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Written Questions: Government Responses
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to answer Question 196558, on the home detention curfew, tabled on 19th March 2008. [202312]
Mr. Straw: I replied to the hon. Member for Harborough's question on 24 April 2008, Official report, columns 2251-52W. I apologise for the delay.
Young Offender Institutions
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) operational and (b) certified normal capacity is of each (i) young offender institution and (ii) secure training centre. [201647]
Mr. Hanson: The operational capacity and in use certified normal capacity for each young offender and juvenile(1) institution at the end of March 2008 is shown in table A. Young offenders held in adult categorised prisons are not included.
| Table A | ||
| Prison | Operational capacity | In use certified normal accommodation |
The Youth Justice Board does not express levels of accommodation in the requested format. The number of beds required to be made available by secure training centres is shown in table B.
| Table B | |
| Secure training centre | Number of beds |
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the staff to inmate ratio of each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre was at the latest date for which figures are available. [201648]
Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the overall staff to prisoner ratio and unified staff to prisoner ratio for each young offender and juvenile(1) institution at the end of March 2008. Young offenders held in adult categorised prisons are not included. Unified staff relates to those staff that are officer or governor grades.
| Prison | Prisoner population | Total staff in post | Total staff to prisoner ratio | Total unified staff | Unified staff to prisoner ratio |
Youth Justice Board do not set precise staff to prisoner ratios for secure training centres (STCs); instead, they agree with providers the minimum starting levels necessary to ensure effective supervision. Broadly speaking, the minimum staffing levels are three members of custody staff to young people living in a group of eight and two members of custody staff to young people living in a group of six.
The figures for prison establishments and STCs are not directly comparable. The figures for prisons relate to all staff employed in the establishment, while the ratio for STCs relates only to staff engaging directly with offenders.
Young Offender Institutions: Education
Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of those in each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre were in education at the latest date for which figures are available. [202023]
Mr. Hanson: The Prison Service does not centrally collate education data at prisoner level. The following table shows the provisional average number of hours spent in educational activity per week per prisoner in young offender and juvenile institutions in 2007-08. Young offenders held in prisons categorised as adult are not included.
| Prison | Average number of hours spent in educational activity |
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