HC Deb 12 June 1996 vol 279 c149W
Ms Lynne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number and types of incidents reported to the Prison Service since 1 March in relation to Buckley Hall prison. [30679]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility 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 A. J. Pearson to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 12 June 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number and types of incidents reported to the Prison Service since 1 March in relation to Buckley Hall prison. The requested information is given in the following table:

Number
Assaults 5
Concerted indiscipline 1
Drugs 12
Escape 1
Fire 5
Miscellaneous 1
Recapture/surrender 14
Temporary release failure 5
Total 44