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Media Briefings (Race Riots)

Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his Department (a) briefed and

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(b) made copies of the reports available to the media on inner city riots and urban race relations before they were published on 11 December. [23216]

Mr. Blunkett: The information is as follows:

(a) I gave a broad interview to The Independent on Sunday newspaper on Friday 7 December 2001 on the subject of citizenship. Nothing in the article had not already been said or written by me, including in the publication of my book 'Politics and Progress' on 26 September 2001. The resulting article provoked considerable interest from the media particularly those looking to associate issues arising from this interview with the publication of reports into the summer disturbances, due a few days later. To ensure people clearly understood my position on this and in response to media inquiries, the press office gave a general explanation of how the subject of citizenship was reflected in reports into the disturbances.

(b) No copies of the reports were made available to the media before they were published. The first time media had access to the reports produced by the Home Office was when they attended a press briefing on the morning

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of publication. I did not make my speech in Birmingham until 11.30 am to ensure that this did not pre-empt publication of the reports.

Prison Service

Mr. Stinchcombe: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what results were achieved by the Prison Service on each of its key performance indicators in each prison between April and October. [23903]

Beverley Hughes: Provisional key performance indicator (KPI) results for the period April-October 2001 are shown in the table. The overcrowding KPI is formulated in terms of overall Prison Service results and is not applicable to individual prisons.

Figures for cost per place and cost per prisoner reflect establishment costs only and do not include headquarters' overheads. Data are expressed in resource terms. These figures are not comparable with the overall Prison Service cost per place and cost per prisoner KPIs (which include headquarters' overheads).

Private prisons are not required to submit sickness or minority ethnic staffing data. The proportion of minority ethnic staff data relates to September 2001.

Prison name	Escapes	Assault rate (Percentage)	Random mandatory drug testing rate (Percentage)	Purposeful activity(33)	Average days lost to staff sickness	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner
Acklington	0	1.8	16.1	23.6	11.2	15,493	16,207
Albany	0	2.3	0.0	25.3	10.9	20,909	21,112
Altcourse	0	14.9	10.1	33.7	—	57,272	44,272
Ashfield	0	70.8	16.5	29.0	—	35,712	38,968
Ashwell	0	1.8	8.3	32.1	12.7	15,357	19,716
Askham Grange	0	2.8	3.5	41.8	8.2	20,202	21,629
Aylesbury	0	17.8	5.8	17.2	21.1	25,594	30,856
Bedford	0	10.7	16.8	21.3	20.1	22,238	19,656
Belmarsh	0	14.6	13.6	11.1	23.3	35,860	34,286
Birmingham	0	11.1	17.0	18.7	18.2	22,138	19,195
Blakenhurst	0	11.7	28.2	19.8	5.6	22,552	17,477
Blantyre House	0	0.0	3.8	50.3	9.4	20,777	21,520
Blundeston	0	3.3	10.1	25.6	7.9	22,947	23,665
Brinsford	0	50.9	10.7	27.6	9.2	15,897	16,932
Bristol	0	11.8	12.6	20.7	16.6	34,068	30,171
Brixton	1	13.2	8.6	16.6	27.4	29,492	24,850
Brockhill	0	28.2	6.5	16.5	22.4	30,515	33,295
Buckley Hall	0	3.2	20.5	31.9	14.9	17,795	16,446
Bullingdon	0	7.2	15.0	13.7	11.4	19,125	16,761
Bullwood Hall	0	37.9	8.8	26.8	16.1	22,667	24,348
Camp Hill	0	4.5	13.9	22.5	12.1	20,846	19,006
Canterbury	0	4.3	12.6	17.9	16.4	30,876	21,923
Cardiff	0	7.3	25.6	21.2	13.2	23,511	19,588
Castington	0	69.3	7.2	24.8	16.4	27,963	37,611
Channings Wood	0	1.8	6.5	33.8	13.2	18,581	18,857
Chelmsford	0	14.0	16.1	20.0	13.0	25,057	24,813
Coldingley	0	1.9	14.3	39.0	8.7	21,253	21,740
Cookham Wood	0	24.3	3.0	22.1	16.5	28,475	23,021
Dartmoor	0	6.0	2.1	21.4	12.5	20,831	24,050
Deerbolt	0	11.2	6.1	21.8	9.3	20,098	24,948
Doncaster	1	9.9	11.2	20.1	—	28,169	20,268
Dorchester	0	11.1	19.1	16.4	10.4	31,219	23,117
Dovegate	0	8.2	8.1	31.6	—	(34)—	(34)—
Dover	0	18.5	17.0	27.7	16.5	21,211	30,115
Downview	0	0.0	4.9	26.7	19.1	20,337	26,296
Drake Hall	0	1.5	12.8	36.4	10.7	16,147	22,333
Durham	0	11.8	13.6	20.7	12.0	33,937	31,449
East Sutton Park	0	0.0	3.0	43.3	14.9	21,396	21,560
Eastwood Park	0	20.8	8.4	20.1	25.7	21,888	20,601
Elmley	0	6.2	11.8	19.4	11.1	18,910	15,766
Erlestoke	0	0.0	17.7	27.7	14.7	18,777	19,224
Everthorpe	0	3.0	15.7	26.9	11.1	17,756	16,829
Exeter	0	10.0	19.1	23.4	14.4	30,530	20,442
Featherstone	0	2.9	11.9	24.2	15.5	20,434	20,847
Feltham	1	42.0	13.3	27.0	15.7	20,818	27,236
Ford	0	0.0	7.5	40.4	14.7	12,019	15,496
Forest Bank	0	16.2	20.0	21.0	—	26,981	27,622
Foston Hall	0	11.4	2.4	26.7	8.6	25,302	27,628
Frankland	0	3.5	9.3	21.5	10.8	36,144	37,102
Full Sutton	0	2.6	6.6	17.9	11.2	37,340	38,339
Garth	0	4.0	15.2	24.5	14.9	20,066	21,175
Gartree	0	2.4	4.8	30.4	10.2	23,377	30,157
Glen Parva	0	19.4	10.8	18.0	9.0	24,010	20,717
Gloucester	0	7.1	12.9	22.6	17.1	30,060	26,656
Grendon	3	0.0	5.9	36.1	17.5	18,898	21,519
Guys Marsh	3	5.8	14.7	22.7	14.0	15,685	15,100
Haslar	0	1.1	0.0	16.6	15.3	16,900	18,061
Hatfield	0	3.0	14.9	37.7	7.5	22,712	23,947
Haverigg	0	3.2	18.9	32.2	10.4	16,453	17,047
Hewell Grange	0	0.0	12.4	43.0	7.9	14,702	17,469
High Down	0	9.6	11.2	16.3	15.1	25,532	23,138
Highpoint	0	10.1	13.7	18.8	10.5	18,991	19,920
Hindley	0	14.7	11.8	19.2	19.9	23,058	26,570
Hollesley Bay	0	36.6	8.7	39.2	12.5	16,819	24,098
Holloway	0	19.9	11.8	20.7	24.1	38,406	40,574
