Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of concerted indiscipline have occurred at HMP Berwyn since its opening.
Answered by Phillip Lee
HMP Berwyn is performing well since it opened last year, and represents a key part of our £1.3billion investment to reform and modernise the prison estate.
We know more must be done to improve safety across the estate, which is why we introduced body-worn cameras and additional CCTV, and have invested £100m to recruit 2,500 extra officers.
The number of concerted indiscipline, incidents at height, fires and dirty protests taking place at HMP Berwyn can be found in the table below:
| Number of incidents |
Concerted Indiscipline1 | 6 |
Incident At Height | 67 |
Fire2 | 17 |
Dirty protest3 | 3 |
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1) All low level incidents
2) Includes 2 fire related incidents that were false alarms
3) To provide incidents of dirty protest, Miscellaneous type incidents were read to determine whether the incident should be counted as such and therefore contain an element of subjective judgement.
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.
Since opening in Spring 2017, local data from within HMP Berwyns Security department has recorded 167 referrals to North Wales Police. HMP Berwyn is committed to working with all Criminal Justice partners across Wales.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents at height have occurred at HMP Berwyn since its opening.
Answered by Phillip Lee
HMP Berwyn is performing well since it opened last year, and represents a key part of our £1.3billion investment to reform and modernise the prison estate.
We know more must be done to improve safety across the estate, which is why we introduced body-worn cameras and additional CCTV, and have invested £100m to recruit 2,500 extra officers.
The number of concerted indiscipline, incidents at height, fires and dirty protests taking place at HMP Berwyn can be found in the table below:
| Number of incidents |
Concerted Indiscipline1 | 6 |
Incident At Height | 67 |
Fire2 | 17 |
Dirty protest3 | 3 |
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1) All low level incidents
2) Includes 2 fire related incidents that were false alarms
3) To provide incidents of dirty protest, Miscellaneous type incidents were read to determine whether the incident should be counted as such and therefore contain an element of subjective judgement.
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.
Since opening in Spring 2017, local data from within HMP Berwyns Security department has recorded 167 referrals to North Wales Police. HMP Berwyn is committed to working with all Criminal Justice partners across Wales.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents have been referred to the police from HMP Berwyn since its opening.
Answered by Phillip Lee
HMP Berwyn is performing well since it opened last year, and represents a key part of our £1.3billion investment to reform and modernise the prison estate.
We know more must be done to improve safety across the estate, which is why we introduced body-worn cameras and additional CCTV, and have invested £100m to recruit 2,500 extra officers.
The number of concerted indiscipline, incidents at height, fires and dirty protests taking place at HMP Berwyn can be found in the table below:
| Number of incidents |
Concerted Indiscipline1 | 6 |
Incident At Height | 67 |
Fire2 | 17 |
Dirty protest3 | 3 |
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1) All low level incidents
2) Includes 2 fire related incidents that were false alarms
3) To provide incidents of dirty protest, Miscellaneous type incidents were read to determine whether the incident should be counted as such and therefore contain an element of subjective judgement.
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.
Since opening in Spring 2017, local data from within HMP Berwyns Security department has recorded 167 referrals to North Wales Police. HMP Berwyn is committed to working with all Criminal Justice partners across Wales.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Oral contribution of 19 October 2017, Official Report, column 1002, on Grenfell Tower, what plans he has to audit the management, operation, facilities and safety of all social housing.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Following the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower, the Government has established a comprehensive Building Safety Programme with the aim of ensuring that high-rise residential buildings are safe, and that residents feel safe in them.
We have identified all Aluminium Composite Material cladding likely to constitute a significant fire hazard on social housing buildings in England over 18 metres in height; we are working with local authorities and housing associations to ensure that interim measures are in place to guarantee the safety of residents, and that there is a clear remediation plan for each affected building.
We have also asked local authorities to identify such cladding systems on privately-owned residential tower blocks, using their powers under the Housing Act 2004 as appropriate, to ensure necessary action is being taken to ensure residents’ safety, and to report their findings to government.
