§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made with the seven key performance indicators since the appointment of Derek Lewis as Director General of the Prison Service. [39603]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Ms Janet Anderson, dated 7 November 1995:
827WThe Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the Prison Service's progress against its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) since April 1993.The attached table shows the Service's KPI performance in the first six months of 1995–96 and compares this performance to 1992–93.
Prison service performance against KPIs; April 1993-September 1995 Key performance indicator (KPI) Performance: April to September 1995 Comparison to 1992–93 KPI1: Escapes 64 escapes in total so far, including 15 which, in previous years, would have been the responsibility of the police, (annualised escape rate 0.19 per cent, of population) 169 in same period 1992–93 (annualised rate of 0.74 per cent, of population): KPI2: Assaults 2,739 assaults in total so far this year (annualised assault rate 10.7 per cent, of population) 2,244 in same period 1992–93 (annualised rate 9.9 per cent, of population). 10 per cent, reduction on same period 1994–95 KPI3: Overcrowding no prisoners held 3 to a cell for 1 so far this year average of 817 in same period 1992–93 KPI4: Sanitation 97 per cent of prisoners have 24 hour access to sanitation 70 per cent in March 1992 KPI5: Purposeful activity average of 25.5 hours per prisoner per week so far this year 23.7 hours per prisoner per week in 1992–93 KPI6: Time unlocked 41 per cent, of prisoners unlocked 12+ hours at end of August 24 per cent of prisoners unlocked 12+ hours at end March 1993 KPI7: Minimum visits 100 per cent of prisoners exceeding minimum visits so far this year 90 per cent. at end March 1993 KPI8: Cost per prison place in 1994–95, the average cost of a prison place was £22,037 (at 1992–93 prices in 1992–93, the average cost of a prison place was £22,588. 1 Escapes which would, in previous years, have been the responsibility of the police, are shown separately, to ensure a like-for-like comparison, these are excluded in the year-to-year measurement of escapes as a percentage of the prison population.