Holme House	0	3.3	10.8	16.1	9.5	17,700	17,610
Hull	0	13.6	6.6	21.8	7.1	21,759	24,187
Huntercombe	0	63.2	15.5	25.8	18.1	25,528	27,994
Kingston	0	0.0	8.8	24.4	15.8	23,800	25,318
Kirkham	0	0.7	17.8	44.4	14.2	18,117	22,107
Kirklevington	0	0.0	0.8	53.3	6.3	15,188	15,830
Lancaster	0	4.6	9.2	25.5	12.3	22,609	24,101
Lancaster Farms	0	15.9	3.7	23.4	13.9	15,318	15,327
Latchmere House	0	0.0	1.6	63.2	10.2	14,813	16,874
Leeds	0	10.4	18.8	18.9	17.6	30,135	18,949
Leicester	0	9.6	23.1	21.9	11.8	36,192	23,351
Lewes	1	8.6	31.9	17.6	14.1	19,494	20,604
Leyhill	0	0.0	10.4	37.9	12.7	19,924	22,241
Lincoln	0	9.9	9.6	18.9	10.7	28,829	26,065
Lindholme	1	1.2	11.8	26.9	9.2	23,081	25,052
Littlehey	0	2.5	12.0	23.7	16.3	16,329	16,453
Liverpool	0	4.1	12.5	18.9	14.3	20,659	19,112
Long Lartin	0	4.3	9.3	18.2	11.2	32,141	44,187
Low Newton	0	19.2	14.4	24.5	11.9	29,389	27,381
Lowdham Grange	1	0.4	11.0	26.6	—	29,795	30,673
Maidstone	0	1.8	4.5	21.1	13.8	18,157	27,267
Manchester	0	5.8	10.7	19.7	17.5	28,188	23,746
Moorland	0	10.4	4.1	25.3	13.1	20,042	19,504
Morton Hall	0	3.0	2.0	31.6	10.0	25,363	28,477
Mount	0	3.8	8.6	19.9	10.0	16,077	15,679
New Hall	1	32.8	7.9	23.5	14.5	24,389	22,439
North Sea Camp	0	0.0	16.9	42.1	11.0	15,910	19,482
Northallerton	0	10.7	8.5	22.0	14.9	34,185	27,103
Norwich	0	17.4	18.9	19.2	11.3	24,306	19,174
Nottingham	0	6.9	18.5	17.0	9.4	21,896	20,563
Onley	0	47.4	3.7	17.3	19.3	13,127	14,695
Parc	0	8.9	11.2	28.0	—	38,587	35,850
Parkhurst	0	13.9	2.6	20.6	13.7	25,613	29,505
Pentonville	0	11.5	21.1	16.1	15.7	24,028	18,723
Portland	0	23.1	6.4	24.2	12.6	14,960	15,641
Preston	0	10.5	15.0	21.5	12.0	29,330	22,765
Ranby	0	3.5	7.6	24.5	13.4	17,383	17,373
Reading	0	18.1	8.8	25.3	16.7	32,249	28,598
Risley	0	2.8	18.8	25.0	15.1	19,305	19,808
Rochester	0	18.5	3.8	23.1	13.7	19,940	25,235
Rye Hill	0	6.5	6.6	29.0	—	21,952	22,810
Send	0	11.1	10.4	33.0	18.5	20,271	20,633
Shepton Mallet	0	0.0	9.8	23.6	7.3	23,383	28,923
Shrewsbury	0	4.7	9.5	25.5	14.1	34,832	19,612
Stafford	0	5.3	22.2	26.6	13.7	16,134	16,388
Standford Hill	0	0.0	9.4	40.2	10.5	18,416	20,895
Stocken	0	2.4	16.1	23.4	7.7	15,775	15,304
Stoke Heath	0	47.6	2.7	24.8	19.1	14,673	17,319
Styal	0	22.7	15.2	25.9	15.9	25,745	24,626
Sudbury	0	0.7	7.6	41.4	7.6	14,835	15,376
Swaleside	0	5.5	16.5	24.2	14.3	17,011	17,174
Swansea	0	1.6	18.3	26.7	11.1	28,393	33,735
Swinfen Hall	0	20.9	0.5	28.6	7.9	21,734	22,353
Thorn Cross	0	7.0	13.2	43.2	10.2	16,910	24,086
Usk	0	0.5	2.6	38.3	8.3	26,221	20,233
Verne	0	0.9	2.1	28.1	14.7	16,775	16,405
Wakefield	0	4.0	1.4	18.1	12.3	25,910	34,729
Wandsworth	0	6.9	7.9	17.2	19.7	21,165	18,349
Wayland	0	2.7	4.5	21.5	7.7	15,511	15,401
Wealstun	1	1.7	12.7	32.8	11.6	16,309	16,941
Weare	0	1.4	12.3	19.0	13.4	17,841	18,994
Wellingborough	0	0.3	12.4	27.7	13.4	17,009	17,661
Werrington	0	53.2	6.1	33.4	12.3	42,586	45,799
Wetherby	0	34.5	4.7	26.9	14.5	22,297	24,851
Whatton	0	0.0	2.1	29.5	8.9	15,116	15,470
Whitemoor	0	10.6	10.8	19.9	20.5	41,181	54,360
Winchester	0	7.7	17.2	18.3	13.7	26,056	19,635
Wolds	0	5.2	3.2	28.4	—	27,023	24,540
Woodhill	0	10.2	14.7	16.1	17.1	29,696	30,714
Wormwood Scrubs	0	7.2	18.2	19.5	19.1	18,884	22,500
Wymott	0	1.5	7.8	28.0	14.1	18,383	18,901

