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Young Offenders Institutions

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many teaching staff in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate have qualifications in special needs education. [83831]

Hilary Benn: There are 50 members of staff in juvenile establishments who have special needs qualifications. Others have received in-service training in various aspects of special educational needs, including recent training for Basic Skills teachers teaching students with learning difficulties. Funding has been allocated to all establishments in the juvenile estate to employ a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), who assess the needs of learners and guide teachers and learning support assistants.

The information is contained in the table.

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Establishment SENCO SEN qualified staff
Onley To appoint0
Bulwood HallNo0
WetherbyYes2
BrinsfordYes0
AshfieldYes4
HuntercombeYes4
Warren HillYes3
New Hall(13)Yes4
CastingtonYes3
Stoke HeathYes22
WerringtonYes1
Lancaster FarmsYes1
Hindley(14)Yes5
FelthamYes1
Total1250

(13) Few juveniles

(14) Very recently received juveniles


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Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have attained (a) GCSEs, (b) AS levels and (c) A levels at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000; how many qualifications they were each awarded; and at what grade. [83830]

Hilary Benn: Since April 2000, in juvenile establishments: (a) 279 candidates achieved 397 GSCE qualifications; (b) 10 candidates achieved 12 A/S level qualifications; and (c) three candidates achieved seven A level qualifications.

The information in set out in the tables.

(a) GCSEs

Young offender institutionsGCSE candidatesTotal achieved GCSE grades ABCDEFG
Onley51147
Bulwood Hall0
Wetherby943041085
Brinsford00
Ashfield79135
Huntercombe871301934372824
Warren Hill2690342126125
New Hall0
Castington2879472025995
Stoke Heath38231
Werrington0
Lancaster Farms0
Hindley (recently received juveniles)14121
Feltham283617116632
Total27939793417111164498

(b) AS levels

Young offender institutionsAS level candidatesTotal achieved AS level grades ABCDEFG
Warren Hill10121254
Total10121254

(c) A levels

Young offender institutionsA level candidatesTotal achieved A level grades ABCDEFG
Onley13111
Castington24112
Total37223

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been locked out of prisons overnight in the last 12 months; at which prisons; and at which police stations they were held. [83827]

Hilary Benn: The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there is a limit to the time a child can be held on a basic regime in prison. [83832]

Hilary Benn: The Operational Manager for the Juvenile Estate has made it clear to Governors of juvenile establishments that the basic regime must be used constructively as an incentive to responsible behaviour. Governors are expected to keep a juvenile on the basic regime for the shortest period possible, and normally not for longer than one week, at which time the case must be reviewed.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) section 17 assessments and (b) section 47 investigations under the Children Act 1989 have been carried out on children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83837]

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Hilary Benn: The information requested is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young prisoners have been subjected to restraint under rule 52 of the Rules for Young Offenders Institutions since April 2000. [83825]

Hilary Benn: The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times unfurnished cells have been used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83826]

Hilary Benn: The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83833]

Hilary Benn: The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time was that children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate spent out of doors every day in 2001–02. [83834]

Hilary Benn: The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been transferred to HMP and YOI Castington from Feltham YOI in each of the last 12 months; and what their (a) ethnicity, (b) age and (c) home area in each case was. [83835]

Hilary Benn: In the last 12 months 28 young people have been transferred from Feltham young offender institution to Castington prison and young offender institution. The breakdown of these figures is as follows:

April 2002

AgeHome AreaEthnicity
15SuttonWhite English
16West SussexBlack Caribbean
17Waltham ForestBlack Caribbean
17HarringeyWhite English
17BexleyWhite English
17WandsworthWhite English
17Lemington SpaWhite English
18EssexPakistani

Total number transferred = 8


July 2002

AgeHome AreaEthnicity
16HaringeyBlack Caribbean
17KentWhite English
18ChingfordWhite English
18UxbridgeWhite English
18KensingtonBlack African
18East SussexWhite English

Total number transferred = 6


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August 2002

AgeHome AreaEthnicity
15Not availableWhite English
16HaringeyBlack Caribbean
17CrawleyWhite English
18West SussexBlack African

Total number transferred = 4


October 2002

AgeHome AreaEthnicity
17BrentBlack African
17HaringeyBlack African
17LondonBlack Other
17BarnetWhite English
18EnfieldWhite Irish
18SouthwarkBlack African
18NewhamBlack Caribbean
18SurreyWhite English
18EnfieldWhite English
18ThamesideOther ethnic group

Total number transferred = 10



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