§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many teaching staff have been employed in prisons and other custodial institutions in each of the last five years. [123496]
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§ Mr. BoatengPrison education is contracted out. The Prison Service purchases and measures education in terms of teaching hours rather than numbers of teaching staff. The number of teaching hours purchased in each of the last five years is given in the table.
Financial year Teaching hours bought 1995–96 1,245,580 1996–97 1,169,717 1997–98 1,117,241 1998–99 1,213,562 1999–2000 1,354,165
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the procedure is for prisoners receiving educational publications from relatives. [123492]
§ Mr. BoatengEducational publications for prisoners, such as books or periodicals, can either be left at reception, brought in on visits or sent in by post. These would be checked by prison staff before being passed on to the prisoner.
The governor of each establishment has the discretion to restrict the handing or sending in of any item of property. If the governor of an establishment restricts the handing or sending in of property which prisoners may normally have in their possession, facilities will be made available for prisoners to purchase these items either through the prison shop or through approved mail order arrangements by using their private cash and/or earnings.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what educational facilities are available in the Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution. [123493]
§ Mr. BoatengThe education department at Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution is run by Amersham and Wycombe College, which is expected to deliver 16,000 hours of education classes in the current financial year. Prisoners who are employed on a full-time basis have access to two hours education per week, and those in part-time employment for approximately 12 and a half hours per week. A wide range of courses is available and prisoners' individual needs are identified as part of their sentence plan.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners undertake distance-learning courses at their own expense. [123498]
§ Mr. BoatengAs at 3 April 2000, a total of 383 prisoners in England and Wales were registered on Open University distance-learning courses. Of these, 139 have not previously studied with the Open University.
A range of other distance-learning courses are available in prison, including GCSE, A level and vocational courses.
The majority of prisoners undertaking distance-learning courses pay for their courses through mixed funding arrangements, including self funding and charitable funding. Information on the number of prisoners who undertake distance-learning courses entirely at their own cost is not held centrally.
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§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on educational facilities in prisons and other custodial institutions in each of the last five years. [123495]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation is not available centrally on funds spent at individual prison establishments specifically on the provision of educational facilities over the last five years.
However, funds from the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) have been made available to prison establishments to spend mainly on enhancing basic and key skills through, for example, extending education contracts, improvements to prisoners' basic pay to encourage them to participate in basic education, training Prison Service staff as basic skill support tutors and developing imaginative integrated basic skills tuition. Some of this money will also be invested in enhancing educational facilities. The table gives a breakdown of these funds provided to each prison establishment over the three year period covered by the CSR.
