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As a contingency measure, the board is considering spot-purchasing up to 20 additional places in secure children’s homes.

In the longer term, the board plans to create several high-dependency units in the Prison Service estate for more vulnerable boys. The first will be at Wetherby YOI and is scheduled to open in summer 2008. The opening of the unit will secure a net increase of 48 places.

Security: Heathrow Airport

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people took part in the miSense scheme at Heathrow Airport Terminal 3. [128021]

Mr. Byrne: 2,159 volunteers were enrolled in the miSense scheme at Heathrow airport terminal 3.

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the outcome of the (a) miSense scheme, (b) miSenseplus scheme and (c) miSenseallclear scheme. [128051]

Mr. Byrne: The Simplifying Passenger Travel United Kingdom Regional Group is currently conducting a detailed evaluation of all three miSense schemes. As a key partner the Home Office is fully involved in this process and is keen to identify and build on the lessons learned. A summary of the evaluation is expected to be made available to the public in April and a copy will be placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people enrolled in the miSenseplus scheme at Heathrow Airport Terminal 3. [128053]

Mr. Byrne: 1,007 volunteers enrolled in the miSensePlus trial at Heathrow airport terminal 3.


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Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which UK Government agencies he expects to be involved in the miSenseallclear scheme. [128054]

Mr. Byrne: MiSenseallclear ran for a two-week period during February 2007 and was operated by the Joint Border Operations Centre which is staffed by officers from HMRC, IND, Police and UKVisas.

Mr. Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what central government funding was made available to fund the (a) miSense, (b) miSenseplus and (c) miSenseallclear scheme. [128091]

Mr. Byrne: This trial was a collaborative venture between members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Simplifying Passenger Travel (SPT) initiative. Led by BAA, the UK Regional Group also comprised Accenture, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, IER, Raytheon, Sagem, SITA and IND along with a number of associate partners. Each partner provided resources at their own cost; in the case of central Government this amounted to staff costs only. The use of collaboration groups enables low cost, low risk trial delivery as costs and risks are distributed to the collaboration partner that is best able to manage the risk.

Wellingborough Prison

Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Independent Monitoring Board members are (a) allocated to and (b) in post at HM Prison Wellingborough; and if he will make a statement. [125307]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wellingborough as at 6 March 2007 had an official complement of 11 members and at that date 10 members were in post.

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of prisoners in each young offender institution are from ethnic minorities, broken down by (a) race and (b) religion. [126885]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 15 March 2007]: Information on (a) numbers and percentages of ethnic minority detainees in all young offender and juvenile institutions in England and Wales as at 31 January 2007 and (b) the numbers by religious affiliation can be found in the following tables.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT .systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.


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(a) To show numbers of under 21s and young offenders and their break-down by racial group
As percentage of all
All ethnic minority Ethnic minorities Mixed Asian or Asian British Black or Black British Chinese or other

All

2,436

28

5

6

16

1

Ashfield

92

23

4

7

11

0

Aylesbury

217

49

6

8

34

2

Brinsford

108

38

9

9

20

0

Chelmsford

20

33

5

10

18

0

Cookham Wood

1

11

0

0

11

0

Castington

14

9

2

1

6

0

Drake Hall

3

20

7

0

13

0

Deerbolt

53

12

3

5

5

0

East Sutton Park

5

56

0

12

44

0

Eastwood Park

9

13

6

3

4

0

Elmley

3

13

5

0

8

0

Foston Hall

3

34

22

0

11

0

Feltham

235

59

9

6

42

1

Guys Marsh

8

12

4

0

7

0

Glen Parva

106

20

5

5

9

1

Hollesley Bay (Warren Hill)

4

23

11

6

6

0

Huntercombe

172

48

10

7

30

0

Moorland Open

14

31

2

26

2

0

Hindley

61

15

4

3

7

0

Highdown

29

49

9

4

37

0

Holloway

27

28

7

0

18

3

Lancaster Farms

32

8

1

3

3

0

Moorland

92

26

5

7

13

0

New Hall

7

11

5

2

5

0

Northallerton

20

8

2

3

3

0

Norwich

26

22

4

4

13

0

Onley

83

35

4

11

19

1

Portland

228

42

6

5

30

1

Parc

23

11

1

2

8

0

Rochester

172

45

7

7

30

1

Reading

1

10

0

10

0

0

Stoke Heath

119

19

4

6

8

0

Swinfen Hall

201

32

4

10

18

1

Styal

5

12

2

0

7

2

Thorn Cross

38

15

3

7

5

0

Warren Hill

79

35

8

7

17

3

Werrington

48

30

10

5

15

1

Wetherby

78

23

10

4

8

0


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