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UskThe Verne
Wandsworth
Winchester.
In addition, there are 14 other prisons where the listener scheme is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.
Acklington
Birmingham
Drake Hall
Garth
Grendon
Guys Marsh
Hadfield
Kirkham
Lewes
Manchester
Northallerton
Parkhurst
Stafford
Whatton
Prisons (Substance Abuse)
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in which prisons in England and Wales drug abuse programmes are available to prisoners ; and how many prisoners (a) commenced and (b) completed the programme in each prison in (i) 1992-93 and (ii) 1993-94 ;
(2) in which prisons in England and Wales alcohol abuse programmes are available to prisoners ; and how many prisoners (a) commenced and (b) completed the programme in each prison in (i) 1992-92 and (ii) 1993-94.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated26 May 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Questions about drug abuse programmes in prisons in England and Wales.
The Prison Service does not collate statistics on drugs abuse programmes centrally. A wide range of drug treatments are available across the prison system carried out by a variety of prison staff, including medical officers, psychologists, probation officers and health care officers, and using a number of different approaches such as detoxification, behavioural treatment and counselling. The Prison Service is currently developing a strategy on drugs with the aim of bringing together the reduction of supply and reduction of demand for drugs in prison. As part of this developing strategy a survey of drug abuse programmes is currently being carried out. Of the 75 prisons so far surveyed 98.7 per cent. (74) of establishments provided some form of treatment or education programmes for prisoners with drug misuse
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problems and 96 per cent. (72) of establishments provided some form of treatment or education for prisoners with alcohol problems. The statistics showing the type of treatment programmes available to individual and groups of prisoners for drug treatment and alcohol treatment are provided in annex 1.
|Percentage of
|establishments
---------------------------------------------------------------
Drug Treatment Programmes for Individual Prisoners
Detoxification |34.7
Maintenance prescribing |16.0
Counselling |84.0
Drug awareness training |62.7
Tackling offending behaviour |65.3
Instruction in harm minimisation |52.0
Narcotics anonymous |17.3
Drugs use and HIV infection |74.7
Drug Treatment Programmes for Groups of Prisoners
Counselling |56.0
Drug awareness training |74.7
Tackling offending behaviour |66.7
Instruction in harm minimisation |52.0
Support groups for families |4.0
Narcotics anonymous |17.3
Drugs use and HIV infection |76.0
Alcohol Treatment Programmes for Individual Prisoners
Detoxification |28.0
Counselling |72.0
Alcohol awareness training |61.3
Tackling offending behaviour |54.7
Alcoholics anonymous |40.0
Alcohol Treatment Programmes for Groups of Prisoners
Counselling |42.7
Tackling offending behaviour |65.3
Support groups for families |4.0
Alcoholics anonymous |46.7
Sentencing
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of people sentenced in the courts received a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence each month from January 1992 to the latest available date.
Mr. Maclean : Information on sentencing for both the magistrates court and the Crown Court for 1992 is given in tables A to C. 1993 data will not be available until the autumn. Data provided by the Lord Chancellor's Department for committals for trial at the Crown court are given in table D.
