Skip to main content

Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 May 2007. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 4 June 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Dovegate Prison

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many staff were deployed to HM Prison Dovegate from other establishments during the disturbance on 2 February; and from what establishments they were deployed.
Answer

There is no record of an incident occurring at Dovegate prison on 2 February. There is a record of a concerted indiscipline there on 29 January. The information requested from this incident is provided in the following table.

Sending establishment Amount of staff deployed
Leicester 15
Blakenhurst 15
Stoke Heath 15
Lowdham Grange 15
Whatton 15
Swinfen Hall 15
Stafford 15
Nottingham 15
Birmingham 15
Gartree 15
Total 150

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
139704; 461 c211W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
HMP Dovegate
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk