HC Deb 28 April 1983 vol 41 cc396-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many members of the prison officer grade staff were disciplined, and what was the nature of any such disciplinary action following the Alan Reeves escape and the subsequent escape within one month of another patient from Broadmoor.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

No members of prison officer grades are employed at Broadmoor hospital. The inquiry which was undertaken into the escapes by two patients from the hospital in July and August 1981 identified a number of procedures and arrangements which required improvement or review but did not indicate that disciplinary action was required against any individual member of the staff.