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Prison name	Basic skills awards: literacy	Basic skills awards: numeracy	Key word skills	Total offending behaviour programmes	Sex offender treatment programmes	Proportion of ethnic minority staff (Percentage)
Acklington	56	77	229	25	0	0.5
Albany	15	7	274	50	4	0.0
Altcourse	42	37	0	0	0	—
Ashfield	0	0	0	0	0	—
Ashwell	145	118	103	29	0	1.3
Askham Grange	27	31	131	0	0	0.0
Aylesbury	2	6	78	15	0	4.7
Bedford	35	26	18	10	0	1.7
Belmarsh	27	26	139	7	0	7.2
Birmingham	46	20	18	7	7	11.9
Blakenhurst	35	62	0	20	0	2.3
Blantyre House	17	10	77	0	0	2.9
Blundeston	35	19	154	0	0	2.1
Brinsford	0	0	469	0	0	6.3
Bristol	30	22	351	35	0	1.9
Brixton	7	4	27	23	0	19.1
Brockhill	6	0	82	0	0	4.9
Buckley Hall	31	41	29	29	0	3.5
Bullingdon	61	100	115	34	0	2.4
Bullwood Hall	60	10	4	10	0	3.2
Camp Hill	51	45	362	0	0	0.4
Canterbury	30	15	17	0	0	1.0
Cardiff	121	118	50	19	0	1.5
Castington	21	9	1171	0	0	0.0
Channings Wood	115	93	429	60	16	0.3
Chelmsford	15	5	34	26	0	3.4
Coldingley	44	62	670	34	0	2.0
Cookham Wood	31	3	66	17	0	2.1
Dartmoor	82	56	405	40	0	1.1
Deerbolt	98	78	988	23	0	0.4
Doncaster	41	7	0	0	0	—
Dorchester	15	16	191	18	0	0.6
Dovegate	0	0	0	0	0	—
Dover	4	5	107	6	0	1.9
Downview	60	38	287	19	0	3.3
Drake Hall	57	27	112	15	0	1.3
Durham	44	16	404	37	0	0.4
East Sutton Park	6	12	56	0	0	1.6
Eastwood Park	35	23	405	9	0	1.8
Elmley	95	33	0	66	0	1.8
Erlestoke	19	7	291	6	0	0.5
Everthorpe	81	51	52	23	0	0.4
Exeter	30	67	103	27	0	0.7
Featherstone	48	46	499	10	0	3.2
Feltham	61	41	10	5	0	14.0
Ford	67	46	245	15	0	1.8
Forest Bank	8	19	138	16	0	—
Foston Hall	13	12	111	16	0	2.7
Frankland	37	21	336	31	3	0.4
Full Sutton	11	6	153	12	4	0.4
Garth	35	13	52	0	0	0.5
Gartree	39	45	184	1	0	1.1
Glen Parva	89	34	680	17	0	4.0
Gloucester	27	18	87	0	0	0.9
Grendon	31	14	451	0	0	2.8
Guys Marsh	51	39	637	34	0	0.4
Haslar	1	0	0	0	0	1.2
Hatfield	25	25	449	17	0	0.0
Haverigg	33	30	53	0	0	0.3
Hewell Grange	42	31	0	0	0	1.2
High Down	17	6	321	68	15	9.2
Highpoint	66	45	10	27	0	1.2
Hindley	34	42	818	15	0	1.8
Hollesley Bay	20	12	18	0	0	0.6
Holloway	32	26	66	8	0	25.6
Holme House	79	63	1,672	28	0	0.6
