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Sex Offenders (Treatment)

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons in England and Wales run a sex offenders treatment programme; and what was the number of prisoners attending such a programme on 15 February. [112019]

Mr. Boateng: The Prison Service sex offenders treatment programme consists of four sub-programmes--core for all offenders, extended for those at high risk of re-offending, adapted for those with a low IQ, and a booster programme for all to reinforce the programme's lessons towards release from custody. A rolling programme is also being trialled for low risk offenders, and to provide a facility to enable those who have not done well on parts of the other programmes to revise elements rather than going through the whole programme again.

The programme is run in its various versions at:

Acklington--core/booster/extended


Albany--core/extended/rolling


Birmingham--core


Brixton--core/extended


Channings Wood--core


Dartmoor--core


Feltham--core


Frankland--core


Full Sutton--core/rolling


Grendon--core


High Down--core/rolling

Hull--rolling


Leyhill--booster


Littlehey--core


Maidstone--core


Manchester--rolling


Risley--core/booster


Rochester--booster


Swinfen Hall--core/extended


Usk--core/extended/adapted


Wandsworth--core


Wayland--core/booster/extended/rolling


Whatton--core/booster/adapted


Woodhil--core


Wymott--core/booster.

With regard to the number of inmates taking part on the sex offender treatment programme on 15 February, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Hull, North (Mr. McNamara) on 16 February 2000, Official Report, columns 538-39W.

Prisons (Foreign Language Materials)

Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who has the responsibility for the provision of foreign language newspapers or books for non-English speaking prison inmates held in prisons in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. [111985]

Mr. Boateng: Foreign language materials are provided in prison establishments through the local public library authority, in accordance with 'Guidelines for Prison Libraries (1997)' which details the standards under which

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prison libraries should operate. Each establishment has a local public authority librarian working to a joint service level agreement.

Governors of prisons in England and Wales will make arrangements to supply at least one newspaper for every ten prisoners, to be purchased out of prison funds They should provide as full a range of newspapers as possible, taking into account the preferences of those prisoners from ethnic minority groups. This is underpinned by the Prison Service race relations policy, which highlights the importance of prisons being aware of the needs of foreign prisoners and the materials that can be obtained to meet their needs. Subject to security considerations, prisoners are also allowed to receive newspapers, periodicals, magazines or books of their choice.

Secure Remands

Mrs. Golding: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many secure remands to local authority accommodation were made since 1 June 1999 in relation to (a) children aged 12 to 14 years, broken down by age, gender and ethnicity, (b) females aged 15 to 16 years, broken down by age and ethnicity and (c) males aged 15 to 16 years declared vulnerable, broken down by age and ethnicity. [112000]

Mr. Boateng: The number of children and young people remanded or committed to local authority secure accommodation is recorded on the last day of each month by local authority secure units and sent to the Home Office. These returns break down the total number by age, gender and the statutory position under which the child or young person has been placed.

Information on ethnicity is not recorded. We have received returns from all units for June to December 1999 and the totals are set out in the table.

Direct secure remand and committals by courts are made under section 23(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 and section 37 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. The table also includes remands to secure accommodation under section 25 of the Children Act 1989, following application to a court by a local authority.

Date, gender and age	Direct court-ordered secure remand (section 23(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969	Remand to local authority secure accommodation via section 25 of the Children Act 1989	Committal for sentence to the Crown court under section 37 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
30 June--males
12	--	1	--
13	5	5	1
14	26	14	1
15	20	18	2
16	14	16	2
Total	65	54	6
30 June--females
12	--	1	--
13	--	4	--
14	1	4	--
15	7	2	1
16	--	5	--
Total	8	16	1
31 July--males
12	--	3	--
13	3	6	--
14	25	12	1
15	26	12	1
16	17	6	1
Total	71	39	3
31 July--females
12	--	1	--
13	--	3	--
14	1	8	--
15	3	5	1
16	4	3	--
Total	8	20	1
31 August--males
12	--	5	--
13	11	4	1
14	20	17	4
15	24	7	5
16	30	7	2
Total	85	40	12
31 August--females
12	--	1	--
13	1	--	--
14	4	3	--
15	--	4	1
16	4	1	--
Total	9	9	1
30 September--males
12	1	3	--
13	11	4	1
14	22	8	2
15	28	5	1
16	31	8	3
Total	93	28	7
30 September--females
12	--	1	--
13	2	1	--
14	3	5	--
15	3	7	1
16	10	10	--
Total	18	24	1
31 October--males
12	4	4	--
13	16	6	2
14	30	9	1
15	33	6	1
16	35	8	4
Total	118	33	8
31 October--females
12	--	2	--
13	1	3	--
14	--	6	--
15	4	4	1
16	8	4	--
Total	13	19	1
30 November--males
12	8	8	--
13	10	7	--
14	28	11	1
15	36	11	2
16	40	6	5
Total	122	43	8
30 November--females
12	--	2	--
13	1	3	--
14	2	6	--
15	3	5	1
16	11	5	--
Total	17	21	1
31 December--males--
12	3	3	--
13	4	4	--
14	11	6	--
15	36	7	2
16	36	6	11
Total	90	26	13
31 December--females
12	--	3	--
13	--	3	--
14	1	11	--
15	3	5	1
16	9	4	1
Total	13	26	2

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Deportation

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are awaiting deportation following rejection of their application for asylum. [111954]

Mrs. Roche: The information is not available. Data are not available on asylum applicants who have voluntarily left the country without the knowledge of the Home Office. Therefore, it is not possible to make a reliable estimate of the number of failed asylum seekers remaining in the country.

Jury Trial

Mr. Marshall-Andrews: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) of 14 December 1999, Official Report, column 139W, on jury trial, if the sum of £66 million annually takes account of the cost of alternative sentences; and if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of £0.5 million for interlocutory appeals including the legal and administrative costs per appeal. [112410]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The estimated resource savings take account of alternative sentences which the magistrates' courts might impose. It has been assumed, for the purpose of assessing the financial implications of

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appeals, that 25 per cent. of defendants who would have elected Crown Court trial will appeal to the Crown Court against the magistrates' decision to try the case, and that 17.5 per cent. of appeals would proceed to an oral hearing. A paper-based appeal would cost £25 in court resources, £30 in Legal Aid and £35 in prosecution costs. An oral hearing would cost an additional £77 in court resources, £45 in Legal Aid and £60 in prosecution costs.

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