§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennThere 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.
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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. VisTo 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 BennThe information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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]
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§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennSince 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 BennThe 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. VisTo 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]
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§ Hilary BennThe information requested is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennThe information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennThe information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennThe information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennThe information is not held centrally and I shall therefore write to my hon. Friend when it is available.
§ Dr. VisTo 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 BennIn 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 722W
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