HC Deb 18 May 2000 vol 350 cc212-3W
Siobhain McDonagh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the results achieved by the Prison Service on each of its Key Performance Indicators in 1999–2000; and if he will make a statement. [123128]

KPI Target Actual
Category A escapes 0 0
Escapes from prisons and prison escorts, expressed as a proportion of average population 0.05% 0.059%
Escapes from contracted escorts, expressed as a ratio per prisoners handled Less than 1:20,000 1:22,251
Assault rate (percentage of average population) 9% 9.9%
Rate of positive random mandatory drug tests (MDT) 18.5% 14.4%
Percentage of the population held two to a cell designed for one (Doubling) 18% 18.5%
Average purposeful activity hours 24 hours 23.2 hours
Total Accredited Offending Behaviour Programme completions (OBPs) 3,600 4,478
Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) 700 586
Cost per Uncrowded prisoner place £26,208 £25,567
Cost per prisoner £27,392 £25,567
Average working days lost to staff sickness 12.5 13.3
Percentage of public correspondence replied with 20 working days 95% 93.6%