Hull	72	40	0	12	2	1.2
Huntercombe	4	0	131	0	0	3.6
Kingston	17	16	18	23	0	0.7
Kirkham	23	26	19	0	0	0.0
Kirklevington	40	40	0	0	0	0.0
Lancaster	19	1	252	9	0	0.6
Lancaster Farms	17	7	389	32	0	0.3
Latchmere House	14	0	0	0	0	6.5
Leeds	37	22	296	7	0	3.2
Leicester	56	25	395	10	0	3.3
Lewes	20	7	40	0	0	3.1
Leyhill	47	50	654	43	14	0.0
Lincoln	56	59	115	26	0	0.6
Lindholme	52	41	137	18	0	0.3
Littlehey	103	71	198	30	0	1.7
Liverpool	86	42	133	17	0	0.8
Long Lartin	56	22	69	22	0	1.5
Low Newton	27	11	0	20	0	0.4
Lowdham Grange	3	0	0	0	0	—
Maidstone	106	56	106	33	8	2.1
Manchester	52	33	13	35	8	2.3
Moorland	115	94	2,559	35	0	1.5
Morton Hall	0	0	16	0	0	0.7
Mount	60	40	486	9	0	3.9
New Hall	81	31	361	17	0	0.7
North Sea Camp	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Northallerton	34	18	14	0	0	0.0
Norwich	62	60	82	39	0	1.2
Nottingham	25	17	242	0	0	3.3
Onley	56	57	482	31	0	3.0
Parc	12	36	0	9	0	—
Parkhurst	9	5	97	46	0	0.6
Pentonville	35	37	72	78	0	25.0
Portland	41	14	223	44	0	0.9
Preston	30	20	137	0	0	1.3
Ranby	28	31	23	75	0	1.8
Reading	0	0	0	0	0	3.1
Risley	52	58	0	10	0	1.0
Rochester	20	15	75	18	8	2.0
Rye Hill	0	0	0	0	0	—
Send	65	1	0	0	0	2.3
Shepton Mallet	20	22	89	10	0	0.7
Shrewsbury	23	26	48	19	0	1.5
Stafford	127	83	146	28	0	0.6
Standford Hill	15	10	25	26	0	0.5
Stocken	41	47	633	8	0	1.4
Stoke Heath	39	35	778	14	0	2.5
Styal	37	29	0	16	0	4.0
Sudbury	36	11	248	20	0	2.7
Swaleside	29	33	94	69	0	2.9
Swansea	35	40	242	42	0	0.4
Swinfen Hall	18	8	362	40	0	1.7
Thorn Cross	28	6	278	85	0	0.9
Usk	60	64	59	71	41	0.5
Verne	17	24	28	0	0	0.7
Wakefield	25	24	286	43	8	1.1
Wandsworth	40	68	91	16	0	13.4
Wayland	70	73	10	45	9	0.4
Wealstun	145	94	402	9	0	1.0
Weare	32	15	253	0	0	1.0
Wellingborough	49	38	178	35	0	2.2
Werrington	13	15	0	0	0	0.7
Wetherby	13	14	0	15	0	1.2
Whatton	51	35	245	41	11	0.7
Whitemoor	20	9	235	20	0	1.9
Winchester	30	11	48	33	0	0.6
Wolds	0	0	0	16	0	—
Woodhill	30	14	169	16	1	3.6
Wormwood Scrubs	143	72	248	19	0	17.0
Wymott	54	18	241	50	5	0.7

⁽³³⁾ Hours per prisoner per week

⁽³⁴⁾ Cost per place and cost per prisoner data for HMP Dovegate are unavailable

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