Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-05-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile telephones have been found in prisons in England and Wales, by establishment, in each year since 2010.
Jeremy Wright
The National Offender Management Service takes the issues of mobile phones in prison seriously and is committed to addressing the risks that they present. Part of its response is to deploy technology in prisons that prevents mobile phones from working.
The Government has supported the Prisons Interference with the Wireless Telegraphy Act which came into force on 21st October 2013. This Act creates clear statutory powers to enable all prisons to use signal denial technology to suppress the use of wireless telegraphy such as mobile phones by prisoners.
A range of mobile signal denial technology was trialled in a small number of Prisons. The trials demonstrated that the equipment is capable of denying signals to illicit mobile phones within the prison perimeter as required by law and Ofcom regulations. NOMS has since distributed 300 short range portable blockers around the prison estate.
Since April 2010, prisons have been asked to send all unauthorised phones and SIM cards found to a central unit for interrogation, or to notify the unit if an unauthorised phone or SIM card has been found but not sent for analysis. Data prior to April 2010 is not held centrally and data for 2013 and 2014 is being verified and is not yet available.
The table below shows the number seizures of mobile phones and/or SIM cards reported by each prison between April 2010 and December 2012. One seizure may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.
|
ESTABLISHMENT |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
ACKLINGTON |
54 |
28 |
|
|
ALBANY |
3 |
4 |
|
|
ALTCOURSE (C) |
790 |
609 |
534 |
|
ASHFIELD(C) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
ASHWELL |
2 |
7 |
|
|
ASKHAM GRANGE |
2 |
||
|
AYLESBURY |
278 |
97 |
29 |
|
BEDFORD |
27 |
55 |
29 |
|
BELMARSH |
15 |
25 |
9 |
|
BIRMINGHAM |
248 |
537 |
302 |
|
BLANTYRE HOUSE |
19 |
12 |
4 |
|
BLUNDESTON |
27 |
1 |
11 |
|
BRINSFORD |
12 |
76 |
45 |
|
BRISTOL |
54 |
33 |
26 |
|
BRIXTON |
46 |
67 |
28 |
|
BRONZEFIELD(C) |
34 |
12 |
3 |
|
BUCKLEY HALL |
11 |
22 |
149 |
|
BULLINGDON |
42 |
16 |
6 |
|
BULLWOOD HALL |
1 |
8 |
15 |
|
BURE |
5 |
1 |
|
|
CAMP HILL |
98 |
52 |
22 |
|
CANTERBURY |
22 |
10 |
21 |
|
CARDIFF |
19 |
36 |
7 |
|
CASTINGTON |
10 |
11 |
|
|
CHANNINGS WOOD |
64 |
63 |
15 |
|
CHELMSFORD |
42 |
38 |
11 |
|
COLDINGLEY |
37 |
52 |
42 |
|
COOKHAM WOOD |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
DARTMOOR |
27 |
16 |
2 |
|
DEERBOLT |
3 |
15 |
2 |
|
DONCASTER(C) |
15 |
6 |
24 |
|
DORCHESTER |
20 |
14 |
8 |
|
DOVEGATE (C) |
5 |
24 |
15 |
|
DOVER |
14 |
21 |
10 |
|
DOWNVIEW |
5 |
5 |
2 |
|
DRAKE HALL |
10 |
2 |
3 |
|
DURHAM |
24 |
41 |
23 |
|
EAST SUTTON PARK |
1 |
5 |
4 |
|
EASTWOOD PARK |
3 |
9 |
1 |
|
EDMUNDS HILL |
25 |
22 |
|
|
ELMLEY |
45 |
47 |
53 |
|
ERLESTOKE |
62 |
176 |
137 |
|
EVERTHORPE |
50 |
32 |
26 |
|
EXETER |
14 |
21 |
15 |
|
FEATHERSTONE |
39 |
29 |
133 |
|
FELTHAM |
84 |
65 |
45 |
|
FORD |
61 |
250 |
200 |
|
