23 Jan 2008 : Column 2112W—continued
Prisoners
Dr. Vis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners under 21-years-old there were in each week since 26 January 2007. [180290]
Maria Eagle:
Data on the prison population, including a breakdown by age, are published monthly on the Ministry of Justice website:
The following table shows the number of young people held in prison establishments as at the end of each month since January 2007:
| Monthly published totals of young persons held in all prison establishments in England and Wales: January to December 2007 |
| | 15 to 17-year-olds | Young adults( 1) |
|
January
|
2,385
|
9,276
|
|
February
|
2,418
|
9,286
|
|
March
|
2,413
|
9,311
|
|
April
|
2,402
|
9,425
|
|
May
|
2,450
|
9,364
|
|
June
|
2,428
|
9,455
|
|
July
|
2,472
|
9,418
|
|
August
|
2,473
|
9,545
|
|
September
|
2,485
|
9,533
|
|
October
|
2,441
|
9,544
|
|
November
|
2,357
|
9,542
|
|
December
|
not yet available
| |
(1) Young adults are those aged 18 to 20 and those 21-year-olds who were aged 20 or under at conviction who have not yet been reclassified as part of the adult population.
|
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.
Prisoners: Education
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on providing educational courses to offenders serving custodial sentences in the latest period for which figures are available. [179381]
Mr. Lammy:
I have been asked to reply.
In the financial year 2006-07, the overall spend by the Learning and Skills Council on the delivery of the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service in custodial establishments to adult offenders was £115 million.
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what language courses are offered to offenders serving custodial sentences. [179382]
Mr. Lammy:
I have been asked to reply.
The majority of language courses offered to offenders held in English public sector prisons are English language courses—to incorporate literacy skills and key skills in communication, which is a vital aspect in improving the employability prospects of offenders. English is also offered to speakers of other languages.
A small number of European languages including German, Spanish, French and Welsh is offered to a minority of offenders in English public sector prisons based on an assessment of need.
Prisoners: Rehabilitation
Mr. Burrowes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offender behaviour programmes are accredited for use in prisons; and what the title is of each programme. [181331]
Maria Eagle:
There are 17 offending behaviour programmes that have been accredited/provisionally accredited for use in prisons in England and Wales.
They are as follows:
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Prisons: Education
Mr. Burrowes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 16 October 2007, Official Report, column 954W, on prisons: education, when the randomised control trial of enhanced thinking skills will be published. [181274]
Mr. Hanson:
The evaluation of HM Prison Service accredited Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS) programme (The Treatment Chance Project—TCP) aims to examine the impact of ETS courses on impulsivity in adult male offenders over the age of 18, and to investigate whether changes in levels of impulsivity were reflected in changes in prison behaviour.
23 Jan 2008 : Column 2114W
The TCP was conducted as a Randomised Control Trial (RCT), and as such is the first large-scale RCT evaluating the impact of ETS in prisons.
The draft report is at the peer review stage, with publication scheduled for April 2008.
Prisons: Employment
Mr. Burrowes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners were employed on average in each prison workshop in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; [180953]
(2) how many prisoners were (a) employed in workshops, (b) employed outside workshops and (c) without work in each adult male training prison in England and Wales on the most recent date for which figures are available. [180954]
Maria Eagle:
The Prison Service does not keep central records of the number of prisoners employed in each prison workshop or those without work but instead records the average weekly number of prisoners involved in workshops at each prison. The table shows, for the last 10 full years for which the information is available, the average weekly numbers of prisoners involved in workshops by prison.
