§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the cost of refurbishing prisons and relocating prisoners as a result of damage caused by prisoners acting unlawfully in prisons in Greater London in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Services, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 6 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question concerning the cost of refurbishing prisons and re-locating prisoners as a result of damage caused by prisoners acting unlawfully in prisons in Greater London in each year since 1979.Detailed information prior to June 1988 is not available.Greater London establishments, represented by Belmarsh prison, Wormwood Scrubs prison, Brixton prison, Wandsworth prison, Pentonville prison, Feltham Young Offenders Institution, and Holloway prison, reported 9 incidents between 7 August 1988 and 31 December 1994, in which there was damage to prison property, as follows:
Date Establishment Reported Damage 8th April 1990 HMP Brixton Minor 8th April 1990 HMP Pentonville Minor 5th November 1991 HMYOI Feltham Minor 2nd July 1992 HMP Belmarsh Minor 2nd July 1992 HMP Belmarsh Minor 29th August 1992 HMP Belmarsh Minor 27th July 1993 HMP Belmarsh Minor 2nd October 1994 HMP Belmarsh Minor 10th December 1994 HMP Belmarsh Extensive Where the damage was reported as minor, the costs were met locally within the prison. In most cases, where details are available, the damage was caused to furnishings rather than fabric. In the Belmarsh incident of 10 December 1994, where the damage was reported as extensive the cost of repair was approximately £10,000.
Details of prisoners who were re-located are not recorded centrally, unless re-location occurs in serious situations at the time of the incident. None of the reports on these incidents indicated that any prisoners were re-located to other prisons at the time, though, some may have been at a later date. Some were re-located within the establishment where the incident occurred.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of refurbishing prisons as a result of damage caused by prisoners acting unlawfully in each of the years 1979 to 1985.
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§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 6 February" 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the cost of damage to Prison Service establishments between the years 1979 to 1985.I am afraid that this information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.