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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisons have been inspected under the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations in each of the last five years; and how many were found to be fully compliant; [188586] (2) how many prison inspections under the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations are planned for 2004-05. [188587] Paul Goggins: The number of inspections of prisons in England and Wales under the Fire Precautions (Workplace) (FP(WP)) Regulations in each if the last five years was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of Inspections 1999-2000 17 2000-01 34 2001-02 27 2002-03 5 2003-04 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. It is only possible to say that a premise is compliant at the time of the inspection. The FP(WP) regulations place a duty on the responsible person to review the risk assessment whenever there is a change in conditions. The prisons to be inspected in 2004-05 are: Haslar1 Haverigg Castington Acklington Dover1 Leeds Askham Grange Durham Garth Wymott Northallerton 1 Indicates an immigration removal centre operated by the Prison Service on behalf of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c2084W;426 c2090W; 188586;188587

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Inspections Health and safety Fires Prisons

Legislation

Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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