HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 cc1288-92W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the most recent estimate is of the cost to public funds of a week of community service served by a young offender. [159512]

Paul Goggins

Currently there are eight community sentences available for young offenders. Of these, two may involve an element of community service—the Community Punishment Order and the Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order.

The Community Punishment Order (formerly the Community Service Order) is available for offenders aged 16 and upwards. Average weekly costs are not available nationally as courts set a total number of hours for community service and the young offender has 12 months to complete them.

The Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order also includes community service. It can last between 12 months and three years. Average weekly costs are not available.

The Youth Justice Board is conducting an activity analysis in order to refine the unit costs of juvenile disposals. This is due to be completed by the end of May 2004 and I will write to my right hon. Friend at that time with the definitive figures.

Charles Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the re-offending rates for young offenders who have been detained in(a) young offender institutions and (b) secure units were in the last period for which figures are available. [162313]

Paul Goggins

Information on reconvictions of young male offenders sent to young offender institutions up to 1999 was published in Tables 9.6 and 9.7 of Prison Statistics, England and Wales 2002 (Cmnd 5996).

Charles Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the numeracy and literacy levels of juvenile offenders detained in local authority secure units(a) at the start and (b) at the end of their period of detainment. [162378]

Paul Goggins

[holding answer 18 March 2004]: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales commissions and purchases accommodation for juvenile offenders, including some places in local authority children's homes.

A YJB audit in those establishments in 2001 found that when they entered custody over half averaged six years behind the normal literacy of their age group and over a third were 10 years behind on numeracy. The YJB is currently collecting information on the educational attainments of young people while in those establishments. This will be published in the board's next Annual Statistical Bulletin, due in the autumn.

Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers were employed at each young offenders' institution in each

30 June 2003 30 September 2003 31 December 2003 29 February 2004
Establishment Staff in post1 Planned posts Staff in post1 Planned posts Staff in post1 Planned posts Staff in post1 Planned posts
Aylesbury 169.5 175.5 163 158.5 156.5 171.5 160 174
Brinsford 229 235.5 224.5 237.5 228.5 238 230.5 240
Castington 208 218 207.5 217 200.5 215 205.5 215
Deerbolt 178 178 179 180 175.5 182 180.5 183
Feltham 413.5 447 425.5 442 436 493 447 495
Glen Parva 254.5 272 251.5 270 257 278 254 274
Hindley 246.5 293.5 253.5 268 254.5 271 255.5 271
Lancaster Farms 209.5 242 218.5 242 220.5 244 221.5 244
Northallerton 67 66 67 67 64 64 66 66
Onley 222.5 234 223.5 234 221.5 231 212.5 229
Portland 167 173.5 164.5 171.5 172 179.5 167.5 177.5
Reading 116 119.5 109 119.5 109 119.5 112 119.5
Rochester 141 151.5 134 149 129 151.5 124.5 143
Stoke Heath 229.5 233 237.5 233 231.5 233 238.5 233
Swinfen Hall 116 118 119 118 117 119 117.5 120
Total 2,967.5 3,157 2,978 3,107 2,973 3,190 2,993 3,184
1 Figures relate to prison officers, senior officers and principal officers.

In addition to the overall number of staff in post, officers at young offenders' institutions are currently contracted to work additional hours equivalent to an extra 128.5 officers. Total staffing availability at the end of February 2004 was therefore equivalent to 3,121.5 officers against an operational staffing requirement of 3,184. The shortfall is equivalent to 62.5 officers, or 2.0 per cent. which is an acceptable operating margin. The figures do not include new staff in the recruitment process on 29 February 2004.

Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) certified

CNA, operational capacity and population of YOIs by establishment
2003 2004
June July August September October November December January
Certified normal accommodation
Aylesbury 351 351 351 351 351 345 345 345
Deerbolt 513 513 513 513 513 513 513 513
Hindley 539 539 539 539 539 539 539 539
Northallerton 45 45 153 153 153 153 153 153
Onley 580 580 580 580 580 580 580 580
Portland 429 429 429 429 429 429 429 460
Rochester 180 180 180 180 180 180 269 269
Stoke Heath 572 572 572 572 572 572 572 572
Swinfen Hall 311 311 311 311 311 311 311 311
Thorn Cross 316 316 316 316 316 316 316 316
Warren Hill 214 214 214 222 222 222 222 222
Werrington 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 146
Wetherby 360 360 360 300 300 300 300 300

month from June 2003 to the most recent month for which figures are available; and what the planned number of officers was in each month. [163209]

Paul Goggins

Staffing requirements are collated centrally every three months. The following table shows the number of staff and planned prison officer posts at each establishment with a major role as a young offenders' institution on a quarterly basis from June 2003. Where an establishment holds more than one category of prisoner, it is not possible to differentiate the staffing requirements for each category.

normal accommodation, (b) operational capacity and (c) population in each Young Offenders' Institution was in each month from June 2003 to the most recent month for which figures are available. [163210]

Paul Goggins

The certified normal accommodation, operational capacity and population of each single function Young Offender Institution in each month from June 2003 is given in the table.

Where an establishment has multiple functions, such as an adult training prison and a Young Offenders' Institution on a single site, population statistics are also provided.

CNA, operational capacity and population of YOIs by establishment
2003 2004
June July August September October November December January
Operational capacity
Aylesbury 355 355 355 355 355 350 350 350
Deerbolt 518 518 518 518 518 518 518 518
Hindley 559 559 559 559 559 539 539 539
Northallerton 254 254 254 254 254 254 254 254
Onley 580 580 580 580 580 580 580 580
Portland 456 456 456 456 456 456 456 456
Rochester 180 180 180 180 180 180 269 269
Stoke Heath 688 688 688 688 688 688 688 688
Swinfen Hall 320 320 320 320 320 320 320 320
Thorn Cross 316 316 316 316 316 316 316 316
Warren Hill 220 220 220 222 222 222 222 222
Werrington 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148
Wetherby 360 360 360 300 300 300 300 300
Population
Ashfield 226 214 209 199 187 177 168 188
Aylesbury 346 343 338 346 346 345 341 339
Brinsford 224 246 222 246 242 224 235 238
Brockhill 14 20 22 19 15 23 20 23
Bullwood Hall 129 118 122 130 119 122 108 112
Castington 135 135 146 143 146 149 134 108
Chelmsford 77 54 55 57 34 43 49 24
Cookham 28 23 18 25 21 23 16 24
Deerbolt 426 459 458 433 449 482 445 454
Drake Hall 32 40 33 33 34 30 27 27
East Sutton 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3
Eastwood Park 28 22 22 33 25 26 28 25
Elmley 7 14 11 14 16 9 5 5
Feltham 336 273 234 250 267 269 276 221
Forest Bank 145 130 117 73 79 82 84 77
Glen Parva 574 574 507 519 561 539 529 569
Guys Marsh 131 140 132 134 131 138 128 138
Highdown 8 3 2 1 2 7 1 3
Hindley 494 472 451 494 453 457 476 435
Hollesley Bay 22 27 25 11 18 18 23 21
Holloway 9 24 15 15 14 14 21 16
Huntercombe 265 325 321 317 327 332 315 334
Lancaster 284 292 263 308 306 304 320 326
Low Newton 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Moorland 398 390 390 399 412 425 415 392
Moorland Open 113 109 102 102 89 91 63 53
New Hall 75 100 78 82 79 80 69 75
Northallerton 209 204 196 202 248 202 172 198
Norwich 119 116 123 107 123 124 128 123
Onley 496 497 473 468 472 462 378 357
Parc 209 252 247 219 217 197 177 159
Portland 433 446 441 446 453 444 440 439
Reading 16 12 17 19 18 20 12 15
Rochester 164 167 157 170 176 198 215 261
Stoke Heath 581 603 576 586 579 592 549 554
Styal 26 24 16 18 15 18 15 13
Swinfen Hall 312 319 316 314 314 317 310 307
Thorn Cross 182 182 201 201 215 232 185 223
Usk/Prescoed 10 12 6 8 9 6 4 3
Warren Hill 190 178 158 175 176 181 182 174
Werrington 113 125 128 120 125 112 120 133
Wetherby 269 261 272 221 221 214 215 214