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Prisons

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to ensure the Supply Reduction Good Practice Guide is applied in every prison establishment; and if he will make a statement. [48419]

Fiona Mactaggart: The Supply Reduction Good Practice Guide was distributed to all establishments in October 2003. Supply reduction performance is monitored by area managers during routine visits to establishments and bilateral meetings with governors and the director of operations. At an area level performance, is monitored by area drug co-ordinators who receive monthly data on performance targets from establishments. The good practice guide is central to that process.

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations for alleged misconduct have been conducted into (a) prison governors and (b) prison officers at each establishment in each of the last five years; what proportion of these investigations led to (i) no action being taken, (ii) revised guidance, (iii) informal disciplinary action and (iv) formal disciplinary action; and if he will make a statement. [48432]

Fiona Mactaggart: Data on investigations is not collated by grade and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. There have been 7,486 formal investigations between July 2000 and 1 February 2006. Table A details the number of investigations held in prisons, area offices and Prison Service headquarters. Table B details the outcome of the investigations completed in the period July 2000 and 1 February 2006.
Table A: Investigations held in prisons, area offices and Prison Service headquarters in England and Wales between July 2000 and 1 February 2006

	Number
Acklington	57
Albany	29
Altcourse(32)	9
Ashfield(32)	7
Ashwell	20
Askham Grange	8
Aylesbury	55
Bedford	59
Belmarsh	113
Birmingham	155
Blakenhurst	117
Blantyre House	18
Blundeston	29
Brinsford	45
Bristol	71
Brixton	218
Brockhill	43
Buckley Hall	38
Bullingdon	94
Bullwood Hall	36
Camp Hill	31
Canterbury	70
Cardiff	94
Castington	53
Channings Wood	13
Chelmsford	47
Coldingley	51
Cookham Wood	20
Dartmoor	61
Deerbolt	48
Doncaster(32)	11
Dorchester	23
Dovegate(32)	7
Dover	32
Downview	32
Drake Hall	24
Durham	95
Eastern Area Office	2
East Sutton Park	13
Eastwood Park	54
Edmunds Hill	32
Elmley	132
Erlestoke	44
Everthorpe	19
Exeter	27
Featherstone	34
Feltham	227
Ford	42
Forrest Bank(32)	9
Foston Hall	28
Frankland	60
Full Sutton	82
Garth	28
Gartree	27
Glen Parva	34
Gloucester	45
Grendon	40
Guys Marsh	46
Haslar	26
Haverigg	41
Hewell Grange	2
High Down	167
Highpoint	30
High Security Area Office	1
Hindley	102
Hollesley Bay	9
Holloway	174
Holme House	62
Headquarters	126
Hull	74
Huntercombe	36
Kent Area Office	4
Kingston	19
Kirkham	19
Kirklevington Grange	11
Lancaster Castle	35
Lancaster Farms	50
Latchmere House	21
Leeds	72
Leicester	42
Lewes	105
Leyhill	19
Lincoln	43
Lindholme	20
Littlehey	55
Liverpool	151
London Area Office	5
Long Lartin	45
Low Newton	15
Lowdham Grange(32)	2
Maidstone	79
Manchester	133
Moorland Open	10
Moorland Closed	5
Morton Hall	34
New Hall	58
North Sea Camp	20
Northallerton	23
North West	2
Norwich	54
Nottingham	47
Onley	76
Parc(32)	37
Parkhurst	44
Pentonville	233
Portland	44
Preston	100
Ranby	46
Reading	27
Risley	156
Rochester	73
Rye Hill(32)	11
Send	40
Shepton Mallet	21
Shrewsbury	31
South West Area Office	1
Stafford	82
Standford Hill	30
Stocken	21
Stoke Heath	76
Styal	33
Sudbury	16
Surrey and Sussex Area Office	3
Swaleside	131
Swansea	30
Swinfen Hall	39
Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Area Office	3
The Mount	88
The Verne	49
The Weare	41
Thorne Cross	45
Usk and Prescoed	8
Wakefield	82
Wandsworth	149
Warren Hill	5
Wayland	29
Wealstun	49
Wellingborough	33
Werrington	33
Weatherby	17
West Midlands Area Office	1
Whatton	11
Whitemoor	98
Winchester	70
Wolds(32)	2
Woodhill	64
Wormwood Scrubs	176
Wymott	43

⁽³²⁾ Indicates contracted prisons.
Note:
Some of the units at headquarters have since transferred from the Prison Service to the National Offender Management Service.



