HC Deb 06 July 1999 vol 334 cc470-2W
Mr. Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications were processed in(a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April from (i) Kosovo, (ii) Iraq and (iii) Somalia; how many of these were (1) agreed and (2) refused; and if he will make a statement. [89467]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

The available information is given in the table. I regret that it is not possible to separately identify Kosovans within the available statistics for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

breaches of prison rules; and how many officers at each prison have been suspended for these alleged offences in the last year. [89346]

Mr. George Howarth

The table shows in which prisons prison officer grades were suspended as at 1 July 1999.

Suspended prison officers in prisons in England and Wales
Prison Number Alleged offence
Bedford 1 Expenses fraud
Belmarsh 1 Sexual misconduct
Birmingham 1 Expenses fraud
Blundeston 1 Seeking loan from prisoner
Brinsford 1 Expenses fraud
Brixton 3 Favours for prisoners for monetary gain
Brockhill 2 Fraud
Theft
Bullingdon 2 Assault on prisoner
Confidentiality breach
Cardiff 1 Failure to get authority for relationship with prisoner
Castington 1 Assault on prisoner
Chelmsford 2 Preventing course of justice
Assault
Coldingley 1 Expenses fraud
Cookham Wood 1 Sexual harassment, assault
Downview 2 Expenses fraud
Money laundering and harbouring
Elmley 1 Improper relationship with prisoner
Everthorpe 1 Expenses fraud
Feltham 2 Assault on prisoner
Frankland 1 Possession of drugs
Full Sutton 3 Action that led to assault of prisoner by prisoners
Garth 2 Fraud
Improper relationships with prisoner's wife
Gartree 1 Improper relationship with prisoner
Gloucester 1 Public order offence
Haverigg 1 Fraud
High Down 3 Assault on prisoner
Sexual harassment
Indecent assault
Highpoint 1 Misappropriation of funds
Hollesley Bay 1 Expenses fraud
Holloway 1 Indecent behaviour in front of prisoners
Hull 1 Harassment of staff; unnecessary force on prisoners
Lancaster Farms 1 Fraud
Latchmere House I Expenses fraud
Leeds 1 Possession of drugs
Long Lartin 1 Expenses fraud
Low Newton 1 Expenses fraud
Maidstone 2 Expenses fraud
Racial comments
Manchester 6 Assault on prisoner
Assault on wife
Indecent assault on member of staff
Sexual activity on duty
Interfering with witnesses
Bribery
Moorland 1 Expenses fraud
Norwich 1 Unlawful sale of goods
Nottingham 1 Falsely claiming sick
Parkhurst 1 Unlawful sexual intercourse
Pentonville 1 Indecent assault on minor
Portland 1 Assault
Send 2 Expenses fraud
Releasing prisoner without authority
Shrewsbury 1 Harassment
Thom Cross 1 Fraud
The Verne 1 Loss of keys
Wandsworth 3 Harassment of staff
Theft
Threatening behaviour to staff
The Weare 2 Expenses fraud
Rape
Woodhill 4 Drug use
Failed to give sample, criminal damage
Failed to prevent assault on prisoner Deception
Wormwood Scrubs 26 Assault on prisoners x 25
Aiding prisoner escape
Wymott 1 Expenses fraud