HC Deb 24 July 2002 vol 389 cc1534-7W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on the provision of medical facilities within category B prisons; what the medical staffing complement is of each prison; how many fell below that for a substantial period in the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [67195]

Mr. Hilary Benn

[holding answer 5 July 2002]: All prisons, including those holding category B prisoners, are required to work with their local National Health Service (NHS) partners to identify the health needs of their local prison population and provide appropriate services to meet those needs.

Information about staffing levels is not held centrally in the form requested. The performance of health care centres is assessed on a quarterly basis, against a range of criteria, including the adequacy of staffing. The Prison Service is working with the NHS to ensure that minimum, safe staffing levels in prison health centres are maintained.

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many prisoner days prisoners in each category B prison were held in segregation pending transfer to a secure mental hospital in the last 12 months. [67197]

Mr. Hilary Benn

[holding answer 5 July 2002]: Information is not collected centrally in the form requested. Prisoners who are awaiting transfer to secure National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are normally located in the prison healthcare centres. Where prisoners have to be placed in segregation, for control or other reasons, Prison Orders require that they be visited by a doctor or registered nurse, as a minimum requirement, at least once every three days, and visited more frequently where health needs dictate.

All establishments 120,869
Males
All establishments 112,054
Prisons 70,693
Local Prisons 36,520
Open Training Prisons 3,156
Closed Training Prisons 31,017
Young Offender Institutions 41,361
Remand Centres 12,248
Open Young Offender Institution 1,106
Closed Young Offender Institution 15,874
Juvenile Young Offender Institution 12,133
Female
All establishments 8,815
Prisons 7,267
Local Prisons 3,528
Open Training Prisons 524
Closed Training Prisons 3,215
Young Offender Institution 1,548
Open Young Offender Institution 109
Closed Young Offender Institution 1,439

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many category B prisoners have been released on licence(a) tagged and (b) untagged from each category B prison in the last year for which information is available. [62382]

Prison Total number of category B releases On licence and subject to electronic monitoring as a licence condition On licence and not subject to electronic monitoring as a licence condition On licence and subject to the home detention curfew scheme
853 8 821 24
Acklington 1 1
Albany 48 1 47
Altcourse 2 2
Bedford 9 8 1
Belmarsh 21 20 1
Birmingham 17 17
Blakenhurst 3 3
Blundeston 4 4
Bristol 45 1 34 10
Brixton 8 7 1
Bullingdon 33 31 2
Camp Hill 2 2
Canterbury 3 3
Cardiff 8 8
Channings
Wood 1 1
Chelmsford 8 8
Dartmoor 15 15
Doncaster 23 23
Dorchester 5 5
Dovegate 10 10
Durham 17 16
Elmley 11 1 10

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many disciplinary adjudications and rulings under Rule 45 were made in each category of prison in the last year for which information is available. [67196]

Mr. Hilary Benn

[holding answer 5 July 2002]: The number of disciplinary adjudications in each category of prison in 2000 is given in the table. This includes adjudications which were not proved. Data on the number of rulings under Rule 45 in each category of prison is not available centrally.

Mr. Hilary Benn

The table gives a breakdown, by prison, of all category B prisoners released during the 12 months ending 31 May 2002 (i) on licence and not subject to electronic monitoring as a licence condition (ii) on licence and subject to electronic as a licence condition and (iii) on licence and subject to the Home Detention Curfew scheme.

Prison Total number of category B releases On licence and subject to electronic monitoring as a licence condition On licence and not subject to electronic monitoring as a licence condition On licence and subject to the home detention curfew scheme
Erlestoke 1 1
Exeter 9 1 8
Forest Bank 1 1
Frankland 43 43
Full Sutton 33 33
Garth 49 49
Gloucester 4 4
Grendon 6 6
Guys Marsh 1 1
Highdown 17 1 16
Highpoint 1 1
Holme
House 23 23
Hull 9 9
Kingston 3 3
Leeds 8 8
Leicester 5 5
Lewes 3 3
Lincoln 6 1 5
Liverpool 7 7
Long Lartin 22 22
Lowden
Grange 21 21
Maidstone 9 9
Manchester 23 1 21 1
Mount 2 2
Norwich 4 4
Nottingham 5 1 4
Parc 14 14
Parkhurst 28 27
Pentonville 11 10
Preston 5 5
Risley 1 1
Rye Hill 6 6
Shepton
Mallet 1 1
Stafford 1 1
Swaleside 19 19
Swansea 2 2
Verne 1 1
Wakefield 20 20
Wandsworth 76 75 1
Wayland 1 1
Weare 2 1
Whitemoor 16 16
Winchester 13 12 1
Wolds 7 7
Woodhill 2 2
Wormwood
Scrubs 16 15 1
Wymott 2 2

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