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Prisoners Transfers
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the recent inquiry into the inappropriate transfer of prisoners between HM Prison Pentonville and HM Prison Wandsworth has considered whether staff should be dismissed; and if he will make a statement. [300947]
Maria Eagle: In each case, the hearing authority considered the allegations against individual members of staff in the light of all of the available evidence. The allegations were found proven against three members of staff who consequently received disciplinary penalties.
Staff Transfers
Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the staff of the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) will have the right to move to the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) under transfer of undertakings, protection of employment regulations when the work of the LCS is transferred to the OLC. [301417]
Bridget Prentice: I realise that this is an uncertain and anxious time for many staff, but can assure you that an announcement will be made in the near future.
However, I would emphasis that in establishing the OLC, we are creating a completely new culture in complaints handling. The Legal Services Act 2007 introduces a fresh approach to the regulation of legal services and the change in complaints handling is an integral part of that.
We are currently in discussion with the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), the Law Society and other approved regulators on the practical requirements for transition from the old complaints handling regime to the new system under the OLC, and the implications this will have on staff employed by the current complaints handling bodies. It is essential throughout this process that the high standard of service consumers expect is maintained, while also ensuring that staff receive full support. Any arrangement will be aligned with the assurance I made to this House that, in creating the OLC, the principles of TUPE will apply to the transfer of staff.
Prisons: Drugs
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to his Department was of dispensing methadone prescriptions in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [300946]
Phil Hope: I have been asked to reply.
This information is not held centrally. Since 2006, the national health service has been responsible for the commissioning of clinical services in prisons, including the administration of medicines. Individual budgetary costs are therefore the concern of local NHS primary care trusts (PCTs).
With the introduction of the Integrated Drug Treatment System (IDTS), methadone treatment for drug dependence has become increasingly available in prison. The purpose of IDTS is to bring improvements to the quality and volume of drug treatment in prisons. Since 2006, the Department of Health has allocated four waves of IDTS funding to NHS PCTs to implement enhanced prison clinical drug treatment:
| Funding (£ million) | |
Probation: Expenditure
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the estimated outturn of each probation area budget for financial year 2010-11 was at the time the budgets were set; and what his most recent estimate is. [300263]
Maria Eagle: There is no estimated outturn for 2010-11. However the forecast outturn for 2009-10 is shown in the following table:
| £000 | |
Overall probation is forecasting an underspend of £2 million for 2009-10.
Sentencing: Young Offenders
Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young people aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years old received a (i) community rehabilitation order, (ii) supervision order, (iii) community punishment order, (iv) attendance centre order, (v) curfew order, (vi) reparation order, (vii) action plan order and (viii) referral order in the most recent year for which figures are available. [301320]
Claire Ward: The information requested is shown in the following table.
| Persons sentenced to community sentences by age and type of sentence, 2007: England and Wales | ||
| Number of persons | ||
| Under 18 | 18 | |
| (1) Not applicable. These orders can only be given to those aged under 18. Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data 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. 2. Totals for 18-year-olds will not include any offenders aged 18 whose age was not recorded in court IT systems. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice | ||
These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis: where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed; where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.
Health
Ambulance Services: Lancashire
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many attacks on ambulance staff there have been in each constituency in Lancashire in each of the last five years. [301410]
Ann Keen: This information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Since 2004-05, the number of physical assaults against staff reported by national health service bodies in England has been collected annually by the NHS Security Management Service.
The numbers of physical assaults reported against staff by the ambulance trusts serving Lancashire in the period 2004-05 to 2008-09 are shown in the following table.
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
| Note: The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust was established on 1 July 2006 as an amalgamation of the Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Cumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Merseyside and Cheshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust. | |||||
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