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Prisoners: Females
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women were imprisoned for theft in (a) England and Wales and (b) each English region in each year since 1997. [187449]
Mr. Hanson: The following table gives the number of women sentenced to immediate custody for theft and handling in England and Wales and each English region in each year since 1997.
| Women sentenced to immediate custody for theft and handling( 1) —offences by region, 1997-2006 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| (1) Principal offence basis. (2) Includes City of London Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: RDS-NOMS, Ministry of Justice | ||||||||||
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women were held in men’s prisons in England and Wales in each year since 1997. [187450]
Mr. Hanson: Women prisoners are held in designated women’s units and prisons. In exceptional individual circumstances women may be held separately within a male prison for a short period.
The following is a count of female prisoners by establishments in England and Wales as at 31 December 2007:
| Number | |
This information is published at the Ministry of Justice website at:
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: Per Capita Costs
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on average per prisoner for (a) education, (b) provision of televisions, games consoles and computers in cells and (c) food in each year since 1997. [187448]
Maria Eagle: The requested annual figures for prisoners in English and Welsh public sector prisons are as follows:
| Financial year | Spend( 1) per prisoner on: | Number of in-cell T/V sets purchased | |
| Education( 2 ) (£) | Food( 3) (£) | ||
| (1) Rounded to the nearest (2) For 2001-02 to 2006-07 inclusive—based on DIUS (and its predecessors') spend on education and training for public prisons in England and Wales (adults, young offenders and juveniles) and includes libraries and funding provided for Heads of Learning and Skills in prisons. For 1997-98 to 2000-01 - based on HMPS spend on a similar basis and also includes libraries and education materials. This figure does not capture all education and training costs that occur in areas such as prison workshops as it is not possible to separate out specific costs relating to these activities in these functions as they are an integral part of the service. (3) Cost of food not cost of catering. Figures for 1997-98; 1998-99 and 1999-2000 are partly based on the estimated cost of providing fresh produce internally via prison farms and gardens. | |||
Full expenditure data on games consoles and computers in cells is not held centrally and the collection of this information would be at disproportionate cost.
Since 1998 there has been a programme of purchasing television sets for prisoners' use in their cells. The number of sets purchased, in these circumstances is shown in the table with the exception of 1998-99 when £500,000 of public funds were used to start up the In-Cell TV initiative, all of these sets have been funded from the weekly rental charges collected from prisoners.
Prisoners: Taxis
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2008, Official Report, column 1438W, on prisoners: taxis, how much the Prison Service spent on all taxi journeys in each of the last three years. [188293]
Maria Eagle: The information requested can not be provided as the Prison Service does not capture data to that level of detail within its accounting system.
Probation Boards: Finance
Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the projected budget for 2008-09 is for each Director of Management within the probation and prison services. [188050]
Maria Eagle: The budgets for the Regional Offender Managers (ROM) / Directors of Offender Management (DOM) for 2008-09 are still subject to negotiation. The following table gives indicative figures for ROM / DOM budgets for prison and probation services as at 8 January 2008:
| Region | Resource budget 2008-09( 1) (£) |
| (1 )indicative as at 8 January 2008 | |
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