HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 cc235-6W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches were made of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons Armagh and Maghaberry in each year for which information is

Number of Searches 1983 (April-December) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Total number of searches carried out 701 355 490 463 408 336
Reasons for Search
First admission on remand/ awaiting trial 51 51 82 81 77 82
First admission on sentence/ final discharge 68 118 164 199 219 177

advised of their new grades. Informal review of grades was requested by 38 staff, of whom 25 initiated this review by using the formal grievance form.