§ Mrs. Renêe Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many assaults on staff, escapes and other discipline offences have occurred each year in Her Majesty's prison Featherstone, near Wolverhampton; and how many prisoners in the same prison have been subject to rule 4 each year.
§ Mr. MellorFeatherstone started receiving prisoners in November 1976. The following is the available information up to the end of 1985:
409WThe figures for escapes refer to the numbers of prisoners, not the number of incidents. The 1985 figures for disciplinary offences are provisional.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners Her Majesty's prison Featherstone, Wolverhampton, was intended to accommodate; how many are now in the prison; and what was the average annual occupation each year from opening to the present date.
§ Mr. MellorThe certified normal accommodation of Her Majesty's prison Featherstone is 510. On 7 March the population was 530. The average annual occupation has been as follows:
Average Annual Occupation 1976 *8 1977 253 1978 374 1979 476 1980 478 1981 484 1982 511 1983 516 1984–85 519 * Did not open until November.