§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in each prison establishment are held(a) two to a single cell and (b) three to a double cell. [66237]
§ Mr. Hilary BennThe table shows the number of prisoners in each prison establishment held two to a cell designed for one and total overcrowding at the end of May 2002. Data are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.
The Prison Service does not collect centrally the number of prisoners held three in a double cell. Prisons report the total overcrowding level, which includes prisoners held three to a cell for two and those overcrowded in dormitories and larger cells.
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Prison name Two to a cell designed for one Total Overcrowding Acklington 0 0 Albany 0 0 Altcourse 0 0 Ashfield 0 0 Ashwell 0 0 Askham Grange 0 0 Aylesbury 0 0 Bedford 184 184 Belmarsh 0 417 Birmingham 368 368 Blakenhurst 198 198 Blantyre House 0 0 Blundeston 40 134 Brinsford 36 36 Bristol 86 86 Brixton 232 232 Brockhill 0 0 Buckley Hall 0 0 Bullingdon 80 336 Bullwood Hall 0 0 Camp Hill 268 268 Canterbury 256 256 Cardiff 268 268 Castington 0 0 Channings Wood 46 46 Chelmsford 0 192 Coldingley 0 0 Cookham Wood 20 20 Dartmoor 42 42 Deerbolt 0 0 Doncaster 0 0 Dorchester 192 192 Dovegate 0 0 Dover 0 0 Downview 0 0 Drake Hall 0 0 Durham 362 362 East Sutton Park 0 0 Eastwood Park 60 60 Elmley 240 240 Erlestoke 12 12 Everthorpe 48 48 Exeter 0 366 Featherstone 0 0 Feltham 0 Ford 0 0 Forest Bank 0 0 Foston Hall 0 0 Frankland 0 0 Full Sutton 0 0 Garth 26 26 Gartree 0 0 Glen Parva 444 444
Prison name Two to a cell designed for one Total Overcrowding Gloucester 192 192 Grendon 0 0 Guys Marsh 82 82 Haslar 0 0 Hatfield 0 0 Haverigg 20 20 Hewell Grange 0 0 High Down 0 177 Highpoint 48 224 Hindley 0 0 Hollesley Bay 0 0 Holloway 0 0 Holme House 168 168 Hull 324 355 Huntercombe 0 0 Kingston 0 0 Kirkham 0 0 Kirklevington 0 0 Lancaster 0 0 Lancaster Farms 48 48 Latchmere House 0 0 Leeds 964 964 Leicester 340 340 Lewes 98 100 Leyhill 0 0 Lincoln 316 316 Lindholme 0 0 Littlehey 56 56 Liverpool 506 506 Long Lartin 0 0 Low Newton 96 96 Lowdham Grange 0 0 Maidstone 0 0 Manchester 688 688 Moorland 50 50 Morton Hall 0 0 Mount 86 86 New Hall 60 60 North Sea Camp 0 0 Northallerton 152 152 Norwich 392 392 Nottingham 228 228 Onley 0 0 Pare 0 0 Parkhurst 0 0 Pentonville 506 506 1508W
Prison Name Total White (per cent.) Black (per cent.) Asian (per cent.) Chinese and Other (per cent.) Acklington 763 96 1 2 0 Albany 439 93 5 1 1 Altcourse 920 96 3 1 0 Ashfield 386 89 8 1 2 Ashwell 482 78 16 6 0 Askham Grange 134 76 18 2 3 Aylesbury 349 57 33 7 4 Bedford 447 76 13 8 3 Belmarsh 858 57 31 6 6 Birmingham 907 69 19 11 2 Blakenhurst 850 79 12 8 1 Blantyre House 120 75 20 4 1 Blundestone 419 52 41 3 3 Brinsford 465 70 20 10 0 Bristol 590 84 14 1 1 Brixton 760 44 42 5 9 Brockhill 154 80 12 5 3 Buckley Hall 162 79 17 1 3 Bullingdon 919 72 20 6 2 Bullwood Hall 172 68 24 1 7 Camp Hill 531 62 32 2 4
Prison name Two to a cell designed for one Total Overcrowding Portland 0 0 Preston 588 592 Ranby 96 96 Reading 146 146 Risley 34 34 Rochester 0 0 Rye Hill 0 0 Send 0 0 Shepton Mallet 46 46 Shrewsbury 312 312 Stafford 0 0 Standford Hill 0 0 Stocken 26 52 Stoke Heath 80 80 Styal 18 18 Sudbury 0 0 Swaleside 24 24 Swansea 302 302 Swinfen Hall 0 0 Thorn Cross 0 0 Usk 166 166 Verne 58 58 Wakefield 0 0 Wandsworth 0 0 Wayland 72 72 Wealstun 0 0 Weare 0 0 Wellingborough 0 0 Werrington 0 0 Wetherby 0 0 Whatton 0 0 Whitemoor 0 0 Winchester 352 352 Wolds 0 0 Woodhill 164 164 Wormwood Scrubs 0 0 Wymott 0 0
