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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prison Service establishments are over their certified normal accommodation levels; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table.

Asked by
Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 April 2001
Reference
157170; 366 c361-2W
House
House of Commons

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 16 March (c115WA), how many prisoners are currently held in excess of the in-use certified normal accommodation; and in which prisons are these conditions obtaining. [HL 1396].

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 April 2001
Reference
HL 1396; 624 c105-6WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, 362 c315W, on London Underground, what evidence his Department has obtained to show that the figures for the maximum capacity of London Underground train carriages are compatible with the health...

Asked by
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 March 2001
Reference
154399; 365 c283W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, pursuant to his Answer of 2nd February, 362 c315W, on London Underground, what proportion of the maximum capacity of London Underground train carriages was reached at peak periods during January and February on a line by line...

Asked by
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 March 2001
Reference
154397; 365 c282-4W;365 c282-3W
House
House of Commons

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 5 March 8WA, how they define prison overcrowding in England and Wales. [HL 1112].

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 March 2001
Reference
HL 1112; 623 c115WA
House
House of Lords

Whether they agree with the Lord Chief Justice, in his lecture given 31 January, that prison overcrowding in England and Wales debilitates the whole system; and, if not, why not; and What steps they will take to eliminate the problem of prison overcrowding in England and Wales; and What steps...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 March 2001
Reference
HL 903; 623 c8WA
House
House of Lords

Lords debate on unstarred question on how they propose to deal with the penal situation described by the Director-General of the Prison Service at its annual conference.

Lead member
Earl of Longford
Answering member
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Department
Home Office
Type
Questions for short debate
Date
20 February 2001
Reference
622 c667-83
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Lord Hooson (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
622 c336-7
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
622 c336-7
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
622 c336-7
House
House of Lords
What is their response to the recent lecture by the Lord Chief Justice to the Prison Reform Trust on ways to reduce the number of people sent to prison.
Asked by
Lord Hooson (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
15 February 2001
Reference
622 c336-7
House
House of Lords

Prison conditions. Fifth opposition day debate (part 1). Motion negatived on division (248 to 159). Amendment agreed to on question.

Lead member
Ann Widdecombe
Answering member
Jack Straw
Department
Home Office
Type
Opposition days
Date
12 February 2001
Reference
363 c37-79
House
House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the Strangeways riot and the Woolf Report.

Lead member
Paul Stinchcombe
Answering member
Barbara Roche
Department
Home Office
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
7 February 2001
Reference
362 c294-302WH
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, for what reason there is no published maximum number of passengers that can be carried in a carriage on the London Underground. - Inc table and ref to the maximum passenger capacity published in series of "fact...

Asked by
Michael Jack (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 February 2001
Reference
362 c315W; 147896
House
House of Commons

That this House notes that on 31st January 2001, Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the submission of his Report on the Strangeways Riot by delivering the Prison Reform Trust Annual Lecture; notes that the Report recommended the stabilising of the prison population, improving...

Primary sponsor
Paul Stinchcombe (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
29 January 2001
Reference
258
House
House of Commons
Member
Baroness Beckett (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 January 2001
Reference
361 c1088
House
House of Commons

Supplementary business question on the proposed seat voucher scheme for passengers, by the Conservatives.

Member
Ivan Henderson (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
25 January 2001
Reference
361 c1088
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 January 2001
Reference
620 c922
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
15 January 2001
Reference
620 c922
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners are sharing (a) two to a cell designed for one and (b) three to a cell designed for two at the latest date for which figures are available; what the equivalent figure was for each of the...

Asked by
Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 January 2001
Reference
361 c122-3W;361 c100-1W; 144962
House
House of Commons