The Secretary of State has also appointed an Independent Expert Advisory Panel which is considering what further steps can be taken to ensure the safety of residents, and will provide further advice to building owners in due course.
In addition, the Government has announced an independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, which is being led by Dame Judith Hackitt. It is expected that the review will present an interim report before the end of the year, and a final report by April 2018.
Alongside the Building Safety Programme, we are committed to bringing forward a Green Paper on social housing. I am meeting tenants and landlords of social housing across England to hear their views, and the resulting Green Paper will be a wide-ranging review of the issues.
Asked by: Emma Hardy (Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide funding required by (a) Hull City Council and (b) other councils to carry out fire safety tests on cladding on high-rise flats other than those which have aluminium composite material panels.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
We are prioritising testing on buildings where people sleep overnight, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding and are of a certain height. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service to put in place precautionary safety
checks and measures.
Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.
We have set up an expert panel to advise us on any immediate steps that should be taken to ensure fire safety, and we will act on those. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given following Grenfell is set out in a note published last week at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted checks of the type carried out on residential buildings at (a) NHS hospitals, (b) schools, (c) colleges, (d) universities and (e) other public buildings.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
We have initiated testing in priority buildings across the public sector, including hospitals, schools, colleges and universities. We are prioritising testing on buildings where people sleep overnight, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding and are of a certain height. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures. We have set up an expert panel to advise us on any immediate steps that should be taken to ensure fire safety, and we will act on those. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given following Grenfell is set out in a note published last week at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing
Asked by: Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff Central)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) on how many occasions, (b) in which prisons and (c) for what incidents the (i) Tornado Team was called, (ii) Gold Command was opened and (iii) National Tactical Response Group was called in each month since January 2016.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Gold Command arrangements provide for strategic and operational oversight to the management of prison incidents. All incidents are regarded as potentially serious at the point of the Gold suite being opened. The Gold Command Suite has been opened to oversee the management of a range of incidents during 2016 as indicated in Table 1.
Table 1 – Gold Command Suite Openings by Establishment/Incident Type and Month in 2016
Prison/Incident | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Bristol |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Brixton |
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Hostage |
| 1 |
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Cookham Wood |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Doncaster |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Elmley |
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Hostage | 1 |
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Erlestoke |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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Featherstone |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
Gartree |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Glen Parva |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Haverigg |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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|
| 1 | 1 |
High Down |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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High Point |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Highpoint |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
|
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Hostage |
|
| 1 |
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Holme House |
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Hostage |
| 1 |
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Nat Strike/ Pot IA |
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| 1 |
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Humber |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Isis |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Leicester |
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Hostage |
|
| 1 |
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Incident at Height |
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|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
Liverpool |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Lowdham Grange |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
Maidstone |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
|
National |
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Nat Strike/ Pot IA |
|
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| 1 |
|
Norwich |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
Nottingham |
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Hostage | 2 | 1 |
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| 1 |
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Oakwood |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Portland |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
|
| 1 |
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Rochester |
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Incident at Height |
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| 1 |
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Stoke Heath |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Swinfen Hall |
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Hostage |
| 1 |
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Nat Strike/ Pot IA |
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| 1 |
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The Mount |
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Incident at Height |
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| 1 |
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Wandsworth |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Wayland |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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Hostage |
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| 1 |
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Wetherby |
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Nat Strike/ Pot IA |
| 1 |
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| 2 |
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Wormwood Scrubs |
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Nat Strike/ Pot IA |
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| 1 |
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Grand Total | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
(Nat Strike/Pot IA refers to incidents of industrial action )
Tornado teams consist of prison officers in prisons who are trained in an advanced level of control and restraint techniques. NOMS has over 2000 such trained staff across the country. They have been deployed to establishments as detailed in Table 2.
Table 2 – Operation Tornado responses by receiving prison in 2016
Prison | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
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Doncaster |
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| 1 |
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Haverigg |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
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High Down |
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| 1 |
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Erlestoke |
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| 1 |
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Portland |
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| 1 |
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Grand Total |
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| 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 2 |
|
The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The overwhelming majority of call outs are for non-violent incidents, including where they attended as a precaution and when the situation was resolved locally. NTRG deployments are detailed in Table 3.