§ Mr. StinchcombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of(a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each prison establishment in England and Wales are from minority ethnic groups. [66235]
§ Mr. Hilary BennThe population breakdown for each prison establishment in England and Wales for 31 May 2002, by minority ethnic group is given in the table:
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Prison Name Total White (per cent.) Black (per cent.) Asian (per cent.) Chinese and Other (per cent.) Canterbury 305 87 8 3 2 Cardiff 670 91 5 3 2 Castington 329 92 4 2 1 Channings Wood 617 93 5 1 1 Chelmsford 562 77 16 4 4 Coldingley 375 59 36 2 3 Cookham Wood 131 44 45 1 9 Dartmoor 609 88 8 2 1 Deerbolt 480 93 5 2 1 Doncaster 1,113 88 6 5 1 Dorchester 259 92 6 2 1 Dovegate 723 70 23 5 3 Dover(1) 88 67 5 25 4 Downview 261 44 50 2 4 Drake Hall 291 80 17 3 0 Durham 711 96 3 1 1 East Sutton Park 97 55 36 4 5 Eastwood Park 314 85 15 0 0 Elmley 949 82 12 4 2 Erlestoke 331 87 10 3 1 Everthorpe 375 88 6 6 1 Exeter 514 97 3 1 0 Featherstone 603 77 14 8 0 Feltham 592 43 43 7 8 Ford 513 76 13 7 4 Forest Bank 1,024 87 7 5 0 Foston Hall 218 83 15 0 2 Frankland 634 87 8 3 2 Full Sutton 598 81 13 4 2 Garth 659 84 10 6 1 Gartree 278 87 5 7 1 Glen Parva 801 81 14 4 1 Gloucester 321 92 5 3 0 Grendon/Spring Hill 453 83 10 6 2 Guys Marsh 518 83 14 3 0 Haslar 138 34 27 29 10 Hatfield 173 86 6 8 0 Haverigg 556 95 3 2 0 Hewell Grange 190 70 14 16 1 Highdown 732 61 32 5 2 Highpoint 891 62 31 2 5 Hindley 527 83 12 5 0 Hollesley Bay 411 78 16 4 3 Holloway 479 57 33 2 7 Holme House 998 95 3 2 0 Hull 643 95 3 2 1 Huntercombe 343 53 33 10 4 Kingston(Portsmouth) 182 86 9 3 2 Kirkham 509 90 3 7 0 Kirklevington 182 95 2 4 0 Lancaster 243 95 1 4 0 Lancaster Farms 460 90 5 3 1 Latchmere House 190 60 28 8 4 Leeds 1,262 84 6 10 0 Leicester 369 76 13 9 2 Lewes 536 85 11 3 1 Leyhill 432 91 5 4 0 Lincoln 551 96 3 2 0 Lindholme 686 81 7 9 3 Littlehey 645 79 14 5 2 Liverpool 1,461 90 7 3 1 Long Lartin 422 71 18 7 4 Low Newton 294 95 4 0 0 Lowdham Grange 519 70 20 7 4 Maidstone 444 70 20 4 6 Manchester 1,252 82 11 6 1 Moorland 769 81 11 7 1 Morton Hall 195 42 53 1 5 New Hall 369 90 7 1 2 North Sea Camp 225 84 6 10 0 Northallerton 232 91 4 4 0 Norwich 745 84 11 3 2 Nottingham 510 83 13 3 1
Prison Name Total White (per cent.) Black (per cent.) Asian (per cent.) Chinese and Other (per cent.) Onley 482 73 20 5 2 Parc 951 96 3 1 0 Parkhurst 511 65 26 5 4 Pentonville 1,157 43 39 8 9 Portland 427 62 29 6 3 Preston 619 92 2 5 0 Ranby 743 87 8 5 0 Reading 251 80 12 6 2 Risley 827 86 9 4 0 Rochester 158 58 20 10 12 Rye Hill 658 67 17 10 6 Send 217 40 52 2 6 Shepton Mallet 182 90 7 2 2 Shrewsbury 342 91 6 2 1 Stafford 636 78 16 6 0 Standford Hill 351 62 24 7 7 Stocken 579 81 10 7 1 Stoke Heath 646 87 9 3 1 Styal 442 85 12 1 2 Sudbury 515 79 9 11 1 Swaleside 772 63 26 6 5 Swansea 365 98 1 1 1 Swinfen Hall 311 71 20 9 0 The Mount 758 47 40 8 5 The Verne 587 51 39 2 9 The Weare 398 73 22 2 3 The Wolds 409 95 3 1 1 Thorn Cross 210 80 8 10 1 Usk/Prescoed 340 96 2 2 0 Wakefield 569 87 9 2 1 Wandsworth 1,460 55 31 3 11 Wayland 650 70 21 4 4 Wealstun 622 84 6 9 0 Wellingborough 