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Prisoners: Mentally Ill
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of the prison population are currently held in (a) NHS and (b) independent sector secure mental health care places; and if he will make a statement. [196071]
Mr. Ivan Lewis: I have been asked to reply.
The information is not available in the format requested.
Offenders held in secure mental health care settings can be held under various articles of legislation and do not necessarily constitute part of the ‘prison population’.
Probation: Wales
Mr. Llwyd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the delivery of unpaid work requirements in probation areas in Wales against delivery timetables in 2005-06; [197797]
(2) what assessment he has made of the delivery of unpaid work requirements in probation areas in Wales against timetables in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. [197902]
Maria Eagle: The National Offender Management Service monitors the commencement of unpaid work requirements in two ways:
(i) Probation areas are required to provide a quarterly report which monitors the average number of days which elapse between initial health and safety instruction and the first work session for offenders sentenced to unpaid work.
(ii) Probation areas also undertake monthly sample inspections of case files in order to monitor compliance with National Standards. For offenders sentenced to unpaid work, these inspections monitor the percentage of offenders for whom unpaid work was arranged within the National Standards requirement of 10 working days following sentence.
In the period October 2005 to March 2006, the average number of days which elapsed between initial health and safety instruction and commencement of work at the work placement for offenders in Wales was 5.5 days. In 2006-07, the figure was 6.2 days and from April 2007 to December 2007, it was 5.5 days. Data for the early part of 2005 and the full year 2007-08 is not available.
Sample case file inspections during 2005-06 found that, in 90 per cent. of files inspected, unpaid work was arranged within 10 working days following sentence by probation areas in Wales. In 2006-07 and from April 2007 to December 2007, the figure was 94 per cent. Data for the full year 2007-08 is not yet available.
Figures are obtained from large-scale administrative and monitoring systems which may be subject to data input errors.
Public Service: Misconduct
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the last conviction for misconduct in public office took place; and how many such convictions took place in each of the last 10 years. [196651]
Maria Eagle: The available information held by my Department on defendants found guilty of misconduct in public office, from 1996 to 2006, is provided in the following table.
| Number of defendants found guilty of misconduct in public office, England and Wales 1996-2006( 1,2) | |
| Found guilty | |
| (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. | |
Data for 2007 will be available in November 2008.
Robbery: Greater London
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of robbery in London in (a) 2000 and (b) 2006, broken down by age group. [196834]
Mr. Straw: The information requested on robbery convictions in London in 2000 and 2006 is provided in the following table.
| Number of defendants found guilty of robbery by age group, Greater London 2000 and 2006 1,2,3 | ||
| Age group | 2000 | 2006 |
| (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) Comprises the Metropolitan and City of London police force areas. | ||
Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many injuries sustained by juvenile and young adult offenders held in secure training centres during level (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 physical control in care restraints required hospital treatment in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement; [197305]
(2) how many injuries were sustained by juvenile and young adult offenders held in each secure training centre during level (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 physical control in care constraints in each year since they were established; and if he will make a statement; [197307]
(3) how many times level (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 physical control in care restraints were used in each secure training centre in each year since they were established; and if he will make a statement. [197309]
Mr. Hanson: Young adult offenders are not placed in secure training centres or secure children's homes. The restraint techniques known collectively as physical control in care fall into three categories. Phase 1 restraints involve one member of staff only; phase 2, two members of staff; and phase 3, three members of staff.
The data collected centrally by the Youth Justice Board about use of restraint do not include details of which phase was used. That information could be obtained only by examining the individual incident reports held at each secure training centre, which would involve disproportionate cost.
Secure Training Centres: Violence
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many reports of (a) prisoner on prisoner and (b) prisoner on officer assaults were received from each (i) secure training centre, (ii) young offender institution and (iii) secure children’s home in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. [197312]
Mr. Hanson:
Young adult offenders are not placed in secure training centres or secure children’s homes. The Youth Justice Board began collecting comparative data on assaults by trainees in under-18 young offender
institutions, secure training centres and secure children’s homes in April 2007. The following table provides this data for the period April 2007 to January 2008. For earlier data, collected by the Prison Service following different recording principles, and relating solely to young offender institutions, I refer the hon. Lady to the reply I gave on 28 November 2007, Official Report, column 495W to the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr.Paterson).
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