§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information is available from his Department's recent questionnaire sent to police authorities about the number of dog attacks for each of the last five years in each police authority area.
§ Mr. Charles WardleStatistics on dog attacks are not routinely collected by all police forces. Recent inquiries of a number of forces by the Home Office, however, have revealed the following information:
escapes did not start until 20 June 1988. For these reasons the information requested cannot be provided centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The attached table lists the number of prisoners who have escaped from prisons in England and Wales from 20 June 1988 to 24 March 1994.
There were during this period 30 establishments, not included in the table below, from which no prisoner escaped. The figures exclude escapes from escorts.
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Establishment Escapers Acklington 30 Aldington 45 Ashwell 24 Bedford 4 Belmarsh 1 Birmingham 1 Blakenhurst 2 Blantyre House 4 Blundeston 1 Brinsford 1 Bristol 1 Brixton 2 Brockhill 4 Buckley Hall 1 Bullwood Hall 3 Camp Hill 11 Campsfield House 1 Canterbury 5 Cardiff 8 Castington 2 Channings Wood 29 Chelmsford 1 Coldingley 1 Dartmoor 3 Deerbolt 28 Dorchester 2 Dover 11 Down view 14 Durham 5 Eastwood Park 8 Elmley 2 Erlestoke 20 Everthorpe 20 Exeter 3 Featherstone 33
Establishment Escapers Feltham 58 Frankland 1 Glen Parva 21 Gloucester 19 Guys Marsh 22 Haslar 18 Haverigg 25 Hewell Grange 1 Highdown 1 Highpoint 87 Hindley 16 Holloway 2 Huntercombe 14 Hull 2 Kingston 1 Kirklevington 7 Latchmere House 2 Lancaster 1 Lancaster Farms 1 Leeds 2 Leicester 1 Lewes 2 Leyhill 1 Lincoln 1 Lindholme 69 Littlehey 20 Maidstone 5 Manchester 1 Moorland 1 The Mount 22 New Hall 11 Northeye 12 Norwich 30 Nottingham 1 Onley 15 Oxford 8 Parkhurst 1 Pentonville 7 Portland 63 Preston 7 Pucklechurch 4 Ranby 89 Risley 8 Rochester 7 Rollestone 1 Send 14 Shepton Mallet 9 Stafford 10 Stocken 9 Stoke Heath 11 Styal 1 Sudbury 4 Swaleside 1 Swansea 2 Thorn Cross 1 Thorp Arch 7 Usk 1 The Verne 26 Wandsworth 3 Wayland 19 Wellingborough 18 Werrington 19 Wetherby 16 Whatton 3 Winchester 5 The Wolds 2 Wormwood Scrubs 1 Wymott 38 Total 1,239
§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners from(a) Durham, (b) Frankland and (c) Low Newton prisons have escaped while on hospital visits in each year since 1979.
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§ 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 A. J. Butler to Mr. Gerry Steinberg, dated 31 March 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of prisoners from Durham, Frankland and Low Newton prisons who have escaped whilst on hospital visits in each year since 1979.
The following table shows escapes from hospital visits from 20 June 1988 which is the earliest date at which this information was recorded centrally.
Year Durham Frankland Low Newton 11988 0 0 0 1989 1 0 0 1990 0 0 0 1991 2 1 0 1992 1 0 1 1993 1 0 0 21994 0 1 0 1from 20 June. 2to 25 March.