There are no reliable records available on non-workshop employment, and this data have not therefore been included. Such records cannot now be recreated due to the absence of historical data at establishments.
| Establishment | Function | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
|
Acklington
|
Category C
|
152
|
159
|
190
|
199
|
180
|
186
|
192
|
185
|
159
|
145
|
|
Albany
|
Category B
|
113
|
129
|
127
|
119
|
106
|
87
|
0
|
100
|
120
|
110
|
|
Aldington
|
Category C
|
38
|
40
|
24
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Altcourse
|
Male Local
|
0
|
72
|
146
|
170
|
182
|
192
|
188
|
186
|
173
|
230
|
|
Ashfield
|
Male Juvenile
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Ashwell
|
Category C
|
127
|
135
|
146
|
150
|
128
|
156
|
154
|
143
|
150
|
168
|
|
Askham Grange
|
Female Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aylesbury
|
Male Closed YOI
|
7
|
11
|
22
|
24
|
28
|
25
|
25
|
30
|
33
|
17
|
|
Bedford
|
Male Local
|
67
|
62
|
83
|
77
|
61
|
50
|
50
|
51
|
51
|
40
|
|
Belmarsh
|
Male Local
|
42
|
56
|
101
|
96
|
88
|
87
|
87
|
72
|
84
|
69
|
|
Birmingham
|
Male Local
|
83
|
100
|
111
|
109
|
108
|
96
|
87
|
144
|
185
|
204
|
|
Blakenhurst
|
Male Local
|
0
|
116
|
119
|
130
|
96
|
78
|
83
|
74
|
89
|
111
|
|
Blantyre House
|
Semi Open
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
Blundeston
|
Category C
|
64
|
69
|
65
|
75
|
77
|
82
|
79
|
75
|
93
|
88
|
|
Brinsford
|
Male Closed YOI
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bristol
|
Male Local
|
47
|
45
|
99
|
84
|
92
|
96
|
72
|
66
|
59
|
51
|
|
Brixton
|
Male Local
|
21
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
28
|
18
|
|
Brockhill
|
Category C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
|
Bronzefield
|
Female Local
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
1
|
40
|
49
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
Category C
|
0
|
84
|
98
|
122
|
94
|
64
|
80
|
111
|
71
|
83
|
|
Bullingdon
|
Male Local
|
46
|
70
|
86
|
68
|
92
|
84
|
93
|
102
|
111
|
131
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
Category C
|
12
|
11
|
6
|
17
|
17
|
15
|
13
|
11
|
15
|
10
|
|
Camp Hill
|
Category C
|
78
|
70
|
66
|
83
|
83
|
80
|
69
|
76
|
66
|
65
|
|
Canterbury
|
Category C
|
18
|
28
|
54
|
57
|
58
|
52
|
45
|
50
|
55
|
58
|
|
Cardiff
|
Male Local
|
119
|
125
|
109
|
136
|
116
|
126
|
129
|
105
|
108
|
110
|
|
Castington
|
Male Closed YOI
|
33
|
30
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Channings Wood
|
Category C
|
127
|
142
|
143
|
138
|
140
|
131
|
124
|
138
|
118
|
103
|
|
Chelmsford
|
Male Local
|
58
|
57
|
62
|
55
|
57
|
61
|
55
|
76
|
58
|
122
|
|
Colchester
|
Male Open YOI
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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|
Coldingley
|
Category C
|
127
|
115
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
142
|
138
|
136
|
|
Cookham Wood
|
Male Juvenile
|
70
|
52
|
46
|
54
|
48
|
40
|
41
|
68
|
84
|
82
|
|
Dartmoor
|
Category C
|
112
|
133
|
151
|
137
|
155
|
148
|
136
|
115
|
111
|
103
|
|
Deerbolt
|
Male Closed YOI
|
15
|
14
|
17
|
15
|
14
|
16
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
