Prisons: Court Escort Services Lord Graham of Edmonton asked Her Majesty's Government:Which prisons provide a regular court escort service; how many prisoners each prison escorts on average each month; and which court each prison serves. Earl Ferrers Responsibility for the subject of this Question has been delegated to the Prison Service and its Director General, Mr. Derek Lewis. The Director General has therefore responded to the Question and his letter is given below. Letter from Mr. Derek Lewis, Director General of H.M. Prison Service, to Lord Graham of Edmonton: Earl Ferrers has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the escorting of prisoners to and from court. Forty-three prison service establishments provide a regular escort service to and from the Crown Court. Most of these establishments also deliver prisoners for appearances at magistrates' courts (for example, for remand hearings) but the police convey prisoners from magistrates' courts to establishments. In some cases (in London, Greater Manchester and Lancashire) the police also convey prisoners from establishments to magistrates' courts, the cost of this work being reimbursed by the Prison Service. The attached table gives the Crown Court centres concerned but does not name the large number of committing magistrates' courts. If you would find it helpful to have these names I would be pleased to provide them. I am afraid that we do not collect centrally information on the number of prisoners escorted to court each month by Prison Service establishments.----------------------------------------------- |Bedford |Cambridge | ----------------------------------------------- | |Peterborough | ----------------------------------------------- | |Luton | ----------------------------------------------- |Belmarsh |Inner London Sessions | ----------------------------------------------- | |Woolwich | ----------------------------------------------- |Birmingham |Birmingham | ----------------------------------------------- | |Coventry | ----------------------------------------------- |Blakenhurst (private)|Warwick | ----------------------------------------------- | |Worcester | ----------------------------------------------- | |Wolverhampton | ----------------------------------------------- |Brinsford |Birmingham | ----------------------------------------------- | |Derby | ----------------------------------------------- | |Wolverhampton | ----------------------------------------------- | |Shrewsbury | ----------------------------------------------- | |Stafford | ----------------------------------------------- | |Stoke-on-Trent | ----------------------------------------------- | |Worcester | ----------------------------------------------- | |Dolgellau | ----------------------------------------------- | |Welshpool | ----------------------------------------------- |Bristol |Bristol | ----------------------------------------------- | |Devizes | ----------------------------------------------- | |Swindon | ----------------------------------------------- |Brixton |Southwark | ----------------------------------------------- | |Central Criminal Court | ----------------------------------------------- |Bullingdon |Oxford | ----------------------------------------------- | |Reading | ----------------------------------------------- |Camp Hill |Newport (Isle of Wight)| ----------------------------------------------- |Canterbury |Canterbury | ----------------------------------------------- |Cardiff |Cardiff | ----------------------------------------------- | |Newport (Gwent) | ----------------------------------------------- |Chelmsford |Chelmsford | ----------------------------------------------- | |Southend | ----------------------------------------------- |Dorchester |Bournemouth | ----------------------------------------------- | |Dorchester | ----------------------------------------------- | |Taunton | ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- |Durham |Durham | ----------------------------------- | |Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ----------------------------------- | |Carlisle | ----------------------------------- |Elmley |Maidstone | ----------------------------------- |Exeter |Barnstaple | ----------------------------------- | |Truro | ----------------------------------- | |Exeter | ----------------------------------- | |Plymouth | ----------------------------------- |Fellham |wood Green | ----------------------------------- | |Kingston-upon-Thames | ----------------------------------- | |Southwark | ----------------------------------- | |Knightsbridge | ----------------------------------- | |Snaresbrook | ----------------------------------- | |Isleworth | ----------------------------------- | |Middlesex Guildhall | ----------------------------------- | |Central Criminal | ----------------------------------- | |Harrow | ----------------------------------- | |Inner London Sessions | ----------------------------------- | |Croydon | ----------------------------------- | |Guildford | ----------------------------------- | | | ----------------------------------- |Glen Parva|Coventry | ----------------------------------- | |Northampton | ----------------------------------- | |Warwick | ----------------------------------- | |Peterborough | ----------------------------------- | |Cambridge | ----------------------------------- |Gloucester|Gloucester | ----------------------------------- | |Worcester* | ----------------------------------- | |Hereford | ----------------------------------- |High Down |Guildford | ----------------------------------- | |Croydon | ----------------------------------- |Hindley |Caernarfon | ----------------------------------- | |Chester | ----------------------------------- | |Warrington | ----------------------------------- | |Mold | ----------------------------------- | |Knutsford | ----------------------------------- | |Manchester | ----------------------------------- | |Bolton | ----------------------------------- |Holloway |Aylesbury | ----------------------------------- | |Brighton |—| ----------------------------------- | |Bury St. Edmunds |6| ----------------------------------- | |Cambridge | ----------------------------------- | |Canterbury | ----------------------------------- | |Chelmsford | ----------------------------------- | |Chichester | ----------------------------------- | |Guildford | ----------------------------------- | |Ipswich | ----------------------------------- | |Kings Lynn | ----------------------------------- | |Lewes | ----------------------------------- | |Central Criminal Court| ----------------------------------- | |Croydon | ----------------------------------- | |Harrow | ----------------------------------- | |Inner London Sessions | ----------------------------------- | |Norwich | ----------------------------------- | |Oxford | ----------------------------------- | |Peterborough | ----------------------------------- | |Portsmouth | ----------------------------------- | |Reading | ----------------------------------- | |St. Albans | ----------------------------------- | |Isleworth | ----------------------------------- | |Kingston | ----------------------------------- | |Knightsbridge | ----------------------------------- | |Middlesex Guildhall | ----------------------------------- | |Southwark | ----------------------------------- | |Luton | ----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ | |Maidstone | ------------------------------------------ | |Newport | ------------------------------------------ | |Northampton | ------------------------------------------ | |Southampton | ------------------------------------------ | |Southend | ------------------------------------------ | |Winchester | ------------------------------------------ |Holme House |Teesside/Middlesborough | ------------------------------------------ | |York | ------------------------------------------ |Lancaster Farms|Barrow | ------------------------------------------ | |Liverpool | ------------------------------------------ | |Burnley | ------------------------------------------ | |Carlisle | ------------------------------------------ | |Lancaster | ------------------------------------------ | |Preston | ------------------------------------------ |Leeds |Leeds | ------------------------------------------ | |Huddersfield | ------------------------------------------ | |Wakefield | ------------------------------------------ |Lewes |Lewes | ------------------------------------------ | |Chichester | ------------------------------------------ | |Brighton | ------------------------------------------ |Liverpool |Caernarfon | ------------------------------------------ | |Chester | ------------------------------------------ | |Mold | ------------------------------------------ | |Warrington | ------------------------------------------ | |Liverpool | ------------------------------------------ | |Knutsford | ------------------------------------------ | |Bolton | ------------------------------------------ |Low Newton |Carlisle | ------------------------------------------ | |Durham | ------------------------------------------ | |Newcastle-upon-Tyne || ------------------------------------------ | |Teesside || ------------------------------------------ |Manchester |Manchester | ------------------------------------------ |New Hall |Derby | ------------------------------------------ | |Doncaster | ------------------------------------------ | |Grimsby | ------------------------------------------ | |Huddersfield | ------------------------------------------ | |Kingston | ------------------------------------------ | |Leicester | ------------------------------------------ | |Leeds | ------------------------------------------ | |Lincoln | ------------------------------------------ | |Nottingham | ------------------------------------------ | |Sheffield | ------------------------------------------ | |Stafford | ------------------------------------------ | |York | ------------------------------------------ | |Wakefield | ------------------------------------------ |Norwich |Norwich | ------------------------------------------ | |Kings Lynn | ------------------------------------------ | |Ipswich | ------------------------------------------ | |Bury St. Edmunds | ------------------------------------------ |Pentonville |Wood Green | ------------------------------------------ | |Snaresbrook | ------------------------------------------ |Preston |Barrow | ------------------------------------------ | |Burnley | ------------------------------------------ | |Lancaster | ------------------------------------------ | |Preston | ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ |Pucklechurch|Exeter | ------------------------------ | |Gloucester | ------------------------------ | |Haverfordwes | ------------------------------ | |Hereford | ------------------------------ | |Merthyr Tydfil | ------------------------------ | |Newport (Gwent)| ------------------------------ | |Plymouth | ------------------------------ | |Salisbury | ------------------------------ | |Swansea | ------------------------------ | |Swindon | ------------------------------ | |Truro | ------------------------------ | |Taunton | ------------------------------ | |Warwick | ------------------------------ | |Wolverhampton | ------------------------------ | |Worcester | ------------------------------ |Reading |Oxford | ------------------------------ | |Portsmouth | ------------------------------ | |Southampton | ------------------------------ | |Swindon | ------------------------------ | |Winchester | ------------------------------ | |Reading | ------------------------------ |Risley |Barrow | ------------------------------ | |Bolton | ------------------------------ | |Burnley | ------------------------------ | |Caernarfon | ------------------------------ | |Chester | ------------------------------ | |Dolgellau | ------------------------------ | |Knutsford | ------------------------------ | |Lancaster | ------------------------------ | |Liverpool | ------------------------------ | |Manchester | ------------------------------ ------------------------------------- | |Mold | ------------------------------------- | |Shrewsbury | ------------------------------------- | |Stoke-on-Trent | ------------------------------------- | |Warrington | ------------------------------------- | |Welshpool | ------------------------------------- |Rochester |Maidstone | ------------------------------------- | |Canterbury | ------------------------------------- |Shrewsbury |Shrewsbury | ------------------------------------- | |Stoke-on-Trent | ------------------------------------- | |Welshpool | ------------------------------------- | |Dolgellau | ------------------------------------- | |Stafford | ------------------------------------- |Swansea |Carmarthen | ------------------------------------- | |Haverfordwest | ------------------------------------- | |Merthyr Tydfil | ------------------------------------- | |Swansea | ------------------------------------- |Wandsworth |Kingston | ------------------------------------- | |Knightsbridge | ------------------------------------- | |Middlesex Guildhall| ------------------------------------- |Winchester |Portsmouth | ------------------------------------- | |Salisbury | ------------------------------------- | |Southampton | ------------------------------------- | |Winchester | ------------------------------------- |Woodhill |Aylesbury | ------------------------------------- | |Northampton | ------------------------------------- | |St. Albans | ------------------------------------- |Wormwood Scrubs|Harrow | ------------------------------------- | |Isleworth | -------------------------------------