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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 12th July 1999 at 332 c77-8W, on the Local Inmates Database, what is the ethnic composition of the prison population. - Includes table and ref to Prison Population Briefing at the internet site http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/areas/prisf.htm.

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 July 1999

For answer on

26 July 1999

Answered on

26 July 1999

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 12 July 1999, Official Report, column 77, on the Local Inmates Database, what is the ethnic composition of the prison population. [92930] Mr. George Howarth: The requested information is given in the table. This information is included in the April `Prison Population Briefing' at the internet site http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/areas/prisf.htm. Population in prison by ethnic group, sex and nationality--England and Wales 31 March 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Ethnic group (percentage) Type of prisoner Total Total percentage White{1} Black South Asian Chinese and other Males and Females 64,212 100 82 12 3 3 British Nationals 58,884 100 86 10 2 2 Foreign Nationals 5,262 100 79 12 3 6 Unrecorded 66 100 33 35 11 21 Males 61,036 100 82 12 3 3 British Nationals 56,199 100 86 10 2 2 Foreign Nationals 4,775 100 81 13 3 3 Unrecorded 62 100 34 33 12 21 Females 3,176 100 76 19 1 4 British Nationals 2,685 100 86 11 1 2 Foreign Nationals 487 100 50 0 0 50 Unrecorded 4 100 23 59 3 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes those with no recorded ethnic group

Date

26 July 1999

Reference

92930; 336 c72W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the (a) Joint Prison Health Policy Unit and (b) Joint Prison Health Care Task Force was established; if he will list the members of (a) the Joint Prison Health Policy Unit and (b) the Joint Prison Health Care Task...

Asked by

Stephen Hesford (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 1999

Reference

335 c626-7W;335 c628-9W; 92198;92209

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of those serving a prison sentence who have spent time as children in local authority care. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Andy Reed (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 July 1999

Reference

91208; 335 c319-20W;335 c321-2W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the prison population with hepatitis C; and what (a) preventative measures are taken against and (b) treatment is available for hepatitis C in the Prison Service. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1999

Reference

90425; 335 c204W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will conduct a further study of the use by convicted criminals of small claims court procedures to take actions against the Prison Service.

Asked by

Peter Luff (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1999

Reference

91075; 335 c204-5W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the Prison Service's current projections for changes in the prison population in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures, table and ref to 'Prison Population Brief' available on Internet...

Asked by

Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 July 1999

For answer on

14 July 1999

Answered on

14 July 1999

Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the Prison Service's current projections for changes in the prison population in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. [90597] Mr. George Howarth: The Research Development and Statistics Directorate of the Home Office provided revised projections of the prison population in England and Wales in May, and a summary of the projection is included in the April 1999 `Prison Population Brief' which is available on the Internet at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm Projections are provided according to various alternative scenarios. The middle variant projection assumes that Crown Court custody rates increase at 0.6 per cent. for males and 1.1 per cent. for females, and that sentence lengths increase by 0.2 months per year in the first two years (but by no more thereafter). A higher variant assumes that from 2001, in addition to the custody rate increases assumed in the middle variant, sentence lengths continue to increase after the first two years at 1.5 per cent. per annum for males and 2 per cent. per annum for females. The results are as given in the table. These scenarios both assume that the amount of courts' business remains constant over the period. A third scenario, that sentence lengths and custody rates do not increase further, leads to a prison population of 67,400 by 2006. Projections take into account known legislative and policy changes. Long term projections of male and female prisoners, projected through to 2006, England and Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Higher variant: Total 64,900 67,000 68,800 70,000 70,800 72,000 73,500 75,000 Male 61,600 63,200 64,800 65,900 66,600 67,700 69,200 70,600 Female 3,300 3,800 4,000 4,100 4,200 4,300 4,300 4,400 Middle variant: Total 64,800 66,500 68,100 68,800 69,200 69,700 70,200 70,900 Male 61,600 62,900 64,300 64,800 65,200 65,600 66,100 66,700 Female 3,300 3,600 3,800 4,000 4,000 4,100 4,100 4,200 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

14 July 1999

Reference

90597; 335 c202-4W;335 c202-3W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Prison Service takes to monitor prisoners who are transferred from private to public prisons, with particular reference to the honouring of risk assessments conducted in private prisons.

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 July 1999

Reference

90988; 335 c203W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has undertaken of the risks faced by telecommunications engineers who install and maintain custodial electronic tagging and monitoring equipment.

Asked by

Paul Marsden (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 1999

Reference

91188; 335 c119W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to ensure that the custody ethnic monitoring form is filled in accurately by custody officers - Includes ref to Prison Service Order on Race Relations, copy in Library.

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 1999

Reference

90270; 335 c107W;335 c108W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce classification of offences for which adjudication decisions are made on prisoners to allow more precise judgment of a prisoner's behaviour in prison when considering the prisoner for probation.