19
|
|
Doncaster
|
Male Local
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
29
|
37
|
36
|
13
|
39
|
45
|
32
|
|
Dorchester
|
Male Local
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
17
|
19
|
18
|
8
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dovegate
|
Category B
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
148
|
172
|
154
|
112
|
113
|
112
|
|
Dover
|
Semi Open
|
17
|
23
|
29
|
24
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Downview
|
Female Closed
|
39
|
37
|
36
|
14
|
22
|
37
|
21
|
38
|
47
|
47
|
|
Drake Hall
|
Semi Open
|
74
|
69
|
63
|
50
|
61
|
59
|
68
|
84
|
82
|
75
|
|
Durham
|
Male Local
|
125
|
184
|
208
|
176
|
141
|
119
|
109
|
99
|
84
|
82
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
Female Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
Female Local
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
17
|
17
|
13
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
|
Edmunds Hill
|
Category C
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
16
|
11
|
17
|
28
|
|
Elmley
|
Male Local
|
20
|
22
|
76
|
120
|
107
|
106
|
110
|
110
|
92
|
580
|
|
Erlestoke
|
Category C
|
16
|
16
|
26
|
31
|
51
|
62
|
51
|
60
|
55
|
53
|
|
Everthorpe
|
Category C
|
106
|
136
|
183
|
129
|
128
|
100
|
88
|
93
|
100
|
210
|
|
Exeter
|
Male Local
|
3
|
1
|
34
|
54
|
74
|
64
|
54
|
42
|
45
|
48
|
|
Featherstone
|
Category C
|
209
|
237
|
254
|
223
|
232
|
241
|
234
|
223
|
229
|
254
|
|
Feltham
|
Male Closed YOI
|
8
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
|
Ford
|
Male Open
|
51
|
51
|
60
|
47
|
65
|
61
|
59
|
64
|
106
|
109
|
|
Forest Bank
|
Male Local
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
31
|
108
|
140
|
151
|
167
|
153
|
117
|
114
|
|
Foston Hall
|
Female Closed
|
8
|
10
|
17
|
18
|
11
|
17
|
15
|
14
|
15
|
13
|
|
Frankland
|
Dispersal
|
84
|
84
|
94
|
91
|
145
|
125
|
125
|
134
|
99
|
141
|
|
Full Sutton
|
Dispersal
|
112
|
164
|
166
|
141
|
132
|
114
|
127
|
94
|
104
|
71
|
|
Garth
|
Category B
|
139
|
165
|
173
|
164
|
141
|
142
|
143
|
103
|
94
|
96
|
|
Gartree
|
Category B
|
91
|
99
|
122
|
107
|
89
|
99
|
106
|
119
|
102
|
95
|
|
Glen Parva
|
Male Closed YOI
|
50
|
49
|
43
|
0
|
64
|
65
|
57
|
40
|
46
|
54
|
|
Gloucester
|
Male Local
|
13
|
10
|
12
|
24
|
20
|
11
|
14
|
20
|
12
|
11
|
|
Grendon
|
Category B
|
5
|
0
|
11
|
11
|
10
|
10
|
12
|
9
|
4
|
1
|
|
Guys Marsh
|
Category C
|
26
|
61
|
74
|
91
|
114
|
118
|
119
|
127
|
124
|
125
|
|
Haslar
|
Semi Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Hatfield
|
Male Open YOI
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Haverigg
|
Category C
|
271
|
251
|
202
|
192
|
274
|
281
|
266
|
209
|
156
|
157
|
|
Hewell Grange
|
Male Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Highdown
|
Male Local
|
30
|
36
|
34
|
43
|
59
|
49
|
52
|
54
|
58
|
43
|
|
Highpoint
|
Category C
|
53
|
52
|
102
|
115
|
133
|
115
|
105
|
126
|
123
|
124
|
|
Hindley
|
Male Closed YOI
|
22
|
65
|
44
|
48
|
74
|
98
|
67
|
46
|
45
|
6
|
|
Hollesley Bay
|
Male Open
|
21
|
22
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Holloway
|
Female Local
|
9
|
5
|
42
|
142
