HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 cc850-1W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 23 October 2001,Official Report, column 213W, whether targets for rehabilitation are published for each prison; if he will list those for Nottingham prison; and if he will make a statement on progress made (a) at Nottingham prison and (b) in the UK. [10970]

Beverley Hughes

Targets for individual establishments are not routinely published. The targets for Nottingham prison for measures that relate to rehabilitation for the financial year 2001–02 are listed in the table. The targets for Her Majesty's Prison Service England and Wales were listed in my answer of 23 October 2001,Official Report, column 213W.

Nottingham Prison Target 2001–02
Purposeful activity hours 19.5
Offending behaviour programmes 24
Sex offender treatment programmes
Random mandatory drug testing 16.9
Drug rehabilitation/therapeutic communities 60
Counselling, Assessment, Referral. Advice and Throughcare Services (CARATS) 384
Detoxification 350
Basic skills awards—literacy 15
Basic skills awards—numeracy 15
Key work skills 5

Sex offender treatment programmes are not run at Nottingham prison. Performance for the last three financial years for Nottingham prison and HM Prison Service England and Wales is detailed in the tables. The Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Office should

Nottingham Prison 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Purposeful activity hours 15.3 20.6 18.3
Offending behaviour programmes 19 21 25
Sex offender treatment programmes 0 0 0
Random mandatory drug testing 25.6% 21.6% 20.5%
Drug rehabilitation/therapeutic communities 1 1 1
Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare Services (CARATS) 1 1 1
Detoxification 1 1 1
Basic skills awards—literacy 1 1 27
Basic skills awards—numeracy 1 1 28
Key work skills 1 1 1
1indicates that data for these indicators were not collected.

HM Prison Service England and Wales 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Purposeful activity hours 22.8 23.2 23.8
Offending behaviour programmes 3,129 4,664 5,986
Sex offender treatment programmes 589 585 786
Random mandatory drug testing 18.3% 14.2% 12.4%
Drug rehabilitation/therapeutic communities 1 1 1
Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Throughcare Services (CARATS) 1 1 1
Detoxification 1 1 1
Basic skills awards—literacy 1 1 7,269
Basic skills awards—numeracy 1 1 5,495
Key work skills 1 1 1
1Indicates that data were not collected centrally.