HC Deb 26 May 1994 vol 244 cc256-7W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which prisons in England and Wales listener schemes are in operation.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Responsibility 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 Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 26 May 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking in which prisons in England and Wales listener schemes are in operation. There are fifty prisons in which such schemes are in operation, as follows:

  • Albany
  • Ashwell
  • Aylesbury
  • Belmarsh
  • Blantyre House
  • Bristol
  • Brixton
  • Bullingdon
  • Cardiff
  • Castington
  • Chelmsford
  • Dartmoor
  • Deerbolt
  • Dorchester
  • Downview
  • Durham
  • Elmley
  • Exeter
  • Ford
  • Gartree
  • Gloucester
  • High Down
  • Holloway
  • Hull
  • Lancaster Farms
  • Leeds
  • Leicester
  • Leyhill
  • Lincoln
  • Lindholme
  • Long Lartin
  • Morton Hall
  • The Mount
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Pentonville
  • Portland
  • Prescoed
  • Ranby
  • Rudgate
  • Send
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Stocken
  • Styal
  • Swaleside
  • Swansea
    • 257
  • Usk
  • The Verne
  • Wandsworth
  • Winchester.

In addition, there are 14 other prisons where the listener scheme is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.

  • Acklington
  • Birmingham
  • Drake Hall
  • Garth
  • Grendon
  • Guys Marsh
  • Hadfield
  • Kirkham
  • Lewes
  • Manchester
  • Northallerton
  • Parkhurst
  • Stafford
  • Whatton