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
6
|
|
Holme House
|
Male Local
|
64
|
99
|
95
|
88
|
99
|
77
|
105
|
93
|
104
|
83
|
|
Hull
|
Male Local
|
78
|
108
|
95
|
91
|
100
|
91
|
129
|
110
|
157
|
155
|
|
Huntercombe
|
Male Juvenile
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Kennet
|
Category C
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
Kingston
|
Category B
|
36
|
37
|
43
|
38
|
44
|
59
|
34
|
26
|
48
|
53
|
|
Kirkham
|
Male Open
|
222
|
212
|
163
|
157
|
127
|
109
|
129
|
142
|
119
|
111
|
|
Kirklevington
|
Semi Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
|
Lancaster
|
Category C
|
26
|
19
|
15
|
10
|
15
|
9
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
Male Closed YOI
|
20
|
20
|
16
|
10
|
15
|
11
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Latchmere House
|
Semi Open
|
7
|
8
|
13
|
19
|
19
|
29
|
10
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
|
Leeds
|
Male Local
|
140
|
129
|
454
|
191
|
192
|
173
|
132
|
138
|
235
|
128
|
|
Leicester
|
Male Local
|
55
|
53
|
46
|
44
|
46
|
116
|
50
|
30
|
10
|
1
|
|
Lewes
|
Male Local
|
65
|
78
|
82
|
84
|
68
|
103
|
85
|
81
|
73
|
40
|
|
Leyhill
|
Male Open
|
59
|
75
|
83
|
82
|
81
|
64
|
68
|
66
|
62
|
59
|
|
Lincoln
|
Male Local
|
183
|
175
|
171
|
166
|
165
|
135
|
115
|
107
|
114
|
108
|
|
Lindholme
|
Category C
|
38
|
43
|
55
|
62
|
57
|
56
|
47
|
46
|
39
|
33
|
|
Littlehey
|
Category C
|
211
|
194
|
199
|
185
|
180
|
194
|
189
|
183
|
171
|
151
|
|
Liverpool
|
Male Local
|
319
|
328
|
326
|
286
|
222
|
115
|
233
|
251
|
245
|
221
|
|
Long Lartin
|
Dispersal
|
71
|
62
|
96
|
90
|
103
|
132
|
118
|
111
|
114
|
108
|
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|
Low Newton
|
Female Local
|
11
|
16
|
27
|
28
|
33
|
33
|
53
|
25
|
21
|
0
|
|
Lowdham Grange
|
Category B
|
0
|
0
|
176
|
157
|
196
|
199
|
196
|
166
|
168
|
120
|
|
Maidstone
|
Category C
|
209
|
187
|
175
|
169
|
120
|
138
|
138
|
158
|
129
|
149
|
|
Manchester
|
Male Local
|
196
|
226
|
217
|
218
|
214
|
200
|
177
|
147
|
172
|
169
|
|
Moorland
|
Category C
|
64
|
85
|
91
|
85
|
88
|
114
|
88
|
106
|
135
|
137
|
|
Morton Hall
|
Semi Open
|
8
|
16
|
20
|
12
|
33
|
91
|
160
|
160
|
127
|
149
|
|
Mount
|
Category C
|
74
|
113
|
113
|
117
|
130
|
139
|
127
|
109
|
147
|
171
|
|
New Hall
|
Female Local
|
32
|
92
|
78
|
77
|
66
|
63
|
65
|
69
|
67
|
62
|
|
North Sea Camp
|
Male Open
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
13
|
8
|
8
|
|
Northallerton
|
Male Closed YOI
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Norwich
|
Male Local
|
68
|
67
|
50
|
50
|
61
|
57
|
57
|
61
|
73
|
62
|
|
Nottingham
|
Male Local
|
26
|
47
|
95
|
93
|
104
|
116
|
105
|
86
|
76
|
70
|
|
Onley
|
Category C
|
37
|
40
|
83
|
78
|
71
|
72
|
79
|
90
|
104
|
115
|
|
Parc
|
Male Local
|
0
|
149
|
1245
|
115
|
136
|
123
|
127
|
195
|
180
|
190
|
|
Parkhurst
|
Category B
|
104
|
113
|
111
|
115
|
109
|
84
|
96
|
86
|
120
|
123
|
|
Pentonville
|
Male Local
|
115
|
164
|
206
|
211
|
210
|
122
|
137
|
134
|
108
|
32
|
|
Portland
|
Male Closed YOI
|
31
|
33
|
32
|
26
|
24
|
24
|
18
|
13
|
15
|
15
|
|
Preston
|
Male Local
|
54
|
56
|
149
|
56
|
70
|
54
|
