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Prisoners: Foreigners

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign national prisoners were held in prisons on 30 September, broken down by nationality; and how many prisoners held in England and Wales on that date had an unknown country of origin. [225872]

Mr. Hanson: At the end of June 2008, the last date for which this information is available, there were 11,498 foreign national prisoners detained in all prisons in England and Wales, and 946 for whom the nationality information is not yet recorded on central data systems. The total includes prisoners held on remand or serving custodial sentences, as well as those held under the Immigration Act 1971 (including those in the immigration removal centres of Dover, Haslar and Lindholme).

In June’s data some 75 per cent. of prisoners for whom nationality is unrecorded are remand prisoners. Unrecorded nationalities account for 1 per cent. of the overall population.

NOMS continues to work with the Border and Immigration Agency to speed up the system for removing those foreign national prisoners who meet the deportation criteria. Where the information is not already available, this will include establishing the nationality of individuals, and the relevant country of origin (or transit) to deport them to if appropriate.

This information is published at the following website, and is updated quarterly;

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/population incustody.htm

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.

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Prisoners: Mentally Ill

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those in custody in England and Wales have been diagnosed with mental health problems. [225914]

Mr. Hanson: We are aware that there are a number of people in custody in England and Wales who experience mental health problems. The 1997 Office for National Statistics’ survey, for example, indicated that as many as 58 per cent. of male and 75 per cent. of female remand prisoners, and 39 per cent. of male and 62 per cent. of female sentenced prisoners met criteria for a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression. Rates of very severe mental illness were between 7 and 9 per cent. of sentenced men and 14 per cent. of women having a psychotic illness.

Accurate identification of people needing mental health treatment and care is important at all stages in the care and offender pathway. This is why all prisoners are screened at reception for risks of mental ill health and previous history of psychiatric treatment. The Offender Assessment System (OASys) helps to ensure that any person judged to be at risk and/or of needing mental health treatment and care can be identified and referred, where appropriate, to the Mental Health In-Reach Team.

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By 2005-06 nearly £20 million was being invested recurrently in mental health in-reach. There are now 102 mental health in-reach teams and all prisons now have access to them: a total of 360 extra staff altogether. There are also new systems to monitor and support those at risk of harming themselves.

Probation: Finance

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) budget and (b) budget deficit was for each probation board in each of the last five years; and what the (i) budget and (ii) projected budget deficit is for each board for 2008-09. [227077]

Mr. Hanson: The following table shows the year-end budget revenue allocations for the 42 probation boards in each of the last five years, plus the revenue budget allocated to-date in the present financial year for the probation boards and six probation trusts. It also shows the agreed overspends that boards were allowed to carry forward in 2006-07 and 2007-08, plus the latest information from boards on forecast overspends in the present financial year. Information on overspends before 2006-07 is not held centrally and could be obtained by approaching 42 probation areas, which would only be at disproportionate cost.

The budget and forecast overspend figures for 2008-09 are likely to be subject to further revision.

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Probation boards end-year budgets
£000
	2008-09( 1)		2007-08		2006-07		2005-06	2004-05	2003-04
Board	Revenue	Overspends	Revenue	Overspends	Revenue	Overspends	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue
Avon and Somerset	20,815	—	20,661	—	19,771	—	18,273	16,851	15,612
Bedfordshire	9,375	—	8,863	—	8,499	150	8,180	7,182	6,517
Cambridgeshire	10,246	—	9,727	—	9,273	136	8,895	7,375	6,835
Cheshire	14,885	—	14,715	—	15,688	—	15,393	13,427	11,692
Cumbria	8,656	50	8,217	119	7,897	271	7,466	6,241	6,279
Derbyshire	14,619	—	13,490	—	12,891	—	12,166	11,088	10,335
Devon and Cornwall	21,209	—	20,225	—	19,638	—	18,184	15,646	15,667
Dorset	8,855	117	8,522	324	8,277	194	7,989	7,338	7,307
Durham	10,773	—	10,720	—	10,245	—	9,513	8,697	7,820
Essex	19,454	—	19,977	—	18,922	—	17,839	16,220	14,849
Gloucestershire	7,757	—	7,379	—	6,959	47	6,524	5,975	5,874
Hampshire	24,787	—	24,338	—	23,057	—	21,872	20,026	18,427
Hertfordshire	11,527	—	11,265	—	10,569	—	9,618	8,691	8,409
Humberside	18,249	—	17,187	—	16,130	—	14,964	13,010	12,422
Kent	21,913	—	20,993	364	20,340	—	19,052	16,760	16,322
Lancashire	23,957	—	22,979	—	21,394	—	20,251	18,837	18,600
Leicestershire	15,404	—	14,402	—	13,805	—	13,071	11,778	11,086
Lincolnshire	9,786	—	9,292	—	9,038	7	8,446	7,469	7,134
Norfolk	11,622	50	11,168	—	10,608	—	10,205	8,477	7,927
Northamptonshire	9,621	—	9,116	—	8,816	—	8,149	7,158	6,920
North Yorkshire	10,655	150	10,236	41	9,478	—	8,998	7,937	7,486
Nottinghamshire	19,644	—	19,057	—	18,117	489	17,190	14,861	14,232
Staffordshire	17,308	—	16,393	—	15,913	48	14,361	12,319	11,769
Suffolk	9,987	—	9,643	—	9,445	—	8,771	7,583	7,361
Surrey	10,632	—	10,396	36	10,081	—	9,421	7,779	7,784
Sussex	18,005	—	17,373	—	16,991	—	15,677	14,033	12,789
Teesside	13,415	150	13,606	—	13,052	—	12,178	10,954	10,613
Thames Valley	26,148	—	25,405	—	24,373	—	23,421	20,795	19,787
Warwickshire	7,303	—	6,937	—	6,743	217	6,492	5,698	5,452
West Mercia	15,344	—	15,445	—	13,642	—	13,197	11,774	11,188
Wiltshire	8,050	39	7,874	—	7,720	109	7,224	5,964	5,510
Greater Manchester	51,467	—	48,309	—	47,532	—	45,645	40,985	38,521
Merseyside	30,858	—	29,283	—	28,820	—	28,643	25,798	24,621
Northumbria	29,180	—	27,646	—	26,964	—	26,005	22,999	22,113
South Yorkshire	25,488	—	24,282	4	24,058	54	23,041	20,858	20,381
West Midlands	58,769	—	55,055	—	53,377	—	50,140	44,076	41,932
West Yorkshire	42,269	—	40,036	—	38,193	—	36,226	33,366	30,986
London	152,404	—	143,404	—	137,416	786	132,637	107,888	110,390
Dyfed-Powys	8,580	—	8,295	—	8,058	24	7,541	6,478	5,784
Gwent	11,232	—	11,252	—	10,930	—	10,018	8,938	8,029
North Wales	12,348	—	11,786	411	11,696	20	11,027	10,067	9,044
South Wales	25,246	—	25,226	1,531	24,402	—	23,098	20,917	19,328
Total	897,841	556	860,172	2,830	828,817	2,552	786,995	690,312	661,130
(1) As at 1 October 2008.

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