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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of young offenders were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate (i) at assessment on entry to young offenders institutions, (ii) 25 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iii) 50 per cent. of the way through their...

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

24 November 2004

For answer on

6 December 2004

Answered on

6 December 2004

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of young offenders were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate (i) at assessment on entry to young offenders institutions, (ii) 25 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iii) 50 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iv) 75 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence and (v) on completion of their custodial sentence in the latest year for which statistics are available. [200261] Paul Goggins: [holding answer 29 November 2004]: For the period April 2002 to March 2003 the results of the basic skills assessment screening tests at male young offender establishments were as follows: 2002-03: Young offender establishments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage Number tested Below level 1 At level 1 Above level 1 Spelling 14,742 47.9 38.8 13.3 Punctuation 14,233 60.2 31.1 8.7 Reading 17,721 38.7 28.5 32.8 Numeracy 18,442 46.4 31.7 21.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information regarding progression relative to the proportion of sentence served is not available; however, the number of achievements gained by juvenile and young offenders for the same period is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Entry Level 2,227 Level 1 2,673 Level 2 1,326 Total 6,226 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. For the period April 2004 to August 2004 information on the basic skills level at induction is available for juveniles only and is as follows: April to August 2004 Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Juvenile only Pre-Entry Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 Level 1 Level 1 Female Literacy 1 9 14 34 31 11 Numeracy 13 2 29 37 18 2 Male Literacy 5 5 20 39 24 8 Numeracy 4 6 26 41 19 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 December 2004

Reference

200261; 428 c395-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

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. - (Holding answer 18 March 2004).

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 March 2004

Reference

419 c1286W;419 c1288-9W; 162378

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average proportion of prisoners who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving prison was in each year since 1997; what the average proportion of young offenders who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate...

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 March 2004

For answer on

16 March 2004

Answered on

16 March 2004

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the average proportion of prisoners who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving prison was in each year since 1997; [158733] (2) what the average proportion of young offenders who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving young offenders institutions was in each year since 1997. [158735] Paul Goggins: The following table shows the proportion of young offenders and other prisoners assessed on reception into prison as having literacy and numeracy skills at or below level 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage at or below level 1 Literacy Numeracy 2002-03 Young offenders 81.7 78.1 Prisoners1 69.9 70.7 2001-02 Young offenders 78.1 72.9 Prisoners1 73.9 67.2 2000-01 Young offenders 72.7 75.0 Prisoners 61.6 65.5 1999-2000 Young offenders 72.0 80.8 Prisoners 74.3 64.0 1998-99 Young offenders 70.0 77.6 Prisoners 68.5 66.4 1997-98 Young offenders 68.5 82.4 Prisoners 55.9 66.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Prison Service does not currently have systems for tracking individual prisoner progress. The following table sets out prisoner achievement against our literacy and numeracy targets since 2000-01. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Target Achievement 2000-01 14,500 (level 2) 12,500 (86%) 2001-02 18,000 (level 2) 16,000 2002-03 28,800 (all levels) 41,518 (144%) Of which: 6,000 (entry) 9,120 12,000 (level 1) 17,208 10,800 (level 2) 15,190 2003-041 36,676 (all levels) 38,464 (105%) Of which: 8,1 17 (entry) 11,223 14,501 (level 1) 15,694 14,058 (level 2) 11,547 2004-05 60,000 (all levels) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 To January 2004.

Date

16 March 2004

Reference

419 c188W; 158733;158735

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget has been for (a) literacy and (b) numeracy courses in (i) prisons and (ii) young offenders institutions in each of the past five years. - Will write and place copy of letter in Library.

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

131757; 413 c1030W

House

House of Commons

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