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Young Offender Institutions

Volume 496: debated on Wednesday 16 September 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what disturbances have been reported at (a) HM Prison Lancaster and (b) HM Young Offender Institution Lancaster Farms since June 2008. (288563)

The data in the following table shows the number of disturbance-related incidents recorded on the Prison Service Incident Reporting System from HMP Lancaster and HMPYOI Lancaster Farms between June 2008 and May 2009.

Breakdown of disturbance-related incidents at HMP Lancaster and HMPYOI Lancaster Farms June 2008 to end May 2009

Establishment

Barricade

Concerted indiscipline active

Concerted indiscipline passive

Hostage

Incidents at height

HMP Lancaster

1

0

0

0

0

HMPYOI Lancaster Farms

7

1

2

0

6

Note:

These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.