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Prison Education Programmes

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours per week on average (a) basic skills training and (b) purposeful activity are undertaken per inmate at each (i) prison and (ii) young offenders institution; and what his targets are for each establishment. [198277]

Paul Goggins: The average number of weekly hours spent by prisoners on basic skills and overall purposeful activity is shown in the table.

While prisons are not allocated targets for the number of basic skills hours per prisoner, each establishment's target for purposeful activity is shown.

A number of establishments listed have not recorded their basic skills hours. This is because the activities involved may be counted differently at local level under other categories of purposeful activity, and their inclusion would skew the representation of the table. These non-recording establishments are still delivering basic skills awards.

The way the Prison Service measures progress in prisoner education has changed from the hours of education-related purposeful activity, to achievements which reflect positive outcomes for prisoners prior to release. In recent years Key Performance Indicators have been introduced to measure the number of prisoners achieving basic skills qualifications and also the number leaving prison with an education, training or employment place arranged.

Establishment	Function	Basic and key skills up	Purposeful activity	Target
Acklington	Category C	1.2	25.1	26.0
Albany	Category B	4.6	20.7	21.0
Altcourse	Male local	(59)—	36.5	32.0
Ashfield	Male juvenile	(59)—	30.8	27.0
Ashwell	Category C	0.6	31.5	33.0
Askham Grange	Female open	2.6	41.9	41.0
Aylesbury	Male closed young offender	(59)—	18.8	19.0
Bedford	Male local	0.6	19.3	18.5
Belmarsh	Male local	(59)—	16.2	16.5
Birmingham	Male local	1.4	18.0	20.0
Blakenhurst	Male local	0.9	18.8	18.5
Blantyre House	Semi open	1.1	45.5	40.0
Blundeston	Category C	(59)—	24.8	25.0
Brinsford	Male closed young offender	7.8	29.0	28.0
Bristol	Male local	1.7	22,1	22.0
Brixton	Male local	0.4	14.6	17.0
Brockhill	Female local	5.0	24.2	18.0
Buckley Hall	Female closed	2.0	31.1	32.5
Bullingdon	Male local	1.3	18.9	18.0
Bullwood Hall	Female closed	(59)—	28.2	28.0
Camp Hill	Category C	(59)—	21.8	22.0
Canterbury	Category C	(59)—	21.5	22.0
Cardiff	Male local	0.5	23.7	20.0
Castington	Male closed young offender	6.6	27.2	21.7
Channings Wood	Category C	3.0	22.3	33.0
Chelmsford	Male local	(59)—	19.6	18.0
Coldingley	Category C	0.6	31.1	37.0
Cookham Wood	Female closed	(59)—	24.9	24.0
Dartmoor	Category C	0.9	24.5	25.0
Deerbolt	Male closed young offender	4.0	23.0	24.0
Doncaster	Male local	1.4	20.5	22.0
Dorchester	Male local	0.9	16.3	19.0
Dovegate	Category B	(59)—	25.1	35.0
Downview	Female closed	1.5	29.3	26.0
Drake Hall	Semi open	2.4	34.5	33.5
Durham	Male local	0.9	17.5	20.0
East Sutton Park	Female open	(59)—	46.6	45.0
Eastwood Park	Female local	0.5	18.6	22.0
Elmley	Male local	2.7	18.6	19.0
Erlestoke	Category C	1.4	26.6	27.0
Everthorpe	Category C	0.6	26.7	27.0
Exeter	Male local	1.4	23.5	22.5
Featherstone	Category C	(59)—	22.4	25.0
Feltham	Male closed young offender	1.0	28.7	26.0
Ford	Male open	0.8	37.7	40.0
Forest Bank	Male local	1.9	19.7	24.0
Foston Hall	Female closed	(59)—	25.4	26.0
Frankland	Dispersal	3.9	22.3	22.5
Full Sutton	Dispersal	(59)—	16.0	18.0
Garth	Category B	0.7	23.1	24.0
Gartree	Category B	(59)—	28.7	30.0
Glen Parva	Male closed young offender	2.0	17.5	20.0
Gloucester	Male local	(59)—	20.3	21.0
