§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners convicted for terrorist offences have been assaulted, received injuries requiring medical attention, and been subject to solitary confinement pursuant to Rule 43 in each of the years 1968 to 1976; if he will provide the figures for Northern Ireland separately from the rest of the United Kingdom; and, in the case of Rule 43, how many requested to be put on Rule 43 and how many were put on Rule 43 for their own protection.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesI am responsible for prisons only in England and Wales. I regret that this information is not available. There is no separate offence of terrorism in our criminal law, and the information requested could not be supplied with respect to any substantial class of prisoner except at disproportionate expense.
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the powers contained in Rule 33(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 extend to the perusal by Home Office servants of correspondence by and to a prisoner contemplating or engaged in litigation with the Home Office or any of its servants;
(2) if Rule 33(3) of the Prison Rules 1964 applies to the perusal by Home Office officials of correspondence by and to a prisoner contemplating or engaged in litigation with the Home Office or any of its servants.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesYes, except in so far as Rule 33(3) is qualified by Rule 37A(1) in regard to the reading and stopping of correspondence between a prisoner who is a party to legal proceedings and his legal adviser.
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is 319W the purpose of stipulating that a prisoner, before being allowed facilities to consult a solicitor, must in the case of proposed civil proceedings against the Home Office or its servants give the full facts of his case to the Home Office or its servants.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe purpose of the requirement that a complaint concerning the administration of Prison Department establishments must be ventilated through the normal existing channels before the complainant is allowed facilities to seek legal advice about taking civil proceedings is to give management an opportunity to provide a remedy.
MAXIMUM LIMITS OF RENT ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERATED RANKS Force Former £ Present £ Date of last review Avon and Somerset … … … … 532 975 1st April 1977 Bedfordshire … … … … 675 780 1st April 1976 Cambridgeshire … … … … 570 761 1st April 1976 Cheshire … … … … 802 989 1st May 1977 Cleveland … … … … 706 900 9th November 1976 Cumbria … … … … 508 643 1st April 1977 Derbyshire … … … … 571 646 1st October 1977 Devon and Cornwall … … … … 648 831 1st April 1976 Dorset … … … … 582 660 1st April 1976 Durham … … … … 484 718 1st April 1976 Dyfed Powys … … … 578 652 1st April 1976 Essex … … … … 596 661 1st April 1975 Gloucestershire … … … … 718 879 1st April 1976 Greater Manchester … … … … 731 858 1st April 1976 Gwent … … … … 557 662 1st December 1975 Hampshire … … … … 780 925 1st October 1976 Hertfordshire … … … … 743 895 1st April 1976 Humberside … … … … 521 672 1st April 1976 Kent … … … … 924 1,161 1st April 1977 Lancashire … … … … 722 821 1st April 1976 Leicestershire … … … … 675 773 1st April 1977 Lincolnshire … … … … 536 663 1st July 1976 Merseyside … … … … 673 817 1st April 1976 Norfolk … … … … 623 825 1st August 1976 Northamptonshire … … … … 593 733 1st April 1976 Northumbria … … … … 601 734 1st April 1976 North Wales … … … … 593 638 1st April 1976 North Yorkshire … … … … 550 694 1st April 1976 Nottinghamshire … … … … 496 643 1st April 1976 South Wales … … … … 738 848 1st April 1977 South Yorkshire … … … … 583 691 1st April 1976 Staffordshire … … … … 517 757 1st April 1976 Suffolk … … … … 581 773 1st April 1976 Surrey … … … … 723 1,036 1st July 1976 Sussex … … … … 610 895 1st April 1977 Thames Valley … … … … 824 940 1st October 1976 Warwickshire … … … … 713 854 1st April 1977 West Mercia … … … … 756 991 1st April 1977 West Midlands … … … … 709 839 1st April 1976 West Yorkshire … … … … 600 703 1st April 1976 Wiltshire … … … … 591 764 1st June 1976 Metropolitan and City of London Police … … … … 987 1,177 1st April 1977