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Written question asked by Rob Wilson (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Education: Young Offender Institutions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources per head were allocated to (a) the young offender institution estate and (b) Reading Young Offender Institution for the education of prisoners in each of the last five years.
Answer

The following table shows the calculated 'spend on education per bed place' in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for each academic year, for which statistics are available. This includes learning delivered through the Offenders' Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) to young people aged 15-17 in Prison Service Young Offender Institutions in England. The figures do not include spend on learning delivered outside of the scope of LSC funded provision which is not collected centrally; neither does it include funding for young adults aged 18-20 in YOIs, as this information is not easily disaggregated (it would require information to be requested and compiled by each LSC region). The average spend per place has been calculated using the figures for the number of 'beds' commissioned in the Prison Service juvenile YOI secure estate as at the end of March in each of the relevant years.

£
Academic year Calculated spend per bed place
2006/07 6,826
2007/08 7,556
2008/09 7,628

Prior to 2006/07 OLASS had not been rolled out nationally and therefore figures are not available.The following table provides the total funding by the LSC for Reading Young Offender Institution, housing 18-20 year olds, for the academic years for which figures are available. Education for those aged 18 and over in young adult custody is not compulsory and therefore allocations are not calculated on a 'per head' basis. These figures do not include spend on learning outside of the scope of LSC funded provision. Those figures are not collected centrally.

£
Academic year Total allocation
2006/07 568,771
2007/08 580,146
2008/09 ¹629,443
¹ Includes £49,250 for the purchase of learning equipment.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c509-10W; 295938
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Education Young offender institutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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