§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his estimates for the prison population for each of the next five years following his recent announcement; and what are the previous projections. [40460]
§ Mr. MacleanThe most recent projections of long-term trends in the prison population to 2002 were published in Home Office statistical bulletin 4/95, a copy of which is in the Library. A White Paper will be
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§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 1 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about assaults at Doncaster prison.No penalty has been imposed on Premier Prison Services Ltd in relation to the number of assaults at Doncaster prison. The total number of assaults on prisoners and staff in the first year of operation did not exceed a level which would be consistent with the population mix and the likely incidence of assaults in a newly opened prison.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners there were in Doncaster prison in each of the past 12 months. [39563]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 81 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many (a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners there were in Doncaster prison in each of the past 12 months.The information requested (for the last day of the month) is given in the attached table.published early in 1996 setting out full details of the Government's proposals and an assessment of their implications.