§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give details of each health and social services board which has contractual arrangements with a private non-National Health Service hospital to provide acute medical services, showing(a) the hospital with which a contract is made, (b) the number of patients treated by that hospital during 1986–87, (c) the total amount spent by each health and social services board on treatment under the contract during 1986–87 and (d) the amount which (c) represents as a percentage of the overall health and social services budget for 1986–87.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 6 November 1987]: Only the Southern health and social services board has any such contractual arrangements. Details are as follows :
- (a) St. John of God Hospital, Newry
- (b) 188
- (c) £81,029
- (d) 0.1 per cent.
Numbers of escapes from custody per year to date 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1980 1981 1983 1984 Belfast Prison — 2(1) 4(1) 2(1) — — 1(1) — 1(8) — — (9) (1) (1) (1) (1) Maze Prison — — — 3(1) — 1(1) 1(9) — — 2(38) 1(2) (1) (1) (1) Magilligan Prison — — 1(1) — 1(1) 4(2) 1(2) — — — — (1) (2) (1) Royal Courts of Justice 1(1) — — — — — — — — — — Crumlin Road Courthouse — — — 1(1) — — — — — — — Newry Courthouse — — — — 1(1) 1(12) — — — — — Belfast Petty Sessions — — — — 1(1) 1(3) — — — — — Larne Court — — — — — — 1(1) — — — — Antrim Petty Sessions — — — — — — — — — — 1(1) Royal Victoria Hospital — — — — 1(1) 2(1) — — — — (1) Mater Hospital — — 1(1) — — — — — — — — Altnagelvin Hospital — — — — — 1(1) — — — — — Gransha Hospital — — — — — 1(1) — — — — — Gough Police Office, Armagh — — — — — — — 1(1) — — — Notes:
Figures in brackets identify numbers of escapees per incident.
The figures do not include prisoners who have not returned from Home Leave, those who were convicted of non-scheduled offences and those who were detainees. Statistics are only available from 1970 onwards.
There were no escapes from custody for the years 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, and 1987 (to October).