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Mr. Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of each contracted-out prison has been (a) per prison place and (b) per prisoner in each of the last five years. [188239]

Maria Eagle: Information on the cost per prison place and per prisoner in each contracted prison is provided in the following table. Information has previously been published on the Prison Service website in the annual accounts 2002-03, the NOMS website in the office for contracted prisons statement of performance for 2004-05 and 2005-06 and the pre-audited financial information for contracted and commercial SLA prisons 2006-07. Information for the financial year 2003-04 was previously provided in a written ministerial statement.

£
	2006-07		2005-06		2004-05		2003-04		2002-03
	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner	Cost per place	Cost per prisoner
Altcourse (DCMF)	55,108	32,947	51,763	33,141	50,848	32,488	53,322	32,871	52,369	32,786
Ashfield (DCMF)	49,960	54,304	48,669	60,025	41047	59,032	33,568	49,144	24,130	36,806
Bronzefield(1) (DCMF)	47,045	50,285	44,490	47,774	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—
Doncaster (MO)	27,828	19,312	26,417	18,999	24,942	17,627	24,769	1,7205	24,971	17,163
Dovegate (DCMF)	29,048	28,619	29,043	28,684	28,826	27,919	27,424	27,779	30,639	32,519
Forest Bank (DCMF)	29,097	22,212	28,420	22,269	27,359	21,479	27,229	21,697	26,027	20,599
Lowdham Grange (DCMF)	27,264	25,447	25,981	25,576	25,677	25,375	25,802	24,912	26,110	25,413
Parc (DCMF)	44,080	34,914	39,976	33,742	38,577	32,859	41,281	33,193	37,830	32,115
Peterborough(3 )(DCMF)	31,319	30,626	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—	(2)—
Rye Hill (DCMF)	24,577	24,455	24,538	24,954	24,003	22,538	24,892	22,767	23,505	21,504
Wolds (MO)	25,221	21,638	20,855	23,258	21,507	20,572	21,861	19,700	24,635	19,170
(1) HMP Bronzefield opened during 2004-05, part year information was excluded from the analysis. (2) Not open. (3) HMP Peterborough opened during 2005-06, part year information was excluded from the analysis. Note: (DCMF): Design, Construct, Manage and Finance. (MO): Manage Only.

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Prisons: Coroners

Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent by his Department on legal representation and advice on each coroner’s case into a death in prison service establishments (including secure training centres) in each of the last four years. [193411]

Maria Eagle: Inquests into deaths in prison custody are inquisitorial fact-finding processes, heard by a Coroner with a jury. The information is not available in the requested format but HM Prison Service’s legal costs since April 2004 are as provided in the following table. They include the costs of the Treasury Solicitor, Counsels’ fees and other disbursements. Comparable legal costs in respect of secure training centres are mostly incurred by the private companies that run the centres.

Prison service inquest costs
	£
2004-05	901,000
2005-06	1,547,000
2006-07	1,670,000
2007-08	1,962,000
Total	6,080.000

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Rape: Convictions

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people (a) were convicted of rape and not given a custodial sentence between 1992 and April 1997 and (b) have been so convicted and not given a custodial sentence since May 1997; [188499]

(2) how many people convicted of rape in the last three years were (a) under 18, (b) 19 to 25, (c) 26 to 35, (d) 36 to 45, (e) 46 to 55, (f) 56 to 65 and (g) 66 years and over; [188570]

(3) how many convictions for rape there were in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and how many charges of rape were brought in each year; [188607]

(4) what percentage of people prosecuted for rape were convicted of that offence in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. [188608]

Maria Eagle: The information requested is in the following table. The number of offenders convicted of rape who can be detained indefinitely more than tripled between 2004 and 2006. The figures include those convicted of an offence of rape, under section 1 of the sexual offences Act 2003, and those convicted of an offence of rape of a child under 13, under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Charging information is not held by my Department.

Court proceedings data for 2007 will be available in the autumn of 2008.

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts, convicted at all courts for rape offences, broken down by age group, and the percentage of persons prosecuted who were found guilty of rape in England and Wales for the years 2004 to 2006( 1,2,3,4)
	Proceeded against			Found guilty			Percentage prosecuted who were found guilty
Age group	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006
10-17	254	305	229	30	73	71	12	24	31
18	98	100	101	8	18	23	8	18	23
19-25	567	534	532	148	127	142	26	24	27
26-35	591	648	556	141	144	167	24	22	30
36-45	512	553	486	148	171	188	29	31	39
46-55	233	247	235	96	75	90	41	30	38
56-65	146	112	129	45	59	55	31	53	43
66 and over	52	59	67	28	27	18	54	46	27
Total	2,453	2,558	2,335	644	694	754	26	27	32
(1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Includes the following statute: The Sexual Offences Act 2003, Sections 1 and 5. (4) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 came into force on 1 May 2004. Source: Court proceedings database held by RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice Our ref: PQ 188570, 188607 and 188608 (table 1)

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