§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if hands of visitors visiting prisoners 631W in Doncaster prison since it opened have been dye-stamped; and if he will make a statement. [19743]
§ 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 13 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the dye-stamping of hands of visitors at Doncaster prison.
The prison opened on 20 June 1994 and the practice of dye-stamping visitors' hands with an ultra-violet reactive liquid began on 23 September 1994. This is one of a number of security procedures in place to ensure that people leaving the prison are genuine visitors rather than prisoners posing as such.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if there is a one year break in the contract for Doncaster prison; and if he will make a statement. [19632]
§ 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 A. J. Butler to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 13 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about a one-year break in the contract for Doncaster prison.
There is no one-year break clause in the Doncaster contract, but the Authority has the option to terminate the contract by giving six months' notice to the contractor.
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Table 1: 1991–1993 Fatal or serious injuries arising in the course of Police immediate responses or pursuits Force name Police fatal injury Police serious injury Civilian fatal injury Civilian serious injury 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 Avon and Somerset 0 0 0 3 11 1 1 4 2 5 11 5 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 5 3 Cheshire 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 3 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 Cumbria 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Devon and Cornwall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dorset 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 3 Durham 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 Essex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 Greater Manchester 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 3 1 15 4 41 Hampshire 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 2 Hertfordshire 0 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 1 5 4 2 Humberside 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 Kent 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 Lancashire 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 7 2 4 Leicestershire 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Merseyside 0 0 0 3 1 7 4 0 1 26 21 4 Norfolk 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 Northumbria 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 4 1 10 North Yorkshire 0 0 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 4 5 7
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions since it opened he has had to make a decision on trans-sexuals in Doncaster prison; and if he will make a statement. [19642]
§ 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 13 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about transsexuals in Doncaster prison.Since Doncaster prison opened on 20 June 1994, it has never knowingly received any transsexual prisoners into custody. No decisions have therefore had to be made about their treatment.