Table 3 – NTRG deployment by receiving prison and incident type in 2016
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Prison | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Altcourse |
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WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
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| 1 |
Aylesbury |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Bedford |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
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Belmarsh |
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WAH - Internal | 1 |
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| 1 |
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Birmingham |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 2 |
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
Brinsford |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Bristol |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
|
| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Brixton |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
| 1 |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Brook House |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Buckley Hall |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
| 1 | 1 |
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| 1 |
Bullingdon |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Campsfield |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
Cardiff |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 2 |
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Channings Wood |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
WAH - External |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
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Chelmsford |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Coldingley |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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Cookham Wood |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 3 |
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Doncaster |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Dovegate |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
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Durham |
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Barricade |
| 1 |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 | 3 | 1 |
Elmley |
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Hostage - Prisoner | 1 |
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Erlestoke |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 2 |
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WAH - External | 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 1 |
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Exeter |
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Concerted Indiscipline | 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
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| 1 | 3 |
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Featherstone |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
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Feltham |
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Barricade | 1 |
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Garth |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 2 |
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Gartree |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
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| 1 | 1 |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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Glen Parva |
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Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
Guys Marsh |
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Barricade |
| 1 |
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WAH - External |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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WAH - Internal |
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| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
Haverigg |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
| 1 | 2 |
Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
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WAH - External |
| 1 | 1 |
| 1 |
| 3 | 4 |
WAH - Internal | 1 |
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| 1 | 1 |
Prisoner in Crisis |
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| 1 |
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Hewell |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
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| 2 |
| 2 |
High Down |
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Concerted Indiscipline |
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| 1 |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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Highpoint |
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Barricade |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
Hostage - Prisoner |
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| 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
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| 1 |
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Hostage - Staff |
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| 1 |
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Hindley |
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WAH - External |
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| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
|
Holme House |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
| 2 |
Humber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
WAH - External |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
|
Hostage - Staff |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
Isis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
Isle of Wight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
Lancaster Farms |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
|
|
| 1 | 1 |
|
Leeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 1 |
Leicester |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
Lewes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Concerted Indiscipline |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
|
| 2 |
| 1 |
|
Lincoln |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
| 1 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
WAH - Internal |
| 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
| 1 |
Lindholme |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade | 1 | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Concerted Indiscipline |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
|
WAH - External |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Littlehey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
| 1 | 1 |
|
|
|
Liverpool |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
| 3 |
Long Lartin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
Lowdham Grange |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Concerted Indiscipline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 2 | 2 | 4 |
|
| 2 | 1 | 3 |
Maidstone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
Manchester |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
| 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
Moorland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
WAH - External | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 | 3 |
|
| 1 | 3 |
Morton Hal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northumberland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
Norwich |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
Nottingham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner | 2 |
|
| 1 | 1 |
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Oakwood |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 |
Onley |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Parc |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 | 2 |
|
|
| 1 |
|
Pentonville |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 | 1 |
|
|
| 2 | 1 |
Portland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
|
Ranby |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 2 | 2 |
|
|
Risley |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
|
|
|
Rochester |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
| 1 |
| 1 |
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
Rye Hill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 1 |
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Stocken |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
Concerted Indiscipline |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Stoke Heath |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
| 1 |
WAH - Internal |
|
| 2 |
| 1 |
|
|
|
Styal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
Swaleside |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 1 |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
Swansea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Swinfen Hall |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
| 1 | 1 |
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thameside |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
The Mount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 1 |
WAH - External |
| 1 |
|
| 3 | 3 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
The Verne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
Wandsworth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
Wayland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
| 2 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal | 2 | 1 |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Wealstun |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Werrington |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
Wetherby |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
Whatton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Whitemoor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
|
Winchester |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
|
Woodhill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - External |
|
| 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
Wormwood Scrubs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
|
|
|
| 3 | 1 |
|
|
Wymott |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Barricade |
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hostage - Prisoner |
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
WAH - Internal |
| 1 | 1 |
|
| 3 |
|
|
Grand Total | 28 | 42 | 59 | 44 | 67 | 57 | 54 | 66 |
(WAH = Working at Height )
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) the territorial integrity and (b) improved border arrangements with Spain of Gibraltar.
