§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many girls aged 15 have been placed in a young offenders institution since 1 October 2002; in which institutions they were held; and for how long. [124849]
§ Paul GogginsSix girls aged 15 have been placed in a young offenders institution since 1 October 2002. Five were placed at New Hall and one at Brockhill. The details are as follows:
- (i) girl aged 15 and 2 months placed in New Hall on 21 November 2002, transferred to a local authority secure children's home on 22 November 2002;
- (ii) girl aged 15 and 7 months placed in New Hall on 22 November 2002, transferred to a local authority secure children's home on 2 December 2002;
1003W - (iii) girl aged 15 and 10 months placed in New Hall from 25 October 2002 to 24 December 2002;
- (iv) girl aged 15 and 10 months placed in Brockhill from 3 October 2002 to 31 December 2002
- (v) girl aged 15 and 11 months placed in New Hall from 7 November 2002 to 5 February 2003.
- (vi) girl aged 15 and 11 months placed in New Hall from 27 November 2002 to 26 January 2003.
There are currently no 15-year-old girls in Prison Service accommodation, and around 16,16-year-olds. On 18 February the Youth Justice Board (YJB) announced its intention to remove all under 17-year-old girls from Prison Service accommodation during 2003.
§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been transferred from each secure training centre and local authority secure home to a young offenders institution to date in 2003. [124850]
§ Paul GogginsThe placement of offenders under 18 in secure accommodation is the responsibility of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. The Youth Justice Board confirms that the following transfers from secure training centres and local authority secure children's homes to young offender institutions have been made in 2003:
Secure Training Centres Number Hassocksfield 10 Medway 14 Rainsbrook 4
Month/year Ashfield Huntercombe Warren Hill Werrington Wetherby January 2002 33 4 8 5 3 February 2002 20 4 6 3 2 March 2002 16 1 13 1 1 April 2002 20 3 4 10 2 May 2002 24 1 7 3 2 June 2002 15 4 6 5 0 July 2002 15 2 3 6 5 August 2002 12 2 3 6 2 September 2002 6 2 2 1 1 October 2002 8 2 9 5 5 November 2002 14 5 3 6 1 December 2002 19 4 2 13 1 January 2003 11 5 3 6 4 February 2003 17 4 4 9 5 March 2003 20 9 3 7 5 April 2003 10 8 2 4 13 May 2003 13 4 3 2 7 June 2003 8 3 0 4 12 Totals 281 67 81 96 71 The figures are as reported to Prison Service headquarters by establishments.
§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place for strip searching girls who are menstruating. [124852]
§ Paul GogginsStrip searching of women prisoners is conducted in accordance with procedures outlined in the Security Manual. There is particular emphasis on ensuring that the dignity of the prisoner being strip
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Local authority secure children's homes Number Aldine House 1 Atkinson 2 Aycliffe 1 Dales House 1 Eastmoor 2 Leverton 1 Sutton Place 2
§ Dr. VisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles in each of the young offenders institutions were injured by other inmates in each month in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003. [124851]
§ Paul GogginsMale juveniles are located in five establishments dedicated solely to juveniles and in nine other establishments that also hold young offenders. Female juveniles are held in seven establishments that also hold young offenders and, in some cases, adult female prisoners.
The Prison Service's incident reporting system records data by establishment and the extraction of data relating purely to juveniles in respect of assaults occurring in the split function establishments cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.
The following table provides information on the number of assaults resulting in injury by juveniles on juveniles, in respect of the five establishments that hold male juveniles only. The term 'juvenile' covers prisoners who are over 18 but are serving a Detention Training Order having been under 18 at the commencement of the Order.
searched is protected as far as is possible. To this end, male members of staff are not allowed in the general area where strip searching is undertaken. The prisoner is never totally naked and staff are required to be sensitive to the feelings of the prisoner.
Where women or girls are menstruating and are using sanitary protection in the form of pads, the prisoner removes the pad from her underwear herself and places it in a specially provided sanitary bin. The search is conducted swiftly and fresh pads are available to the prisoner once the search is completed.
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§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile offenders are detained in Coventry; and how many were detained in Coventry on 30 June in each of the last five years. [126047]
§ Paul GogginsThe number of juveniles detained at Stoke House, a Local Authority Secure Unit in Coventry, from 2000 to 2002 is given in the table. Information is not available for June 1999. Stoke House closed on 20 September 2002.
As at 30 June Number of juveniles detained at Stoke House 2000 8 2001 11 2002 7
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent meetings have been held between his Department and the Department of Health to examine issues surrounding ADD/ADHD in Young Offenders Institutions; [123765]
1006W(2) what steps his Department has taken to assess the implications of behavioural difficulties of attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of young people in Young Offenders Institutions. [123767]
§ Paul GogginsMental health care issues, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD) are regularly discussed by staff in both departments in order to carry out the commitments for mental health in the NHS Plan. The NHS Plan includes provision for prisoners and a total of £10 million is being invested in 2003–04 to improve mental health services for them. Mental Health needs assessments were carried in all prison establishments last autumn to better gauge that need. By 2004 some 94 prisons, including all male local prisons and the majority of women's local prisons and young offender institutions will have received funding for community mental health in-reach teams to provide more comprehensive services for prisoners with severe mental health problems.