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Electronic Tagging

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many adult offenders have

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been tagged by order of the courts; how many of these orders entailed (a) tagging alone and (b) tagging in combination with other interventions; and what proportion of the offenders in each category completed the order. [118786]

Paul Goggins: As at 31 May 2003, 25,639 adult offenders had been tagged by order of the courts. Details of how many orders entailed tagging alone or in combination with other interventions are not centrally available.

Feltham Young Offender Institution

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what length of time on average prisoners aged (a) up to 18 and (b) over 18 at Feltham young offenders prison spent locked in their cells each day in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000 and (iv) 2002–03; and if he will make a statement. [117336]

Paul Goggins: Details of the average time prisoners spend locked in their cells each day are not recorded by the Prison Service. However, the average time unlocked for all prisoners at Feltham young offender institution for the periods specified is given in the following table. No details are collected routinely on average time spent out of cell by specific age groups of prisoners.

Hours

	Average week day time unlocked at Feltham	Average weekend time unlocked at Feltham
1997–98	8	6
1998–99	8	6
1999–2000	8	6
2002–03	7.4	6.2

Juvenile Sex Offenders

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what rehabilitation and treatment facilities are available upon leaving residential facilities to young offenders convicted of sexual offences. [118154]

Paul Goggins: Work with young people under 18 convicted of sexual offences who are leaving custodial establishments is carried out by a range of services including the NHS, social services, probation and charitable and community organisations. Youth Offending Teams draw up individual training and supervision plans in consultation with these services. Depending on the individual's circumstances these provide for risk management, supervision, mental health treatment, family support and work with victims. They draw on the services of 75 projects across England and Wales providing services for young sexual abusers.

National Probation Service

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish a national workload agreement for the National Probation Service. [118790]

Paul Goggins: The Secretary of State for the Home Department, through the National Probation Directorate, is not planning to publish a national

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workload agreement as this is a matter for each individual Probation Board and its employees. 41 of the 42 Probation Areas in the National Probation Service for England and Wales have recently reached local agreements on workload, and negotiations continue in the final Area. The National Probation Directorate has provided a workload prioritisation framework and is running a project to develop a national workload measurement tool.

Paedophiles

Mr. Beggs: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convicted paedophiles are resident in each parliamentary constituency in England and Wales. [118417]

Paul Goggins: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), established in April 2001 through the Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000, imposed a duty on each of the 42 police and probation areas in England and Wales to work together to protect the public from sexual and violent offenders.

As part of these arrangements, each police and probation area is required to publish an annual report which includes details of the number of sexual offenders within their area. These are not broken down between offenders against adults and children. On 31 March 2002 over 47,000 offenders were covered by the MAPPA, which includes all offenders subject to the notification requirements of Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 as well as other violent and sexual offenders. Offences for which the notification requirements (the "sex offender register") apply are listed in Schedule 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 and include sexual offences against children under the age of 16 as well as adults.

Copies of last year's annual reports are available in the Library. The next MAPPA annual reports will all be published by September and copies will be available in the Library from September.

Statistics on offenders convicted for sexual offences against children are not collected at parliamentary constituency level.

Proscribed Organisations

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine under the criteria in the Terrorism Acts for proscription; and if he will make a statement. [119998]

Mr. Blunkett: The list of proscribed organisations is kept under review and decisions to proscribe or de-proscribe are taken after careful consideration of all relevant aspects.

Parliamentary Questions

Mr. Gale: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to respond to the question tabled by the hon. Member for North Thanet on 29 April 2003, ref 111090. [118129]

Paul Goggins: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 3 June 2003, Official Report, column 91W.

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Prison Drug Rehabilitation Programmes

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prisoners who were given detoxification in the last 12 months for which figures are available entered one of the Prison Service's drug rehabilitation programmes. [118781]

Paul Goggins: Individually tracked data on the take up of interventions is not recorded routinely. The limited scope of the available data is recognised and the Prison Service is currently working on a number of measures to improve performance monitoring.

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prisoners who entered drug rehabilitation programmes in the last 12 months for which figures are available went on to complete those programmes. [118782]

Paul Goggins: This information is not available centrally. The Prison Service is currently reviewing its data collection requirements to bring it in line with the targets set by the Department of Health for those undergoing treatment. Work is under way to look at the attrition rates of the Prison Service drug treatment programmes and I will write further to the hon. Member once the work is concluded.

Prison Statistics

Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many girls aged (a) 15 years old, (b) 16 years old, (c) 17 years old were being held in prison in each of the last 12 months; and of these girls how many have children. [117796]

Paul Goggins: The number of females aged 15, 16 and 17-years old in Prison Service establishments, for each of the last 12 months, is shown in the following table:

	Age 15	Age 16	Age 17
April 2002	6	30	92
May 2002	8	29	81
June 2002	9	27	85
July 2002	8	32	85
August 2002	6	31	84
September 2002	5	29	72
October 2002	4	22	85
November 2002	7	19	84
December 2002	1	23	91
January 2003	0	31	87
February 2003	0	22	79
March 2003	0	15	77

Information is not held centrally on how many of these females have children.

Mrs. Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many under-18-year olds were held in custody in England and Wales in each month of the last 12 months, broken down by (a) prison, (b) local authority secure unit, (c) young offenders institution and (d) secure training centre; and in each case how many persons were held aged (i) 10 to 12, (ii) 13 to 14, (iii) 15 to 16 and (iv) 17 to 18. [117797]

Paul Goggins: The figures include all 18-year olds in Prison Service establishments. The requested information is in the table and a copy will be placed in the Library.

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Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are being held over (a) 50 miles and (b) 100 miles from their home town. [118789]

Paul Goggins: On 26 February 2003, the latest date for which information is available, 14,500 prisoners were held between 50 and 100 miles from their home area and 12,500 prisoners were held over 100 miles from their home area.

Prisoners (Drug Testing)

Jonathan Shaw: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his policy of random drug testing of prisoners includes testing at weekends. [119762]

Paul Goggins: Yes. Prisons are required to undertake at least 14 per cent. of total mandatory drug testing at weekends.

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