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Young Offender Institutions: Bereavement Counselling

The Earl of Listowel asked Her Majesty's Government:

What provision for bereavement counselling is made in young offender institutions. [HL510]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Many prisons, including young offender institutions, have arrangements with local bereavement agencies, such as CRUSE, to provide individual bereavement counselling for prisoners bereaved while in custody.
 
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All prisons maintain a care team and have in place a strategy to support staff and prisoners following a death in custody. The local chaplaincy team offers support to families bereaved by a death in custody, and to prisoners and staff. Additionally, governors appoint a member of staff to make and maintain contact with the bereaved family, and to provide information and practical support.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

The Earl of Listowel asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many recruits to the Armed Forces in the last year have previously been placed in local authority care. [HL378]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach): The Armed Forces are an equal opportunities employer and recruit young men and women regardless of their social background. The information requested on how many recruits to the Armed Forces in the past year have previously been placed in local authority care is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate effort.

Armed Forces Healthcare Records

Lord Astor of Hever asked Her Majesty's Government:

What records the Ministry of Defence collects and collates for its own purposes on the type and severity of injuries to, and illnesses of, members of the Armed Forces. [HL430]

Lord Bach: Currently, the only data relating to injuries to and illness of members of the Armed Forces collated and held centrally is on the medical downgrading of Service personnel. The Defence Medical Services are working hard to ensure easier access to healthcare records through the introduction of a new information management system, the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP).

DMICP is designed to provide the DMS with a modern and efficient information system that is coherent across primary, secondary and dental healthcare boundaries, and is useable both in peacetime and on operations.

Schools: Building Repair Work

Lord Hanningfield asked Her Majesty's Government:

For each local education authority in England and Wales, what is the current backlog of school building repair work. [HL367]
 

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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lord Filkin): The following table shows school buildings maintenance requirements for each English local education authority. The figures are derived from data supplied to the department by authorities, based on their condition assessments. In addition to backlog repair work, the figures cover work needed over a five-year period from the date of the assessments, including cyclical and scheduled maintenance.

Central government capital support for investment in schools has increased from under £700 million in 1996–97 to £4.9 billion this year and will rise further to £6.3 billion by 2007–08. Progress is being made year by year in improving the quality of the school building stock.
Schools maintenance requirements

	£
Barking and Dagenham	44,222,497
Barnet	58,603,516
Barnsley	47,377,891
Bath and North East Somerset	17,672,104
Bedfordshire	74,270,969
Bexley	35,247,167
Birmingham	338,036,375
Blackburn with Darwen	26,590,050
Blackpool	21,402,538
Bolton	44,117,191
Bournemouth	13,262,327
Bracknell Forest	14,343,860
Bradford	112,036,642
Brent	33,459,172
Brighton and Hove	21,667,673
Bristol, City of	77,466,174
Bromley	39,801,557
Buckinghamshire	54,121,211
Bury	42,449,317
Calderdale	37,353,404
Cambridgeshire	39,569,409
Camden	17, 268,774
Cheshire	66,938,233
City of London	[1]
Ccrnwal1	146,972,745
Coventry	31,478,511
Croydon	22,269,907
Cumbria	62,161,197
Darlington	22,193,948
Derby	56,113,188
Derbyshire	129,542,559
Devon	87,228,805
Doncaster	59,152,824
Dorset	73,090,428
Dudley	22,261,560
Durham	106,241,188
Ealing	37,065,046
East Riding of Yorkshire	90,490,815
East Sussex	28,509,456
Enfield	39,640,750
Essex	197,634,312
Gateshead	22,732,259
Gloucestershire	51,072,003
Greenwich	49,255,654
Hackney	42,775,383
Halton	26,868,923
Hammersmith and Fulham	17,079,357
Hampshire	240,085,161
Haringey	39,297,795
Harrow	23,790,537
Hartlepool	15,007,057
Havering	48,416,933
Herefordshire	16,897,205
Hertfordshire	75,086,217
Hillingdon	25,770,287
Hounslow	44,954,654
Isles of Scilly	[1]
Isle of Wight	15,539,240
Islington	27,481,974
Kensington and Chelsea	7,199,700
Kent	168,504,199
Kingston upon Hull, City of	53,394,655
Kingston upon Thames	32,425,060
Kirklees	97,452,943
Knowsley	25,520,785
Lambeth	74,926,620
Lancashire	244,291,587
Leeds	136,625,524
Leicester	39,445,204
Leicestershire	102,188,829
Lewisham	44,676,681
Lincolnshire	72,040,420
Liverpool	32,976,859
Luton	33,314,852
Manchester	87,231,469
Medway	43,669,885
Merton	17,662,950
Middlesbrough	40,918,539
Milton Keynes	20,583,973
Newcastle upon Tyne	85,592,912
Newham	33,628,011
Norfolk	92,413,508
North East Lincolnshire	56,234,100
North Lincolnshire	22,126,151
North Somerset	36,242,355
North Tyneside	21,895,120
North Yorkshire	100,547,176
Northamptonshire	84,661,298
Northumberland	57,273,727
Nottingham	47,910,920
Nottinghamshire	113,001,142
Oldham	60,592,182
Oxfordshire	67,250,167
Peterborough	32,021,378
Plymouth	74,257,325
Poole	16,773,163
Portsmouth	26,686,671
Reading	22,783,119
Redbridge	33,523,467
Redcar and Cleveland	19,607,080
Richmond upon Thames	18,838,344
Rochdale	43,838,994
Rotherham	51,240,253
Rutland	4,164,651
Salford	36,994,416
Sandwell	35,947,806
Sefton	88,101,684
Sheffield	128,032,809
Shropshire	26,834,447
Slough	18,409,704
Solihull	23,165,245
Somerset	66,163,207
South Gloucestershire	42,445,864
South Tyneside	35,563,408
Southampton	16,380,584
Southend-on-Sea	16,468,874
Southwark	36,191,627
St Helens	27,343,605
Staffordshire	119,230,578
Stockport	61,495,833
Stockton-on-Tees	42,563,198
Stoke-on-Trent	3,747,091
Suffolk	66,606,033
Sunderland	38,582,178
Surrey	111,580,199
Sutton	15,502,502
Swindon	25,127,638
Tameside	34,345,720
Telford and Wrekin	29,263,278
Thurrock	29,794,067
Torbay	6,925,565
Tower Hamlets	19,165,134
Trafford	17,098,082
Wakefield	55,601,652
Walsall	72,001,847
Waltham Forest	20,412,472
Wandsworth	44,993,672
Warrington	53,194,121
Warwickshire	144,361,958
West Berkshire	20,475,147
West Sussex	87,345,791
Westminster	20,380,584
Wigan	67,385,979
Wiltshire	74,824,346
Windsor and Maidenhead	22,786,267
Wirral	45,502,149
Wokingham	26,334,926
Wolverhampton	53,234,172
Worcestershire	65,016,251
York	41,611,318

