§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total sum to be spent during the current financial year by his Department on penological research; and what are the current projects being studied by his research unit.
§ Mr. JohnIt is expected that £310,000 will be spent in the current financial year by the Home Office on penological research; in addition some research is carried out by prison medical officers and prison psychologists in the course of their normal duties. Projects on sentencing and the treatment of offenders conducted by the Research Unit are as follows: sentencing in magistrates' courts; monetary penalties; supported work scheme; treatment evaluation; IMPACT (Intensive Matched Probation and After-Care Treatment), social inquiry reports; probation services and residential provisions; life sentence prisoners; arsonists; job satisfaction of prison officers.
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Summary of Internal-External Cost of Penological Research 1976–77 £ External … … … 147,000 Internal … … … 163,000 Total … … … 310,000 After reference to Finance Division the internal costs have been calculated on the basis of the Treasury ready reckoner (basic staff costs) at November 1975 prices. The external costs are as submitted to the Treasury in November 1975.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the total sum spent on penological research during the current financial year is going to non-Home Office bodies; and what research projects are currently in hand.
§ Mr. JohnIt is expected that £310,000 will be spent in the current financial year by the Home Office on penological research. Approximately 47 per cent. of this sum will be going to non-Home Office bodies. The following research projects on this subject are supported by Home Office grants: a study of life-sentence prisoners; evaluation of Long Lartin Prison; a study of the relevance of education to the resettlement of offenders; industrial rehabilitation of offenders; standardised tests of literacy and numeracy of prisoners; post-release experiences of discharged prisoners; lead intoxication and delinquency; studies of selected drugs; prisoner flow models; location and distribution models; cost effectiveness of security devices.
SUMMARY OF INTERNAL-EXTERNAL COST OF PENOLOGICAL RESEARCH 1976–77 External … … … £147,000 Internal … … … £163,000 Total … … … £310,000 After reference to Finance Division the internal costs have been calculated on the basis of the Treasury ready reckoner (basic staff costs) at November 1975 prices. The external costs are as submitted to the Treasury in November 1975.