Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in January 2024.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The information requested, stated in hours and minutes, is set out in the table below. These are average times-out-of-room in young offender institutions. They do not include any refusals to engage with offered activities. The figures below were calculated during January 2024.
| Cookham Wood | Feltham | Parc | Werrington | Wetherby |
Weekdays | 3:37 | 5:05 | 8:34 | 4:15 | 6:08 |
Weekends | 2:28 | 3:46 | 7:43 | 3:03 | 4:45 |
We recognise the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful, and we are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities. The Youth Custody Service continues to review regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, with a focus on recruitment and retention to support this delivery.
The Youth Custody Service has commissioned a resource review across the four public sector young offender institutions, which is exploring opportunities to make better use of the staff available in the current operating environment (including the balance between management and frontline supervisory staff). The first review was at Feltham in 2023. A delivery plan following the review will be implemented early this year. We will monitor how this impacts service delivery. Cookham Wood YOI will be the next site subject to review, commencing soon, followed by the remaining public young offender institutions.
Dec. 08 2009
Source Page: Healthy children, safer communities. Incl. annexes. 111 p.Found: offender institution (YOI). i˙ Section 10 places a duty to co-operate on the local authority, the
Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) The Government have decided to change the use of Cookham Wood youth offender institution to an adult - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) I am grateful to the shadow Minister for her question about Cookham Wood. - Speech Link
3: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Violence is a challenge across the youth estate, not just at Cookham Wood. - Speech Link
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 5312 on Young Offender Institutions, if he will publish on a monthly basis the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The information currently available is noted on the table below, as stated in hours and minutes. To note, these are average time-out-of-room in young offender institutions and do not account for any refusals to engage with activities, as offered. The figures below were calculated during December 2023.
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We recognise the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities. The Youth Custody Service continues to review regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, with a focus on recruitment and retention to support this delivery.
There are currently no plans for regular publication of statistics on time-out-of-room.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days was in each young offender institution in December 2023.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The information currently available is noted on the table below, as stated in hours and minutes. To note, these are average time-out-of-room in young offender institutions and do not account for any refusals to engage with activities, as offered. The figures below were calculated during December 2023.
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We recognise the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities. The Youth Custody Service continues to review regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, with a focus on recruitment and retention to support this delivery.
There are currently no plans for regular publication of statistics on time-out-of-room.
Oct. 24 2024
Source Page: Addressing racial disparity in the youth justice systemFound: How are children (and young adults) referred?
Oct. 24 2024
Source Page: Addressing racial disparity in the youth justice systemFound: Interventions are also delivered in the secure estate in HMYOI Cookham Wood, HMYOI Feltham, Oakhill STC
Nov. 14 2024
Source Page: HMPPS Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 24Found: People Secure Estate In 2023-24 there were seven inspection visits completed across the Young Offender
Mentions:
1: Marie Rimmer (Lab - St Helens South and Whiston) How confident is the Minister that all young prisoners will get the re-education that he has outlined - Speech Link
2: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) I recently visited Cookham Wood young offenders institution. - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) I have visited Cookham Wood. - Speech Link
4: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) There are more than 1,000 young men in prison on long sentences. - Speech Link
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours children spent in education was in each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in each week of November 2023.
Answered by Edward Argar - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful, and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision, with a consistent daily programme of activities.
Figures for November 2023 for average hours spend in education are being quality-assured for publication, and are therefore not yet available. Total figures for October, the most recent month for which data have been verified, are provided in the table below:
Establishment | Average no. of hours per week i |
HMYOI Cookham Wood | Not currently available |
HMYOI Feltham | 8.7 |
Parc YOI | 19.0 |
HMYOI Wetherby | 9.6 |
HMYOI Werrington | 13.7 |
Oakhill STCii | 24.2 |
Notes:
1 YOI figures are for classroom-based hours only: vocational training is not included.
1 Average number of educational and vocational training hours per week at Oakhill.
The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is taking a number of measures to improve access to education and training across Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in the youth secure estate, and at Oakhill Secure Training Centre. We are reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, balancing openness with the requirement to ensure safety. We are also committed to providing education and enrichment for those for whom a classroom setting is not appropriate, and a central review is being carried out of steps YOIs can take to reduce the number of children and young people who are unable to mix. Conflict resolution practitioners at each site are working with children and young people to resolve conflict between individuals and groups, and to help them engage in opportunities available in our care. There has been notable success in reducing the number of regime groups in YOIs, with increased interactions and more time-out-of-room as a result.