HC Deb 01 May 2001 vol 367 cc608-10W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison disorders have taken place in prisons in England and Wales during the last 12 months; and if he will list the prisons concerned. [158387]

Mr. Boateng

The term "disorder" is understood as referring to incidents of concerted indiscipline. An incident is classified as concerted indiscipline when prisoners collectively: refuse to comply with a lawful order; or involve themselves collectively in disruption of an establishment's normal regime and the incident is not otherwise reportable in its own right, unless that reportable incident presents a wider threat to the good order or discipline of the establishment.

During the last 12 months, 103 incidents of concerted indiscipline have taken place in prisons in England and Wales. The prisons at which the disorders took place are listed in the tables:

Establishment Number of incidents in the last 12 months
Full Sutton 1
Whitemoor 8
Woodhill 4
Lincoln 1
Ranby 5
Leicester 1
Wellingborough 2
Onley 1
Chelmsford 4
Highpoint 3
Hollesley Bay 2
Norwich 1
Establishment Number of incidents in the last 12 months
Maidstone 1
Rochester 1
Swaleside 1
Dover 1
Garth 1
Lancaster Farms 1
Wandsworth 1
Forest Bank 5
Risley 1
Castington 7
Guys Marsh 1
Ashfield 7
Portland 4
Bullingdon 4
Aylesbury 3
Huntercombe 3
Cardiff 1
Pare 1
Birmingham 3
Blakenhurst 1
Stafford 1
Stoke Heath 3
Brinsford 2
Bullwood Hall 2
Holloway 1
Send 1
Low Newton 1
Lindholme 2
Moorland 1
Wolds 2
Northallerton 1
Wetherby 3

Table of reported acts of concerted indiscipline including the duration of the incident, in date order, from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001
Prison Incident date Duration of Prison incidents (hours)
Ashfield 6 April 2000 1
Ranby 8 April 2000 3
Whitemoor 6 April 2000 Less than one hour
Ranby 8 April 2000 14
Ashfield 10 April 2000 2
Stoke Heath 14 April 2000 3
Aylesbury 25 April 2000 Less than one hour
Forest Bank 25 April 2000 1
Castington 29 April 2000 3
Forest Bank 1 May 2000 1
Whitemoor 8 May 2000 1
Hollesley Bay 9 May 2000 1
Portland 4 May 2000 12
Bullingdon 14 May 2000 Less than one hour
Blakenhurst 12 May 2000 Less than one hour
Highpoint 16 May 2000 3
Bullingdon 20 May 2000 1
Guys March 21 May 2000 7
Chelmsford 20 May 2000 11
Castington 21 May 2000 3
Forest Bank 31 May 2000 Less than one hour
Whitemoor 27 May 2000 48
Chelmsford 4 June 2000 Less than one hour
Bullwood Hall 12 May 2000 2
Risley 9 June 2000 9
Northallerton 10 June 2000 1
Norwich 12 June 2000 Less than one hour
Garth 21 June 2000 Less than one hour
Chelmsford 24 June 2000 Less than one hour
Huntercombe 24 June 2000 1
Whitemoor 26 June 2000 2
Huntercombe 27 June 2000 1
Lindholme 1 July 2000 1

Table of reported acts of concerted indiscipline including the duration of the incident, in date order, from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001
Prison Incident date Duration of incidents (hours)
Full Sutton 2 July 2000 Less than one hour
Swaleside 4 July 2000 Less than one hour
Whitemoor 4 July 2000 Less than one hour
Ashfield 9 July 2000 1
Ranby 9 July 2000 19
Whitemoor 8 July 2000 Less than one hour
Castington 14 July 2000 Less than one hour
Stoke Heath 14 July 2000 1
Bullwood Hall 23 July 2000 Less than one hour
Highpoint 19 July 2000 2
Castington 24 July 2000 1
Forest Bank 30 July 2000 8
Birmingham 2 August 2000 Less than one hour
Aylesbury 3 August 2000 Less than one hour
Portland 1 August 2000 Less than one hour
Whitemoor 1 August 2000 48
Ranby 6 August 2000 17
Stoke Heath 6 August 2000 3
Send 5 August 2000 1
Birmingham 12 August 2000 1
Birmingham 12 August 2000 1
Highpoint 13 August 2000 1
Lancaster Farms 15 August 2000 2
Wetherby 22 August 2000 1
Ranby 21 August 2000 9
Bullingdon 24 August 2000 Less than one hour
Wetherby 29 August 2000 2
Wandsworth 1 September 2000 8
Castington 14 September 2000 Less than one hour
Woodhill 25 August 2000 2
Wolds 18 September 2000 1
Aylesbury 3 October 2000 Less than one hour
Chelmsford 4 October 2000 Less than one hour
Castington 10 October 2000 4
Woodhill 11 October 2000 1
Lindholme 11 October 2000 9
Woodhill 10 October 2000 Less than one hour
Dover 17 October 2000 4
Feltham 21 October 2000 6
Castington 23 October 2000 3
Ashfield 5 November 2000 Less than one hour
Bullingdon 9 November 2000 1
Hollesley Bay 20 November 2000 8
Low Newton 28 November 2000 1
Forest Bank 29 November 2000 1
Ashfield 30 November 2000 2
Portland 4 December 2000 1
Brinsford 17 December 2000 1
Ashfield 25 December 2000 6
Wellingborough 25 December 2000 1
Holloway 27 December 2000 2
Moorland 25 December 2000 1
Maidstone 18 January 2001 1
Rochester 30 July 2000 1
Onley 24 January 2001 6
Woodhill 25 January 2001 2
Ashfield 26 January 2001 4
Stafford 25 January 2001 Less than one hour
Portland 31 January 2001 1
Huntercombe 17 February 2001 2
Lincoln 13 February 2001 Less than one hour
Swansea 18 February 2001 1
Leicester 22 February 2001 2
Wellingborough 2 March 2001 1
Whitemoor 12 March 2001 1
Wolds 14 March 2001 Less than one hour
Wetherby 17 March 2001 1
Cardiff 19 March 2001 Less than one hour
Brinsford 31 March 2001 1
Parc 23 February 2001 Less than one hour