§ Mr. Soley asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total value of prisoners' property that prisoners claimed had been damaged notified to his Department; (2) how many prisoners in Hull prison at the time of the riots there and who notified his Department of claim for damage to their property were offered payment; and how many prisoners who (i) did ask and (ii) did not ask were offered ex—gratia compensation; (3) how many prisoners in Hull prison at the time of the riots notified the Home Office of claim of damage to their property; how many have accepted ex—gratia payments for damage to their property; and what was the total amount of ex—gratia compensation paid.
§ Mr. Mayhew:Two hundred prisoners held at Her Majesty's Prison Hull at the time of the riots in 1976 subsequently claimed compensation for property alleged to have been lost or damaged as a result of the disturbances. Ex gratia compensation totalling £3,816.71 was offered to and accepted by 69 inmates. Compensation was not offered to any inmate who had not claimed it. The total value of property claimed to have been lost or damaged is ascertainable only at disproportionate cost.