HC Deb 03 November 1994 vol 248 c1343W
Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the organisations who have expressed an interest in running one or more secure training centres.

Mr. Maclean

A total of 25 organisations have expressed an interest in tendering for the financing, designing, building/refurbishing, operating and maintaining of five secure training centres. The names of the organisations invited to tender will be announced when the invitations to tender are issued.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines will be put in place on the prevention of suicides and self-harm at the new secure training centres.

Mr. Maclean

Each secure training centre will be required to develop and maintain a suicide and self-harm management and assessment policy which will ensure that each trainee is assessed for the risk of suicide and/or self-harm on arrival at the centre and is re-assessed on a regular basis. The requirement to design the regime and the buildings to minimise these risks will be a prominent feature of the invitation to tender, and will be given close attention in assessing bids.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the projected average level of occupancy for the secure training centres.

Mr. Maclean

Each secure training centre will provide 40 places. The actual level of occupancy will be determined by the courts and their use of the secure training order.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to announce the names of the private sector contractors who will be running the secure training centres.

Mr. Maclean

An announcement will be made once the competitive tendering exercise has been completed.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the national curriculum will be taught in the new secure training centres.

Mr. Maclean

Secure training centres will provide a broad and balanced curriculum appropriate to the age, aptitude and ability and special educational needs of the individual trainee. It will reflect the national curriculum as far as possible.