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date less than 2020-06-02more like thismore than 2020-06-02
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Ministry of Justice more like this
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question text Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prisoners, and (2) staff, were (a) suspected of having, (b) confirmed as having, (3) hospitalised as a result of, and (4) died from, COVID-19 in prisons in England, broken down by region. more like this
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The Lord Bishop of Rochester more like this
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date of answer less than 2020-06-30more like thismore than 2020-06-30
answer text <p>The data requested can be found below and is correct as of Friday 19 June.</p><p>Please note, for the number of staff suspected of having Covid-19 the guidance was changed on 20 April so that symptomatic staff members could be identified separately. Before 20 April all staff members who were isolating under the PHE guidance were counted and those who were symptomatic could not be identified specifically. This may have slightly overestimated the number of symptomatic staff before 20 April. For some regions this data has been backdated so the total number of staff suspected of having Covid-19 is known.</p><p>On 24 April, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the rollout of Covid-19 testing for all essential workers and symptomatic members of their household, including prison staff.</p><p>From 15 April, due to the sufficient availability of testing supplies all symptomatic prisoners were tested.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff suspected of having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff confirmed as having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff hospitalised as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff deaths as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region1</p></td><td><p>1,337</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region2</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region3</p></td><td><p>1,973</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region4</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region5</p></td><td><p>1,015</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region6</p></td><td><p>2,417</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region7</p></td><td><p>2,482</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 11,195 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 898 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 67 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners suspected of having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners confirmed as having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners hospitalised as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoner deaths as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 1</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 2</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 3</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 4</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 5</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 6</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 7</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,464 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 402 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 51 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 21 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Regions by prison group:</strong></p><p><strong>Region 1 – </strong>Cumbria and Lancashire; Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire</p><p><strong>Region 2 – </strong>Yorkshire; Tees and Wear</p><p><strong>Region 3 – </strong>North Midlands; West Midlands; East Midlands</p><p><strong>Region 4 – </strong>Avon and South Dorset; South Central; Devon and North Dorset</p><p><strong>Region 5 – </strong>Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk; Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk</p><p><strong>Region 6 – </strong>London; Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p><p><strong>Region 7 – </strong>Long Term and High Security Estate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes </strong></p><p>- Staff suspected of having Covid-19 have been calculated as staff who are on sickness absence or showing symptoms. There may be other staff with suspected Covid-19 who are in the self-isolating category not included here.</p><p>- Prisoners suspected of having Covid-19 have been calculated as prisoners recorded as displaying symptoms.</p><p>- Some staff or prisoners may be counted twice if they have had two periods of symptoms.</p><p>- Confirmed staff cases are self-reported.</p><p>- Staff and prisoner hospitalisations have been calculated as those who have tested positive and have been hospitalised. The hospitalisation may not have been as a result of Covid-19 in some cases, and there may be other cases where Covid-19 has not been confirmed which are included here.</p><p>- These numbers include all historic cases, many of which are now closed.</p><p>- Data for staff deaths represents individuals that have been confirmed as having Covid-19, though it is not necessarily the cause of death.</p><p>- Data for prisoner deaths represents individuals where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause.</p><p>- These tables include silver command regions 1 to 7 which cover prisons in England, but also include 2 STCs and 1 IRC.</p><p>- Staff figures contain both directly and non-directly employed staff.</p><p>- The symbol ~ denotes suppressed values of 4 or fewer to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.</p><p>- These figures have been drawn from the daily HMPPS Covid-19 reports. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has started publishing a weekly release of Covid-19 related statistics. This includes confirmed Covid-19 cases in prisoners and children in custody; and deaths among prisoners and children in custody where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause.</p><p>The statistics release can be found here each Friday: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics</a></p><p>Please note, this publication provides statistics for prisons across England and Wales, the data in the tables above relates to prisons in England only.</p>
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
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less than 2020-06-30T16:54:24.933Zmore like thismore than 2020-06-30T16:54:24.933Z
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label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
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label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Rochester more like this