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Prisoners Release: Compensation

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been paid in compensation for board to prisoners who have been released early in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [147551]

Mr. Hanson: I have presumed that the hon. Gentleman refers to ‘compensation for board’ as the subsistence payment in lieu of benefits made to prisoners being released on an end of custody licence (ECL) and that 'released early' refers to the ECL, home detention curfew (HDC) or parole.

The ECL came into use on 29 June 2007 and no figures are yet available for the amount which has been paid for subsistence. This payment is made because prisoners on an ECL are released under temporary licence from prison in accordance with the provisions of the Prisons Act 1952 and, as such, are statutorily ineligible to receive benefits payments.

Prisoners released on HDC or on parole receive benefits payments, if eligible within normal terms so there is no additional payment.

Prisoners Release: Winchester Prison

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are to be released from Winchester Prison under the Government's recent early release proposals in the next 12 months. [147517]

Mr. Hanson: Figures for release are not available to be broken down by establishment.


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Prisoners: Rehabilitation Centres

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners received treatment through the detoxification unit at Cardiff Prison in each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement. [147584]

Mr. Hanson: The following numbers of prisoners have received treatment through the detoxification unit at Cardiff prison since it opened on 13 September 2004.

Number

September 2004-August 2005

1,051

September 2005-August 2006

915

September 2006-2 July 2007

558


Prisons: Labour Turnover

Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the rate of staff turnover in the Prison Service in prisons in Wales was in each month since 2002; and if he will make a statement. [147586]

Mr. Hanson: Information on the rate of staff turnover in public sector prisons in Wales, expressed as a percentage of total staff in post, is contained in the following table:


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Proportion of staff leaving public sector prison service establishments in Wales as a percentage of total staff in post. Each month—January 2002 to March 2007
Monthly turnover r ate (percentage of staff leaving in month)

2002

January

0.7

February

0.8

March

1.7

April

0.6

May

0.2

June

0.4

July

0.4

August

0.8

September

1.0

October

1.3

November

0.7

December

1.1

2003

January

0.6

February

0.8

March

0.7

April

1.3

May

1.6

June

0.7

July

0.5

August

0.7

September

0.8

October

0.9

November

0.4

December

0.3

2004

January

0.1

February

1.6

March

0.8

April

0.5

May

0.8

June

0.9

July

0.7

August

0.7

September

0.8

October

0.5

November

0.5

December

0.8

2005

January

0.1

February

0.3

March

0.6

April

0.2

May

0.3

June

0.3

July

0.7

August

0.5

September

1.5

October

0.7

November

0.4

December

1.1

2006

January

0.3

February

0.7

March

0.0

April

0.8

May

0.6

June

1.0

July

1.0

August

1.1

September

0.6

October

0.9

November

0.5

December

0.6

2007

January

0.7

February

1.1

March

0.8

Note:
These figures do not include staff transferring to other parts of the Prison Service.

Prisons: Wales

David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to respond to the report by the Welsh Affairs Committee on the prisons estate in Wales. [146373]

Mr. Hanson: We expect to respond to the report week commencing 6 August 2007.

Victim Support Schemes: Expenditure

Mr. Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to his answer of 19 June 2007, Official Report, column 1733W, on victim support schemes: expenditure, what his estimate is of the annual total funding for the support of victims and witnesses since 2002 in addition to the grant to Victim Support. [147613]

Mr. Hanson: Information on funding for victims and witnesses is not held centrally in this way. However funding to support victims and witnesses includes those in the following table:

There is other funding from this and other Government departments and local government which also includes elements that support victims and witnesses including:


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£
2001- 0 2 2002- 0 3 2003- 0 4 2004- 0 5 2005- 0 6 2006- 0 7

Compensation paid by criminal injuries compensation scheme (old scheme and tariff scheme cases)

233.5 million

232. 1 million

227.5 million

186.2 million

183.9 million

190.1 million

Domestic violence (including regional initiatives, helpline, specialist domestic violence courts and independent domestic violence advisors)

n/a

8.54 million

8.65 million

4 million

5.5 million

6 million

Sexual violence (including sexual assault referral centres, victims fund grants, umbrella organisations, independent sexual violence advisors)

406,000

432,000

300,000

1 million

3 million

3 million

POPPY projects (victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation)

n/a

33,000

216,000

593,000

620,000

1.2 million

Witness care units

n/a

n/a

n/a

36.1 million

Court waiting facilities

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

3.1 million

368,700

Court video links

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.6 million

2.75 million

Police video recording facilities

n/a

n/a

2 million

n/a

n/a

n/a

The self help organisation, support after murder and manslaughter

120,000

130,000

140,000

140,000

140,000

140,000

Victim and witness delivery fund for LCJBs

n/a

n/a

n/a

150,000

n/a

200,000

Memorial service

n/a

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

2,000

Donation to London bombings relief charitable fund (for victims of terrorism in the UK)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1 million

2.5 million

7July Assistance Centre

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89,425

204,797

Tsunami support network

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

121,927

n/a

Charitable fund for victims of overseas terrorism

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1 million

n/a

n/a = Figures are either not available, not quantifiable or not known.

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