To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to install modesty screens around every lavatory in shared cells in HMP Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement. (110597)

The senior management team at Chelmsford prison is considering the best way to proceed with the installation of privacy screens. It is intended that work will begin in April 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates of HMP Channings Wood, Denbury were diagnosed with a mental illness in each of the last three years. (111420)

The information requested is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many doubled cells there are in HMP Channings Wood; how many of these are without screens around the lavatory; and what steps he has taken to ensure the adequate supply of screens. (111421)

There are 33 double cells at Channings Wood; all of which have privacy screens around the lavatory.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales have absconded from custody in each of the last 10 years; and how many have not been caught. (116558)

The following table sets out how many prisoners have absconded from open prisons and escorts in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

Accurate figures for recaptured prisoners are currently available only at a disproportionate cost. However, validation of management information has shown that around three quarters of all absconders are returned to prison within 12 months of absconding.