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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the arrest and imprisonment of Ms Zainab Al Khawaja whilst attempting to visit her father in prison in Bahrain; and whether they plan to hold discussions with the government of Bahrain about her imprisonment.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the arrest and imprisonment of Ms Zainab Al Khawaja whilst attempting to visit her father in prison in Bahrain; and whether they plan to hold discussions with the government of Bahrain about her imprisonment.
This case against Zainab Al Khawaja follows an incident in Jau prison when her father, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, was on hunger strike. We understand Ms Al Khawaja attempted to enter an area of the prison closed to the public and stage a sit-in, and as a result, was forcibly removed from the facility. She has the right to appeal. Our Embassy in Bahrain will continue to monitor the case closely.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reports the Chief Inspector of Prisons has received about deaths in custody in Bahrain in the course of his or his staff’s dealings with that country; and, in particular, whether he has received any reports about the death of Hassan Majeed al-Sheikh in Jaw...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reports the Chief Inspector of Prisons has received about deaths in custody in Bahrain in the course of his or his staff’s dealings with that country; and, in particular, whether he has received any reports about the death of Hassan Majeed al-Sheikh in Jaw...
The Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) conducts no inspections in Bahrain itself and receives no privileged information about custodial facilities. HMIP is however engaged in a project to help establish and promote independent human rights based inspection of Bahraini custodial facilities. This is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office sponsored project and has been developed in liaison with international human rights bodies. A new Bahraini prisoner and detainee rights commission (PDRC) has been formed and HMIP has provided training to its staff in both the UK and Bahrain and has hosted visits from its staff on inspections in the UK. The PDRC is in the early stages of its work. Most places of custody, including Jaw Prison, have not yet been inspected. HMIP has no information about the death of Hassan Majeed al-Sheikh other than what has been reported in the media.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Vietnamese prisoners are in each of the prisons in England and Wales; and whether they plan to concentrate those inmates in fewer prisons, to reduce the difficulties of communicating with them. [HL5173]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Vietnamese prisoners are in each of the prisons in England and Wales; and whether they plan to concentrate those inmates in fewer prisons, to reduce the difficulties of communicating with them. [HL5173]
The table below lists those prisons which at 31 December 2013 held prisoners who gave their nationality as Vietnamese.
There are no plans to concentrate foreign national prisoners in fewer prisons on the basis of their nationality alone.
Access to translation facilities is available in all prisons to enable staff to communicate with prisoners who are unable to speak English.
| Altcourse | 6 |
| Bedford | 2 |
| Belmarsh | 3 |
| Birmingham | 15 |
| Brinsford | 2 |
| Brixton | 2 |
| Bronzefield | 2 |
| Bullingdon | 5 |
| Bure | 1 |
| Cardiff | 5 |
| Chelmsford | 1 |
| Deerbolt | 4 |
| Doncaster | 1 |
| Dovegate | 2 |
| Eastwood
Park | 2 |
| Exeter | 1 |
| Featherstone | 7 |
| Feltham | 2 |
| Forest
Bank | 2 |
| Foston
Hall | 11 |
| Glen
Parva | 2 |
| Haverigg | 1 |
| Hewell | 17 |
| High
Down | 2 |
| Highpoint
(North and
South) | 2 |
| Holloway | 1 |
| Holme
House | 5 |
| Huntercombe | 8 |
| Isis | 1 |
| Lancaster
Farms | 1 |
| Leeds | 8 |
| Leicester | 1 |
| Lewes | 1 |
| Littlehey | 1 |
| Liverpool | 5 |
| Long
Lartin | 2 |
| Low
Newton | 2 |
| Maidstone | 14 |
| Manchester | 4 |
| Moorland
/
Hatfield | 5 |
| Mount | 1 |
| New
Hall | 5 |
| Northumberland
(1) | 1 |
| Norwich | 3 |
| Nottingham | 2 |
| Oakwood | 1 |
| Parc | 2 |
| Pentonville | 5 |
| Peterborough
(2) | 9 |
| Portland | 4 |
| Preston | 4 |
| Ranby | 5 |
| Risley | 6 |
| Rye
Hill | 1 |
| Stoke
Heath | 3 |
| Swaleside
(Sheppey
cluster) | 4 |
| Swansea | 1 |
| Thameside | 1 |
| Wandsworth | 2 |
| Winchester | 1 |
| Woodhill | 5 |
| Wormwood
Scrubs | 7 |
| Dover
IRC | 5 |
| Haslar
IRC | 3 |
| Morton
Hall
IRC | 7 |
| All | 247 |
1) HMP Northumberland is the new name for Acklington and Castington
2) Peterborough is a dual purpose prison for men and women
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners there are in each faith group recognised by the Prison Service in England and Wales; what percentage of the total prison population those numbers represent; how much is spent on chaplaincies and equivalent for each of those faiths; and what percentages of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners there are in each faith group recognised by the Prison Service in England and Wales; what percentage of the total prison population those numbers represent; how much is spent on chaplaincies and equivalent for each of those faiths; and what percentages of...
