asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (a) how many category A women prisoners there are in Her Majesty's prison Durham and (b) how many strip searches were made on category A prisoners in Her Majesty's prison Durham in January, indicating (i) strip searches before and after consultation with legal advisers, (ii) after visits and (iii) after cell changes, wing search and cell search.

There are at present four women prisoners in Durham prison who are, or who are provisionally, in category A. During January, the following numbers of strip searches of women prisoners who are, or who are provisionally, in category A were carried out in Durham prison: