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Written Answers
6 JUNE 2013
Written Answers
1296W
Table 1: Time in cell by prison establishment: average hours per prisoner per
week day
Establishment name 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Wakefield 14.9 15.1 15.0 14.9 14.8
Wandsworth 16.5 15.9 16.7 17.4 16.7
Warren Hill 13.4 14.0 13.7 14.6 15.2
Wayland 12.7 13.0 12.5 12.6 11.7
Wealstun 12.5 15.8 15.7 16.5 15.7
Wellingborough 14.0 15.1 15.4 14.2 15.0
Werrington 13.7 13.7 13.5 14.3 14.8
Wetherby 13.6 13.2 13.6 14.2 14.4
Whatton 13.6 14.0 14.1 14.2 13.6
Whitemoor 15.7 16.2 16.1 15.5 15.2
Winchester 14.9 15.3 14.6 15.0 16.5
Wolds 11.7 12.5 14.6 12.1 12.0
Woodhill 15.0 13.4 14.7 15.0 14.5
Wormwood Scrubs 15.1 15.8 16.1 16.8 16.9
Wymott 13.4 15.2 15.4 15.5 15.5
National Total 13.8 14.4 14.6 14.5 14.5
Table 2: Time in cell by prison category: average hours per prisoner per week day
Category 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Category B 13.6 14 14.4 14.1 13.9
Category C 13.1 14 14.2 14.2 14.1
Dispersal 14.9 15.5 15 15 15.1
Female closed 12.7 13.8 13.7 12.8 13.6
Female local 12.4 13.2 13.6 13.5 14.1
Female open 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.6
Male closed
14.9 15.8 16 15.8 16.2
young offender
Male juvenile 14.2 14.2 13.7 14.3 14.4
Male local 15.2 15.6 15.7 15.5 15.4
Male open 7.9 8.8 8.6 8.1 8.1
Male open young 11.5 11.5 9.9 9 10.2
offender
Semi open 8.2 8.3 8.1 6 6.2
Cluster — 12.7 13.2 14.5 14.5
National Total 13.8 14.4 14.6 14.5 14.5
Note:
In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant
function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
Prisons: Employment
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) how many jobs are available for prisoners in each
prison in the UK; [156654]
(2) what the participation rate is of prisoners in
prison work schemes. [156754]
Jeremy Wright: The number of prisoners working in
industrial activity in public sector prisons increased
from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,000 in 2011-12.
These figures do not include the substantial numbers
of prisoners who work within prisons on tasks such as
cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.
Figures are published in the NOMS Annual Report
Management Information Addendum:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/
attachment_data/file/163292/noms-annual-report-2011-12-
addendum.pdf.pdf
Data have been drawn from administrative IT systems.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing
the data, the level of detail collected is subject to the
inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) with reference to the answer of 25 April 2013,
Official Report, column 1314W, on prisoners: pay, if he
will estimate the (a) cost and (b) benefit to the public
purse of employing prisoners instead of procuring
services privately; [156780]
(2) how many unskilled jobs in prisons are contracted
out to private companies; and what the annual cost to
the public purse is of procuring unskilled labour in
prisons. [156862]
Jeremy Wright: Substantial numbers of prisoners
work on essential support tasks in prisons such as
cooking, serving meals; grounds maintenance and cleaning.
This provides significant work for prisoners and creates
economic benefits to the public purse.
Data are not held on the value of prisoner input to
the delivery of particular services or the number of
prisoners specifically involved in work that could otherwise
be outsourced. The Department does not hold data
concerning unskilled jobs in prisons.
Where contracting out services is considered, maintaining
prisoner input is an important factor to be taken into
account—this could include prisoners working on behalf
of a contractor.
Probation
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
with reference to the answer of 25 March 2013, Official
Report, columns 952-4W, on probation, how many offenders
who failed to complete an accredited programme were
subsequently (a) placed on an alternative programme,
(b) ordered to retake the programme and (c) did not
have to undertake any further accredited programmes.
[156877]
Jeremy Wright: It is not possible to answer this question
in relation to the information provided in the answer of
25 March 2013. This is because the figures provided in
the earlier answer based on completions of the overall
programme requirement and not instances of course
attendance.
The information provided earlier was based on aggregated
completion rates for sex offender treatment programmes,
domestic violence programmes and other offending
behaviour programmes for each reporting year. These
completion rates are calculated using a cohort method
which tracks the outcome of individuals at either 12,
18, 30 or 36 months after commencement, depending
on programme type, and measures the proportion that
completed. Failure to complete in this measure is defined
as termination of the programme requirement either
during or at the end of the order or licence. Both
completers and non-completers included within the original
answer may have dropped out of one or more courses
and gone on to complete on another course, been
placed on an alternative programme or failed to complete
a further course. This level of information cannot be
derived from the completion rate data.
Training
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the
non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible