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Written question asked by Robert Flello (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2011. It was answered by Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Conservative) on Monday, 19 December 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Departmental Ministerial Visits

Question
(2) which secure children's centres (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited in the last 18 months; and on what dates such visits took place;
Answer

Data on visits are set out in the following tables.My officials have provided a comprehensive list of organisations that Ministers have met, who work with young offenders or offenders who misuse alcohol and drugs and includes probation trusts. Every effort has been made to ensure all relevant organisations have been included. The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly information which includes meetings Ministers have held with external organisations. This information can be found on the Ministry of Justice website on the following link:"http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/moj/index.htm"

Young offenders institutes
Date of visit
Crispin Blunt
Feltham 7 June 2010
Down View 16 July 2010
Glen Parva 24 September 2010
Moorland 11 November 2010
Ashfield 3 August 2010
Peterborough 10 September 2010
Isis 27 January 2011
Portland 27 July 2011
Lancaster Farms 4 August 2011
Nick Herbert
Feltham 18 November 2010
Secure children's centres¹
Date of visit
Kenneth Clarke
Clayfields House secure children's home 14 October 2011
Crispin Blunt
Medway secure training centre 25 June 2010
Vinney Green secure children's home 3 August 2010
Lord McNally
Medway secure training centre 30 September 2010
¹ Officials have provided information on visits to secure children's homes and secure training centres.
Meetings with organisations working with offenders who misuse alcohol and/or drugs¹
Date
Kenneth Clarke
St Giles Trust
Prison Reform Trust
Nottinghamshire Probation Trust Visit 7 March 2011
Changes Project at the Nottingham Women's Centre 6 May 2011
Women's Justice Taskforce and Prison Reform Trust 5 December 2011
Norfolk and Suffolk Probation Trust visit 5 December 2011
Crispin Blunt
Surrey Youth Offending Team
Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Offending Team
Northern Ireland Restorative Justice
Lambeth Youth Offending Team
Youth Justice Service Managers Conference
Slough College
Howard League for Penal Reform
St Giles Trust
UNLOCK
NACRO
Green Pastures
Centre for Social Justice
Young Offender Academy and Natural Justice
NSPCC
Exeter Drugs project
Catch 22
Tomorrow's Training Co.
Youth Support Service
Sova
Novas Scarman
Shelter
Safe Ground
Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health
North East London NHS Trust
Children's Society
Prince's Trust
National Children's Bureau
User Voice
Start Here
Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoner's Trust
Prison Reform Trust
Corston Independent Funders Coalition
Homeless Link
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
ACEVO
PAPYRUS
Probation visits:
Thames Valley Probation Trust 29 July 2011
Essex Probation Trust 30 July 2011
Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust 4 August 2011
Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust 23 September 2011
Crewe Probation 14 October 2011
Yorkshire and Humberside Probation Trust 11 November 2011
London Probation Trust 25 November 2011
Avon and Somerset Probation Trust 11 February 2011
West Mercia Probation Trust 10 March 2011
West Midlands Probation Trust 11 March 2011
Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust 24 March 2011
Northamptonshire Probation Trust 6 May 2011
West Yorkshire Probation Trust 12 May 2011
Dorset Probation Trust 28 July 2011
Cumbria Probation Trust 2 August 2011
Lancashire Probation Trust 3 August 2011
Norfolk and Suffolk Probation Trust 10 November 2011
Greater Manchester Probation Trust 25 November 2011
Merseyside Probation Trust 29 November 2011
Northumbria Probation Trust 14 December 2011
Nick Herbert
Prison Reform Trust
Lord McNally
Turning Point—Douglas House Project
London Probation Trust
Norfolk and Suffolk Probation Trust
Hertfordshire Probation Trust
¹ Officials have included visits and probation trusts

The Child Brain Injury TrustMinisters in my Department have not met with the Child Brain Injury Trust in the last 18 months. The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record meetings attended by all officials in the Department. To collate the information requested would exceed the cost limit for answering parliamentary questions.

