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Blantyre House
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former prisoners from Blantyre House re-offended in each of the last five years. [140934]
Mr. Boateng: The information is not available in the form requested. I shall write to the hon. Member, as soon as possible, and place a copy of the letter in the Library.
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Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost was per prisoner of running Blantyre House in each of the last three years. [140972]
Mr. Boateng: The annual cost per prisoner at Her Majesty's Prison Blantyre House for the last three financial years is set out in the table:
| Cost per prisoner (cash terms) | |
|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 17,700 |
| 1998-99 | 17,957 |
| 1999-2000 | 20,010 |
Data for cost per prisoner place reflect establishment costs only and does not include Head Quarter overheads. These figures are not comparable with the Prison Service cost per prisoner Key Performance Indicator.
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost of running Blantyre House was in each of the last three years. [140933]
Mr. Boateng: Expenditure by Blantyre House in the last three years, covering both current and capital expenditure, was as follows:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| 1997-98 | 2,196,753 |
| 1998-99 | 2,188,236 |
| 1999-2000 | 2,396,923 |
Criminal Records Bureau
Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to carry out a regulatory impact assessment into the impact of fees to be charged by the Criminal Records Bureau on voluntary and charitable organisations working with young people; and if he will make a statement. [140937]
Mr. Charles Clarke: I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mr. Corbett) on 20 November 2000, Official Report, column 87W.
Murder (Prisons)
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many murders in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years were found to be racially motivated; [140957]
- (2) how many murders have been recorded in prisons in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years. [140930]
Mr. Boateng: The numbers of homicides between prisoners over the period requested, and the ethnicity of those who died, is given in the table. Information about the racial motivation of those convicted of murder is not recorded. In one of this year's cases evidence of the accused's racial attitudes was a prominent feature of the evidence presented at the trial.
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| Year | Total | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2 | 2 x White |
| 1992 | 2 | 2 x White |
| 1993 | 3 | 3 x White |
| 1994 | 3 | 2 x White; 1 x Black Caribbean |
| 1995 | 2 | 2 x White |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 x Asian Pakistani; 1 x White |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 x White |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 x White |
| 1999 | 0 | - |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 x Asian-Pakistani; 2 x White |
Prison Suicides
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there were in prisons in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years. [140960]
Mr. Boateng: The information requested is given in the table.
| Calendar year | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 49 | 1 | 50 |
| 1991 | 42 | 0 | 42 |
| 1992 | 39 | 2 | 41 |
| 1993 | 46 | 1 | 47 |
| 1994 | 61 | 1 | 62 |
| 1995 | 57 | 2 | 59 |
| 1996 | 62 | 2 | 64 |
| 1997 | 65 | 3 | 68 |
| 1998 | 79 | 3 | 82 |
| 1999 | 86 | 5 | 91 |
| 2000 | 69 | 8 | 77 |
| Total | 655 | 28 | 683 |
(58) Count as at 28 November 2000
Prisons (Cell Sharing)
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the risk assessment of inmates who share cells. [140932]
Mr. Boateng: The Prison Service is committed to preventing loss of life or injury to prisoners who are required to share cells.
Improvements have been made to the way in which prisoners are risk assessed--a revised Prisoner Escort Record (PER) that accompanies individuals during court or prison moves and highlights specific risk factors, including violence, racist behaviour and sexual offences, now in use estate-wide. Accompanying guidance reinforces the importance of passing PER information to the staff involved in, for example, first-night risk assessment and accommodation issues.
Work has also been undertaken to develop a Safer Prisons initiative. The Prison Service will shortly be introducing a Safer Prisons Standard that will encourage a 'whole-prison' approach. As well as setting out actions to reduce violence and bullying in establishments, it also focuses on prisoner care and staff/prisoner relationships.
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Prison Training
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to provide prison employees with (a) racial and (b) sexual orientation awareness training; and if he will make a statement. [140931]
Mr. Boateng: Prison Service employees have access to equal opportunities training for both staff and prisoner issues. Prison Service Orders have also been issued to assist staff.
Equal Opportunities Officers who deal with staff issues and Race Relations Liaison Officers who deal specifically with prisoners are appointed and trained in each establishment. The role of Equal Opportunities Officer includes raising awareness in discrimination and harassment. In addition, race relations training is provided as part of the Prison Officer Induction Training course.
Police Numbers
Mr. Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers (a) left and (b) joined the profession in each of the last 10 years. [140797]
Mr. Charles Clarke [holding answer 29 November, 2000]: The information requested is set out in the table. Before April 1995 information was collected on a calendar year basis. From April 1995 it has been done on a financial year basis. The table reflects the different collection periods.
| Year | Total police recruitment | Total police wastage |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3,044 | 2,738 |
| 1991 | 4,933 | 5,005 |
| 1992 | 5,863 | 4,993 |
| 1993 | 5,131 | 5,490 |
| 1994-95(59) | 6,409 | 6,989 |
| 1995-96 | 6,014 | 6,421 |
| 1996-97 | 6,523 | 5,951 |
| 1997-98 | 6,543 | 6,657 |
| 1998-99 | 5,391 | 6,104 |
| 1999-2000 | 4,535 | 5,948 |
(59) The figures for 1994-95 cover 15 months to take account of the change from calendar year to financial year.
Sir Patrick Cormack: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving officers were in the police forces of England and Wales on (a) 1 May 1997 and (b) 31 October 2000. [141036]
Mr. Charles Clarke: Information on police numbers is collected twice a year in March and September. Police numbers for March 1997 are set out in the table.
Police numbers for September 2000 are currently being validated and we hope to publish them within the next few weeks.
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