§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women aged from 18 to 21 years were serving a prison sentence of 10 years or more on 19 June. [31704]
§ 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 Brian Landers to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 4 July 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many (a) men and (b) women aged from 18 to 21 years were serving a prison sentence of 10 years or more on 19 June.99WThe latest available information is for 31 May when there were 130 men and 7 women aged from 18 to 21 years in Prison Service custody, who were serving sentences of 10 years or more.Information on the prison population is published in successive volumes of "Prison Statistics England and Wales". The latest edition, containing figures for 1993, is available in the Library.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were classified as category A prisoners in prisons in England and Wales on 19 June. [31277]
§ Mr. 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 Brian Landers to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 4 July 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 number of women classified as category A prisoners in prisons in England and Wales.On 19 June there were seven female category A prisoners held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of places in special secure units in prisons in England and Wales and the number of inmates being held in such units as of 19 June. [31278]
§ Mr. 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 Brian Landers to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 4 July 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 number of places in Special Secure Units in prisons in England and Wales and the number of prisoners in such units.There are currently twenty three places in Special Secure Units in prisons in England and Wales. Fourteen of them are at Whitemoor prison, where the Special Secure Unit was re-opened on 14 June 1995 and nine at Full Sutton prison. On 19 June there were six prisoners held in these units.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 18 April,Official Report, column 92, if he will give a breakdown of the ethnic backgrounds of prisoners transferred to hospitals under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 10 years. [31218]
§ Mr. Forsyth[holding answer 27 June 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 Brian Landers to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 4 July 1995:
100WThe Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking for a breakdown of the ethnic backgrounds of prisoners transferred to hospitals under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last ten years.Ethnic information is only available for final discharge from prison to hospital since 1993. This covers all reasons for transfer; including those transferred under sections 47 and 48 of the Mental Health Act for whom a separate ethnic breakdown is not available. It is shown in the attached table separately for males and females for the years 1993 and 1994.
Final discharges from prison to hospital 1993 1994 Male Female Male Female White 607 44 550 58 Black total 214 8 236 23 African 50 2 41 6 Caribbean 143 3 142 12 Other 21 3 53 5 South Asian total 24 1 20 1 Bangladeshi 2 0 2 0 Indian 14 1 7 1 Pakistani 8 0 11 0 Total Chinese and other Asian 9 1 17 1 Chinese 0 0 1 0 Other Asian 9 1 16 1 Not recorded/unknown/other 20 3 17 0 Total 874 57 840 83