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Table A: Persons sentenced at magistrates' courts for all offences by month, type of
offence and type of sentence
England and Wales 1992
Indictable
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
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January |23,544 |100 |1,341 |6 |22,203 |94
February |20,673 |100 |1,172 |6 |19,501 |94
March |22,047 |100 |1,255 |6 |20,792 |94
April |20,117 |100 |1,157 |6 |18,960 |94
May |17,867 |100 |975 |5 |16,892 |95
June |20,402 |100 |1,040 |5 |19,362 |95
July |20,295 |100 |1,067 |5 |19,228 |95
August |18,301 |100 |1,017 |6 |17,284 |94
September |20,454 |100 |1,035 |5 |19,419 |95
October |20,699 |100 |483 |2 |20,216 |98
November |19,886 |100 |609 |3 |19,277 |97
December |17,131 |100 |645 |4 |16,486 |96
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Total |241,416 |100 |11,796 |5 |229,620 |95
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Summary
non-motoring
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |41,146 |100 |438 |1 |40,708 |99
February |35,672 |100 |359 |1 |35,313 |99
March |40,817 |100 |380 |1 |40,437 |99
April |37,268 |100 |314 |1 |36,954 |99
May |36,018 |100 |266 |1 |35,752 |99
June |42,138 |100 |336 |1 |41,802 |99
July |41,937 |100 |322 |1 |41,615 |99
August |36,881 |100 |300 |1 |36,581 |99
September |41,214 |100 |277 |1 |40,937 |99
October |39,647 |100 |143 |0 |39,504 |100
November |39,799 |100 |187 |0 |39,612 |100
December |32,540 |100 |164 |1 |32,376 |99
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Total |465,077 |100 |3,486 |1 |461,591 |99
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Summary motoring
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |61,977 |100 |612 |1 |61,365 |99
February |54,875 |100 |536 |1 |54,339 |99
March |61,195 |100 |593 |1 |60,602 |99
April |57,310 |100 |496 |1 |56,814 |99
May |52,930 |100 |436 |1 |52,494 |99
June |62,771 |100 |494 |1 |62,277 |99
July |64,265 |100 |545 |1 |63,720 |99
August |58,781 |100 |507 |1 |58,274 |99
September |63,925 |100 |450 |1 |63,475 |99
October |61,495 |100 |306 |0 |61,189 |100
November |59,806 |100 |368 |1 |59,438 |99
December |50,443 |100 |355 |1 |50,088 |99
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Total |709,773 |100 |5,698 |1 |704,075 |99
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All offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |126,667 |100 |2,391 |2 |124,276 |98
February |111,220 |100 |2,067 |2 |109,153 |98
March |124,059 |100 |2,228 |2 |121,831 |98
April |114,695 |100 |1,967 |2 |112,728 |98
May |106,815 |100 |1,677 |2 |105,138 |98
June |125,311 |100 |1,870 |1 |123,441 |99
July |126,497 |100 |1,934 |2 |124,563 |98
August |113,963 |100 |1,824 |2 |112,139 |98
September |125,593 |100 |1,762 |1 |123,831 |99
October |121,841 |100 |932 |1 |120,909 |99
November |119,491 |100 |1,164 |1 |118,327 |99
December |100,114 |100 |1,164 |1 |98,950 |99
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,416,266 |100 |20,980 |1 |1,395,286 |99
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Table B: Persons sentenced at the Crown Court for all offences by month, type of
offence and type of sentence
England and Wales 1992
Indictable
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |7,990 |100 |3,622 |45 |4,368 |55
February |7,623 |100 |3,412 |45 |4,211 |55
March |8,094 |100 |3,742 |46 |4,352 |54
April |6,490 |100 |3,000 |46 |3,490 |54
May |6,554 |100 |2,960 |45 |3,594 |55
June |7,035 |100 |3,202 |46 |3,833 |54
July |7,919 |100 |3,637 |46 |4,282 |54
August |5,495 |100 |2,468 |45 |3,027 |55
September |6,496 |100 |2,889 |44 |3,607 |56
October |5,802 |100 |2,273 |39 |3,529 |61
November |6,268 |100 |2,538 |40 |3,730 |60
December |5,351 |100 |2,210 |41 |3,141 |59
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Total |81,117 |100 |35,953 |44 |45,164 |56
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Summary
non-motoring
offences-
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |315 |100 |79 |25 |236 |75
February |273 |100 |54 |20 |219 |80
March |300 |100 |68 |23 |232 |77
April |240 |100 |52 |22 |188 |78
May |190 |100 |41 |22 |149 |78
June |266 |100 |52 |20 |214 |80
July |294 |100 |68 |23 |226 |77
August |176 |100 |43 |24 |133 |76
September |221 |100 |50 |23 |171 |77
October |218 |100 |36 |17 |182 |83
November |197 |100 |30 |15 |167 |85
December |161 |100 |34 |21 |127 |79
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Total |2,851 |100 |607 |21 |2,244 |79
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Summary motoring
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |141 |100 |43 |30 |98 |70
February |117 |100 |43 |37 |74 |63
March |142 |100 |49 |35 |93 |65
April |91 |100 |36 |40 |55 |60
May |123 |100 |52 |42 |71 |58
June |112 |100 |38 |34 |74 |66
July |131 |100 |50 |38 |81 |62
August |105 |100 |36 |34 |69 |66
