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Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 28 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 November 2003. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours on average offenders in young offender institutions spent on (a) education, broken down into (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) other education-related activities, (b) exercise, (c) vocational work and (d) community work in the last year for which figures are available. - Including table.
Answer

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours on average offenders in young offender institutions spent on (a) education, broken down into (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) other education-related activities, (b) exercise, (c) vocational work and (d) community work in the last year for which figures are available. [135867] Paul Goggins: The Prison Service collects information on the average hours prisoners spend on education activities broken down into various categories. The education statistics are not broken down into literacy and numeracy as requested. The information available for 2002-03 is given in the table. It relates to establishments categorised as a young offender institution as their main role. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Activity Average hours per week Average hours per inmate per week Basic skills education 17,035.4 2.68 Other education Education leading to accreditation 10,179.4 1.60 Maintaining safe and secure environment 299.3 0.05 Health education clinics and promotion 1,363.5 0.21 Other education 6,091.4 0.96 Exercise Physical education 18,922.1 2.98 Vocational work Skills training leading to recognised 9,476.4 1.49 national accreditation Community work Voluntary work 405.0 0.06 Total 63,772.4 10.04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Under the National Specification for learning and skills for young people serving a Detention and Training Order, juvenile offenders are expected to undertake one hour of private study per week in both literacy and numeracy, and a minimum of 12 hours of enrichment activities at the weekends.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
135867; 413 c248W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Education Physical education Young offenders Literacy Numeracy Young offender institutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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