The religion of prisoners is self declared and prisoners are under no obligation to declare their religion. Statistics on the prison population by self-reported religion in England and Wales are published annually within table A1.23 of the ‘Offender Management caseload statistics’- Annual Tables, available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/194275/omsq-annual-tables-2012.zip
The Table below provides information on the population in prison establishments in England and Wales by religion as at 30 June 2013:
| Total | % | |
| Total | 83,842 | 100% |
| All
Christian | 42,341 | 51% |
| Anglican | 17,516 | 21% |
| Free
Church | 1,002 | 1% |
| Roman
Catholic | 15,367 | 18% |
| Other
Christian | 8,456 | 10% |
| Muslim | 11,426 | 14% |
| Hindu | 451 | 1% |
| Sikh | 799 | 1% |
| Buddhist | 1,638 | 2% |
| Jewish | 268 | 0% |
| Other
religious
group | 1,308 | 2% |
| Other
Non-recognised | 14 | 0% |
| No
religion | 24,484 | 29% |
| Not
recorded | 1,113 | 1% |
The National Offender Management Service's central accounting system does not separately record expenditure relating to chaplaincy services and equivalent for each faith at each public or private sector prison in England and Wales. To establish such costs would require an establishment-wide survey and would be disproportionate to cost.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statistics they have published on the religion of prisoners in England and Wales since the end of 2010.[HL5638]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statistics they have published on the religion of prisoners in England and Wales since the end of 2010.[HL5638]
Statistics on the prison population by religion in England and Wales are published annually within table A1.23 of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics—annual tables, available at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/prisons-and-probation/oms-quarterly/oms-quarterly-editions.
The table below provides information on the population in prison establishments in England and Wales by religion as at 30 June 2011.
| 2011 | |
| Total | 85,374 |
| All
Christian | 42,511 |
| Anglican | 19,713 |
| Free
Church | 1,136 |
| Roman
Catholic | 15,001 |
| Other
Christian | 6,661 |
| Muslim | 10,672 |
| Hindu | 452 |
| Sikh | 711 |
| Buddhist | 1,793 |
| Jewish | 228 |
| Other
religious
group | 1,010 |
| Non
recognised | 17 |
| No
religion | 26,113 |
| Not
recorded | 1,867 |
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether (1) foreign nationals held in HM Prison Canterbury and HM Prison Bulwood Hall, and (2) prisoners serving life sentences in HM Prison Shepton Mallet and HM Prison Kingston, will be dispersed among the rest of the prison population following the closure of those prisons;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether (1) foreign nationals held in HM Prison Canterbury and HM Prison Bulwood Hall, and (2) prisoners serving life sentences in HM Prison Shepton Mallet and HM Prison Kingston, will be dispersed among the rest of the prison population following the closure of those prisons;...
All foreign national prisoners held in HMPs Canterbury and Bullwood Hall and those prisoners serving life sentences at HMPs Shepton Mallet and Kingston will be allocated to appropriate prisons to meet their individual circumstances.
While it is acknowledged that there will be limited additional costs associated with the transfer of these two categories of prisoner, these are likely to be marginal as the receiving prisons have been selected for their expertise and current regime delivery.
