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 Tuesday, 5 June 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Dovegate Prison

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice whether an enquiry has taken place following Serco’s deployment of staff to HM Prison Dovegate from their other establishments as a result of the disturbance on 2 February.

Answer: An incident of concerted indiscipline took place at HMP Dovegate on 29 January 2007 and not 2 February 2007 as indicated. In accordance with national arrangements for mutual aid, control and restraint teams from 10 establishments were sent to HMP Dovegate. One of these teams was from HMP Lowdham Grange, a Serco managed establishment.The regional offender manager for the West Midlands commissioned an investigation into the incident and this was undertaken by the contract director from HMP Kilmarnock. The investigation report was received and accepted by the regional offender manager. Recommendations arising from the report have been enacted.

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