Answered by David Lidington
The United Kingdom will continue to stand by Gibraltar. We are confident of the United Kingdom’s sovereignty over the whole of Gibraltar, including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters, and have been firm in our commitment to the double lock. We will continue to protect the rights of the people of Gibraltar to remain British, for as long as they wish to do so.
Maintaining a well-functioning Gibraltar-Spain border is one of our top priorities. We welcome the overall downward trend in border delays since their height in 2013, but we are alive to the risk of a return to disproportionate delays at any time. Her Majesty’s Government is working closely with Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar and European partners ahead of proposed changes to the Schengen Border Code later this year to ensure that delays due to security checks are not disproportionate. As we prepare for the process to exit the EU, we will fully involve Gibraltar to ensure that its interests are taken properly into account.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) working at height and (b) concerted indiscipline incidents have been recorded in each prison since May 2010.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
The vast majority of incidents at height are minor in nature and resolved quickly and professionally without injury, damage or disruption to the running of the prison. Many are short in duration, lasting less than 15 minutes and the majority occur when prisoners go onto netting on prison wings. Each incident is investigated fully to ensure lessons are learnt and best practice in managing incidents is shared across NOMS.
These figures show that the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary are right and our prisons badly need reform. We are making progress: we have made it illegal to smuggle new psychoactive substances (NPS) into prisons and have trained over 300 sniffer dogs to detect NPS and are trialling the use of body worn cameras with front-line staff. But the only way to reduce disorder and violence in our prisons is to give those who work in prisons the tools necessary to better reform and rehabilitate offenders.
The table below provides numbers of incidents at height reported between May 2010 and November 2015, broken down by establishment. The information requested on concerted indiscipline incidents can be found in my response to PQ 28151.
Number of Incident at Height by prisons, England and Wales, May 2010 to November 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Establishments | Incident at Height |
|
|
|
|
|
Altcourse | 242 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ashfield | 21 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ashwell | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Aylesbury | 41 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bedford | 39 |
|
|
|
|
|
Belmarsh | 14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Birmingham | 158 |
|
|
|
|
|
Blundeston | 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Brinsford | 27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bristol | 37 |
|
|
|
|
|
Brixton | 24 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bronzefield | 21 |
|
|
|
|
|
Buckley Hall | 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bullingdon | 29 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cardiff | 20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Channings Wood | 79 |
|
|
|
|
|
Chelmsford | 54 |
|
|
|
|
|
Coldingley | 19 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cookham Wood | 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dartmoor | 37 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deerbolt | 15 |
|
|
|
|
|
Doncaster | 140 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dorchester | 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dovegate | 91 |
|
|
|
|
|
Dover | 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Downview | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Drake Hall | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Durham | 74 |
|
|
|
|
|
Eastwood Park | 14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Erlestoke | 20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Everthorpe | 18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exeter | 36 |
|
|
|
|
|
Featherstone | 36 |
|
|
|
|
|
Feltham | 106 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ford | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Forest Bank | 64 |
|
|
|
|
|
Foston Hall | 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Frankland | 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Full Sutton | 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Garth | 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gartree | 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Glen Parva | 52 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gloucester | 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Guys Marsh | 54 |
|
|
|
|
|
Haslar | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hatfield | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Haverigg | 120 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hewell | 71 |
|
|
|
|
|
High Down | 85 |
|
|
|
|
|
Highpoint | 42 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hindley | 299 |
|
|
|
|
|
Holloway | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Holme House | 39 |
|
|
|
|
|
Hull | 20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Humber | 53 |
|
|
|
|
|
Huntercombe | 8 |
|
|
|
|
|
IOW: Albany | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
IOW: Camp Hill | 36 |
|
|
|
|
|
IOW: Parkhurst | 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Isis | 59 |
|
|
|
|
|