September |127 |100 |40 |31 |87 |69
October |104 |100 |18 |17 |86 |83
November |111 |100 |25 |23 |86 |77
December |83 |100 |18 |22 |65 |78
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Total |1,387 |100 |448 |32 |939 |68
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All offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |8,446 |100 |3,744 |44 |4,702 |56
February |8,013 |100 |3,509 |44 |4,504 |56
March |8,536 |100 |3,859 |45 |4,677 |55
April |6,821 |100 |3,088 |45 |3,733 |55
May |6,867 |100 |3,053 |44 |3,814 |56
June |7,413 |100 |3,292 |44 |4,121 |56
July |8,344 |100 |3,755 |45 |4,589 |55
August |5,776 |100 |2,547 |44 |3,229 |56
September |6,844 |100 |2,979 |44 |3,865 |56
October |6,124 |100 |2,327 |38 |3,797 |62
November |6,576 |100 |2,593 |39 |3,983 |61
December |5,595 |100 |2,262 |40 |3,333 |60
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Total |85,355 |100 |37,008 |43 |48,347 |57
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Table C: Persons sentenced at all courts for all offences by month, type of offence
and type of sentence
England and Wales 1992
Indictable
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |31,534 |100 |4,963 |16 |26,571 |84
February |28,296 |100 |4,584 |16 |23,712 |84
March |30,141 |100 |4,997 |17 |25,144 |83
April |26,607 |100 |4,157 |16 |22,450 |84
May |24,421 |100 |3,935 |16 |20,486 |84
June |27,437 |100 |4,242 |15 |23,195 |85
July |28,214 |100 |4,704 |17 |23,510 |83
August |23,796 |100 |3,485 |15 |20,311 |85
September |26,950 |100 |3,924 |15 |23,026 |85
October |26,501 |100 |2,756 |10 |23,745 |90
November |26,154 |100 |3,147 |12 |23,007 |88
December |22,482 |100 |2,855 |13 |19,627 |87
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Total |322,533 |100 |47,749 |15 |274,784 |85
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Summary
non-motoring
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |41,461 |100 |517 |1 |40,944 |99
February |35,945 |100 |413 |1 |35,532 |99
March |41,117 |100 |448 |1 |40,669 |99
April |37,508 |100 |366 |1 |37,142 |99
May |36,208 |100 |307 |1 |35,901 |99
June |42,404 |100 |388 |1 |42,016 |99
July |42,231 |100 |390 |1 |41,841 |99
August |37,057 |100 |343 |1 |36,714 |99
September |41,435 |100 |327 |1 |41,108 |99
October |39,865 |100 |179 |0 |39,686 |100
November |39,996 |100 |217 |1 |39,779 |99
December |32,701 |100 |198 |1 |32,503 |99
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Total |467,928 |100 |4,093 |1 |463,835 |99
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Summary motoring
offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |62,118 |100 |655 |1 |61,463 |99
February |54,992 |100 |579 |1 |54,413 |99
March |61,337 |100 |642 |1 |60,695 |99
April |57,401 |100 |532 |1 |56,869 |99
May |53,053 |100 |488 |1 |52,565 |99
June |62,883 |100 |532 |1 |62,351 |99
July |64,396 |100 |595 |1 |63,801 |99
August |58,886 |100 |543 |1 |58,343 |99
September |64,052 |100 |490 |1 |63,562 |99
October |61,599 |100 |324 |1 |61,275 |99
November |59,917 |100 |393 |1 |59,524 |99
December |50,526 |100 |373 |1 |50,153 |99
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Total |711,160 |100 |6,146 |1 |705,014 |99
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All offences
Total sentenced Custodial Non-custodial
sentences sentences
|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage|Number |Percentage
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January |135,113 |100 |6,135 |5 |128,978 |95
February |119,233 |100 |5,576 |5 |113,657 |95
March |132,595 |100 |6,087 |5 |126,508 |95
April |121,516 |100 |5,055 |4 |116,461 |96
May |113,682 |100 |4,730 |4 |108,952 |96
June |132,724 |100 |5,162 |4 |127,562 |96
July |134,841 |100 |5,689 |4 |129,152 |96
August |119,739 |100 |4,371 |4 |115,368 |96
September |132,437 |100 |4,741 |4 |127,696 |96
October |127,965 |100 |3,259 |3 |124,706 |97
November |126,067 |100 |3,757 |3 |122,310 |97
December |105,709 |100 |3,426 |3 |102,283 |97
|------- |------- |------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |1,501,621 |100 |57,988 |4 |1,443,633 |96
Table D: Proportionate use of immediate custody for defendants sentenced at the Crown court following committal for trial. England and Wales 1992-94 Month |1992 |1993 |1994 ---------------------------------- January |48 |42 |52 February |48 |46 |54 March |49 |47 |52 April |50 |49 |- May |49 |50 |- June |49 |51 |- July |48 |52 |- August |48 |54 |- September |48 |54 |- October |42 |52 |- November |42 |52 |- December |43 |54 |-
Prisons (Drug Testing)
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of the introduction of drug testing in prisons for the year 1994-95 and for each of the next four years.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 26 May 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the estimated cost of drug testing in prisons.
