster
  • Dorchester
  • Dover
  • Downview
  • Drake Hall
  • Durham
  • East Sutton Park
  • Eastwood Park
  • 441
  • Elmley
  • Erlestoke
  • Everthorpe
  • Exeter
  • Featherstone
  • Feltham
  • Ford
  • Frankland
  • Full Sutton
  • Garth
  • Gartree
  • Glen Parva
  • Gloucester
  • Grendon/Spring Hill
  • Guys Marsh
  • Haslar
  • Hatfield
  • Hindley
  • Hewell Grange
  • Highdown
  • Highpoint
  • Hollesley Bay
  • Holloway
  • Holme House
  • Hull
  • Huntercombe
  • Kingston
  • Kirkham
  • Kirklevington
  • Lancaster Castle
  • Lancaster Farms
  • Latchmere House
  • Leeds
  • Leciester
  • Lewes
  • Leyhill
  • Lincoln
  • Lindholme
  • Littlehey
  • Long Lartin
  • Low Newton
  • Maidstone
  • Manchester
  • Moorland
  • Morton Hall
  • Mount
  • New Hall
  • Northallerton
  • North Sea Camp
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Onley
  • Oxford
  • Parkhurst
  • Pentonville
  • Portland
  • Preston
  • Pucklechurch
  • Ranby
  • Reading
  • Risley
  • Rochester
  • Rudgate
  • Send
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Shrewsbury
  • Stafford
  • Standford Hill
  • Stocken
  • Stoke Heath
  • Styal
  • Sudbury
  • Swaleside
  • Swansea
  • Swinfen Hall
  • Thorn Cross
  • 442
  • Thorp Arch
  • Usk
  • The Verne
  • Wakefield
  • Wandsworth
  • Wayland
  • Wellingborough
  • Wetherby
  • Whatton
  • Whitemoor
  • Winchester
  • Wolds
  • Woodhill
  • Wormwood Scrubs
  • Wymott

Replies to annual reports have been sent to the chairman of all the above boards—to their establishments—except for the following: Frankland, Portland, Pucklechurch and Parkhurst. In the case of the first two, the reply was delayed because Ministers were not satisfied with the information provided and asked for further investigation. Replies are currently being checked and will be sent shortly. In the case of Pucklechurch and Parkhurst, these reports were only received on 6 September and 15 September respectively. Their replies will follow shortly.