§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 11 April 2003,Official Report, column 449W, on prisons, what the length of detention was of (a) convicted and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners on 28 February 2003; and what the figures were for 30 June 2002. [112129]
§ Paul GogginsThe length of time since first remand into a Prison Service establishment of untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners is given in the table. 645W
30 June 2002 28 February 2003 Untried Less than 1 week 1,010 760 1 week 0 120 More than 1 week up to and including 1 month 1,890 2,100 More than 1 month up to and including 3 months 2,840 2,420 More than 3 months up to and including 6 months 1,380 1,480 More than 6 months up to and including 12 months 500 530 More than 12 months 250 300 All lengths 7,880 7,720 Convicted unsentenced Less than 1 week 620 520 1 week 0 110 More than 1 week up to and including 1 month 1,520 1,600 More than 1 month up to and including 3 months 1,480 1,230 More than 3 months up to and including 6 months 960 1,030 More than 6 months up to and including 12 months 420 500 More than 12 months 190 260 All lengths 5,200 5,250
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons in England he plans to market test; and if he will make a statement. [112152]
§ Paul GogginsThere are no current plans to market test prisons in England or Wales. The Prison Service has, however, set up a programme of performance testing under which under-performing public sector prisons are required to deliver improvements. Failure to deliver improvements may ultimately lead to the prisons being contracted out to the private sector in a competition without a Prison Service in-house bid. Two prisons have been awarded service level agreements (Reading and Leicester) and two are being performance tested at present (Dartmoor and Liverpool); two more will be performance tested later in 2003 and a further six in 2004.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to his answer of 1 May 2003,Official Report, column 527W, on prisons, how many prisoners at each of the prisons listed were engaged in average or above average levels of purposeful activity; [113428]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 1 May 2003, Official Report, column 527W, if he will provide a breakdown of activities in which prisoners were engaged at each of the prisons listed in 2001–02. [113427]
§ Paul GogginsA breakdown of the activities in which prisoners were engaged at Her Majesty's Prison Altcourse, Her Majesty's Prison Rye Hill and Her Majesty's Prison Wolds in 2001–02 is shown in the following table.
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Activity Altcourse Rye Hill Wolds Accredited offending behaviour programme Yes Yes Yes Non-accredited offending behaviour programme Yes Yes No Basics and key skills education Yes Yes Yes Education (full time and part time) Yes Yes Yes Other education Yes Yes Yes Catering Yes Yes Yes Chaplaincy Yes Yes Yes Cleaning and maintenance Yes Yes Yes Counselling Yes No No Work on drugs Yes Yes Yes Family social visits Yes Yes Yes Gardening Yes Yes Yes Induction Yes Yes Yes Industries Yes Yes Yes Laundry Yes Yes Yes Library Yes Yes Yes
Activity Altcourse Rye Hill Wolds Media centre No Yes Yes Orderly work Yes Yes Yes Physical education Yes Yes Yes Prison maintenance Yes Yes Yes Resettlement Yes No Yes Sentence management Yes Yes Yes The level of activity of each prisoner is not routinely collated and the calculation of whether the levels are above, at or below average can be made only at disproportionate cost.
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of stay per prisoner was at(a) HMP Altcourse, (b) HMP Rye Hill and (c) HMP Wolds in 2001–02. [113429]
§ Paul GogginsThe information needed to answer the question is not recorded in the format asked and can be retrieved only in that format at disproportionate cost.