 
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Table B: The result of investigations held in prisons, area offices and Prison Service headquarters in England and Wales between July 2000 and 1 February 2006

Award	Total
Investigation Closed/Stopped	43
Individual medically retired	15
No disciplinary action recommended	3,960
Recommendation of disciplinary action not accepted by Commissioning Authority	392
Awaiting outcome of investigation/disciplinary hearing	232
Individual resigned during the investigation	339
Individual retired during the investigation	25
Death in custody (no staff disciplinary element)	70
Case dismissed	188
Final written warning	196
Financial penalty	21
Formal advice and guidance	416
Informal advice and guidance	192
Oral warning	203
Outcome withheld from database due to sensitivity	1
Re-graded	38
Removed from the field of promotion	78
Dismissed	365
Written warning	786
Total	7,560

Note:
The total number of investigations does not match the total number of investigation outcomes as an investigation can refer to more than one individual and an individual may receive more than one disciplinary award.



 
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Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with (a) the National Offender Management Service, (b) the Prison Service and (c) private sector operators regarding the role of the private sector in the delivery of penal services; and if he will make a statement. [48508]

Fiona Mactaggart: My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has regular discussions with his officials in the Home Department, both within the National Offender Management Service and with the Prison Service, about the delivery of penal services. The role of the private sector may be raised at such discussions. The Home Secretary met with representatives of the private sector delivering penal services on 8 November 2005.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons offer anger management courses; and how many offer psychiatric support. [48882]

Fiona Mactaggart: The Prison Service delivers a controlling anger and learning to manage it course (CALM) this is an accredited offending behaviour programme and is run in the 24 prisons listed in the table. Additionally, there are a number of prisons offering local non-accredited work on issues relating to anger management.

There are mental health in-reach teams in 102 prisons this will soon be available across the prison estate.
Prisons delivering CALM

Establishment	Prog	Male/female	Category	Area
Aylesbury	CALM	Male	YOI (closed)	Thames Valley, Hants, Isle of Wight
Blundeston	CALM	Male	C	Eastern
Bristol	CALM	Male	Local	South West
Camp Hill	CALM	Male	C	Thames Valley, Hants, Isle of Wight
Cardiff	CALM	Male	Local B	Wales
Dartmoor	CALM	Male	C	South West
Garth	CALM	Male	B training	North West
Gartree	CALM	Male	B	East Midlands
Glen Parva	CALM	Male	YOI (closed)	East Midlands
Featherstone	CALM	Male	C	West Midlands
Hindley	CALM	Male	YOI (closed)	North West
Kingston	CALM	Male	B	Thames Valley, Hants, Isle of Wight
Long Lartin	CALM	Male	A	High Security
Moorland Closed	CALM	Male	YOI (closed)	Yorks and Humberside
Parkhurst	CALM	Male	B training	Thames Valley, Hants, Isle of Wight
Pentonville	CALM	Male	Local	London
Risley	CALM	Male	C	North West
Stocken	CALM	Male	C	East Midlands
Swaleside	CALM	Male	B training	Kent
Swinfen Hall	CALM	Male	YOI (closed)	West Midlands
The Mount	CALM	Male	C	Eastern
Whatton	CALM	Male	C	East Midlands
Whitemoor	CALM	Male	A	High Security
Wolds(33)	CALM	Male	Local	Contracted Out

⁽³³⁾ Contracted Prison




 
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