§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the average number of prisoners(a) taking part in and (b) completing offending behaviour programmes in each month of the financial year 1995–96 and each available month so far during 1996–97 (i) in each prison, (ii) by prison type and (iii) in the whole Prison Service; [9677]
(2) if he will list the average number of prisoners (a) taking part in and (b) completing sex offender treatment programmes in each month of the financial year 1995–96 and each available month so far during 1996–97 (i) in each prison, (ii) by prison type and (iii) in the whole Prison Service; [9679]
(3) if he will list the average amount of time prisoners on such programmes spent in sex offender treatment programmes in each month of the financial year 1995–96 and each available month so far during 1996–97 (a) in each prison, (b) by prison type and (c) in the whole Prison Service; [9678]
(4) if he will list the average amount of time prisoners on such programmes spent in offending behaviour programmes in each month of the financial year 1995–96 and each available month so far during 1996–97 (a) in each prison, (b) by prison type and (c) in the whole Prison Service. [9676]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for these matters has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
348WLetter from A.J. Pearson to Mr. George Howarth, dated 16 January 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your Questions about how many prisoners have completed (a) offending behaviour programmes, (b) sex offender programmes for each month in 1995–96 and for this financial year so far and the average amount of time spent on these programmes.You asked for this information for each prison, by prison type and for the whole of the Prison Service. I am afraid this information is not available in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.However for the year ending 31 March 1996, 406 prisoners completed the core module 3 of the sex offender treatment programme (SOTP). A further 33 completed the SOTP booster programme (designed for men about to be released from very long sentences).746 prisoners completed cognitive skills programmes, 115 of these completed the reasoning and rehabilitation programme and 631 the in-house thinking skills.In order to meet the criteria set for programmes to be accredited the standards of existing programmes have had to be improved. The Sex Offender Core Programme was revised during 1995 from 70 to 180 hours and the length of the Thinking Skills programme was increased from 28 hours to 40 hours from April 1996.I attach two tables containing information received from establishments which indicate the number of prisoners completing each of the accredited programmes so far this financial year, the programme length and the type of establishments running these programmes. There are a number of courses in progress which are not included in these figures.There are other offending behaviour programmes run in prisons according to prisoners need and the skills of staff available to deliver them. These are not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.349W
Completions of the SOTP core programme from April to November 1996 by establishment and establishment type Number Young offenders institution Castington 7 Feltham 16 Total 23 Category C Acklington 15 Channings Wood 16 Littlehey 21 Risley 8 Rochester 5 Usk 21 Wayland 24 Whatton 36 Wymott 13 Total 159 Local Wandsworth 21 Woodhill 7 Total 28
Completions of the SOTP core programme from April to November 1996 by establishment and establishment type Number Category B/dispersal Albany 14 Dartmoor 20 Frankland 7 Maidstone 14 Wakefield 12 Whitemoor 11 Total 78 Grand total 288 The Core programme consists, on average, of 180 hours session time.
Completions of the SOTP booster (replapse prevention) programme from April to November 1996 by establishment and establishment type Number Category D Leyhill 20 Total 20 Category C Channings Wood 8 Wymott 7 Total 15 Grand total 35 The Booster programme consists, on average, of 60 hours session time.
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Completions of the enhanced thinking skills programme from April to Novembr 1996 by establishment and establishment type Number Young offenders institution Feltham 9 Lancaster Farms 43 Moorland 15 Thorn Cross 43 Total 110 Category C Blantyre House 18 Total 18 Local Bedford 7 Brixton 40 High Down 33 Pentonville 6 Wandsworth 20
Completions of the enhanced thinking skills programme from April to Novembr 1996 by establishment and establishment type Number Wormwood Scrubs 30 Total 136 Category B/dispersal Albany 15 Dartmoor 17 Long Lartin 7 Wakefield 15 Whitemoor 25 Total 79 Grand total 343 The enhanced thinking skills programme consists, on average, of 40 hours session time.
Completions of the reasoning and reasoning and rehabilitation programme from April to November 1996 by establishmentand establishment type Number Young offenders institution Aylesbury 16 Brinsford 9 Swinfen Hall 12 Total 37 Female Holloway 12 Total 12 Category D Spring Hill 7 Total 7 Category C Featherstone 11 Wymott 10 Total 21 Local Wolds 26 Total 26 Category B/Dispersal Full Sutton 21 Total 21 Grand total 124 The Reasoning and Rehabilitation Programme consists, on average, of 70 hours session time.