523 79 15 4 1 Werrington 126 91 8 1 0 Wetherby 348 81 10 8 1 Whatton 273 96 3 1 0 Whitemoor 421 71 18 6 5 Winchester 638 81 14 2 2 Woodhill 743 77 14 6 3 Wormwood Scrubs 1,184 36 45 11 7 Wymott 803 92 3 4 1 Total Population 71,112 78 15 5 2 Total Population 71,112 78 15 5 2 1Percentages as at 31 March 2002. due to atypical figures for May 2002 whilst Dover changed from Male Young Offenders Institution to Male Immigration Removal Centre. The prison service staff breakdown for each establishment in England and Wales for 31 May 2002 is in the table:
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Prison Name White Minority Ethnic Not Stated1 Non Respondents2 All Staff Per cent. Minority Ethnic3 Acklington 358 9 20 387 2.3 Albany 267 3 5 1 276 1.1 Altcourse4 441 3 — — 444 0.7 Ashfield4 239 8 — — 247 3.2 Ashwell 208 5 28 1 242 2.1 Askham Grange 79 2 81 2.5 Aylesbury 272 23 39 2 336 6.8 Bedford 72 7 160 239 2.9 Belmarsh 791 83 17 891 9.3 Birmingham 382 54 54 2 492 11.0 Blakenhurst 262 12 9 283 4.2 Blantyre House 64 2 1 2 69 2.9 Blundeston 268 9 277 3.2 Brinsford 338 34 25 1 398 8.5 Bristol 500 14 12 1 527 2.7 Brixton 327 96 13 9 445 21.6 Brockhill 150 8 6 3 167 4.8 1514W1515W
Prison Name White Minority Ethnic Not Stated1 Non Respondents2 All Staff Per cent. Minority Ethnic3 Buckley Hall 73 6 128 207 2.9 Bullingdon 277 17 110 404 4.2 Bullwood Hall 154 9 2 3 168 5.4 Camp Hill 269 2 271 0.7 Canterbury 188 4 1 193 2.1 Cardiff 396 8 404 2.0 Castington 328 3 22 1 354 0.8 Channings Wood 304 4 8 8 324 1.2 Chelmsford 289 13 30 332 3.9 Coldingley 196 6 202 3.0 Cookham Wood 87 2 1 90 2.2 Dartmoor 297 9 49 6 361 2.5 Deerbolt 281 2 283 0.7 Doncaster4 598 23 — — 621 3.7 Dorchester 153 1 9 163 0.6 Dovegate4 389 19 — — 408 4.7 Dover 178 6 11 2 197 3.0 Downview 156 7 3 2 168 4.2 Drake Hall 161 3 15 7 186 1.6 Durham 347 6 362 715 0.8 East Sutton Park 48 1 14 63 1.6 Eastwood Park 230 5 235 2.1 Elmley 440 13 3 456 2.9 Erlestoke 150 5 22 12 189 2.6 Everthorpe 240 2 1 243 0.8 Exeter 293 3 21 5 322 0.9 Featherstone 311 11 4 326 3.4 Feltham 464 104 92 660 15.8 Ford 173 4 1 178 2.2 Forest Bank(4) 348 10 — — 358 2.8 Foston Hall 180 7 187 3.7 Frankland 734 13 46 793 1.6 Full Sutton 694 3 79 8 784 0.4 Garth 361 10 43 1 415 2.4 Gartree 225 7 30 262 2.7 Glen Parva 448 25 34 507 4.9 Gloucester 197 4 25 1 227 1.8 Grendon 259 16 21 296 5.4 Guys Marsh 193 9 61 263 3.4 Haslar 88 3 2 93 3.2 Hatfield 56 3 17 76 3.9 Haverigg 202 3 89 294 1.0 Hewell Grange 67 15 1 83 0.0 Highdown 450 53 27 2 532 10.0 Highpoint 363 7 1 I 372 1.9 Highpoint North 131 7 138 5.1 Hindley 392 10 54 456 2.2 Hollesley Bay 303 10 30 1 344 2.9 Holloway 245 134 81 6 466 28.8 Holme House 464 4 28 496 0.8 Hull 413 10 46 2 471 2.1 Huntercombe 232 15 6 2 255 5.9 Kingston 111 3 25 139 2.2 Kirkham 242 5 1 248 0.0 Kirklevington 88 1 5 94 1.1 Lancaster 149 3 8 160 1.9 Lancaster Farms 97 3 255 355 0.8 Latchmere House 74 5 1 3 83 6.0 Leeds 659 23 5 687 3.3 Leicester 221 14 7 242 5.8 Lewes 262 11 13 286 3.8 Leyhill 182 3 5 190 1.6 Lincoln 327 5 28 360 1.4 Lindholme 358 4 63 425 0.9 Littlehey 268 11 6 4 289 3.8 Liverpool 756 10 9 775 1.3 Long Lartin 650 17 1 668 2.5 Low Newton 232 1 233 0.4 Lowdham Grange4 278 10 — — 288 3.6 Maidstone 256 15 76 347 4.3 Manchester 679 20 25 1 725 2.8 Moorland 450 11 18 6 485 2.3
