§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are made by his Department to ensure that governor grades in prisons in England and Wales spend time within wings and are regularly available to be seen by inmates.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated July 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about checks made by his Department to ensure that governor grades in prisons in England and Wales spend time within wings and are regularly available to be seen by inmates.
Governor grades are expected to maintain a regular presence on prison wings to provide access for prisoners in the
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Fatal and serious assaults on Police by Sex of Victim 1984 to 1992 Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Sex M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Lewisham Fatal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 1— 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serious Injury 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1— 1— 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1— 1— 2 0 0 0 0 0 grounds that he is not satisfied that they can be maintained and accommodated without recourse to public funds, in each quarter since January 1992, and in total.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information relating to after entry cases is given in the table. Information on dependent children is not readily available.
exercise of their management and supervisory role. There is no set period of time during which governors are obliged to be present on the wings, and their attendance will depend upon day to day circumstances and the priorities at the time. In many prisons, though, a governor will be based in an office on each wing and in all prisons a governor grade is available usually on a daily basis, to hear applications from prisoners.
The way in which governors carry out their duties is monitored in a number of ways: their accessibility to prisoners will be one of the many aspects which area managers will seek to cover during their frequent visits to establishments.
§ Mrs. Bridgit PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female, Metropolitan police officers have suffered (i) violent injury and (ii) death while performing their professional duties, for each year from 1980 to 1992; and how many in each case were stationed in Lewisham.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is readily available from 1984 and is contained in the table.
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Year 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Sex M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F Metropolitan Police District Fatal 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1— 1— 1 0 3 0 0 0 Serious injury 47 1 77 2 73 3 46 5 67 5 1— 1— 46 4 86 8 64 5 Total 47 2 78 2 73 3 47 5 67 5 1— 1— 47 4 89 8 64 5 1 Not currently available Figures prior to 1991 include attacks on prison officials etc. by prisoner in custody.