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Schools: Temporary Buildings

Lord Hanningfield asked Her Majesty's Government:

For each local education authority in England and Wales, how many temporary buildings are currently used on school premises. [HL368]

Lord Filkin: The following table shows numbers of temporary buildings on school premises for each English local education authority. The figures are derived from data supplied to the department by authorities. Not all temporary buildings are used for teaching. They may accommodate one or more classrooms.

Central government capital support for investment in schools has increased from under £700 million in 1996–97 to £4.9 billion this year and will rise further to over £6.3 billion by 2007–08. Progress is being made year by year in improving the quality of the school building stock. The bulk of schools capital is now allocated by formula to authorities and schools so that they can addresss their local priorities, including the replacement of decayed temporary accommodation, on which we have set a high priority.

Modern, high quality mobile or demountable classrooms provide a good environment for teaching and learning where there is short-term need. They might, for instance, be needed to cope with a short-term increase in pupil numbers, or where extensive remodelling or rebuilding of permanent accommodation means providing temporary accommodation on the school site, rather than transporting children elsewhere.
 
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Parliamentary Question HL 368 Numbers of temporary buildings on school premises

	Temporary buildings
Barking and Dagenham	9
Barnet
Barnsley	34
Bath and North East Somerset
Bedfordshire	205
Bexley	174
Birmingham	320
Blackburn with Darwen	1
Blackpool	1
Bolton	6
Bournemouth	38
Bracknell Forest	39
Bradford	107
Brent	70
Brighton and Hove	72
Bristol, City of	114
Bromley	28
Buckinghamshire	100
Bury
Calderdale
Cambridgeshire	128
Camden
Cheshire	264
City of London
Cornwall	174
Coventry	28
Croydon	116
Cumbria	42
Darlington
Derby	39
Derbyshire	303
Devon	345
Doncaster	60
Dorset
Dudley	115
Durham	65
Ealing	119
East Riding of Yorkshire	104
East Sussex	208
Enfield
Essex	742
Gateshead	72
Gloucestershire
Greenwich
Hackney	10
Halton	20
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire	635
Haringey	30
Harrow	146
Hartlepool	6
Havering	2
Herefordshire	76
Hertfordshire	272
Hillingdon	90
Hounslow	53
Isle of Wight	90
Isles of Scilly
Islington	11
Kensington and Chelsea	3
Kent	912
Kingston upon Hull, City of	77
Kingston upon Thames
Kirklees	120
Knowsley
Lambeth	41
Lancashire	29
Leeds	263
Leicester	67
Leicestershire	432
Lewisham	32
Lincolnshire	294
Liverpool	40
Luton
Manchester	42
Medway
Merton	4
Middlesbrough	25
Milton Keynes	24
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham	89
Norfolk	837
North East Lincolnshire	81
North Lincolnshire	164
North Somerset	142
North Tyneside	29
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire	320
Northumberland	2
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire	169
Oldham	33
Oxfordshire	239
Peterborough	63
Plymouth	107
Poole	46
Portsmouth	6
Reading	1
Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland	21
Richmond upon Thames	16
Rochdale
Rotherham	151
Rutland	7
Salford	5
Sandwell	27
Sefton	46
Sheffield	98
Shropshire	56
Slough	33
Solihull	103
Somerset	431
South Gloucestershire
South Tyneside
Southampton	42
Southend-on-Sea	25
Southwark	11
St Helens	10
Staffordshire	334
Stockport	54
Stockton-on-Tees	63
Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk	109
Sunderland	26
Surrey
Sutton	104
Swindon	63
Tameside	50
Telford and Wrekin	126
Thurrock
Torbay	66
Tower Hamlets	12
Trafford
Wakefield
Walsall	15
Waltham Forest	19
Wandsworth	22
Warrington	45
Warwickshire	368
West Berkshire	73
West Sussex	336
Westminster
Wigan	32
Wiltshire	193
Windsor and Maidenhead	52
Wirral	134
Wokingham	68
Wolverhampton
Worcestershire	185
York	57

Where no figures are shown, either no data have been supplied by LEAs, or there are clearly significant data anomalies.






 
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