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Prisons

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the projected funding for prison education for (a) male young offenders, (b) male adult offenders, (c) female young offenders and (d) female adult offenders is for each year between 2005 and 2010, broken down by subject. [3244]

Fiona Mactaggart: The needs of offender learners are individual and vary considerably depending on the particular cohort in a particular prison establishment at a particular time. For the financial year 2005–06, the following table shows learning and skills funding, for offenders in custody, that can be assigned to a particular category and gender of offender as appropriate. The changing needs of offender learners means that this information cannot be projected beyond 2005–06, and information on subjects could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
 
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Young offenders	2005–06 funding (£)
Male	18,443,567.00
Female	n/a
Total male and female	18,443,567.00
Juveniles
Male	9,832,187.00
Female	534,246.00
Total male and female	10,366,433.00
Adult
Male	73,856,880.00
Female	10,044,734.00
Total male and female	83,901,614.00
Total
Male	102,132,634.00
Female	10,578,980.00
Total male and female	112,711,614.00

Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many designated education hours were lost in the Prison Service in 2003–04 due to staff shortages. [3246]

Fiona Mactaggart: The Prison Service does not collect this information centrally and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2005, Official Report, column 170W, on prisons, on what grounds the Prison Service is appealing the Employment Tribunal decision; and if he will make a statement. [6203]

Fiona Mactaggart: The employment tribunal decision to which this question refers remains the subject of litigation and it would therefore not be appropriate to comment.

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the private finance initiative contracts that exist between prisons and Jarvis plc. [5937]

Fiona Mactaggart: There are no private finance initiative contracts between Jarvis plc and prisons in England and Wales.

Colin Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates there are in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution in England and Wales, broken down by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area. [5820]

 
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Fiona Mactaggart: The information requested, as recorded on the Prison Service IT system on 31 May 2005, is provided in the table. Information is not available by local authority area. A breakdown by constituency has therefore been provided.
Population of prison establishment, by establishment and parliamentary constituency England and Wales, 31 May 2005

