§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list by(a) HM prison, (b) HM remand prison the number of prisoners who applied for Christmas leave and the number of those who were granted Christmas leave; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what criteria he uses when deciding which prisoners may be granted Christmas leave; and if he will make a statement.
§ 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.
770WLetter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 17 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the Office, to reply to your recent Questions about the criteria used to consider applications made by prisoners to be granted Christmas leave, and the number of prisoners who applied for and were granted Christmas leave last year. Figures for previous years are not available.The criteria governing the grant of temporary release and home leave are set out in Circular Instructions 12/1988, 36/1989 and 43/1992, copies of which are in the House Library. Remand prisoners are ineligible to apply under either scheme.In addition, specific advice was issued to governors in November last year setting out guidance on the arrangements for the grant of home leave and temporary release over the Christmas and New Year periods. A copy of this instruction (IG 29/1993) is also in the House Library.The figures set out below show those establishments which received applications for home leave or temporary release, and the number of applications made and granted specifically to cover the Christmas period, including 25 and 26 December 1993. Some establishments have not retained records of the number of applications which were made, and these are indicated as not available (N/A) in the table.771W
Establishment Release applications Releases granted Albany 3 1 Aldington 13 13 Ashwell 19 19 Askham Grange 64 58 Blakenhurst 0 0 Blantyre House 18 18 Brockhill 6 6 Camp Hill 20 18 Canterbury 9 9 Dorchester 1 1 Downview n/a 21 Drake Hall 56 43 East Sutton Park 14 14 Elmley 25 13 Feltham 59 37 Finnamore Wood 1 1 Ford 104 104 Grendon 2 2 Haslar 4 4 Haverigg 16 15 Howell Grange 60 49 High Down 4 4 Hollesley Bay 22 22 Holloway 70 44 Kirkham 71 71 Kirklevington 62 62 Lancaster Castle 76 21 Lancaster Farms 9 1 Latchmere House 130 130 Leeds 10 0 Leicester 4 2 Littlehey 13 13 Liverpool 5 0 Low Newton 2 2 The Mount 73 36 New Hall 6 6 North Sea Camp n/a 92 Norwich 21 18 Parkhurst 5 3 Pentonville 2 0 Risley 21 21 Rudgate 33 29 Send 21 6 Spring Hill 78 78 Standford Hill 64 59 Stocken 13 13 Styal 12 10 Sudbury 79 79 Swinfen Hall 28 13 Thorn Cross 34 34
Establishment Release applications Releases granted Wakefield 8 8 Wandsworth n/a 4 Wayland 17 17 Wellingborough 23 19 Werrington 60 30 Whitemoor 2 0 Winchester n/a 6 772W
Receptions of remand prisoners into Prison Service establishments in Humberside and Yorkshire—19931 Male - Ethnic origin Female - Ethnic origin Age at remand Total White Black2 South Asian3 Chinese and other4 Total White Black2 South Asian3 Chinese and other4 HUMBERSIDE All remands All ages 2,267 2,154 76 22 15 — — — — — Under 17 1 1 — — — — — — — — 17–21 295 281 7 7 — — — — — — 22–64 1,968 1,869 69 15 15 — — — — — 65 and over 3 3 — — — — — — — — All untried All ages 1,917 1,823 61 21 12 — — — — — Under 17 — — — — — — — — — — 17–21 245 232 6 7 — — — — — — 22–64 1,669 1,588 55 14 12 — — — — — 65 and over 3 3 — — — — — — — — First received as untried not subsequently received as convicted unsentenced All ages 1,285 1,219 40 17 9 — — — — — Under 17 — — — — — — — — — — 17–21 144 133 5 6 — — — — — — 22–64 1,139 1,084 35 11 9 — — — — — 65 and over 2 2 — — — — — — — — First received as untried subsequently received as convicted unsentenced All ages 632 604 21 4 3 — — — — — Under 17 — — — — — — — — — — 17–21 101 99 1 1 — — — — — — 22–64 530 504 20 3 3 — — — — — 65 and over 1 1 — — — — — — — — First received as convicted unsentenced All ages 350 331 15 1 3 — — — — — Under 17 1 1 — — — — — — — — 17–21 50 49 1 — — — — — — — 22–64 299 281 14 1 3 — — — — — 65 and over — — — — — — — — — — All convicted unsentenced All ages 982 935 36 5 6 — — — — — Under 17 1 1 — — — — — — — — 17–21 151 148 2 1 — — — — — — 22–64 829 785 34 4 6 — — — — — 65 and over 1 1 — — — — — — — — NORTH YORKSHIRE All remands All ages 143 135 4 1 3 — — — — — Under 17 23 23 — — — — — — — — 17–21 120 112 4 1 3 — — — — — 65 and over — — — — — — — — — — All untried All ages 133 125 4 1 3 — — — — —