§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners serving a sentence for(a) burglary, (b) offences of violence and (c) drug related offences have completed an offending behaviour course in each of the last 10 years. [163282]
§ Paul GogginsThe following tables contains information on the number of programmes completed by prisoners sentenced for burglary, violence and drug offences:
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Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes1,2 Percentage of receptions under sentence serving 12 months or more completing Accredited programmes 1993–94 548 2.65 1994–95 839 3.73 1995–96 1,185 4.81 1996–97 1,450 5.15 1997–98 2,654 8.77 1998–99 3,501 11.50 1999–2000 5,024 16.61 2000–01 6,516 21.87
Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes1,2 Percentage of receptions under sentence serving 12 months or more completing Accredited programmes 2001–02 6,709 22.26 2002–03 7,647 23.28 1 Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002 Cm 5996. 2 Programmes delivered in a particular year are not necessarily delivered to prisoners received into prison in that year. 1015W
(a) Burglary Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes by those with an index offence for burglary Percentage of receptions under sentence serving 12 months or more for burglarly completing Accredited programmes 1993–94 Not available Not available 1994–95 Not available Not available 1995–96 Not available Not available 1996–97 268 5 1997–98 658 10 1998–99 807 13 1999–2000 1,161 18 2000–01 1,382 20 2001–02 1,383 25 2002–03 1,511 25
(b) Violence against the person Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes by those with an index offence for violence Percentage of Receptions Under Sentence Serving 12 months or more for violence completing Accredited programmes 1993–94 Not available Not available 1994–95 Not available Not available 1995–96 Not available Not available 1996–97 69 1 1997–98 187 4 1998–99 306 6 1999–2000 618 13 2000–01 931 19 2001–02 974 19 2002–03 1,062 19
(c) Drug offences Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes by those with an index offence for drug offences Percentage of receptions Under Sentence Serving 12 months or more for drug offences completing Accredited programmes 1993–94 Not available Not available 1994–95 Not available Not available 1995–96 Not available Not available 1996–97 112 3 1997–98 228 5 1998–99 408 8 1999–2000 754 15 2000–01 1,002 19 2001–02 1,175 21 2002–03 1,533 28 Note
The tables (a) to (c) are based on index offence and do not include sex offences where violence may have been a feature of the offence, and only cover the following programmes—ETS, R and R, CALM, CSCP, and RAPt.The Prison Service also provides a range of education programmes and other activities aimed at rehabilitation and increasing the opportunity for prisoners to find employment and accommodation on release.
§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners completed a course to address offending behaviour in each of the last 10 years. [163283]
§ Paul GogginsNot all prisoners are suitable for accredited offending behaviour programmes. Selection for an accredited programme is subject to an assessment of a prisoner's risk of re-offending and individual need. The duration of the programme is also taken into consideration.
Information on the number of programmes completed by prisoners sentenced to one year or over is set out in the following table:
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Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes1,2 Percentage of receptions under sentence serving 12 months or more completing Accredited programmes 1993–94 548 2.65 1994–95 839 3.73 1995–96 1,185 4.81 1996–97 1,450 5.15 1997–98 2,654 8.77 1998–99 3,501 11.50
Completions of Accredited offending behaviour programmes1,2 Percentage of receptions under sentence serving 12 months or more completing Accredited programmes 1999–2000 5,024 16.61 2000–01 6,516 21.87 2001–02 6,709 22.26 2002–03 7,647 23.28 1 Prison Statistics England and Wales 2002 Cm5996 2 Programmes delivered in a particular year are not necessarily delivered to prisoners received into prison in that year. The Prison Service also provides a range of education programmes and other activities aimed at rehabilitation and increasing the opportunity for prisoners to find employment and accommodation on release.