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Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average pay was for prisoners in (a) education and (b) work programmes in 2006-07. [175469]
Mr. Hanson: A survey on prisoners' pay which was carried out during April/May 2007 indicated that the average pay for prisoners was approximately.
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Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to improve the level and consistency of provision of purposeful activity in prisons. [174514]
Mr. Hanson: The standard core day to be introduced from April 2008 will provide a greater level of consistency and certainty to the time prisoners spend undertaking purposeful activity.
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons pay the same wages for participation in education and in work programmes. [175468]
Mr. Hanson: This information is not collated centrally however to establish pay rates in prisons a survey was carried out during April/May 2007 and this indicated that 19 establishments pay equal wages for participation in education and work.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government has taken to assist with the demand on the work of probation services caused by prisoners being released early. [175270]
Mr. Hanson: Probation boards have received £300,000 in 2007-08 for the additional work arising from the End of Custody Licence scheme. The level of resources needed will be kept under review.
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on local management for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98. [175379]
Mr. Hanson: Expenditure on local management is not separately reported by probation boards and it would be a disproportionate cost to collect this back to 1997-98.
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on approved premises for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98. [175382]
Maria Eagle: The following data set out what has been spent in total on the Approved Premises estate in each of the last five years.
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Data prior to this period are not held by the Ministry of Justice or the National Offender Management Service.
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on public protection for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98. [175383]
Mr. Hanson: Expenditure on public protection is not identified as a separate component of Probation Boards' financial reports and it would be a disproportionate cost to separately identify it back to 1997-98.
Public protection is intrinsic to many aspects of probation work and as such the cost cannot be separately identified.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of staff employed by the Probation Service in England and Wales were in daily direct contact with offenders in each of the last 10 years. [173769]
Maria Eagle: All probation staff in the NPS are employed by the relevant probation board who are responsible for managing work load allocation. It is therefore not possible to provide information at this level. Information is however collected on the number of staff employed in offender management roles.
The following table shows the number of staff working in an offender management role from 2003 onwards. Data prior to 2003 were collated by a different source and was incomplete in some categories. It is therefore not directly comparable with the figures collected since that time.
Role | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government have taken to improve the Probation Service in the West Midlands. [175269]
Maria Eagle: West Midlands probation area is receiving additional oversight from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Performance Improvement Unit and this will continue until there is evidence of a sustained improvement.
With guidance from NOMS, the management of West Midlands probation area have designed a comprehensive 'Solutions Programme' focused on lifting performance. The aim of the strategy is for West Midlands probation area to achieve the required standards of performance and organisational capability.
The most recent performance data give an early indication of improvement.
Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what injuries were sustained by boys held in Werrington Young Offender Institution during physical control and restraint in each month in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; [175253]
(2) what injuries were sustained by boys held in Wetherby Young Offender Institution during control and restraint in each month in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. [175254]
Maria Eagle: The information for Werrington and Wetherby is set out in the following table. It should be noted that the injuries set out in the table were subsequent to fights between young people, and that it is likely that a number of the injuries were sustained in the fights rather than during restraint. The incidents are recorded nonetheless.
Ms Katy Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trusts Carbon Management programme. [173083]
David Cairns: The Scotland Office is included in the Ministry of Justices environmental management programme which includes implementing the Governments UK Sustainable Action Plan, published on 5 March 2007.
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