Constituency	Establishment	Population
Arundel and South Downs	Ford	530
Aylesbury	Aylesbury	379
Banbury	Bullingdon	974
Bedford	Bedford	463
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Acklington	866
Berwick-upon-tweed	Castington	383
Birmingham Ladywood	Birmingham	1,413
Bishop Auckland	Deerbolt	435
Blaby	Glen Parva	769
Boston and Skegness	North Sea Camp	292
Bridgend	Parc	959
Bristol West	Bristol	600
Bromsgrove	Blakenhurst	1,060
Bromsgrove	Brockhill	116
Bromsgrove	Hewell Grange	169
Buckingham	Grendon/Spring Hill	525
Burton	Dovegate	786
Cambridgeshire North east	Whitemoor	438
Canterbury	Canterbury	304
Cardiff Central	Cardiff	736
Chelmsford West	Chelmsford	575
Chorley	Garth	640
Chorley	Wymott	1,042
City of Durham	Durham	643
City of Durham	Frankland	715
City of Durham	Low Newton	272
Copeland	Haverigg	545
Daventry	Onley	504
Derbyshire South	Foston Hall	210
Derbyshire West	Sudbury	540
Devizes	Erlestoke	421
Devon West and Torridge	Dartmoor	618
Don Valley	Lindholme	817
Don Valley	Moorland Open	217
Don Valley	Moorland	730
Doncaster Central	Doncaster	1,044
Dorset North	Guys Marsh	565
Dorset South	Portland	392
Dorset South	The Verne	585
Dorset South	The Weare	324
Dorset West	Dorchester	253
Dover	Dover	305
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Wormwood Scrubs	1,247
Eccles	Forest Bank	1,037
Elmet	Wealstun	787
Elmet	Wetherby	349
Erith and Thamesmead	Belmarsh	917
Exeter	Exeter	532
Faversham and Kent Mid	East Sutton Park	97
Feltham and Heston	Feltham	596
Fylde	Kirkham	530
Gloucester	Gloucester	281
Gosport	Haslar	122
Haltemprice and Howden	Everthorpe	462
Haltemprice and Howden	The Wolds	293
Harborough	Gartree	411
Henley	Huntercombe	351
Hertfordshire and South West	The Mount	702
Hull East	Hull	1,058
Huntingdon	Littlehey	695
Isle of Wight	Albany	519
Isle of Wight	Camp Hill	569
Isle of Wight	Parkhurst	507
Islington North	Holloway	444
Islington South and Finsbury	Pentonville	1,190
Lancaster and Wyre	Lancaster	239
Lancaster and Wyre	Lancaster Farms	514
eeds West	Leeds	1,208
Leicester South	Leicester	343
Leigh	Hindley	402
Lewes	Lewes	528
Lincoln	Lincoln	478
Liverpool Walton	Altcourse	903
Liverpool Walton	Liverpool	1,392
Maidstone and the Weald	Maidstone	545
Manchester Blackley	Manchester	1,247
Medway	Cookham Wood	164
Medway	Rochester	388
Milton Keynes South West	Woodhill	766
Mole Valley	Send	217
Monmouth	Usk/Prescoed	417
Newark	Ranby	1,026
Norfolk South West	Wayland	705
Northavon	Ashfield	280
Northavon	Eastwood Park	280
Northavon	Leyhill	495
Norwich North	Norwich	793
Nottingham East	Nottingham	509
Peterborough	Peterborough	338
Portsmouth South	Kingston	172
Preston	Preston	604
Rayleigh	Bullwood Hall	142
Reading East	Reading	280
Reigate	Downview	235
Reigate	Highdown	743
Richmond	Northallerton	164
Richmond Park	Latchmere House	204
Rochdale	Buckley Hall	341
Rugby and Kenilworth	Rye Hill	586
Rushcliffe	Whatton	354
Rutland and Melton	Ashwell	545
Rutland and Melton	Stocken	618
Selby	Askham Grange	98
Sherwood	Lowdham Grange	501
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Shrewsbury	259
Shropshire North	Stoke Heath	649
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Elmley	986
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Standford Hill	450
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Swaleside	777
Sleaford and North Hykeham	Morton Hall	317
Spelthorne	Bronzefield	431
Stafford	Stafford	678
Staffordshire Moorlands	Werrington	127
Staffordshire South	Brinsford	469
Staffordshire South	Featherstone	602
Stockton North	Holme House	987
Stockton South	Kirklevington Grange217
Stone	Drake Hall	286
Streatham	Brixton	798
Suffolk Coastal	Hollesley Bay	309
Suffolk Coastal	Warren Hill	206
Suffolk West	Edmunds Hill	154
Suffolk West	Highpoint	795
Surrey Heath	Coldingley	385
Swansea West	Swansea	409
Tamworth	Swinfen Hall	551
Tatton	Styal	397
Tooting	Wandsworth	1,428
Totnes	Channings Wood	656
Tunbridge Wells	Blantyre House	113
Wakefield	New Hall	325
Wakefield	Wakefield	553
Warrington North	Risley	1,060
Warrington North	Thorn Cross	235
Waveney	Blundeston	462
Wellingborough	Wellingborough	544
Wells	Shepton Mallet	180
Winchester	Winchester	690
Worchestershire Mid	Long Lartin	442
Yorkshire East	Full Sutton	600
Total		76,141

 
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Mrs. Dean: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the number of work opportunities in prisons. [5778]

Fiona Mactaggart: Work for prisoners in prison can largely be divided into three main areas. These include activities that take place within prison industry workshops; work to service and maintain prisons, for
 
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example, working in kitchens and laundries; and, various land based activities such as market garden work, ground maintenance and landscaping.

There are ongoing plans to increase both work opportunities and the relevance of such activities for prisoners in all these areas. These plans include additional workshops at a number of prisons; increasing the number of prisoners employed in land based activities; and, increased training and qualifications across a large number of work activities. The plans recognise that providing work opportunities for prisoners in prison is important in a number of ways. Such opportunities can introduce and maintain the work ethic; help occupy prisoners' time in custody constructively and can make a significant contribution to the resettlement agenda.

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