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Ms Keeble: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young offenders aged (a) up to 16 and (b) 17 years of age were held in custodial institutions (i) on remand, (ii) under sentence for crimes of violence and (iii) under sentence for offences not involving violence on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [289381]
Maria Eagle: The following tables provide the requested information in respect of young people in custody on 26 June 2009.
The data have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board and 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 and may be subject to change over time.
| Age | |||
| (a) Up to 16 | (b)17 | Total | |
A table of violent offences for which young people were recorded as being held in custody under sentence on this date is as follows.
Non-violent offences for which young people were recorded as being held under sentence in custody on this date were as follows:
Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques
David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to paragraph 8.30 of the 2008 "Independent Review of Restraint: Juvenile Secure Settings", if he will place in the Library a copy of the documentation relating to Adapted C & R piloted in May 2006 in Feltham and Cookham Wood young offenders institutions. [290074]
Maria Eagle: A pilot of juvenile restraint techniques (JRT) for use on young people (15 to 17-year-olds) commenced in May 2006. An interim evaluation report was produced in April 2007 and I have arranged for a copy of this to be placed in the House of Commons Library. Shortly after the completion of this report, the "Independent Review of the Use of Restraint in Juvenile Secure Settings" was announced and a decision was taken to suspend further work on JRT pending the outcome of the review.
The Government's response to the independent review was published in December 2008 and part of this announced the development of a more comprehensive system of restraint for young people as part of a wider behaviour management system. Piloting of this new system of restraint is expected to begin early next year.
David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to paragraph 8.39 of the 2008 "Independent Review of Restraint: Juvenile Secure Settings", if he will place in the Library a copy of the Prison Service review into the case for extending the use of the baton to the young people's estate. [290075]
Maria Eagle: I have arranged for a copy of the Prison Service report, "Review of the Potential Use of the Baton in the Young People's Estate" to be placed in the House of Commons Library.
Youth Justice
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment the Office for Criminal Justice Reform undertook in deciding to allocate a grant to the Association of Youth Offending Team Managers for the purposes of building a case management system for youth offenders. [290281]
Maria Eagle: The Youth Justice Board applied for funding in May 2008 for an integrated Youth Offending Team (YOT) case management system to address concerns raised by the Association of YOT Managers and YOT Managers Cymru on the capability of their existing systems. The decision to allocate funding was made by a cross-criminal justice agency board following consideration of the business case and related documentation, a review against agreed investment principles, a technical design review, and an independent review from Gartner on the effectiveness of current case management systems in use by the youth justice system. The project is managed as part of the Youth Justice Board's wider Wiring Up Youth Justice Programme.
Children, Schools and Families
Pupil Funding
11. Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding per pupil his Department allocated to (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in (i) North Wiltshire constituency and (ii) Normanton constituency for 2009-10. [292202]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Government allocate funding to local authorities, not by constituency, so we do not hold figures for North Wiltshire or Normanton constituencies. Separate figures are not available for primary and secondary schools as funding is not allocated by phase.
The guaranteed funding per pupil for Wiltshire for 2009-10 is £3,849, and for Wakefield it is £4,022. The amount of Dedicated Schools Grant that local authorities receive is dependant on the number of pupils on roll. Wiltshire has received just over £243 million and Wakefield £182 million for 2009-10.
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