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Mr. McNamara
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the number of strip searches made on female prisoners at Her Majesty's prison
| Number of searches | July | August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May |
| 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | |
| Total number of searches carried out | 34 | 32 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 66 | 31 | 31 |
| Total number of inmates searched | 24 | 21 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 23 | 24 |
| Number of prisoners searched once | 17 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 15 | 17 |
| Number of prisoners searched twice | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Number of prisoners searched more than twice | 1 | 1 | 1 | nil | 1 | 1 | nil | nil | 6 | nil | nil |
| Reason for search | |||||||||||
| First admission on remand/ awaiting trial | 11 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| First admission on sentence/ final discharge | 8 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| Attending remand court | nil | nil | nil | nil | 1 | nil | nil | nil | 4 | nil | nil |
| Attending trial | nil | nil | nil | nil | 1 | 1 | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Inter prison visit | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Prison visit | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Pre-release home leave | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | nil | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Compassionate home leave | 4 | nil | nil | nil | nil | 1 | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Visits to outside hospital | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Returning from bail application | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | 2 | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Attendance at court for bail | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Fines paid | nil | nil | nil | 2 | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | 1 | nil |
| Working out scheme | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil |
| Bail granted | 1 | 1 | nil | nil | 2 | 3 | nil | nil | 1 | nil | nil |
| Suspected security compromise | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | nil | 34 | nil | nil |
Mr. McNamara
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners were charged with disciplinary offences, and which offences, following disturbances at Her Majesty's prison Maghaberry on 2 March.
Mr. Mates
On 2 March 1992 a full search of the female section of Her Majesty's prison, Maghaberry was carried out.As a consequence of their refusal to co-operate in full searching, 22 prisoners were charged with disobeying a lawful order. Ten of these prisoners were also charged with offending against security and good order of the prison; of these, five were further charged with commiting an assault.