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Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners released on home detention curfew were serving sentences for (a) violence against the person and (b) sexual offences, in the last five years for which data is available. [200238]
Mr. Straw: The following table gives the numbers of prisoners released on home detention curfew between 2002 and 2006 where the term of imprisonment was for either violence against the person or sexual offences.
Number released | Population in sentence length band | Percentage released | |
The figures are taken from Prison Statistics in England and Wales for the year 2002, and volumes of the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2003, 2005 and 2006. Figures on sex offenders for 2004 were provided by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice the Member for Bradford South (Mr. Sutcliffe) to the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne) on 15 May 2007, Official R eport, columns 686-87W. Copies of these publications are available from the House of Common Library and at
Since March 2001 offenders required to register under the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (now replaced by Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) have been statutorily excluded from HDC. Prisoners serving sentences for sexual offences that are not subject to registration are presumed unsuitable for HDC unless there are exceptional circumstances.
As noted in the footnote to published tables, the reasons for recall from home detention curfew are sometimes presented as the reason for the original imprisonment. Further investigations suggest that around 5 per cent. of offence types recorded do not relate to the offence for which they were sentenced and subsequently released on home detention curfew, but relate to offences committed after release from prison and before the licence expiry date for their sentence.
HDC allows prisoners serving primarily between three months and less than four years, to be released, depending on their sentence length, up to 135 days earlier than they would be otherwise. Prisoners must serve a minimum of one quarter of their sentence in custody subject to a minimum of 30 days before release on HDC. (Prisoners
subject to the release arrangements of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 who are sentenced to four years or more are not statutorily ineligible for release on HDC but are presumed unsuitable unless there are exceptional circumstances.)
No prisoner can be placed on HDC for longer than 135 days.
The most serious violent offenders and all sexual offenders are either statutorily excluded or are presumed unsuitable for release on HDC. It should be noted that offenders serving extended sentences for serious violent offences are statutorily ineligible for release on HDC. Since March 2001 offenders required to register under the Sex Offenders Act 1997 (now replaced by Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) have been statutorily excluded from HDC. Prisoners serving sentences for sexual offences that are not subject to registration are presumed unsuitable for HDC unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Eligible prisoners are not granted HDC unless they pass a careful risk assessment.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT 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, and although shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many days sick leave were taken on average by staff in his Department and its predecessor in each of the last five years. [198962]
Maria Eagle: The information is in the following table. Data for the Office of Criminal Justice Reform, the National Offender Management Service and the Public Sector Prison Service, which now forms part of the Ministry of Justice, are being provided in a separate Home Office response.
Average number of days sick leave per employee | |||||
Agency | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. [200130]
Mr. Wills:
The Department and its agencies use 0800, 0845 and 0870 telephone numbers to provide a range of services to the public. These include (but are not limited to) IT support for online queries; complaints, enquiries, recruitment, Land Registry services; and contact with
jury offices, summoning centres and courts (county, combined and magistrates).
A list of 0800, 0845 and 0870 telephone numbers available for use by the public is detailed as follows:
0800 0156510
0800 0560559
0800 3583506
0800 3121159
0800 3583601
0800 0850982
0800 4320432
0800 5280021
0800 4961125
0800 4961130
0800 4961224
0800 5287708
0800 6920107
0800 6920113
0800 6921333
0845 6045935
0845 3302964
0845 3302962
0845 3302963
0845 3455303
0845 3455484
0845 4565150
0845 4568770
0845 4085302
0845 4085303
0845 4085314
0845 4085315
0845 4085316
0845 4085317
0845 4085318
0845 6000730
0845 6000710
0845 6000736
0845 3771000
0845 6000629
0845 6000788
0845 6000722
0845 4085319
0845 6015889
0845 2232022
0845 6060766
0845 3555567
0845 3555155
0845 4085304
0845 4085305
0845 4085306
0845 4085310
0845 4085311
0845 4085312
0845 4085313
0845 4085322
0845 7045007
0845 7078607
0845 3302900
0845 6000490
0845 6017134
0845 6022064
0845 6066035
0845 6017125
0845 6017136
0845 6017124
0845 6020014
0845 6020016
0845 6015889
0845 7078607
0845 6015935
0845 7045007
0845 6020012
0845 6020015
0845 6020013
0870 2204119
0870 2204120
0870 2204121
0870 2204123
0870 2204124
0870 2204100
0870 2204101
0870 2204102
0870 2204103
0870 2204104
0870 2204105
0870 2204106
0870 2204107
0870 2204108
0870 2204109
0870 2204110
0870 2204111
0870 2204112
0870 2204113
0870 2204114
0870 2204115
0870 2204116
0870 2204117
0870 2204118
0870 2204127
0870 2204128
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