Mr. Jenkin:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effects of an electromagnetic pulse strike caused (a) deliberately and (b) through solar activity on the critical infrastructure of his Department. [321760]
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Mr. Wills:
We regularly review our business continuity and resilience plans, informed by assessments made by central agencies. Our plans provide for a flexible response to disruption of infrastructure and critical activities from the range of threats and hazards. For security reasons we do not disclose assessment of individual threat sources or of any particular vulnerability. We recognise that the potential hazard posed by solar activity is expected to increase in 2012 and we will be reviewing this threat when further scientific evidence becomes available.
National Offender Management Service: Birmingham
Richard Burden:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding was provided in Birmingham for (a) the Probation Service, (b) youth offending teams and (c) the National Offender Management Service in each year since 1997. [321579]
Maria Eagle:
Neither the National Probation Service nor the National Offender Management Service has allocated funding specifically for Birmingham.
The National Probation Service was established in April 2001 and has allocated funding to the West Midlands Probation Area, which includes Birmingham, as shown in the following table. Before April 2001 the probation services were delivered by local authorities and details of funding allocations are not held centrally.
£
Financial Year
2001-02
37,865,000
2002-03
38,581,000
2003-04
41,932,000
2004-05
44,076,000
2005-06
50,140,000
2006-07
53,377,000
2007-08
55,055,000
2008-09
59,331,000
2009-10
57,484,000
The Youth Justice Board, which was established in October 1998, has allocated funding to the Birmingham Youth Offending Team as shown in the following table.
£
Financial Year
1999-00
428,547
2000-01
901,804
2001-02
1,905,535
2002-03
2,512,812
2003-04
1,933,682
2004-05
2,447,030
2005-06
3,095,862
2006-07
3,131,725
2007-08
3,281,517
2008-09
3,755,001
2009-10
3,630,285
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Prisons: Crimes of Violence
Mr. Gerrard:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many assaults that resulted in (a) serious injury and (b) hospitalisation took place in English and Welsh prisons in each year since 2006. [321744]
Maria Eagle:
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a responsibility to keep prisoners, staff and visitors safe. The management of violence and its reduction, including support for staff, is central to successful prison management. It is fundamental to NOMS objectives and vital to achieving the broad aims of safer custody.
Every establishment, whether private or public, has a local violence reduction strategy which engages all staff, all disciplines and prisoners in challenging unacceptable behaviour, problem-solving and personal safety. This includes environmental and physical measures, as well as alternative ways of managing behaviour.
The information requested is shown in the following table. The NOMS uses data drawn from large administrative databases which capture a wide range of information recorded locally by individual prisons. Data for 2009 are currently being checked and validated.
Assault Incidents
2006
2007
2008
Total assaults resulting in serious injury
1,057
1,148
1,177
Serious injury and in-patient admission
183
161
184
Other assaults not serious injury resulting in in-patient admission
52
49
49
Total assaults resulting in in-patient admission
235
210
233
Prisons: Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Gerrard:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Prison Service Order 1300 formal investigations have taken place in each prison in each year since 2006. [321745]
Maria Eagle:
Information on the number of formal investigations conducted under Prison Service Order 1300 in each prison, in each year, since 2006 is provided in the following table.
