HC Deb 17 May 1999 vol 331 cc258-9W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for (i) HMP Wolds and (ii) HMP Buckley Hall the number of incidents that have occurred during each of the last three financial years of the respective contracts in respect of(a) assaults on staff, (b) assaults by prisoners on other prisoners, (c) self harm, (d) class A drug finds, (e) other drug finds, (f) items smuggled into the prison, (g) delayed request replies, (h) failure to use agreed reporting procedures, (i) failure to achieve 95 per cent. occupancy of employment places, (j) key/lock compromises, (k) attempted escapes, (l) temporary release failures and (m) recapture and surrender. [83919]

Mr. George Howarth

The information requested is given in the table. The information requested about Buckley Hall on items smuggled into prison, failure to use agreed reporting procedures and failure to achieve 95 per cent. occupancy of employment places is not available because there is no contractual obligation for such information to be collected. The figures requested regarding recapture and surrender are not available because prisoners may surrender to another prison.

Incidents at Buckley Hall and Wolds prisons 1996–97 to 1998–99
Category Prison 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Failure to achieve 95 per cent. Occupancy of employment places Buckley Hall n/a n/a n/a
Wolds 3 1 1
Key/lock compromises Buckley Hall 0 1 1
Wolds 0 0 0
Attempted escapes Buckley Hall 0 0 0
Wolds 0 0 0
Temporary release failures Buckley Hall 4 4 4
Wolds 2 0 4
Recapture and surrender Buckley Hall n/a n/a n/a
Wolds n/a n/a n/a