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Comprehensive Spending Review allocations to prison establishments £ Area 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Central Aylesbury 102,000 42,000 42,000 Bedford 93,478 82,347 84,810 Bullingdon 149,992 127,555 154,066 Grendon 27,000 27,000 27,000 Gartree 10,006 10,257 10,513 Reading 215,829 202,262 207,312 Woodhill 101,180 960,82 97,965 Area total 699,485 587,503 623,666 Kent Aldington 24,702 0 0 Canterbury 57,954 58,970 60,137 Cookham Wood 16,420 16,913 17,470 Dover 334,959 300,000 300,000 East Sutton Park 5,352 8,736 8,964 Elmley 133,483 119,536 122,848 Maidstone 70,143 68,461 68,834 Rochester 49,681 45,786 46,930 Standford Hill 26,844 25,490 26,127 Swaleside 33,392 28,392 28,392 Area total 752,930 672,284 679,702 Mercia Birmingham 168,028 120,506 120,506 Brinsford 103,410 103,410 103,410 Drake Hall 181,020 141,020 141,020 Featherstone 233,680 233,680 233,680 Shrewsbury 53,130 53,130 53,130 Stafford 274,797 274,797 274,797 Area total 1,014,065 926,543 926,543 South Coast Camp Hill 26,955 28,900 28,900 Dorchester 51,000 51,700 52,500 Erlestoke 32,364 26,351 27,010 Guy's Marsh 282,780 195,353 199,949 Parkhurst 84,734 87,262 843,49 Portland 25,000 25,625 26,266 The Verne 56,888 51,955 56,404 Winchester 50,452 42,488 43,551 Area total 610,173 509,634 518,929
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Comprehensive Spending Review allocations to prison establishments £ Area 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 East Midlands Ashwell 19,600 19,600 19,600 Glen Parva 431,423 332,644 337,348 Leicester 83,670 85,386 87,079 Lincoln 117,116 138,264 138,734 Nottingham 110,660 110,660 110,660 Ranby 39,254 38,994 39,835 Stocken 7,000 1,000 1,000 Area total 808,723 726,548 734,256 London North Bullwood Hall 47,158 47,058 47,058 Chelmsford 92,566 94,842 96,816 Highpoint 179,400 179,400 179,400 Norwich 170,855 171,380 172,505 Pentonville 291,700 234,600 236,000 Area total 781,679 727,280 731,779 Mersey and Manchester Liverpool 226,352 226,352 226,352 Manchester 42,414 40,300 41,600 Risley 158,060 157,400 160,950 Sudbury 18,854 19,350 19,900 Area total 445,680 443,402 448,802 North West Garth 21,006 21,006 21,006 Haverigg 21,040 21,040 21,040 Hindley 84,398 84,398 84,398 Kirkham 29,104 23,139 23,139 Lancaster 13,421 13,770 14,114 Lancaster Farms 13,000 13,000 13,000 Preston 69,000 69,000 69,000 Thorn Cross 63,000 63,000 63,000 Wymott 46,000 47,138 48,316 Area total 359,969 355,491 357,013 High Security Prisons Belmarsh 180,446 180,446 180,446 Frankland 154,643 247,602 248,258 Full Sutton 43,551 58,306 58,306 Long Lartin 29,800 27,850 28,700 Wakefield 32,720 23,720 24,720 Whitemoor 52,200 50,500 51,800 Area total 493,360 588,424 592,230 London South Coldingley 39,110 38,447 39,408 Downview 10,000 10,250 10,506 Feltham 438,718 367,686 376,878 Highdown 68,200 68,950 69,713 Lewes 47,600 36,800 37,688 Send 163,100 136,949 140,874 Wandsworth 106,000 108,000 109,575 Wormwood Scrubs 156,132 156,132 156,132 Area total 1,028,860 923,214 940,774 North East Acklington 116,000 116,000 116,000 Castington 100,000 165,463 165,463 Deerbolt 120,558 93,044 96,725 Durham 211,000 186,000 192,000 Everthorpe 30,000 20,986 21,360 Holme House 163,630 151,906 155,323 Hull 140,981 115,131 115,989 Kirklevington 6,067 6,219 6,373 Low Newton 183,000 183,000 183,000
Comprehensive Spending Review allocations to prison establishments £ Area 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Northallerton 52,000 47,000 48,000 The Wolds 15,577 15,577 15,577 Area total 1,138,813 1,100,326 1,115,810 Wales and West Bristol 82,890 81,550 81,500 Cardiff 142,109 142,109 142,109 Dartmoor 31,300 29,000 28,900 Eastwood P. 84,920 74,920 74,920 Exeter 119,848 119,848 119,848 Shepton M. 121,174 104,000 104,000 Swansea 81,900 81,900 81,900 Usk/Prescoed 79,989 69,823 69,823 Area total 744,130 703,150 703,000 Yorks Hatfield 18,742 18,742 18,742 Leeds 180,656 180,656 180,656 Lindholme 27,789 26,289 26,289 Moorland 73,000 73,000 73,000 New Hall 167,500 129,832 141,383 Wealstun 81,500 81,950 82,873 Wetherby 211,870 211,870 211,870 Area total 761,057 722,339 734,813 Education Services Computers 38,800 0 0 Total 9,677,724 8,986,138 9,107,317
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what educational facilities are available to sex offenders in prisons held in accommodation separate from other prisoners. [123497]
§ Mr. BoatengIt is not possible to identify separately the education provision for sex offenders. The Prison Service aims to provide them with similar education facilities to other prisoners. However, where sex offenders have to be segregated for their own protection pending allocation to a prison which offers suitable training facilities for them, safety considerations may limit their access to education.
§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what separate educational facilities are available for sex offenders in the Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution. [123494]
§ Mr. BoatengAt Aylesbury, sex offenders are fully integrated with the rest of the establishment's population and have access to the same education.