To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of (a) all people in prison and
(b) all people in prison who self-identified as Muslims in 1 January 2014 were serving
custodial sentences of less than (i) one month, (ii) three months, (iii) six months,
(iv) 12 months, (v) 24 months, (vi) 60 months, (vii) 10 years and (viii) over 10 years.
<p> </p><p> </p><p>Data are held centrally on the prison population in England and
Wales on the last day of each month, so figures have been provided for 31<sup>st</sup>
December 2013 (with the exception of PQ 197068 which has been answered as at 30 June
2013 – the latest available data for criminal history information).</p><p>For PQ 197067,
Table 1 below provides the number for the sentenced prison population by sentence
length for self-declared Muslim prisoners and the total for all religions.</p><p>For
PQ 197068, Table 2 provides the number of offenders in prison on 30th June 2013 who
identified themselves as Muslim and all other religions by the number of previous
custodial sentences received.</p><p>For PQ 197069, Table 3 provides the prison population
by nationality for self-declared Muslims and the total for all other religions.</p><p>For
PQ 197090, Table 4 provides the prison population by age group for self-declared Muslims
and the total for all other religions.</p><p>Please note that the religion of prisoners
is self declared and prisoners are under no obligation to declare their religion.</p><p>These
figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale
recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff of
each grade were employed at HM Prison Northumberland on 1 April (a) 2010, (b) 2011,
(c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change in full time equivalent staff
of each grade there has been at HM Prison Northumberland since the running of the
prison was transferred to Sodexo.
<p> </p><p> </p><p>The term "vulnerable prisoner" covers a wide range of
prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from
themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their
offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach
to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed
as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.</p><p>The number of prisoners
in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could
only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison
directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is
managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>All closed prisons in England and
Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>
<p> </p><p> </p><p>The term "vulnerable prisoner" covers a wide range of
prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from
themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their
offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach
to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed
as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.</p><p>The number of prisoners
in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could
only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison
directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is
managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>All closed prisons in England and
Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>