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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instruct the Prison Service authorities to move Stuart Howarth (Et 7916) to an open prison; and what representations he has received concerning the appropriateness of the prison location where he is serving his sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will instruct the Prison Service authorities to move Stuart Howarth (Et 7916) to an open prison; and what representations he has received concerning the appropriateness of the prison location where he is serving his sentence.
Asked by
Phil Woolas
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 April 2001
For answer on
10 April 2001
Answered on
10 April 2001
Mr. Woolas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Prison Service authorities to move Stuart
Howarth (Et 7916) to an open prison; and what representations he has received concerning the appropriateness of the prison location
where he is serving his sentence. [157229]
Mr. Boateng: No. The categorisation and allocation of prisoners is a matter for the Director General of the Prison Service. The
Prison Service carries out the categorisation of prisoners according to a rigorous and objective assessment of the risk they
present, and in accordance with established guidelines. These assessments are best carried out by those on the ground, but I can say
that under the Prison Service Order on categorisation and allocation, a prisoner sentenced to more than 12 months for an offence of
violence would not normally be regarded as suitable for category D (open conditions) on initial categorisation.
Mr. Howarth was sentenced on 27 March 2001, and following receipt of the necessary reports from the police and probation services
and others, he will be categorised according to the likelihood that he will seek to escape and the risk that he would pose should he
do so. Mr. Howarth's custodial behaviour and the risk he poses to control will also be taken into consideration.
Mr. Howarth's allocation to a prison establishment will depend on his security category, the need to make the best possible use of
available spaces in training prisons, and his particular needs. I have not received any representations concerning the
appropriateness of his current prison location. Furthermore, I understand from the governor of Manchester prison that Mr. Howarth
has not made any representations locally about his location.
Subjects
Prisoners; Prisons; Open prisons; Howarth, Stuart
Date
10 April 2001
Reference
157229; 366 c567W;366 c568W
House
House of Commons