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Victim Support Schemes: Lancashire

Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much Government funding has been allocated to victim support in the Lancashire Constabulary area in each year since 1996. [308583]

Claire Ward: Prior to 2001 records of specific allocation of how Victim Support decided to allocate Government funding, broken down into areas is not available. The following table gives the detail of the allocation of Government funding to Lancashire from 2001 to date.

	Total Government funding to victim support (£ million)	Funding allocated to Lancashire
1996-97	11.68	n/a
1997-98	12.68	n/a
1998-99	12.68	n/a
1999-2000	17.5	n/a
2000-01	18.6	n/a
2001-02	25.1	724,010
2002-03	29.3	580,325
2003-04	30	685,263
2004-05	30	640,119
2005-06	30	671,248
2006-07	30	667,785
2007-08	35.8	707,646
2008-09	37	794,296
n/a = Not available.

Young Offender Institutions

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people there are in (a) the Josephine Butler Unit at Downview Young Offender Institution (YOI), (b) the Mary Carpenter Unit at Eastwood Park YOI, (c) the Rivendell Unit at New Hall YOI and (d) the Toscana Unit at Foston Hall YOI; and how much it cost to keep a person in each of those units in the latest period for which figures are available. [308026]

Maria Eagle: The following table sets out the number of young women (aged 17) held in young offender institutions on 30 October 2009, and the average annual cost per place at each.

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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.

Establishment	Number of young women held	Annual cost per place 2009-10 (£000)
Josephine Butler Unit, Downview YOI	15	125
Mary Carpenter Unit, Eastwood Park YOI	15	133
Rivendell Unit, New Hall YOI	18	136
Toscana Unit, Foston Hall YOI	15	102

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of young offenders' institutions have (a) a resettlement officer and (b) a social worker. [308028]

Maria Eagle: Each young offender institution (YOI) has an offender management team that which oversees resettlement issues and fulfils the establishment's obligations in this regard. The size and composition of the team will depend on a number of factors including the role of the YOI and the size of the population.

There are currently 22.5 social worker posts in YOIs and dedicated units for young women in England and Wales. Eleven and a half of these posts are vacant.

Young Offenders: Females

Mr. Burrowes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many females under 18 years were in custody (a) on remand and (b) after sentence in each month in each of the last three years. [308237]

Maria Eagle: The following table gives the numbers of females aged under 18 years in custody in all prison establishments (a) on remand and (b) under sentence in England and Wales in each month between June 2006 and June 2009:

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		On remand	Under sentence	Total
2009	June	12	42	54
	May	15	44	59
	April	10	37	47
	March	13	34	47
	February	12	34	46
	January	15	36	51
2008	December	15	40	55
	November	18	50	68
	October	13	59	72
	September	17	56	73
	August	16	48	64
	July	17	53	70
	June	14	57	71
	May	13	56	69
	April	17	50	67
	March	14	44	58
	February	22	43	65
	January	20	43	63
2007	December	15	45	60
	November	20	44	64
	October	19	50	69
	September	15	53	68
	August	21	58	79
	July	18	60	78
	June	19	56	75
	May	23	58	81
	April	18	43	61
	March	17	55	72
	February	21	50	71
	January	24	42	66
2006	December	16	42	58
	November	16	50	66
	October	19	49	68
	September	21	49	70
	August	29	48	77
	July	21	46	67
	June	19	50	69

This information is available from the Ministry of Justice monthly briefing at the following website:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/populationincustody.htm

The following table shows numbers of females aged under 18 years in custody at the end of each month since October 2006 in Secure Children's Homes and Secure Training Centres in England and Wales.

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