HC Deb 09 November 1973 vol 863 cc270-1W
Mr. Dell

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are currently segregated under Rule 43; whether he will divide the figure by prisons and by the numbers segregated at their own request and those under governor's order; and whether he will state how many have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Mr. Carlisle

In England and Wales on 2nd November 1973 there were 770, of whom 664, including 20 serving sentences of life imprisonment, had been placed under the rule at their own request, and 106, including two serving life imprisonment, for the maintenance of good order and discipline. They were accommodated in the following establishments:—

Establishment At their own request Good Order and Discipline
Albany 15 2
(5 of whom serving life)
Ashford 1 7
Bedford 4 0
Birmingham 35 10
(2 of whom serving life)
Blundeston 1 1
Bristol 17 5
Brixton 2 1
Brockhill 1 2
Camp Hill 6 1
Canterbury 7 1
Cardiff 10 9
Chelmsford 6 5
Dartmoor 17 0
Dorchester 2 0
Durham 32 0
Eastchurch 1 0
Exeter 13 3
Gartree 6 3
(1 of whom serving life)
Gloucester 43 1
Haverigg 1 4
Hull 3 1
Lancaster 1 0
Leeds 36 0
Leicester 17 2
Lewes 8 0
Establishment At their own request Good Order and Discipline
Lincoln 22 4
Liverpool 41 4
(1 of whom serving life)
Long Lartin 1 0
Maidstone 3 0
Manchester 36 2
Norwich 4 1
Nottingham 1 0
Oxford 2 2
Parkhurst 28 4
(4 of whom serving life) (1 of whom serving life)
Pentonville 2 0
Preston 2 0
Reading 68 0
Risley 14 2
Shepton Mallet 21 0
Shrewsbury 7 0
Stafford 24 0
Styal 2 0
Swansea 14 0
Wakefield 2 4
(1 of whom serving life) (1 of whom serving life)
Wandsworth 30 13
Winchester 18 0
Wormwood Scrubs 37 12
(6 of whom serving life)