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Truancy: Fines

John Penrose: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will make an assessment of the likely effect on numbers of prison places of any custodial sentences handed out to 17 year olds who have not paid fines for truanting in the first year following implementation of such a policy; [163650]

(2) if he will estimate the likely number of custodial sentences which will be handed out to 17 year olds who have not paid fines for truanting in the first year following implementation of such a policy. [163652]

Beverley Hughes: I have been asked to reply.

None. The main enforcement system is not a criminal one and in practice a custodial sentence for non-participation is not a realistic prospect.

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Young Offender Institutions: Fires

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fires were started by prisoners at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [168550]

Maria Eagle: The following table lists the total number of ‘fire incidents’ reported in the incident report system at young offender institutions in England and Wales in each of the last five years. Fire incidents may be actual fires but could, for example, include mischievous activation of fire alarms. To ascertain whether the incident was an actual fire would require the analysis of each incident report, which could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The data is held in financial years.

Fire incidents at young offender institutions
Establishment	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	Total
Ashfield	31	22	18	7	2	80
Brinsford	7	4	5	21	10	47
Castington	24	9	12	10	12	67
Cookham Wood	1	11	0	1	1	14
Downview	2	5	7	5	2	21
Eastwood Park	9	8	17	27	13	74
Feltham	17	23	60	45	44	189
Foston Hall	20	5	7	4	4	40
Hindley	12	23	5	32	38	110
Huntercombe	7	8	8	3	6	32
Lancaster Farms	4	3	6	8	25	46
Newhall	6	20	17	2	4	49
Parc	24	43	13	11	10	101
Stokeheath	9	4	10	19	27	69
Thorncross	3	0	0	2	4	9
Warren Hill	0	2	0	1	8	11
Werrington	0	1	0	0	9	10
Wetherby	9	14	24	8	4	59
Glen Parva	4	8	4	8	2	26
Onley	4	7	8	11	6	36
Rochester	2	3	5	2	3	15
Deerbolt	6	5	7	10	7	35
Reading	2	1	1	4	9	17
Aylesbury	5	8	3	4	11	31
Portland	4	5	17	11	4	41
Swinfen Hall	1	1	5	1	2	10
Northallerton	3	2	0	1	4	10
Total	216	245	259	258	271	1,249

Young Offender Institutions: Injuries

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many injuries there were to staff at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [168553]

Mr. Hanson: Between 1 April 2003 and 31 March 2007 12,967 injuries to staff and prisoners were recorded in young offender institutions.

Young Offender Institutions: Violence

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prisoner on prisoner assaults, (b) riots and (c) assaults on staff there were at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [168551]

Mr. Hanson: The response to part (a) of the question is provided in the following table which refers to the number of individual assault incidents:

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YOI	Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Ashfield	Prisoner on Prisoner	429	271	304	500	625
Aylesbury	Prisoner on Prisoner	44	26	21	78	80
Brinsford	Prisoner on Prisoner	281	304	326	344	187
Castington	Prisoner on Prisoner	363	312	384	361	360
Deerbolt	Prisoner on Prisoner	154	167	205	164	152
Feltham	Prisoner on Prisoner	459	569	576	549	476
Glen Parva	Prisoner on Prisoner	222	241	230	269	341
Hindley	Prisoner on Prisoner	88	177	63	112	348
Huntercombe	Prisoner on Prisoner	44	77	79	95	184
Lancaster Farms	Prisoner on Prisoner	130	17	185	435	363
Northallerton	Prisoner on Prisoner	80	82	84	104	82
Onley(1)	Prisoner on Prisoner	516	509	161	152	153
Portland	Prisoner on Prisoner	71	61	125	154	127
Reading	Prisoner on Prisoner	7	23	25	76	57
Rochester	Prisoner on Prisoner	32	51	102	78	100
Stoke Heath	Prisoner on Prisoner	241	137	239	438	506
Swinfen Hall(1)	Prisoner on Prisoner	127	110	96	104	89
Thorn Cross	Prisoner on Prisoner	56	39	7	19	143
Warren Hill	Prisoner on Prisoner	—	93	162	256	268
Werrington	Prisoner on Prisoner	114	129	104	139	143
Wetherby	Prisoner on Prisoner	41	175	414	492	403
(1) In 2004 Onley and Swinfen Hall were re-rolled to also hold adults. The change in population may be expected to be reflected in the number of assaults.

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