Grendon	Category B	0.4	32.0	25.0
Guys Marsh	Category C	0.9	24.4	23.0
Haverigg	Category C	0.4	31.1	31.0
Hewell Grange	Male open	0.1	41.8	42.5
Edmunds Hill	Female local	1.9	28.4	24.0
High down	Category B	0.7	13.9	18.1
Highpoint	Category C	1.6	21.9	21.0
Hindley	Male closed young offender	3.7	32.0	34.0
Hollesley Bay	Male open	(59)—	40.7	38.0
Holloway	Female local	0.8	19.7	20.0
Holme House	Male local	3.0	15.7	17.0
Hull	Male local	1.0	15.8	17.0
Huntercombe	Male juvenile	2.7	30.1	30.0
Kingston	Category B	0.4	26.8	26.0
Kirkham	Male open	(59)—	41.9	41.0
Kirklevington	Semi open	(59)—	53.0	52.0
Lancaster	Category C	1.4	25.6	25.0
Lancaster Farms	Male closed young offender	2.2	26.1	27.0
Latchmere House	Semi open	0.1	57.9	60.0
Leeds	Male local	0.7	20.0	20.0
Leicester	Male local	1.5	15.8	23.0
Lewes	Male local	2.2	22.2	20.5
Leyhill	Male open	2.2	37.7	38.0
Lincoln	Male local	2.5	21.2	20.0
Lindholme	Category C	1.5	22.4	27.0
Littlehey	Category C	0.7	20.5	23.0
Liverpool	Male local	0.9	23.1	20.0
Long Lartin	Dispersal	0.5	19.6	18.0
Low Newton	Female local	1.7	25.0	24.5
Lowdham Grange	Category B	0.4	26.8	28.0
Maidstone	Category C	(59)—	21.9	21.0
Manchester	Male local	1.0	19.0	20.0
Moorland	Category C	0.3	27.9	30.0
Morton Hall	Semi open	(59)—	30.7	32.0
New Hall	Female local	1.2	25.6	24.0
North Sea Camp	Male open	2.6	39.9	39.0
Northallerton	Male closed young offender	3.3	23.4	26.0
Norwich	Male local	0.7	21.4	20.0
Nottingham	Male local	0.6	20.3	19.0
Onley	Category C	0.3	25.9	25.0
Parc	Male local	(59)—	30.3	32.0
Parkhurst	Category B	1.7	21.3	21.0
Pentonville	Male local	0.3	12.8	17.0
Portland	Male closed young offender	3.0	20.1	23.1
Preston	Male local	0.6	21.7	21.0
Ranby	Category C	(59)—	24.6	26.0
Reading	Male closed young offender	(59)—	19.8	20.0
Risley	Category C	3.2	24.0	25.0
Rochester	Male closed young offender	(59)—	21.6	25.0
Wealstun	Category C	1.8	31.8	29.0
Rye Hill	Category B	3.1	23.2	30.0
Send	Female closed	(59)—	31.4	30.0
Shepton Mallet	Category C	(59)—	24.7	26.0
Shrewsbury	Male local	(59)—	19.6	20.0
Stafford	Category C	1.2	25.9	26.0
Standford Hill	Male open	0.4	36.1	40.0
Stocken	Category C	1.3	25.7	26.0
Stoke Heath	Male closed young offender	4.5	17.5	26.0
Styal	Female local	(59)—	24.0	22.5
Sudbury	Male open	0.9	20.7	39.0
Swaleside	Category B	1.4	26.5	26.0
Swansea	Male local	(59)—	23.1	21.0
Swinfen Hall	Male closed young offender	5.8	25.2	26.0
Mount	Category C	2.0	20.4	22.0
Verne	Category C	(59)—	31.6	29.0
Thorn Cross	Male open young offender	2.3	42.5	42.0
Usk	Category C	1.8	36.6	36.0
Wakefield	Dispersal	2.0	16.4	19.0
Wandsworth	Male local	(59)—	15.7	21.0
Warren Hill	Male juvenile	0.3	25.9	25.0
Wayland	Category C	(59)—	26.2	25.0
Weare	Category C	1.1	19.2	20.0
Wellingborough	Category C	(59)—	18.9	29.0
Werrington	Male juvenile	(59)—	30.5	30.0
Wetherby	Male juvenile	6.6	29.0	30.0
Whatton	Category C	(59)—	26.5	30.0
Whitemoor	Dispersal	2.0	21.3	20.5
Winchester	Male local	0.6	21.8	20.0
Wolds	Category C	1.0	29.4	30.0
Wormwood Scrubs	Male local	2.0	23.5	22.0
Wymott	Category C	0.7	28.3	30.0

⁽⁵⁹⁾ Not recorded.



 
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Prison Population

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports his Department has commissioned regarding (a) sentencing and (b) the management of offenders since 1997; on what dates these reports were commissioned; who carried out the reviews; at what cost; and when his Department received each report. [163985]

Paul Goggins: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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