§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions a body belt has been used on(a) male and (b) female prison inmates in each prison in England and Wales since 1 January. [6213]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 29 November 1996:
458WThe Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking, on how many occasions a body belt was used on (a) male and (b) female prison inmates in each prison in England and Wales since 1st January.The number of applications of body belt restraints under rule 46(1) of the Prison Rules 1964 and rule 49(1) of the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 are given in the attached table.
Body belt restraints applied to violent or refractory inmates in Prison Service Establishments, January to October 1996 (Provisional) Inmate Sex Establishment No of occasions body belt used Male Acklingion 1 Albany 1 Belmarsh 1 Bristol 1 Birmingham 3 Bullingdon 2 Canterbury 1 Durham 2 Doncaster 3 Frankland 4 Full Sutton 1 Featherstone 3 Glen Parva 1 Holme House 1 Highpoint 2 Haverigg 1 Long Lartin 8 Liverpool 1 Littlehey 1 Moorland 1 Manchester 1 Nottingham 1 Onley 1 Preston 4 Pentonvill 1 Rochester 1 Risley 1 Stocken 1 Swaleside 1 Swinfen Hall 1 Swansea 1 Winchester 6 Wakefield 1 Woodhill 3 Wayland 1 Whitemoor 5 Wormwood Scrubs 6 Total male 75 Female New Hall 1