§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many courses were available for the training and education of prisoners in each year from 1980 to date.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information on education and vocational training courses relates to full-time courses in prisons and youth custody centres —prisons and borstals in the academic years 1981–82 and 1982–83in England and Wales and is as follows:
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Bail 14 13 15 16 17 17 16 Probation 66 64 66 67 69 69 69 Probation/bail 12 14 15 15 15 16 17 Totals 92 91 96 98 101 102 102
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were accommodated in bail hostels in each year from 1980 to 1985.
§ Mr. MellorInformation is not available in the form requested. During the years in question, bail, probation, and combined probation and bail hostels provided the following numbers of places:
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Bail 172 164 198 207 241 242 Probation 1,134 1,132 1,183 1,209 1,260 1,267 Probation/bail 223 263 282 290 290 309 Totals 1,529 1,559 1,663 1,706 1,791 1,818 Average occupancy rates for all three categories of hostels were:
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Academic year Total number of courses available 1981–82 145 1982–83 213 1983–84 254 1984–85 366 1985–86 442 Corresponding information relating to full-time courses in detention centres and remand centres, and to part-time courses, is not collated centrally. Details are not readily available for the academic year 1980–81.
In addition, the number of construction industry training courses provided in prison service establishments is as follows:
Total Number of courses available 1980 161 1981 156 1982 158 1983 156 1984 160 1985 170 1986 170