FOREST BANK (C) |
122 |
37 |
105 |
|
FOSTON HALL |
1 |
2 |
|
|
FRANKLAND |
6 |
2 |
7 |
|
FULL SUTTON |
10 |
4 |
9 |
|
GARTH |
76 |
32 |
39 |
|
GARTREE |
14 |
22 |
65 |
|
GLEN PARVA |
2 |
4 |
8 |
|
GLOUCESTER |
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
GRENDON |
17 |
10 |
3 |
|
GUYS MARSH |
77 |
182 |
175 |
|
HASLAR |
2 |
||
|
HATFIELD |
10 |
58 |
154 |
|
HAVERIGG |
107 |
134 |
291 |
|
HEWELL |
76 |
289 |
335 |
|
HIGHDOWN |
23 |
68 |
49 |
|
HIGHPOINT |
80 |
55 |
180 |
|
HINDLEY |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
HOLLESLEY BAY |
193 |
129 |
90 |
|
HOLLOWAY |
7 |
7 |
10 |
|
HOLME HOUSE |
18 |
15 |
5 |
|
HULL |
23 |
25 |
13 |
|
HUNTERCOMBE |
2 |
36 |
9 |
|
ISIS |
8 |
52 |
39 |
|
KENNET |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
KINGSTON |
6 |
||
|
KIRKHAM |
273 |
390 |
493 |
|
KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE |
13 |
15 |
19 |
|
LANCASTER CASTLE |
18 |
||
|
LANCASTER FARMS |
89 |
79 |
25 |
|
LATCHMERE HOUSE |
69 |
40 |
|
|
LEEDS |
53 |
59 |
27 |
|
LEICESTER |
27 |
26 |
15 |
|
LEWES |
38 |
46 |
30 |
|
LEYHILL |
83 |
27 |
30 |
|
LINCOLN |
28 |
33 |
4 |
|
LINDHOLME |
164 |
96 |
145 |
|
LITTLEHEY |
13 |
34 |
4 |
|
LIVERPOOL |
138 |
118 |
88 |
|
LONG LARTIN |
12 |
31 |
77 |
|
LOW NEWTON |
3 |
||
|
LOWDHAM GRANGE (C) |
27 |
10 |
26 |
|
MAIDSTONE |
6 |
34 |
22 |
|
MANCHESTER |
41 |
36 |
23 |
|
MOORLAND |
111 |
65 |
13 |
|
MOORLAND OPEN |
10 |
||
|
MORTON HALL |
4 |
5 |
|
|
MOUNT |
86 |
78 |
182 |
|
NEW HALL |
2 |
1 |
|
|
NORTH SEA CAMP |
86 |
63 |
67 |
|
NORTHALLERTON |
7 |
3 |
|
|
NORTHUMBERLAND |
9 |
15 |
109 |
|
NORWICH |
30 |
15 |
11 |
|
NOTTINGHAM |
11 |
38 |
17 |
|
OAKWOOD |
33 |
||
|
ONLEY |
53 |
68 |
65 |
|
PARC(C) |
32 |
79 |
16 |
|
PARKHURST |
6 |
8 |
20 |
|
PENTONVILLE |
207 |
199 |
124 |
|
PETERBOROUGH(C) |
141 |
145 |
60 |
|
PORTLAND |
24 |
6 |
11 |
|
PRESCOED |
2 |
4 |
|
|
PRESTON |
18 |
15 |
9 |
|
RANBY |
90 |
124 |
300 |
|
READING |
12 |
25 |
7 |
|
RISLEY |
72 |
12 |
37 |
|
ROCHESTER |
6 |
10 |
23 |
|
RYE HILL(C) |
42 |
79 |
70 |
|
SEND |
3 |
12 |
11 |
|
SHEPTON MALLET |
3 |
7 |
4 |
|
SHREWSBURY |
3 |
||
|
SPRING HILL |
12 |
13 |
34 |
|
STAFFORD |
12 |
69 |
14 |
|
STANDFORD HILL |
150 |
186 |
127 |
|
STOCKEN |
26 |
12 |
30 |
|
STOKE HEATH |
8 |
28 |
19 |
|
STYAL |
7 |
7 |
9 |
|
SUDBURY |
72 |
120 |
124 |
|
SWALESIDE |
100 |
58 |
107 |
|
SWANSEA |
2 |
1 |
|
|
SWINFEN HALL |
32 |
44 |
14 |
|
THAMESIDE |
8 |
||
|
THORN CROSS |
74 |
79 |
84 |
|
USK |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
VERNE |
67 |
144 |
161 |
|
WAKEFIELD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
WANDSWORTH |
157 |
131 |
119 |
|
WARREN HILL |
5 |
10 |
5 |
|
WAYLAND |
20 |
30 |
17 |
|
WEALSTUN |
57 |
145 |
155 |
|
WELLINGBOROUGH |
61 |
195 |
181 |
|
WERRINGTON HOUSE |
12 |
4 |
9 |
|
WETHERBY |
5 |
3 |
5 |
|
WHATTON |
9 |
1 |
|
|
WHITEMOOR |
18 |
28 |
17 |
|
WINCHESTER |
39 |
3 |
31 |
|
WOLDS(C) |
104 |
96 |
44 |
|
WOODHILL |
4 |
58 |
74 |
|
WORMWOOD SCRUBS |
141 |
267 |
39 |
|
WYMOTT |
58 |
50 |
11 |
|
Total |
6756 |
7789 |
7301 |
All figures provided have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. 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.
