§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Department if he will list all prisons that have satellite Spring Hill television installed in(a) cells and (b) communal areas.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 18 January 1995]: 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 Derek Lewis to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 19 January 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about satellite television in Prison Service establishments.Two establishments in England and Wales have the capacity for prisoners to watch satellite television in cells and 105 establishments have the capacity for prisoners to watch satellite television in communal areas.Television viewing equipment—including satellite television—is not paid for by taxpayers' money but from an establishment's general purpose fund which is largely derived from prisoners' own contributions.A list of these establishments which use satellite television in cells or communal areas is attached. A copy of this list has been placed in the Library of the House.684W
Establishments which use satellite television in cells or communal areas Area In communal area In cell Central Ashwell Brinsford Featherstone Glen Parva Leicester Long Lartin Stafford The Chilterns Coldingley Finnamore Wood Onley Reading East Anglia Hollesley Bay Norwich Wayland Highpoint East Midlands Doncaster Stocken Lincoln Lindholme Moorland Morton Hall North Sea Camp Nottingham Ranby Whatton Kent Aldington Blantyre House Canterbury Cookham Wood Dover Maidstone Rochester Stanford Hill Swaleside 685W
Establishments which use satellite television in cells or communal areas Area In communal area In cell London North Bedford Grendon Littlehey Pentonville Spring Hill Wellingborough Whitemoor Woodhill Wormwood Scrubs London South Albany Belmarsh Brixton Camp Hill Parkhurst Wandsworth Feltham Mercia Brockhill Foston Hall Hewell Grange Stoke Heath Sudbury Swinfen Hall Werrington North east Acklington Castington Frankland Full Sutton Holme House Kirklevington Low Newton North west Haverigg Garth Hindley Kirkham Lancaster Castle Lancaster Farms Preston Thorn Cross South coast Downview Ford Haslar Highdown Kingston Lewes Send Trans pennine Leeds Liverpool New Hall Risley Wales and west Bristol Cardiff Erlestoke Gloucester Leyhill Pucklechurch Swansea Usk Wessex Channings Wood Dartmoor Dorchester Exeter Portland Shepton Mallet
Establishments which use satellite television in cells or communal areas Area In communal area In cell Yorkshire Askham Grange Deerbolt Everthorpe Hatfield Hull North allerton Rudgate Thorp Arch Wetherby The Wolds