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Prisons: Video Games

David Davis: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how much the Prison Service spent on games for Sony playstations in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available. [137021]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The Prison Service does not keep records of the amount spent on games for Sony Playstations.

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Probation

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what percentage of eligible prisoners were interviewed and assessed by the Probation Service prior to release in the last 12 months. [138188]

Mr. Sutcliffe: The information requested is not held centrally and would incur a disproportionate cost.

Supreme Court: Buildings

Keith Vaz: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what representations her Department received from private contractors on (a) the refurbishment of Middlesex Guildhall and (b) the construction of a new building to house the new Supreme Court. [134349]

Vera Baird: Five developers were involved in the bid process to carry out the renovation of Middlesex Guildhall. In 2004, Land Securities approached the Department with two options for a new build; Fetter Lane (near the Royal Courts of Justice) and Buckingham Gate. Fetter Lane was deemed too large for use as the Supreme Court and was taken up by HMCS. After detailed analysis, Buckingham Gate was ruled out because it offered a much less prestigious location at a higher cost.

Young Offender Institutions

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) boys and (b) girls were held in young offender institutions in each of the last 10 years. [138192]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the numbers of 15 to 17-year-olds within the prison population in England and Wales as at 30 June in each year between 1995 and 2006, can be found in the following table.

No one under the age of 15 is held in Prison Service establishments.

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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Population of under 18s held in prison establishments by type of custody and sex( 1) , England and Wales 30 June
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Males
Aged 15
Total	181	217	254	244	218	283	300	302	227	271	243	289
Untried	34	35	46	48	29	35	41	33	29	37	38	32
Convicted unsentenced	20	39	28	38	15	16	7	26	8	15	14	27
Immediate custodial sentence	127	143	180	158	174	232	252	243	190	220	191	230
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aged 16
Total	453	582	643	675	639	664	704	753	661	639	685	726
Untried	104	133	114	100	106	82	69	99	81	74	78	98
Convicted unsentenced	51	64	57	83	49	32	29	55	40	43	43	36
Immediate custodial sentence	298	385	472	492	484	550	606	599	540	522	563	592
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Aged 17
Total	992	1,225	1,511	1,468	1,479	1,398	1,340	1,434	1,288	1,288	1,326	1,423
Untried	260	304	297	286	285	242	182	183	206	211	210	250
Convicted unsentenced	200	187	246	205	209	147	105	110	88	111	88	130
Immediate custodial sentence	532	734	968	977	985	1,009	1,053	1,139	993	965	1,026	1,043
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	2	—
In default of payment of a fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Females
Aged 15
Total	1	7	9	7	7	3	7	9	—	—	—	—
Untried	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Convicted unsentenced	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Immediate custodial sentence	1	7	9	7	7	3	7	9	—	—	—	—
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aged 16
Total	13	17	12	20	22	28	12	27	6	2	1	—
Untried	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Convicted unsentenced	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Immediate Custodial Sentence	12	17	12	20	22	28	12	27	6	1	1	—
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aged 17
Total	35	45	50	52	57	58	71	81	71	74	71	69
Untried	11	8	11	8	13	13	13	5	12	10	11	14
Convicted unsentenced	6	4	7	9	6	7	12	7	8	84	—	5
Immediate Custodial Sentence	18	33	32	35	38	38	46	68	51	57	54	50
Non-criminal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
In default of payment of a fine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
(1) Taken from table 8.20 in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005 to be found at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1806section8.xls Data Sources and Quality: These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and so although shown to the last individual, the figures may not be accurate to that level. See Technical appendix of report for fuller information.

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