HL Deb 22 May 2000 vol 613 cc60-1WA
Lord Tomlinson

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish the results achieved by the Prison Service on each of its key performance indicators in 1999–2000. [HL2541]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The Prison Service key performance indicators (KPI) results for 1999–2000 are given in the table. Data are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.

KPI Target Actual
Category A escapes NIL NIL
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 (% of average population) 9% 9.9%
Rate of positive random mandatory drug tests (MDT) 18.5% 14.4%
% 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
% of public correspondence replied within 20 working days 95% 93.6%