§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will detail the individual punishments imposed by the Wormwood Scrubs governor and board of visitors, respectively, on prisoners charged after being involved with the disturbances of 31 August; if any prisoners were charged with assaulting an unknown prison officer; and if so, how many.
§ Mr. BrittanA total of 169 charges were brought under the prison rules of which 14 involved assaults on unidentified prison officers. Individual punishments ranged from 120 days' forfeiture of remission plus 56 days' forfeiture of privileges, stoppage of earnings and exclusion from associated work to stoppage of earnings for a period of three days.