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Offending Behaviour Courses
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners serving a sentence for (a) burglary, (b) offences of violence and (c) drug related offences have completed an offending behaviour course in each of the last 10 years. [163282]
Paul Goggins: The following tables contains information on the number of programmes completed by prisoners sentenced for burglary, violence and drug offences:
(33) Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002 Cm 5996.
(34) Programmes delivered in a particular year are not necessarily delivered to prisoners received into prison in that year.
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| Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes by those with an index offence for burglary | Percentage of receptions under sentence serving12 months or more for burglary completing Accredited programmes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | Not available | Not available |
| 1994–95 | Not available | Not available |
| 1995–96 | Not available | Not available |
| 1996–97 | 268 | 5 |
| 1997–98 | 658 | 10 |
| 1998–99 | 807 | 13 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,161 | 18 |
| 2000–01 | 1,382 | 20 |
| 2001–02 | 1,383 | 25 |
| 2002–03 | 1,511 | 25 |
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| Completions of Accredited Offending Behaviour Programmes by those with an index offence for violence | Percentage of Receptions Under Sentence Serving12 months or more for violence completing Accredited Programmes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | Not available | Not available |
| 1994–95 | Not available | Not available |
| 1995–96 | Not available | Not available |
| 1996–97 | 69 | 1 |
| 1997–98 | 187 | 4 |
| 1998–99 | 306 | 6 |
| 1999–2000 | 618 | 13 |
| 2000–01 | 931 | 19 |
| 2001–02 | 974 | 19 |
| 2002–03 | 1,062 | 19 |
| Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes by those with an index offence for drug offences | Percentage of receptions under sentence serving12 months or more for drug offences completing Accredited programmes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1993–94 | Not available | Not available |
| 1994–95 | Not available | Not available |
| 1995–96 | Not available | Not available |
| 1996–97 | 112 | 3 |
| 1997–98 | 228 | 5 |
| 1998–99 | 408 | 8 |
| 1999–2000 | 754 | 15 |
| 2000–01 | 1,002 | 19 |
| 2001–02 | 1,175 | 21 |
| 2002–03 | 1,533 | 28 |
Note:
The tables (a) to (c) are based on index offence and do not include sex offences where violence may have been a feature of the offence, and only cover the following programmes—ETS, R and R, CALM, CSCP, and RAPt.
The Prison Service also provides a range of education programmes and other activities aimed at rehabilitation and increasing the opportunity for prisoners to find employment and accommodation on release.
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners completed a course to address offending behaviour in each of the last 10 years. [163283]
Paul Goggins: Not all prisoners are suitable for accredited offending behaviour programmes. Selection for an accredited programme is subject to an assessment of a prisoner's risk of re-offending and individual need. The duration of the programme is also taken into consideration.
Information on the number of programmes completed by prisoners sentenced to one year or over is set out in the following table:
(35) Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002 Cm5996
(36) Programmes delivered in a particular year are not necessarily delivered to prisoners received into prison in that year.
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The Prison Service also provides a range of education programmes and other activities aimed at rehabilitation and increasing the opportunity for prisoners to find employment and accommodation on release.
Operation Safeguard
Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces are on standby for Operation Safeguard. [162628]
Paul Goggins [holding answer 22 March 2004]: It is not planned to activate Operation Safeguard at this time. No police forces have been placed on standby for the routine use of police cells:
PACE Convictions
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under section 25 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in each of the last five years. [162412]
Paul Goggins: Section 25 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act gives the police a general power of arrest for the purposes of enabling the police to prosecute for a non-arrestable offence or to prevent a crime from being committed. The statistics collected centrally on persons proceeded against and those convicted do not enable those originally arrested under this power to be separately identified.
Prison Cells
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prison cells in England and Wales were equipped with a television in each of the last 10 years. [163277]
Paul Goggins: Historical information on the number of cells in use and the number of cells with in-cell television is not kept centrally.
The Government announced that in-cell television would be made available across the prison estate as part of the incentives and earned privileges scheme, on 1 June 1998, Official Report, columns 50–51. Prior to 1998, only a small number of television sets were available in individual prisons. The number available was not centrally recorded. Figures for the number of televisions delivered to establishments in each year since 1998 are as follows.
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| Number | |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10,388 |
| 1999 | 4,938 |
| 2000 | 12,477 |
| 2001 | 12,471 |
| 2002 | 11,455 |
These figures include replacement sets so do not relate directly to the number of televisions in use.
Prison Education
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 1 March, Official Report, column 722W, on prison education, what assessments are made of the educational needs of each individual prisoner. [162353]
Paul Goggins: All establishments provide an induction programme and initial assessment of each offender's literacy and numeracy skills. Assessment materials must be referenced to the national standards for adult literacy and numeracy.
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 1 March 2004, Official Report, column 721W, on prison education, how many heads of learning and skills have been appointed; and if he will make a statement on their roles and responsibilities. [162354]
Paul Goggins: 120 Heads of Learning and Skills have been appointed to the adult estate. Of these, 118 are in post.
- lead the strategic planning process for learning and skills activities throughout their establishment in order to promote a vision of the prison as a secure learning centre;
- promote, plan and co-ordinate all learning and skills activity, including programmes provided by the voluntary/community sector, in order to provide a comprehensive and coherent learning and skills programme for all prisoners;
- ensure management information systems are in place to record accurately all required data relating to learning and skills provision so that outcomes can be assessed;
- ensure that learning and skills are central to the sentence planning process in order to achieve an effective transition for offenders from custody into the community; and
- oversee their establishment's quality improvement group, ensuring that a quality improvement strategy, a self-assessment report, action plan and development plan are produced.
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 1 March 2004, Official Report, column 721W, on prison education, what level of increased investment is being made by his Department, over the next three years, to increase opportunities for learning and skills across the range of prison activities. [162356]
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Paul Goggins: The Department for Education and Skills is responsible for the funding of Learning and Skills in prisons. Funding for prison education and training in 2003–04 is £97 million, rising to £122 million in 2004–05 and £135 million in 2005- 06.
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