HC Deb 18 December 1996 vol 287 cc712-4W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons have been adapted to enable visitors to have access with(a) a wheelchair and (b) physical disabilities not requiring a wheelchair; what adaptations have been made to the prisons; and if he will make a statement. [9125]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 17 December 1996]: 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 18 December 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent question about which prisons have been adapted to enable visitors to have access with wheelchairs and other physical disabilities. Facilities for disabled visitors have generally been provided as a result of local minor work and we do not therefore have comprehensive central records of modifications made to buildings for this purpose. A survey carried out in 1995, however, revealed that the attached list of establishments have facilities for disabled visitors. Examples of the type of facilities provided include ramps, lifts, wide doors and specially adapted toilets. The establishments listed may have all or any of these. Our standard briefing guides for new buildings provide for access ramps, lifts, toilets, and for circulation routes to be made suitable for the passage of wheelchairs. Wherever practical these guides are also taken into account when existing facilities are refurbished.

  • Acklington
  • Albany
  • Aldington
  • Ashwell
  • Askham Grange
  • Aylesbury
  • Bedford
  • Belmarsh
  • Birmingham
  • Blakenhurst
  • Blundeston
  • Bristol
  • Brixton
  • Brockhill
  • Bullingdon
  • Camp Hill
  • Canterbury
  • Cardiff
  • Channings Wood
  • Coldingley
  • Dartmoor
  • Deerbolt
  • Doncaster
  • Dorchester
  • Dover
  • Downview
  • Durham
  • 713
  • East Sutton Park
  • Eastwood Park
  • Elmley
  • Erlestoke
  • Everthorpe
  • Featherstone
  • Feltham
  • Ford
  • Frankland
  • Full Sutton
  • Garth
  • Gloucester
  • Guys Marsh
  • Haslar
  • Haverigg
  • Hewell Grange
  • High Down
  • Hollesley Bay
  • Holloway
  • Hull
  • Huntercombe
  • Kingston
  • Kirkham
  • Kirklevington
  • Lancaster Farms
  • Latchmere House
  • Leeds
  • Lewes
  • Leyhill
  • Lindholme
  • Littlehey
  • Low Newton
  • Maidstone
  • Manchester
  • Moorland
  • Morton Hall
  • The Mount
  • New Hall
  • North Sea Camp
  • Norwich
  • Onley
  • Pentonville
  • Portland
  • Preston
  • Ranby
  • Reading
  • Send
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Shrewsbury
  • Stafford
  • Standford Hill
  • Stocken
  • Styal
  • Sudbury
  • Swaleside
  • Swansea
  • Thorn Cross
  • 714
  • Usk and Prescoed
  • Whitemoor
  • Wakefield
  • Wandsworth
  • Wayland
  • Wealstun
  • Wellingborough
  • Werrington
  • Wetherby
  • Whatton
  • Whitemoor
  • Winchester
  • Woodhill
  • Wormwood Scrubs.