Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 July 2005. It was answered by Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) on Monday, 11 July 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.

Young Offenders

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial penalties have been imposed on the contractors for (a) Hassockfield, (b) Medway, (c) Rainsbrook and (d) Oakhill secure training centres in each financial year that each centre has been operating; and what the reasons were for each such penalty.

Answer

[holding answer 4 July 2005]: The financial penalties imposed on secure training centre contractors are set out in the following tables:

Financial penalties imposed on secure training centre contractorsRainsbrook secure training centre £⁽⁷⁴⁾
	Liquidated damages for late opening of centre	Non-availabilityof places	Performance points
1999–2000	155,152.00	0.00	0.00
2000–01	0.00	0.00	0.00
2001–02	0.00	0.00	0.00
2002–03	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003–04	0.00	0.00	0.00
2004–05	0.00	333.13	0.00

Hassockfield secure training centre £
	Liquidated damages for late opening of centre	Non-availabilityof places	Performance points
1999–2000	35,759.20	10,014.87	738.03
2000–01	0.00	14,788.62	6,933.38
2001–02	0.00	6,337.98	0.00
2002–03	0.00	0.00	0.00
2003–04	0.00	0.00	606.06
2004–05	0.00	0.00	0.00

Medway secure training centre £
	Liquidated damages for late opening of centre	Non-availabilityof places	Performance points
1998–99	0.00	605,990	43,290
1999–2000	0.00	87,759	17,812
2000–01	0.00	0.00	0.00
2001–02	0.00	114,238	0.00
2002–03	0.00	36,359	5,416
2003–04	0.00	0.00	54,000.32
2004–05	0.00	0.00	37,085

Oakhill secure training centre £
	Liquidated damages for late opening of centre	Non-availabilityof places	Performance points
1998–99	n/a	n/a	n/a
1999–2000	n/a	n/a	n/a
2000–01	n/a	n/a	n/a
2001–02	n/a	n/a	n/a
2002–03	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003–04	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004–05	311,994.80	572,119.84	0
n/a = not available
⁽⁷⁴⁾ All figures are exclusive of VAT
⁽⁷⁵⁾ Performance points are awarded for failure to deliver specific services.

Secondary information