§ John McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated developmental cost has been of each accredited offender behaviour programme. [183998]
§ Paul GogginsIt is not possible to provide the information in the form requested. Accredited offender behaviour programmes have a number of sources. Some are adaptations of programmes developed overseas, some have been developed by the independent and voluntary sectors, some began as local initiatives and others have been developed centrally by the Prison and Probation Services.
The costs are, therefore, varied. We estimate, for example, that the cost of adapting and piloting the existing Think First programme was £50,000, while developing the Women's Acquisitive Crime Programme from scratch, including the costs of piloting and accreditation, was in the region of £115,000.