HC Deb 25 February 1976 vol 906 cc216-7W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the incident rate at Holloway compared with other women's prisons.

Dr. Summerskill

The number of incidents reported by governors of women's prisons for the year 1975 and the incident rate per inmate in terms of the daily average population of each prison during that year are given below:

Prison Number of incidents Average daily population Incident rate perinmate
Holloway 37 373 0.1
Styal 9 192 0.05
Askham Grange 15 107 0.14
East Sutton Park 2 15 0.13
Moor Court 9 85 0.1l

Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adjudications have been undertaken by the Board of Visitors at Holloway in the last six months as compared with other women's institutions, and with a representative sample of male institutions.

Dr. Summerskill

The following table gives provisional figures for the number of adjudications conducted by boards of visitors at Holloway, at other establishments for women and at a sample of local prisons for men, during the last six months of 1975:

Establishment Number of Adjudications
Holloway 22
Other establishments for women
Styal 3
Durham 6
Risley 3
Pucklechurch 3
Askham Grange 2
Local prisons for men
Bristol 43
Cardiff 21
Leicester 16
Norwich 11
Swansea 10