HL Deb 25 June 1981 vol 421 cc1233-4WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many women prisoners were segregated for reasons of good order and discipline in 1980; how many of these had small children, and how many of those segregated were separated from them as a result.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Belstead)

Information is not readily available in the form requested. The numbers of female prisoners notified as being segregated under Prison Rule 43 for the maintenance of good order and discipline at the end of each month totalled 232 in 1980. Six prisoners so segregated had babies with them in custody, of whom one had to be temporarily separated from her baby.

Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many prisoners were segregated under Rule 43 in 1980.

Lord Belstead

This information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the longest any prisoner has been segregated under Rule 43 for reasons of good order and discipline in the last five years.

Lord Belstead

The longest any prisoner has been segregated under Rule 43 for reasons of good order and discipline in the last five years was 1,478 days.