Prison Name White Minority Ethnic Not Stated1 Non Respondents2 All Staff Per cent. Minority Ethnic3 Morton Hall 149 7 2 158 4.4 New Hall 301 3 13 5 322 0.9 North Sea Camp 91 2 7 100 0.0 Northallerton 140 1 141 0.7 Norwich 344 6 56 15 421 1.4 Nottingham 299 14 17 330 4.2 Onley 385 18 4 407 4.4 Parc4 410 5 — — 415 1.2 Parkhurst 288 6 27 14 335 1.8 Pentonville 430 167 6 2 605 27.6 Portland 275 6 50 1 332 1.8 Preston 347 8 22 7 384 2.1 Ranby 376 7 8 10 401 1.7 Reading 155 7 31 193 3.6 Risley 457 9 54 520 1.7 Rochester 278 14 6 298 4.7 Rye Hill4 190 8 — — 198 4.0 Send 116 3 7 1 127 2.4 Shepton Mallet 137 4 5 146 2.7 Shrewsbury 190 4 1 9 204 2.0 Stafford 292 6 21 9 328 1.8 Standford Hill 176 3 18 7 204 1.5 Stocken 226 8 34 268 3.0 Stoke Heath 396 11 13 420 2.6 Styal 307 22 2 331 6.6 Sudbury 168 7 13 188 3.7 Swaleside 321 24 46 1 392 6.1 Swansea 228 1 229 0.4 Swinfen Hall 205 5 25 235 2.1 The Mount 283 14 12 3 312 4.5 The Verne 266 2 17 285 0.7 Thorn Cross 213 5 3 221 2.3 Usk/Prescoed 189 5 5 199 2.5 Wakefield 532 14 95 641 2.2 Wandsworth 488 105 59 12 664 15.8 Wayland 272 3 35 310 1.0 Wealstun 135 1 171 307 0.3 The Weare 181 6 25 212 2.8 The Wolds4 158 2 — — 160 1.5 Wellingborough 257 10 3 1 271 3.7 Werrington 165 2 5 172 1.2 Wetherby 231 8 28 2 269 3.0 Whatton 136 1 6 143 0.7 Whitemoor 721 20 19 14 774 2.6 Winchester 351 6 21 378 1.6 Woodhill 539 24 52 1 616 3.9 Wormwood Scrubs 422 120 9 551 21.8 Wymott 333 11 60 404 2.7 Total Prison Staff 39,421 1,946 3,682 243 45,292 4.3 Head Quarters 1,848 336 227 2 2,413 13.9 1Refers to staff who have requested that their ethnicity is not recorded. 2Refers to staff who have had no ethnicity data collected. 3Percentage of all staff including those with no ethnicity data recorded. 4Refers to staff employed at private establishments as at the 2 July 2002.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Prison Service has a public interest disclosure policy. [67053]
§ Mr. Hilary BennThe Prison Service routinely discloses material to the public via its Libraries in Headquarters and establishments, and the internet. The Prison Service complies with the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information and the Data Protection Act 1998, and is actively preparing for implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Prison Service keeps a certified record of allegations of assaults committed by staff. [67054]
§ Mr. Hilary BennThe Prison Service does not collate centrally a certified record of allegations of assaults committed by staff. However, the Prison Service Investigations Unit collate the number of investigations logged in respect of allegations of assaults committed by staff. Figures are also collated in respect of the number of allegations of assault that have resulted in formal disciplinary action being taken.
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§ Mr. David StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will bring forward legislation which would make the obtaining of DNA samples without consent an offence. [66872]
§ Mr. Hilary Benn[holding answer 4 July 2002]: The Human Genetics Commission's Report, "Inside Information—balancing interests in the use of personal genetic data" has recommended the creation of a new criminal offence of the non-consensual or deceitful obtaining or analysis of genetic information for non-medical purposes.
We are currently considering this proposal and will respond to the Human Genetics Commission's report in due course.