HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 cc718-22W
Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many teaching staff in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate have qualifications in special needs education. [83831]

Hilary Benn

There are 50 members of staff in juvenile establishments who have special needs qualifications. Others have received in-service training in various aspects of special educational needs, including recent training for Basic Skills teachers teaching students with learning difficulties. Funding has been allocated to all establishments in the juvenile estate to employ a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), who assess the needs of learners and guide teachers and learning support assistants.

The information is contained in the table.

Establishment SENCO SEN qualified staff
Onley To appoint 0
Bulwood Hall No 0
Wetherby Yes 2
Brinsford Yes 0
Ashfield Yes 4
Huntercombe Yes 4
Warren Hill Yes 3
New Hall1 Yes 4
Castington Yes 3
Stoke Heath Yes 22
Werrington Yes 1
Lancaster Farms Yes> 1
Hindley2 Yes 5
Feltham Yes 1
Total 12 50
1 Few juveniles
2Very recently received juveniles

(a) GCSEs
GCSE grades
young offender institutions GCSE candidates Total achieved A B C D E F G
Onley 5 11 4 7
Bulwood Hall 0
Wetherby 94 30 4 10 8 5
Brinsford 0 0
Ashfield 7 9 1 3 5
Huntercombe 87 130 1 9 34 37 28 24
Warren Hill 26 90 3 4 21 26 12 5
New Hall 0
Castington 28 79 4 7 20 25 9 9 5
Stoke Heath 3 8 2 3 1
Werrington 0
Lancaster Farms 0
Hindley (recently received juveniles) 1 4 1 2 1
Feltham 28 36 1 7 11 6 6 3 2
Total 279 397 9 34 171 111 64 49 8

(b) AS levels
AS level grades
young offender institutions AS level candidates Total achieved A B C D E F G
Warren Hill 10 12 1 2 5 4
Total 10 12 1 2 5 4

(c) A levels
A level grades
young offender institutions A level candidates Total achieved A B C D E F G
Onley 1 3 1 1 1
Castington 2 4 1 1 2
Total 3 7 2 2 3

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been locked out of prisons overnight in the last 12 months; at which prisons; and at which police stations they were held. [83827]

Hilary Benn

The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there is a limit to the time a child can be held on a basic regime in prison. [83832]

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have attained(a) GCSEs,(b)AS levels and (c) A levels at each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000; how many qualifications they were each awarded; and at what grade. [83830]

Hilary Benn

Since April 2000, in juvenile establishments:(a) 279 candidates achieved 397 GSCE qualifications; (b) 10 candidates achieved 12 A/S level qualifications; and (c) three candidates achieved seven A level qualifications.

The information in set out in the tables.

Hilary Benn

The Operational Manager for the Juvenile Estate has made it clear to Governors of juvenile establishments that the basic regime must be used constructively as an incentive to responsible behaviour. Governors are expected to keep a juvenile on the basic regime for the shortest period possible, and normally not for longer than one week, at which time the case must be reviewed.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) section 17 assessments and (b) section 47 investigations under the Children Act 1989 have been carried out on children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83837]

Hilary Benn

The information requested is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young prisoners have been subjected to restraint under rule 52 of the Rules for Young Offenders Institutions since April 2000. [83825]

Hilary Benn

The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times unfurnished cells have been used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83826]

Hilary Benn

The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times control and restraint was used in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate since April 2000. [83833]

Hilary Benn

The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time was that children in each of the prisons in the juvenile estate spent out of doors every day in 2001–02. [83834]

Hilary Benn

The information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.

Dr. Vis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been transferred to HMP and YOI Castington from Feltham YOI in each of the last 12 months; and what their(a) ethnicity, (b) age and (c) home area in each case was. [83835]

Hilary Benn

In the last 12 months 28 young people have been transferred from Feltham young offender institution to Castington prison and young offender institution. The breakdown of these figures is as follows:

April 2002
Age Home Area Ethnicity
15 Sutton White English
16 West Sussex Black Caribbean
17 Waltham Forest Black Caribbean
17 Harringey White English
17 Bexley White English
17 Wandsworth White English
17 Lemington Spa White English
18 Essex Pakistani
Total number transferred =8
July 2002
Age Home Area Ethnicity
16 Haringey Black Caribbean
17 Kent White English
18 Chingford White English
Age Home Area Ethnicity
18 Uxbridge White English
18 Kensington Black African
18 East Sussex White English
Total number transferred = 6
August 2002
Age Home Area Ethnicity
15 Not available White English
16 Haringey Black Caribbean
17 Crawley White English
18 West Sussex Black African
Total number transferred = 4
October 2002
Age Home Area Ethnicity
17 Brent Black African
17 Haringey Black African
17 London Black Other
17 Barnet White English
18 Enfield White Irish
18 Southwark Black African
18 Newham Black Caribbean
18 Surrey White English
18 Enfield White English
18 Thameside Other ethnic group
Total number transferred = 10