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 1999

Reference

90264; 335 c109W;335 c105W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons prisoners serving sentences of over four years are not eligible for home leave in their last six months of sentence before probation if they pass a risk assessment. - Inc ref to Prison Service Instruction 36/1995, in...

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 July 1999

Reference

90114; 335 c104-5W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what, in each year since 1997, was the average length of time taken for a prison transfer from the submission of a successful application to their arrival in the Republic of Ireland for (a) IRA prisoners and (b) non-IRA prisoners....

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89906; 335 c77W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are taken to ensure that risk assessments in the Prison Service conform to a uniform approach.

Asked by

Lorna Fitzsimons (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

90116; 335 c73W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he will make a statement on the numbers of (a) young and (b) other offenders in prison (i) currently and (ii) on 1st May 1997. (Failed OPQ). - Table given.

Asked by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89248; 335 c72-3W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Answered by

George Howarth (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

335 c1-2

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the past year a woman prisoner has been told that she had to stop breastfeeding in order to attend educational or other courses inside a prison.

Asked by

Rudi Vis (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89344; 335 c74W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are detained in each special secure unit; and if he will list for each (a) the nature of crime for which the prisoner was convicted, (b) the (i) national origin and (ii) citizenship of the prisoner, (c)...

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 1999

For answer on

12 July 1999

Answered on

12 July 1999

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are detained in each special secure unit; and if he will list for each (a) the nature of crime for which the prisoner was convicted, (b) the (i) national origin and (ii) citizenship of the prisoner, (c) their special category status, (d) their length of detention in the unit and (e) how many medical examinations have been conducted in that time; and what supervisory mechanism is in place to ensure that any abnormal medical observations are acted upon. [89909] Mr. George Howarth: On 5 July 1999, seven prisoners were held in special secure units (SSUs), five at Whitemoor and two at Belmarsh. Only prisoners categorised as category A exceptional escape risk are held in SSUs. The table gives the information requested including the number of three monthly medical reviews conducted. These reviews are part of the operating standards for SSUs and are provided in addition to the normal health care facilities available to every prisoner. Any prisoner who is observed to be presenting abnormal medical conditions will be discussed by the senior medical officer and the unit governor. The senior medical officer will provide or recommend medical services as appropriate according to his judgment. Category A exceptional risk prisoners held in special secure units _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationality Offence Time spent in SSU Number of three-monthly health reviews Turkish Importation and supply of drugs 4 months 2 British Murder 2 months 1 British Conspiracy to supply drugs 1 month 0 British Armed robbery 2 months 0 American Conspiracy to murder 3 years 7 Colombian Customs evasion 2 years 6 Turkish Conspiracy to supply drugs 7 months 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89909; 335 c78-9W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for prisoner repatriation to the Republic of Ireland are under consideration; and how many of these are from prisoners convicted of terrorist offences. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89905; 335 c77W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the principal functions of the Local Inmates Database System; how many records the system contains; under what fields information is recorded about inmates; what would be the cost of adding an extra field to this system; how many...

Asked by

Kevin McNamara (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 1999

For answer on

12 July 1999

Answered on

12 July 1999

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the principal functions of the Local Inmates Database System; how many records the system contains; under what fields information is recorded about inmates; what would be the cost of adding an extra field to this system; how many fields would be required to monitor the ethnic composition of the prison population along the lines of the proposed questions for Census 2001; and what arrangements are in place to link information on inmates detained elsewhere in the United Kingdom. [89907] Mr. George Howarth: The Local Inmates Database System (LIDS) operates at each public prison to support the administration of prisoners' sentences. It covers a wide range of administrative functions including the recording of all movements of prisoners including: reception, transfers to and from courts, adjudications while in prisons; details of prisoners earnings and private cash; related work and activities; and all forms of release. It holds a broad set of information needed to support these processes, much of which is transferred to a separate central system which supports overall management and monitoring of the Prison Service. LIDS records are transferred automatically between prisons in England and Wales when prisoners move location. The individual prison LIDS systems hold full details of all current prisoners and those who have recently been released. The total number of records held, therefore, varies according to the size of the overall prison population but is generally some 20,000 to 30,000 above this. In addition to standard fields such as name, date of birth, place of birth, the system holds several hundred fields supporting the functionality described. The cost of adding an additional field to the system is heavily dependent on the extent to which the change can be combined with other activity, whether it warrants significant staff training or needs complex programming. LIDS already has fields which hold details of ethnic origin, country of birth and place of birth. The coding system used for these fields is not identical to that proposed for the Census in 2001 but could be adapted for that purpose. There are no arrangements in place to link LIDS data with similar systems maintained by other jurisdictions.

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89907; 335 c77-8W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many prisoners have been released as part of the Government's tagging initiative; and what proportion has reoffended.

Asked by

Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

12 July 1999

Reference

89210; 335 c1-2

House

House of Commons

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