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Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people who had been in prison for (a) more than 10 years, (b) between five and 10 years, (c) between two and five years and (d) between one and two years were released in each of the last 10 years. [179145]
Mr. Hanson: The following table gives the available information on the numbers of persons discharged, by original sentence length band, for adult (aged 21 and over) and young offender (aged 18 to 20) prisoners released between 1997 and 2006 from all prison establishments in England and Wales. These figures were taken from tables 3.13 and 4.11 in the annual prison statistics England and Wales for data relating to 1997 to 2002 and from table 10.1 and 10.2 in the annual Offender Management Caseload Statistics for data relating to 2003 to 2006. The published tables also indicate the average time served within these bands. Copies of these publications can be found in the House of Commons Library and at the websites:
http://www.homeoffice. gov.uk/rds/omcs.html
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.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make a statement on the progress of the review of academy schools by the Number 10 Delivery Unit; [178552]
(2) what the names are of all those who have worked for the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit in the last 12 months; [179064]
(3) whether a copy of the review of academy schools by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit will be made publicly available; [179065]
(4) when the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit review of academy schools will report; [179066]
(5) how many people are working on the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit review of academy schools; [179067]
(6) what the timescale is for the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit review of academy schools. [179068]
Andy Burnham: I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Minister of State for Children, Schools and Families gave to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 19 November 2007, Official Report, column 624W and also to the remarks made on the Floor of the House by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on 13 November 2007 , Official Report, columns 561-62. PMDU reviews are confidential advice to Ministers; we do not disclose the recommendations or publish the report.
The review of the academies programme is being jointly led by a number of officials in the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit in partnership with Treasury and DCSF officials in the Academies and Capitals Group of the Department. The serving Director of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit is Richard Page-Jones and Ray Shostak is the Head of the Unit.
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