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Home Office

Answer

Vera Baird: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) male and (b) female officers are employed with juvenile girls at New Hall prison; [104068] (2) how many staff at the New Hall prison have had training in child protection; and what this comprised; [104064] (3) how many times control and restraint have been applied by male staff on juvenile girls in New Hall prison. [104067] Hilary Benn: 14 members of the staff at New Hall prison and young offender institution have been trained in child protection. This includes four who have been trained as trainers so that further training can be rolled out within the establishment from April. Training of trainers involves a two day course and trainers deliver a three hour module to staff. The module provides background on the legislation and goes on to concentrate on recognition of and response to problems; for example, signs and symptoms of abuse and how to deal with them. Between 1 April 2002 and 17 March 2003 there were 71 incidents at New Hall involving the use of control and restraint on juveniles. About 46 of those involved male staff. In all, 231 staff were involved in the incidents and of those about 73 were male. There are 18 male officers and 29 female officers on the Juvenile and Young Offender Unit at New Hall.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

402 c346W; 104068;104064;104067

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Protection Staff Training Restraint equipment HMP/YOI New Hall

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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