§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the prison staff have been away from work as a result of injuries received from mentally disturbed prisoners in the most recent period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe information which is collected centrally about assaults by prisoners on prison staff does not include any judgment about the mental state of the prisoners concerned, and I regret that the information requested could only be
1975* 1976† 1977 1978*§ 1979† Total Countries visited … … … 6 3 10 1 7 27 United Kingdom Ports visited … 5 4 24‡ 9 11 53 Total Ports visited … … 20 18 59 12 26 135 Total annual mileage steamed … 21,800 16,500 42,200 10,100 20,000 110,600 Notes: * participated in Exercises Highwood (1975) and Display Determination (1978). †in dock for refit; followed by sea trials (1976) ‡ includes Fleet review at Spithead. §in dock for maintenance followed by sea trials.
§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual revenue cost of running the Royal yacht "Britannia"; and what is the complement in total and the weekly salaries attributed to it.
§ Mr. SpeedThe running cost of the Royal yacht "Britannia" for the financial year 1979–80 is estimated to be some £2 million. This figure excludes the cost of her current refit. The complement when on royal duty is 276 and the average weekly salary bill is some £33,000. The complement and salary bills are reduced when she is in refit.