Q. Prisons: Mobile Phones

Prisons: Mobile Phones

(asked on 9th January 2018) - View Source

Questioner

Richard Burgon
(Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile phones or sim cards were found in each prison in 2017.

Answered by

Rory Stewart

This question was answered on 17th January 2018

The table below provides the number of mobile phones and sim cards found in 2017, broken down by each prison establishment.

Number of mobile phones and SIM cards¹ found in prisons, 2017, England and Wales

Establishment	Number of mobile phones	Number of SIM cards
Altcourse	490	451
Ashfield	2	1
Aylesbury	348	156
Bedford	142	96
Belmarsh	43	36
Berwyn	68	63
Birmingham	228	242
Brinsford	156	55
Bristol	83	34
Brixton	80	47
Bronzefield	24	28
Buckley Hall	183	261
Bullingdon	75	54
Bure	1	1
Cardiff	57	44
Channings Wood	89	45
Chelmsford	379	209
Coldingley	137	50
Cookham Wood	11	9
Dartmoor	13	30
Deerbolt	41	38
Doncaster	207	139
Dovegate	213	125
Downview	4	24
Drake Hall	10	28
Durham	122	71
East Sutton Park	1	1
Eastwood Park	4	4
Erlestoke	85	46
Exeter	48	31
Featherstone	186	175
Feltham	39	24
Ford	418	101
Forest Bank	539	218
Foston Hall	2	3
Frankland	29	24
Full Sutton	12	15
Garth	148	57
Gartree	81	68
Glen Parva	64	42
Grendon/Spring Hill	55	33
Guys Marsh	114	69
Haverigg	84	82
Hewell	247	147
High Down	114	78
Highpoint	419	226
Hindley	418	235
Hollesley Bay	131	48
Holme House	93	62
Hull	94	45
Humber	236	147
Huntercombe	45	33
Isis	72	64
Isle of Wight	14	12
Kirkham	354	135
Kirklevington	17	10
Lancaster Farms	123	56
Leeds	227	127
Leicester	82	60
Lewes	184	80
Leyhill	10	6
Lincoln	47	24
Lindholme	359	173
Littlehey	5	2
Liverpool	168	240
Long Lartin	43	35
Low Newton	1	1
Lowdham Grange	123	82
Maidstone	205	106
Manchester	185	90
Moorland	63	61
Moorland Open (Hatfield)	111	43
Morton Hall	16	5
Mount	266	138
New Hall	2	5
North Sea Camp	12	24
Northumberland	218	159
Norwich	91	72
Nottingham	143	84
Oakwood	212	100
Onley	225	99
Parc	193	166
Pentonville	279	92
Peterborough	232	60
Portland	140	102
Preston	95	41
Ranby	194	183
Risley	197	136
Rochester	277	93
Rye Hill	3	6
Send	4	26
Sheppey: Elmley	157	35
Sheppey: Standford Hill	173	66
Sheppey: Swaleside	323	238
Stafford	3	2
Stocken	59	51
Stoke Heath	95	70
Styal	9	26
Sudbury	291	92
Swansea	51	36
Swinfen Hall	71	73
Thameside	248	102
Thorn Cross	164	65
Usk\Prescoed	32	17
Verne	12	12
Wakefield	1	1
Wandsworth	83	44
Warren Hill	10	18
Wayland	238	165
Wealstun	184	110
Werrington	10	13
Wetherby	6	5
Whatton	2	0
Whitemoor	24	32
Winchester	42	39
Woodhill	50	38
Wormwood Scrubs	251	97
Wymott	84	82
Escort Areas	1	0
Total	14,778	8,878


Data Sources and Quality These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last case the figures may not be accurate to that level.

We are determined to tackle head-on the issues that undermine the safety and security of our prisons. We are taking decisive measures to find and block mobiles, including an investment of £2million into detection equipment, including hand-held detectors and portable detection devices. These figures highlight the success of these measures, and the determination of prison staff to disrupt this behaviour.

Prisons: Mobile Phones

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