Meetings with organisations working with young offenders¹
Date
Kenneth Clarke
St Giles Trust
Nottinghamshire Probation Trust visit 7 March 2011
Crispin Blunt
Surrey Youth Offending Team
Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Offending Team
Northern Ireland Restorative Justice
Catch 22
Lambeth Youth Offending Team
Youth Justice Service Managers Conference Slough College
Howard League for Penal Reform
St Giles Trust
UNLOCK
NACRO
Green Pastures
Centre for Social Justice
Young Offender Academy
Natural Justice
NSPCC
Exeter Drugs project
Catch 22
Tomorrow's Training Co,
Youth Support Service
Sova
Novas Scarman
Shelter
Safe Ground
Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health
North East London NHS Trust
Children's Society
Prince's Trust
National Children's Bureau
User Voice
Start Here
Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoner's Trust
Prison Reform Trust
Corston Independent Funders Coalition
Homeless Link
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
ACEVO
PAPYRUS
Probation visits:
Thames Valley Probation Trust 29 July 2011
Essex Probation Trust 30 July 2011
Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust 4 August 2011
Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust 23 September 2011
Crewe Probation 14 October 2011
Yorkshire and Humberside Probation Trust 11 November 2011
London Probation Trust 25 November 2011
Avon and Somerset Probation Trust 11 February 2011
West Mercia Probation Trust 10 March 2011
West Midlands Probation Trust 11 March 2011
Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust 24 March 2011
Northamptonshire Probation Trust 6 May 2011
West Yorkshire Probation 12 May 2011
Dorset Probation Trust 28 July 2011
Cumbria Probation Trust 2 August 2011
Lancashire Probation Trust 3 August 2011
Norfolk and Suffolk Probation Trust 10 November 2011
Greater Manchester Probation Trust 25 November 2011
Merseyside Probation Trust 29 November 2011
Northumbria Probation Trust 14 November 2011
Lord McNally
Foyer Federation
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Unlock
National Grid Young Offenders' Programme
¹ Officials have included visits and probation trusts.
Prison visits
Date
Kenneth Clarke
HMP Leeds 29 June 2010
HMP Peterborough 9 September 2010
HMP High Down 1 November 2010
HMP Wormwood Scrubs 1 December 2010
HMP Wandsworth 8 December 2010
HMP Doncaster 14 January 2011
HMP Preston 10 February 2011
HMP Cardiff 12 July 2011
Crispin Blunt
HMP Wormwood Scrubs 20 May 2010
HMP Frankland 27 May 10
HMP Coldingley 4 June 2010
HMP Grendon 2 July 2010
HMP Spring Hill 2 July 2010
HMP Downview 16 July 10
HMP Ford 4 August 2010
HMP Pentonville 5 August 2010
HMP Lowdham Grange 23 September 2010
HMP Gartree 24 September 2010
HMP Risley 14 October 2010
HMP Thorn Cross 14 October 2010
HMP Parc 4 November 2010
HMP Usk 4 November 2010
HMP Prescoed 5 November 2010
HMP Swansea 5 November 2010
HMP Cardiff 5 November 2010
HMP Ford 2 January 2011
HMP Belmarsh 27 January 2011
HMP Belmarsh west 27 January 2011
HMP Holloway 28 January 2011
HMP Nottingham 1 February 2011
HMP Bristol 11 February 2011
HMP Brixton 14 March 2011
HMP Exeter 24 March 2011
HMP Dartmoor 25 March 2011
HMP Channings Wood 25 March 2011
HMP Wellingborough 6 May 2011
HMP Newhall 11 May 2011
HMP Wakefield 12 May 2011
HMP Durham 19 May 2011
HMP Woodhill 9 June 2011
HMP Dorchester 27 July 2011
HMP The Verne 27 July 2011
HMP Kirkham 3 September 2011
HMP Preston 3 September 2011
HMP Elmley 17 November 2011
HMP Swaleside 17 November 2011
HMP Stanford Hill 17 November 2011
HMP Wayland 11 November 2011
HMP Liverpool 29 November 2011
HMP Altcourse 29 November 2011
HMP Gloucester 1 December 2011
HMP Leyhill 2 December 2011
HMP Eastwood Park 2 December 2011
HMP Hull 16 December 2011
Nick Herbert
HMP Hull 29 September 2010
HMP Lewes 24 June 2011
Lord McNally
HMP Highdown 3 June 2011
HMP Holloway 21 July 2011
HMP Norwich 26 July 2011
HMP Swaleside 31 August 2011

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
87441; 537 c1057-63W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Meetings Domestic visits Ministry of Justice
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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