It is not possible at this stage to estimate the cost of drug testing over the next four or five years. This will depend on a number of factors, such as the number and frequency of tests, which will be addressed in pilot schemes which we plan to conduct later this year.
Obscene Publications Branch
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department , pursuant to his oral answer of 19 May, Official Report, column 941, (1) on what date he expects the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to complete his review of the structure of the obscene publications branch ; and why reference to the existence of the obscene publications branch has been deleted from the 1994 edition of the Police and Constabulary Almanac official register ;
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(2) who took the decision to delete from the 1994 edition of the Police and Constabulary Almanac official register all mention of the obscene publications branch of the Metropolitan police ;(3) whether he was consulted about and informed of the decision to delete from the 1994 edition of the Police and Constabulary Almanac official register all mention of the obscene publications branch of the Metropolitan police ; and whether this decision is consistent with his policy on the future of the branch.
Mr. Charles Wardle : I understand from the Commissioner that he expects to receive the final report of the restructuring review of specialist operations, which includes the obscene publications branch, in August.
The lack of a specific reference to the obscene publications branch in the 1994 edition of the Police and Constabulary Almanac is the result of an administrative oversight within the Metropolitan police. The error has been noted for correction.
Police Cells
Mrs. Roche : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are currently held in police cells.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mrs. Roche, dated 26 May 1994 : The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about how many prisoners are currently held in police cells.
On Monday 23 May, the latest date for which complete information is available, 130 prisoners were held in police cells.
Prisons (Anger Management Programmes)
Ms Ruddock : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which prisons in England and Wales anger management programmes are available to prisoners ; and how many prisoners (a) commenced and (b) completed the programme in each prison in (i) 1992-93 and (ii) 1993-94.
Mr. Peter Lloyd : Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from A. J. Butler to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 26 May 1994 :The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department about which prisons in England and Wales provide anger management programmes and the numbers of prisoners commencing and completing the programme in each prison. Teams of tutors from the following establishments were trained to run the anger management programme as follows :
1. Between 1 April 1992 and 31 March 1993 :
HMP Elmley
HMP Featherstone
HMP Frankland
HMP Highdown
HMP Leeds
HMP Long Lartin
HMP Manchester
HMP Risley
HMYOI Brinsford
HMYOI Bullwood Hall
HMYOI Dover
HMYOI Feltham
HMYOI Hollesley Bay
HMYOI Huntercombe
HMYOI Lancaster Farms
HMYOI Moorland
HMYOI Onley
2. Between 1 April 1993 and 31 March 1994 :
HMP Albany
HMP Ashwell
HMP Belmarsh
HMP Birmingham
HMP Bullingdon
HMP Camp Hill
HMP Canterbury
HMP Coldingley
HMP Full Sutton
HMP Highpoint
HMP Lincoln
HMP Lindholme
HMP The Mount
HMP Nottingham
HMP Parkhurst
HMP Ranby
HMP Stocken
HMP Wakefield
HMP Wayland
HMP Wandsworth
HMP Whatton
HMP Woodhill
HMP Wormwood Scrubs
HMRC Reading
HMYOI Aylesbury
HMYOI Erlestoke
HMYOI Stoke Heath
HMYOI Swinfen Hall
The frequency of anger management programmes and numbers of prisoners attending in any given year are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
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