§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours of education and training for prisoners have been budgeted for in the Prison Service in the current financial year. [27924]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mrs. Anne Campbell, dated 7 May 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of hours of education and training budgeted for in the current financial year.
Each prison governor has a single budget for the running of the establishment. The allocation of funds will be determined by local circumstances, reflected in the business plan agreed with the area manager. Governors have been asked to report their initial spending plans for 1996–97 to the Prison Service Financial Support Section, and a preliminary forecast of the anticipated expenditure on education and training should be available towards the end of May or in early June.
Governors purchase teacher contact hours from their education provider at an agreed price per teacher contact hour. Contract prices are unique to each establishment, and the price per contract hour depends on the number of teacher contact hours ordered. There are also discount arrangements in some circumstances. It is, therefore, not possible to forecast the number of teaching hours to be ordered from the preliminary forecast of expenditure.
§ Mr. PearsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were on remand at the latest available date categorised by their alleged offences. [28109]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Brian Landers to Mr. Ian Pearson, dated 7 May 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many prisoners were on remand at the latest available date, categorised by their alleged offences.
Provisional information on the number of remand prisoners held in Prison Service establishments on 31 March 1996, by offence, is given in the attached table.
Population of untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners in Prison Service establishments on 31 March 19961; by offence Number Violence against the person 2,105 Sexual offences 514 Burglary 2,118 Robbery 1,086 Theft and handling 1,636 Fraud and forgery 188 Drugs offences 1,109 Other offences 1,578 Offence not recorded 678 All offences 11,012 1 Figures are provisional.