Q. Birmingham Prison

Birmingham Prison

(asked on 16th January 2017) - View Source

Questioner

Richard Burgon
(Labour - Leeds East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Tornado team members were deployed to HM Prison Birmingham on 16 December 2016; and from which prisons they were so deployed.

Answered by

Sam Gyimah

This question was answered on 13th February 2017

Tornado teams consist of prison officers who are trained in an advanced level of control and restraint techniques, in addition to their core duties. NOMS has over 2000 such trained staff across the country. Tornado trained staff were deployed to HMP Birmingham to provide mutual aid in resolving the Concerted Indiscipline that took place on 16^th December 2016 as detailed below in Table 1. A Tornado Unit consists of 14 staff - 12 trained staff plus 2 Commanders, meaning that 280 staff were deployed to HMP Birmingham to assist with resolution of this incident.

Table 1

Tornado Team Deployments to HMP Birmingham by Establishment

Sending Establishment	Number of Units Requested
The Mount	0.5
Littlehey	0.5
Aylesbury	0.5
Huntercombe	0.5
Whitemoor	0.5
Ranby	0.5
Forest Bank	0.5
Lindholme	0.5
Rye Hill	0.5
Oakwood	0.5
Long Lartin	0.5
Featherstone	0.5
Hewell	0.5
Brinsford	0.5
Gartree	0.5
Stafford	0.5
Dovegate	0.5
Glen Parva	0.5
Onley	0.5
Swinfen Hall	0.5
Stoke Heath	0.5
Nottingham	0.5
Stocken	0.5
Leicester	0.5
Manchester	0.5
Whatton	0.5
Risley	0.5
Doncaster	0.5
Woodhill	0.5
Bullingdon	0.5
Lowdham Grange	0.5
Peterborough	0.5
Leeds	0.5
Wealstun	0.5
Styal	0.5
Buckley Hall	0.5
Preston	0.5
Garth	0.5
Wymott	0.5
South West Region	0.5
		20

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