Contingency plans are in place to minimise the effect on the management of these specific prisoner groups. Additionally, directly employed NOMS staff are being given the opportunity to transfer to other establishments.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will draw the attention of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mr Ahmed Shaheed, to the case of the founder and President of the Human Rights Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, on hunger strike...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will draw the attention of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Mr Ahmed Shaheed, to the case of the founder and President of the Human Rights Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan, Mohammad Sadiq Kaboudvand, on hunger strike...
We will continue to draw the attention of Dr Shaheed to the many human rights cases of concern in Iran, including that of Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand. We are particularly
concerned about Mr Kaboudvand’s health following his hunger strike. We highlighted his case on 3 May through our Farsi social media presence as part of a series dedicated to imprisoned journalists in Iran and will continue to follow his case closely. We frequently call on Iran directly to cease the persecution of human rights defenders.
To ask her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in including provision for reduced sentences for prisoners transferred to the United Kingdom in a renegotiated prisoner transfer agreement with Thailand; and whether they will ensure that the new agreement will apply to prisoners already transferred.[HL173]
To ask her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in including provision for reduced sentences for prisoners transferred to the United Kingdom in a renegotiated prisoner transfer agreement with Thailand; and whether they will ensure that the new agreement will apply to prisoners already transferred.[HL173]
Proposed amendments to the prisoner transfer agreement with Thailand have been presented to the Thai authorities for their consideration. We have not yet had a response to these proposals. Any changes to the prisoner transfer agreement will require the consent of the Thai authorities. The position of those prisoners already transferred to the UK will be considered in any future negotiations.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost in compensation and legal fees of unlawful detention actions in 2010–11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost in compensation and legal fees of unlawful detention actions in 2010–11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on the death of Mr Christopher Wardally in Wandsworth Prison on 12 June 2009; and why that report has not been published.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on the death of Mr Christopher Wardally in Wandsworth Prison on 12 June 2009; and why that report has not been published.
To Ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact the core day and core week arrangements have had on prisoners’ access to (a) work, (b) education, (c) training, and (d) religious activities; and what reductions there have been in the cumulative time spent in prison by professional visitors providing religious and education...
To Ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact the core day and core week arrangements have had on prisoners’ access to (a) work, (b) education, (c) training, and (d) religious activities; and what reductions there have been in the cumulative time spent in prison by professional visitors providing religious and education...
| Table 1—Purposeful Activity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average hours per prisoner per week | ||||
| Financial Year | Religious activities | Education | Training | Work |
| 2007-08 | 0.65 | 6.52 | 1.16 | 12.57 |
| 2008-09 | 0.65 | 6.51 | 1.24 | 12.14 |
| 2009-10 | 0.63 | 6.44 | 1.31 | 11.80 |
| 2010-11 Aug YTD | 0.62 | 6.40 | 1.30 | 11.96 |
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the case of a prisoner given an indeterminate sentence for public protection, they will treat the prisoner as if they had undergone any course specified, if they have reached their tariff but have not been able to do the course for reasons beyond...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the case of a prisoner given an indeterminate sentence for public protection, they will treat the prisoner as if they had undergone any course specified, if they have reached their tariff but have not been able to do the course for reasons beyond...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the comments in reports of the Independent Monitoring Board on HM Prisons Grendon and Spring Hill about the effect of cuts on both prisons and the effect on HMP Spring Hill of having short-term prisoners who may not engage...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the comments in reports of the Independent Monitoring Board on HM Prisons Grendon and Spring Hill about the effect of cuts on both prisons and the effect on HMP Spring Hill of having short-term prisoners who may not engage...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to amend the prisoner transfer agreement with Thailand to take into account changes in sentencing practices in the United Kingdom and Thailand since the agreement was signed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to amend the prisoner transfer agreement with Thailand to take into account changes in sentencing practices in the United Kingdom and Thailand since the agreement was signed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they issue regarding forced resuscitation of prisoners on hunger strike in prisons, special hospitals and other hospitals.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they issue regarding forced resuscitation of prisoners on hunger strike in prisons, special hospitals and other hospitals.