HC Deb 17 March 1995 vol 256 cc752-3W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many security reclassifications have occurred for each category of prisoner in each of the past five years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

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. Doug Hoyle, dated 17 March 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of security re-classifications of prisoners which have occurred for each category in each of the past five years. Re-categorisations from Category B to C and from C to D are the responsibility of Governors of prisons and no central records are kept. I regret, therefore, that the information requested about this group of prisoners is not available. The relevant information about prisoners re-categorised from A to B is as follows:

Year Number
1990 78
1991 85
1992 56
1993 51
1994 25