Establishment
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Acklington
7
8
16
12
1
Albany
1
1
0
2
0
Altcourse
0
0
0
0
0
Ashfield
0
0
0
0
0
Ashwell
5
6
18
10
3
Askham Grange
3
3
2
2
0
Aylesbury
13
15
15
15
5
Bedford
14
5
10
8
0
Belmarsh
12
15
45
38
10
Birmingham
40
44
8
31
7
Blantyre House
0
1
4
1
0
Blundeston
6
7
7
6
4
Brinsford
12
5
12
15
7
Bristol
12
10
8
5
0
Brixton
45
44
78
86
12
Bronzefield
0
1
0
0
0
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Buckley Hall
12
16
10
8
1
Bullingdon
13
12
14
14
6
Bullwood Hall
11
4
3
6
0
Bure
0
0
0
0
2
Camp Hill
6
7
7
2
0
Canterbury (incl. foreign nationals)
8
10
4
3
3
Cardiff
21
12
14
18
1
Castington
1
6
7
2
2
Channings Wood
4
13
12
13
2
Chelmsford
6
17
11
9
4
Coldingley
7
10
10
7
3
Cookham Wood
3
4
9
3
1
Dartmoor
15
17
20
19
6
Deerbolt
4
7
9
16
6
Doncaster
0
0
0
0
0
Dorchester
2
7
8
13
1
Dover Immigration Removal Centre
6
2
5
5
0
Downview
1
9
4
8
0
Drake Hall
3
1
0
4
0
Durham
10
12
31
13
6
East Sutton Park
0
0
0
6
0
Eastwood Park
9
4
7
10
2
Edmunds Hill
9
11
7
5
0
Elmley
23
22
27
4
2
Erlestoke
12
18
14
11
3
Everthorpe
4
13
10
3
3
Exeter
0
2
6
6
1
Featherstone
16
12
14
13
4
Feltham
29
22
29
40
8
Ford
3
4
4
7
4
Foston Hall
6
5
12
11
2
Frankland
15
3
15
12
2
Full Sutton
11
11
23
79
2
Garth
10
7
20
17
5
Gartree
10
16
11
20
2
Glen Parva
10
9
15
11
5
Gloucester
2
4
6
8
0
Grendon
6
0
7
11
5
Guys Marsh
15
21
14
29
7
Haslar Immigration Removal Centre
4
8
7
1
0
Haverigg Camp
6
13
13
1
0
Headquarters
21
19
54
68
18
Hewell (Houseblocks 1-8)
30
24
16
20
3
High Down
13
19
20
23
6
Highpoint
4
12
8
10
1
Hindley
12
17
19
16
2
Hollesley Bay
3
4
2
3
1
Holloway
37
22
3
5
1
Holme House
3
2
7
18
2
Hull
15
27
5
6
0
Huntercombe
3
8
11
0
0
Isis
0
0
0
2
0
Isle of Wight
0
0
0
7
2
Kennet
0
2
6
11
2
Kingston
3
5
12
15
2
Kirkham
10
5
6
4
0
Kirklevington
3
2
6
6
0
Lancaster Castle
2
5
11
6
3
Lancaster Farms
7
12
17
14
5
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Latchmere House
3
1
1
0
1
Leeds
13
19
10
7
1
Leicester
3
3
6
11
3
Lewes
6
19
10
14
1
Leyhill
1
4
8
4
0
Lincoln
13
13
11
13
5
Lindholme
4
10
20
12
2
Littlehey
9
13
1
13
4
Liverpool
10
23
21
23
4
Long Lartin
12
7
26
46
8
Low Newton
2
8
17
20
2
Lowdham Grange
0
0
0
0
0
Maidstone
15
19
19
13
2
Manchester
26
32
56
17
8
Moorland Closed
1
6
9
13
1
Moorland Open
0
2
1
0
0
Morton Hall
4
6
2
5
1
New Hall
13
13
7
6
6
North Sea Camp
5
7
6
9
4
Northallerton
4
10
12
10
0
Norwich
7
9
9
8
1
Nottingham
6
15
10
11
4
Onley
9
32
11
12
6
Parkhurst
6
14
9
6
0
Pentonville
51
52
27
11
0
Portland
4
4
10
6
3
Preston
13
11
22
16
5
Ranby
24
17
35
20
5
Reading
9
14
5
6
1
Risley
22
10
16
7
4
Rochester
7
9
9
20
2
Send
5
10
6
16
3
Shepton Mallet
1
2
1
1
0
Shrewsbury
1
5
6
4
1
Stafford
21
14
4
8
4
Standford Hill
3
8
10
3
1
Stocken
8
5
3
1
2
Stoke Heath
20
11
26
13
5
Styal
7
7
5
0
0
Sudbury
1
3
11
6
1
Swaleside
15
15
12
8
1
Swansea
4
8
9
2
0
Swinfen Hall
9
9
5
15
5
The Mount
19
19
14
6
3
The Verne
12
9
13
7
2
Thorn Cross
8
6
12
8
1
Usk/Prescoed
5
12
9
12
0
Wakefield
6
12
11
14
1
Wandsworth
32
26
45
31
7
Warren Hill
5
8
3
1
2
Wayland
6
3
5
4
1
Wealstun
8
12
12
14
1
Wellingborough
8
15
8
16
2
Werrington House
6
7
6
3
0
Wetherby
4
12
8
7
0
Whatton
6
9
6
19
1
Whitemoor
14
18
25
23
6
Winchester
13
14
21
10
6
Wolds
0
0
0
0
0
Woodhill
11
6
22
13
4
Wormwood Scrubs
16
30
43
25
7
Wymott
19
15
12
17
3
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Totals
1,264
1,453
1,644
1,599
352
Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. 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. This information is based on data extracted from a central investigations database (now historic) and data provided by die National Offender Management Service during March 2010. 3. Information has been collated according to the calendar year 1 January through to 31 December. 4. Since 1 April 2004 the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigates and produces reports about all deaths in prison custody. As a result these figures are not included.
