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Prison Service
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 11 April 2003, Official Report, column 449W, on prisons, what the length of detention was of (a) convicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners on 28 February 2003; and what the figures were for 30 June 2002. [112129]
Paul Goggins: The length of time since first remand into a Prison Service establishment of untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners is given in the table.
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| 30 June 2002 | 28 February 2003 | |
|---|---|---|
| Untried | ||
| Less than 1 week | 1,010 | 760 |
| 1 week | 0 | 120 |
| More than 1 week up to and including 1 month | 1,890 | 2,100 |
| More than 1 month up to and including 3 months | 2,840 | 2,420 |
| More than 3 months up to and including 6 months | 1,380 | 1,480 |
| More than 6 months up to and including 12 months | 500 | 530 |
| More than 12 months | 250 | 300 |
| All lengths | 7,880 | 7,720 |
| Convicted unsentenced | ||
| Less than 1 week | 620 | 520 |
| 1 week | 0 | 110 |
| More than 1 week up to and including 1 month | 1,520 | 1,600 |
| More than 1 month up to and including 3 months | 1,480 | 1,230 |
| More than 3 months up to and including 6 months | 960 | 1,030 |
| More than 6 months up to and including 12 months | 420 | 500 |
| More than 12 months | 190 | 260 |
| All lengths | 5,200 | 5,250 |
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons in England he plans to market test; and if he will make a statement. [112152]
Paul Goggins: There are no current plans to market test prisons in England or Wales. The Prison Service has, however, set up a programme of performance testing under which under-performing public sector prisons are required to deliver improvements. Failure to deliver improvements may ultimately lead to the prisons being contracted out to the private sector in a competition without a Prison Service in-house bid. Two prisons have been awarded service level agreements (Reading and Leicester) and two are being performance tested at present (Dartmoor and Liverpool); two more will be performance tested later in 2003 and a further six in 2004.
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 1 May 2003, Official Report, column 527W, on prisons, how many prisoners at each of the prisons listed were engaged in average or above average levels of purposeful activity; [113428]
- (2) pursuant to his answer of 1 May 2003, Official Report, column 527W, if he will provide a breakdown of activities in which prisoners were engaged at each of the prisons listed in 2001–02. [113427]
Paul Goggins: A breakdown of the activities in which prisoners were engaged at Her Majesty's Prison Altcourse, Her Majesty's Prison Rye Hill and Her Majesty's Prison Wolds in 2001–02 is shown in the following table.
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The level of activity of each prisoner is not routinely collated and the calculation of whether the levels are above, at or below average can be made only at disproportionate cost.
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of stay per prisoner was at (a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Rye Hill and (c) HMP Wolds in 2001–02. [113429]
Paul Goggins: The information needed to answer the question is not recorded in the format asked and can be retrieved only in that format at disproportionate cost.
Raves
Mr. Grogan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions between his Department and the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding the issue of illegal rave gatherings on private property. [113171]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: During the last 12 months, my officials have held discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers on raves. We will bring forward legislative changes to deal with this problem when parliamentary time allows.
Restorative Justice
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce programmes based on restorative justice principles in prisons. [112153]
Paul Goggins: In its White Paper, Justice for All (CM 5563) the Government said that they were developing a national strategy that would consider the availability of restorative justice across all age groups and all stages in the criminal process. The Prison Service, in conjunction with the National Probation Service, and other stakeholders, is contributing to the development of that strategy. The Government will issue a consultation document on the development of Restorative Justice in the criminal justice system during the summer.
While awaiting the results of the consultation the Prison Service will continue to support the diverse range of restorative practices that are already taking place within prisons. The Prison Service is participating in Home Office funded pilot projects under the Crime Reduction programme which are testing the effectiveness of restorative justice at different stages, from caution through to custodial sentences. The final reconviction studies will be produced at the end of 2005 and these results will play an important role in the development of the long-term restorative justice strategy. Outside the pilots, direct victim-offender mediation work is taking place in a small number of prisons, victim awareness courses are also taking place
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and most prisons are involved in reparative projects where prisoners give something back to communities through activities such as Braille translation services, community artwork and refurbishment of wheelchairs.