60
|
48
|
39
|
28
|
|
Ranby
|
Category C
|
133
|
186
|
259
|
211
|
189
|
1102
|
218
|
217
|
245
|
264
|
|
Reading
|
Male Closed YO1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Risley
|
Category C
|
110
|
114
|
103
|
115
|
145
|
144
|
193
|
181
|
161
|
170
|
|
Rochester
|
Male Closed YO1
|
27
|
12
|
12
|
36
|
43
|
59
|
0
|
41
|
156
|
67
|
|
Rye Hill
|
Category B
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0
|
109
|
188
|
243
|
175
|
154
|
145
|
211
|
|
Send
|
Female Closed
|
19
|
19
|
21
|
60
|
20
|
32
|
22
|
21
|
23
|
21
|
|
Shepton Mallet
|
Category C
|
20
|
19
|
25
|
22
|
20
|
32
|
38
|
41
|
47
|
40
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
Male Local
|
84
|
109
|
137
|
112
|
114
|
204
|
73
|
68
|
65
|
82
|
|
Stafford
|
Category C
|
187
|
190
|
204
|
213
|
243
|
228
|
245
|
224
|
218
|
254
|
|
Standford Hill
|
Male Open
|
30
|
29
|
17
|
35
|
39
|
80
|
63
|
64
|
82
|
57
|
|
Stocken
|
Category C
|
53
|
63
|
159
|
123
|
118
|
121
|
114
|
96
|
89
|
90
|
|
Stoke Heath
|
Male Closed YOI
|
82
|
114
|
106
|
102
|
107
|
109
|
93
|
95
|
107
|
108
|
|
Styal
|
Female Local
|
34
|
37
|
56
|
52
|
50
|
36
|
27
|
26
|
17
|
23
|
|
Sudbury
|
Male Open
|
93
|
93
|
91
|
88
|
89
|
82
|
117
|
82
|
83
|
72
|
|
Swaleside
|
Category B
|
38
|
50
|
38
|
40
|
133
|
199
|
188
|
194
|
90
|
95
|
|
Swansea
|
Male Local
|
49
|
68
|
66
|
60
|
46
|
58
|
54
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Swinfen Hall
|
Male Closed YOI
|
5
|
15
|
31
|
32
|
31
|
24
|
31
|
25
|
21
|
27
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
Male Open YOI
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Usk
|
Category C
|
11
|
0
|
35
|
35
|
38
|
38
|
33
|
26
|
27
|
22
|
|
Verne
|
Category C
|
104
|
108
|
134
|
112
|
120
|
124
|
112
|
115
|
118
|
105
|
|
Wakefield
|
Dispersal
|
207
|
202^
|
185
|
187
|
310
|
183
|
105
|
56
|
61
|
58
|
|
Wandsworth
|
Male Local
|
165
|
176
|
186
|
153
|
130
|
129
|
169
|
204
|
115
|
29
|
|
Warren Hill
|
Male Juvenile
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wayland
|
Category C
|
101
|
92
|
88
|
93
|
81
|
57
|
33
|
33
|
36
|
34
|
|
Wealstun
|
Category C
|
87
|
189
|
176
|
197
|
212
|
209
|
201
|
209
|
268
|
246
|
|
Weare
|
Category C
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wellingborough
|
Category C
|
0
|
0
|
32
|
38
|
83
|
67
|
52
|
16
|
60
|
84
|
|
Werrington
|
Male Juvenile
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wetherby
|
Male Juvenile
|
0
|
0
|
35
|
29
|
25
|
10
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Whatton
|
Category C
|
27
|
25
|
58
|
53
|
50
|
61
|
50
|
46
|
50
|
92
|
|
Whitemoor
|
Dispersal
|
99
|
114
|
89
|
93
|
150
|
105
|
95
|
100
|
76
|
92
|
|
Winchester
|
Male Local
|
93
|
86
|
93
|
91
|
108
|
73
|
65
|
62
|
59
|
56
|
|
Wolds
|
Category C
|
43
|
88
|
82
|
72
|
72
|
72
|
38
|
41
|
40
|
39
|
|
Woodhill
|
Male Local
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
Male Local
|
94
|
96
|
110
|
92
|
108
|
105
|
81
|
50
|
124
|
177
|
|
Wymott
|
Category C
|
482
|
340
|
345
|
341
|
301
|
291
|
282
|
282
|
282
|
329
|
|
Grand total
|
—
|
8,306
|
9,480
|
12,109
|
10,576
|
11,120
|
11,824
|
10,320
|
10,228
|
10,403
|
10,834
|