Isle of Wight | 19 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kennet | 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kingston | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lancaster Castle | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lancaster Farms | 117 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leeds | 90 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leicester | 77 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lewes | 23 |
|
|
|
|
|
Leyhill | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lincoln | 126 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lindholme | 159 |
|
|
|
|
|
Littlehey | 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liverpool | 187 |
|
|
|
|
|
Long Lartin | 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lowdham Grange | 111 |
|
|
|
|
|
Maidstone | 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Manchester | 108 |
|
|
|
|
|
Moorland | 46 |
|
|
|
|
|
Morton Hall | 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount | 38 |
|
|
|
|
|
New Hall | 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Northallerton | 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Northumberland | 71 |
|
|
|
|
|
Northumberland: Acklington | 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Northumberland: Castington | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Norwich | 46 |
|
|
|
|
|
Nottingham | 290 |
|
|
|
|
|
Oakwood | 174 |
|
|
|
|
|
Onley | 33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Parc | 197 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pentonville | 100 |
|
|
|
|
|
Peterborough | 44 |
|
|
|
|
|
Portland | 58 |
|
|
|
|
|
Preston | 45 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ranby | 162 |
|
|
|
|
|
Reading | 14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Risley | 53 |
|
|
|
|
|
Rochester | 80 |
|
|
|
|
|
Rye Hill | 97 |
|
|
|
|
|
Send | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sheppey: Elmley | 56 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sheppey: Swaleside | 33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shrewsbury | 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stafford | 37 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stocken | 72 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stoke Heath | 33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Styal | 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sudbury | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Swansea | 12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Swinfen Hall | 46 |
|
|
|
|
|
Thameside | 76 |
|
|
|
|
|
Thorn Cross | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Usk\Prescoed | 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Verne | 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wakefield | 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wandsworth | 84 |
|
|
|
|
|
Warren Hill | 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wayland | 41 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wealstun | 16 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wellingborough | 10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Werrington | 194 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wetherby | 158 |
|
|
|
|
|
Whatton | 0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Whitemoor | 13 |
|
|
|
|
|
Winchester | 114 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wolds | 12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Woodhill | 138 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs | 33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wymott | 52 |
|
|
|
|
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Asked by: Lilian Greenwood (Labour - Nottingham South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides were recorded as having taken place on the strategic road network in each year since 2009-10; and what work Highways England has undertaken with the Samaritans related to suicides on roads.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Highways England records details on its Command and Control (C&C) database, of incidents that occur on the strategic road network, but only when the Traffic Officer Service have an awareness or involvement. Therefore due to the current Traffic Officer network coverage, the majority of incidents recorded occurred on the motorway network.
The following table records the number of incidents coded as ‘suicide/suicide attempt’ on the C&C database and reflect those incidents that the Traffic Officer Service have been directly involved in or have been reported to them:
Year | Number of suicides/attempted suicide incidents |
2009/10 | 93 |
2010/11 | 125 |
2011/12 | 110 |
2012/13 | 84 |
In April 2014 a review of the database was carried out and the closure code for ‘suicide/attempted suicide’ was changed. This created significant anomalies in the data capture which means that the 2014/15 data are not robust. We are in the process of verifying the data and will be in a position to provide the figures later this year.
Highways England (formerly Highways Agency) has worked closely with organisations such as the Samaritans in helping to prevent further suicides on the strategic road network. Highways England has commenced work to take forward a Suicide Prevention Group. This group will comprise of relevant stakeholders such as the Samaritans, emergency services and our service providers to develop and co-ordinate delivery of an action plan to reduce the number of suicide attempts on the strategic road network. We are also working closely with both the Samaritans and Network Rail to identify best practice following their success in reducing suicide attempts on the rail network.
Known suicide hotspots are investigated to look at possible improvements, such as raising the height of the parapets on bridges and introducing or improving crisis signing. Highways England consults The Samaritans when undertaking this work.