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Prisoners: Foreigners
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign national prisoners are being held (a) on indeterminate sentence for public protection after the expiry of their tariff, (b) on life sentences after expiry of their tariff, (c) on determinate sentences beyond the date at which they would be eligible for release or parole and (d) beyond the expiry of their sentence. [170140]
Mr. Hanson: Regarding (a), and (b), information on the numbers of prisoners held beyond their tariff is not available centrally as tariff is not recorded as part of the standard datasets. Determining the number of such prisoners who are foreign nationals would require examination of individual case files and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. Regarding (c), I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the answer given on 15 October 2007, Official Report, columns 754-5W, to the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose).
In regard to (d) about time-served prisoners, information is not held centrally. It would also require the examination of case files and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. I also refer the hon. and learned Member to my answer on 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 809W.
Prisons: Pay
Mr. Bellingham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 16 May 2007, Official Report, column 787W, on Prison Service: pay,
for what reason the information on breaches of the regulations is not collected by HM Prison Service Professional Standards Unit Investigations Support Unit; and if he will make a statement. [170635]
Maria Eagle: The role of Investigation Support Section (ISS) is to record and track formal investigations when terms of reference are submitted by the Commissioning Manager.
ISS allocates each investigation registered to a category and one such category is fraud. However, data are not stored in the format requested in the previous question and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Sexual Offences: Sentencing
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people serving indeterminate sentences with a tariff of under 24 months were convicted of sexual offences against children. [170154]
Mr. Hanson: A research study into prisoners received into prisons in England and Wales under Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection (IPP) between April 2005 and March 2006, showed that 26 offenders were given an IPP with tariff of less than 24 months for sexual offences against children.
This figure has been drawn from administrative IT systems and data returns from prison establishments. It is possible that this total does not include all relevant offences because the offence details held within the prison IT system do not always include the victim’s age.
Victims: Compensation
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been raised from victims surcharge on fines payable in magistrates courts since its introduction on 1 April; [169730]
(2) who is responsible for (a) distributing and (b) administering the proceeds of the victims surcharge; [169731]
(3) to whom in each parliamentary constituency the proceeds from victims surcharge has been distributed since 1 April. [169732]
Maria Eagle: As at 31 October 2007, £1,078,621 had been raised from the collection of the victims surcharge since its introduction on 1 April.
The Home and Justice Secretaries and the Attorney-General are jointly responsible for deciding how revenue raised by the surcharge should be allocated. Distribution and administration in accordance with Ministers’ wishes is effected by officials in the relevant Departments.
Receipts from the surcharge have been appropriated in aid as part of the Ministry of Justice Estimates for 2007-08. The Ministry of Justice makes allocations from the estimates to recipient organisations or other Departments as appropriate. Full details of how surcharge revenue is being used were given in my answer of 26 November 2007, Official Report, column 96W, to the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies).
Young Offender Institutions: Restraint Techniques
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many injuries were incurred by boys held in (a) Feltham, (b) Foston Hall, (c) Hindley and (d) Huntercombe Young Offender Institution as a result of control and restraint in each month in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007; and if he will give details of each injury sustained. [169808]
Maria Eagle: At Feltham one boy sustained an injury during use of force in September 2006 and one in July 2007 recorded as “bang to the head” and “swelling to left wrist” respectively. Foston Hall held no male young offenders during 2006-07. Information on Hindley for 2006 and January 2007 was not recorded in a central database and would require disproportionate resource to collate the information. However, the following information on serious injuries obtained as a result of use of force was reported and managed through the child protection procedures:
| Month | Injury |
In February 2007, new reporting systems were implemented which provide the following information.
| 2007 | Minor injury (no treatment required) | Minor injury (medical treatment required) | Serious injury requiring hospital treatment |
Information for Huntercombe is set out in the following table.
| January-December | ||
| Description | 2006 | 2007 |
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many injuries were incurred by girls held in (a) Down View Young Offender Institution and (b) Eastwood Park Young Offender Institution as a result of control and restraint in each month in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007; and if he will give details of each injury sustained. [169809]
Maria Eagle: The Prison Service definition of ‘girls’ in the context of prisoners is those aged 15-17. The information for Downview and Eastwood Park is set out in the following tables.
| Downview | |
| Number | |
| Eastwood Park | |
| Number | |
|
1 lip/minor bleeding from piercing (probably from violent act of self harm) | |
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