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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the assessed level of numeracy and literacy rates were amongst prisoners in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2007

For answer on

3 December 2007

Answered on

13 December 2007

The following tables provide a breakdown of the assessed levels of numeracy and literacy rates among prisoners in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. The figures are for each of the financial years listed and for the current year up to November 30. It is expected that literacy and numeracy assessments for the full year 2007-08 will reach approximately 1,400.

Numeracy
	Total number of assessments	Below entry level	Entry Level 1	Entry Level 2	Entry Level 3	Level 1 + above
April 2003 to March 2004	1,403	85	130	317	509	362
April 2004 to March 2005	1,423	110	118	331	475	389
April 2005 to March 2006	1,486	112	131	352	513	378
April 2006 to March 2007	1,512	118	73	273	588	460
April 2007 to 20 November 2007	828	79	37	177	301	234

Literacy
	Total number of assessments	Below entry level	Entry Level 1	Entry Level 2	Entry Level 3	Level 1 + above
April 2003 to March 2004	1,404	57	65	237	581	464
April 2003 to March 2004	1,421	76	97	236	523	489
April 2003 to March 2004	1,480	90	75	235	590	490
April 2006 to March 2007	1,508	116	49	202	621	520
April 2007 to 20 November 2007	833	77	29	115	329	283

Date

13 December 2007

Reference

469 c770W; 170464

House

House of Commons

Prisoners: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures are in place to improve the rate of literacy amongst prisoners; and what other measures are in place to increase the prospects of a prisoner obtaining employment on release from prison.

Asked by

Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 July 2007

Reference

148065; 462 c1492-3W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of literacy and numeracy rates among offenders released from prison.

Asked by

Parmjit Singh Gill (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1832W;432 c1827W; 224825

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department gives to the Shannon Trust; and what plans there are for further support.

Asked by

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 February 2005

Reference

214318; 431 c528W;431 c524W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of young offenders were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate (i) at assessment on entry to young offenders institutions, (ii) 25 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iii) 50 per cent. of the way through their...

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 November 2004

For answer on

6 December 2004

Answered on

6 December 2004

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of young offenders were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate (i) at assessment on entry to young offenders institutions, (ii) 25 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iii) 50 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence, (iv) 75 per cent. of the way through their custodial sentence and (v) on completion of their custodial sentence in the latest year for which statistics are available. [200261] Paul Goggins: [holding answer 29 November 2004]: For the period April 2002 to March 2003 the results of the basic skills assessment screening tests at male young offender establishments were as follows: 2002-03: Young offender establishments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage Number tested Below level 1 At level 1 Above level 1 Spelling 14,742 47.9 38.8 13.3 Punctuation 14,233 60.2 31.1 8.7 Reading 17,721 38.7 28.5 32.8 Numeracy 18,442 46.4 31.7 21.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information regarding progression relative to the proportion of sentence served is not available; however, the number of achievements gained by juvenile and young offenders for the same period is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Entry Level 2,227 Level 1 2,673 Level 2 1,326 Total 6,226 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. For the period April 2004 to August 2004 information on the basic skills level at induction is available for juveniles only and is as follows: April to August 2004 Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Juvenile only Pre-Entry Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 Level 1 Level 1 Female Literacy 1 9 14 34 31 11 Numeracy 13 2 29 37 18 2 Male Literacy 5 5 20 39 24 8 Numeracy 4 6 26 41 19 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 December 2004

Reference

200261; 428 c395-6W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to improve literacy and numeracy amongst offenders; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Risby (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

196698; 426 c1106-7W;426 c1110-1W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of prisoners were assessed for basic literacy and numeracy in 2003-04; and what the rates were for each of the last 10 years. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 April 2004

For answer on

5 May 2004

Answered on

5 May 2004

Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners were assessed for basic literacy and numeracy in 2003-04; and what the rates were for each of the last 10 years. [169093] Paul Goggins: All establishments provide an induction programme, screening and initial assessment of each offender's basic skills. We are able to provide figures from 2001, but do not hold data for the past 10 years. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prisoners' basic skills assessments 2001-02 114,831 2002-03 118,800 2003-04 123,941 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of sentenced prisoners received into prisons for the same period (not including recalls, non- criminals or fine defaulters) is: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 2001-02 91,978 2002-03 94,807 2003-04 192,247 1 Final year figures yet to be confirmed. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information is not collected and held centrally for each individual prisoner. Accordingly it is not possible to express these figures as a proportion of annual throughput. Assessment figures would also include non- sentenced prisoners.

Date

5 May 2004

Reference

420 c1548-9W; 169093

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the numeracy and literacy levels of juvenile offenders detained in local authority secure units (a) at the start and (b) at the end of their period of detainment. - (Holding answer 18 March 2004).

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 March 2004

Reference

419 c1286W;419 c1288-9W; 162378

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average proportion of prisoners who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving prison was in each year since 1997; what the average proportion of young offenders who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate...

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 March 2004

For answer on

16 March 2004

Answered on

16 March 2004

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the average proportion of prisoners who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving prison was in each year since 1997; [158733] (2) what the average proportion of young offenders who were (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate on (i) entering and (ii) leaving young offenders institutions was in each year since 1997. [158735] Paul Goggins: The following table shows the proportion of young offenders and other prisoners assessed on reception into prison as having literacy and numeracy skills at or below level 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage at or below level 1 Literacy Numeracy 2002-03 Young offenders 81.7 78.1 Prisoners1 69.9 70.7 2001-02 Young offenders 78.1 72.9 Prisoners1 73.9 67.2 2000-01 Young offenders 72.7 75.0 Prisoners 61.6 65.5 1999-2000 Young offenders 72.0 80.8 Prisoners 74.3 64.0 1998-99 Young offenders 70.0 77.6 Prisoners 68.5 66.4 1997-98 Young offenders 68.5 82.4 Prisoners 55.9 66.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Prison Service does not currently have systems for tracking individual prisoner progress. The following table sets out prisoner achievement against our literacy and numeracy targets since 2000-01. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Target Achievement 2000-01 14,500 (level 2) 12,500 (86%) 2001-02 18,000 (level 2) 16,000 2002-03 28,800 (all levels) 41,518 (144%) Of which: 6,000 (entry) 9,120 12,000 (level 1) 17,208 10,800 (level 2) 15,190 2003-041 36,676 (all levels) 38,464 (105%) Of which: 8,1 17 (entry) 11,223 14,501 (level 1) 15,694 14,058 (level 2) 11,547 2004-05 60,000 (all levels) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 To January 2004.

Date

16 March 2004

Reference

419 c188W; 158733;158735

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress has been made in improving adult prisoner (a) literacy and (b) numeracy. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Stephen Hesford (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 January 2004

Reference

142923; 416 c13W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget has been for (a) literacy and (b) numeracy courses in (i) prisons and (ii) young offenders institutions in each of the past five years. - Will write and place copy of letter in Library.

Asked by

Charles Hendry (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

131757; 413 c1030W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

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...

Asked by

Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 October 2003

For answer on

11 November 2003

Answered on

11 November 2003

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.

Date

11 November 2003

Reference

135867; 413 c248W

House

House of Commons

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