Road Accidents (Dogs)
Mark Tami: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of dogs run over on roads in each police authority were received in each of the last five years. [113029]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: This information is not collected centrally.
Shoplifting
Mark Tami: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for offences relating to shoplifting there have been in each police authority in each of the last five years. [113024]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information requested is contained in the table.
Statistics for 2002 will be available in the autumn.
| Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon and Somerset | 1,341 | 1,397 | 1,921 | 1,911 | 1,952 |
| Bedfordshire | 610 | 717 | 798 | 805 | 867 |
| Cambridgeshire | 502 | 594 | 704 | 872 | 895 |
| Cheshire | 1,232 | 1,400 | 1,530 | 1,622 | 1,497 |
| Cleveland | 1,145 | 1,420 | 1,949 | 2,097 | 2,082 |
| Cumbria | 654 | 621 | 670 | 616 | 702 |
| Derbyshire | 581 | 607 | 825 | 1;029 | 1,241 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 1,315 | 1,301 | 1,481 | 1,464 | 1,634 |
| Dorset | 533 | 820 | 855 | 918 | 798 |
| Durham | 382 | 491 | 821 | 1,005 | 1,064 |
| Essex | 1,637 | 1,714 | 1,622 | 1,578 | 1,744 |
| Gloucestershire | 515 | 637 | 643 | 757 | 795 |
| Greater Manchester | 4,181 | 4,121 | 4,309 | 4,488 | 4,628 |
| Hampshire | 1,898 | 2,338 | 2,522 | 2,353 | 2,390 |
| Hertfordshire | 576 | 611 | 779 | 889 | 917 |
| Humberside | 1,128 | 1,408 | 1,719 | 1,815 | 1,705 |
| Kent | 1,921 | 2,352 | 2,281 | 2,394 | 2,433 |
| Lancashire | 2,635 | 2,825 | 2,747 | 2,954 | 2,930 |
| Leicestershire | 764 | 954 | 1,034 | 1,036 | 1,172 |
| Lincolnshire | 542 | 692 | 922 | 921 | 982 |
| London, City of | 113 | 127 | 178 | 184 | 220 |
| Merseyside | 2,521 | 2,591 | 2,712 | 3,119 | 3,174 |
| Metropolitan Police | 10,437 | 11,745 | 11,893 | 10,887 | 10,697 |
| Norfolk | 713 | 928 | 1,027 | 991 | 1,088 |
| Northamptonshire | 497 | 687 | 853 | 855 | 869 |
| Northumbria | 1,857 | 2,342 | 2,772 | 2,851 | 3,097 |
| North Yorkshire | 724 | 806 | 988 | 1,002 | 1,010 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1,175 | 1,352 | 1,694 | 2,044 | 2,182 |
| South Yorkshire | 1,701 | 1,961 | 2,505 | 2,781 | 2,833 |
| Staffordshire(41) | 786 | 921 | 1,178 | 1,777 | 1,325 |
| Suffolk | 586 | 681 | 666 | 749 | 771 |
| Surrey | 485 | 489 | 526 | 544 | 627 |
| Sussex | 1,607 | 1,725 | 1,733 | 1,599 | 1,781 |
| Thames Valley | 1,390 | 1,619 | 1,738 | 1,945 | 2,087 |
| Warwickshire | 401 | 472 | 461 | 455 | 510 |
| West Mercia | 691 | 883 | 1,235 | 1,265 | 1,428 |
| West Midlands | 2,695 | 3,428 | 3,869 | 4,578 | 5,427 |
| West Yorkshire | 2,559 | 3,064 | 3,752 | 3,874 | 3,636 |
| Wiltshire | 447 | 625 | 720 | 644 | 833 |
| Dyfed Powys | 332 | 355 | 392 | 370 | 321 |
| Gwent | 501 | 550 | 713 | 734 | 842 |
| North Wales | 630 | 744 | 909 | 921 | 952 |
| South Wales | 1,461 | 1,575 | 1,704 | 1,849 | 1,795 |
| England and Wales | 58,401 | 66,690 | 74,350 | 77,542 | 79,933 |
(41) Staffordshire Police were only able to supply a sample of data for magistrates courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter of 2000. Estimates based on this sample are included in the figures, as they are considered sufficiently robust at this level of analysis.
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