Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Skills Network Iain Elliott – Skills Network Chair 19 th July 2016 DRIVING GROWTH OF THE HUMBER ECONOMY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES
Welcome and Introduction Iain Elliott – Skills Network Chair DRIVING GROWTH OF THE HUMBER ECONOMY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES
Key points from April Network • Careers & Enterprise Company – National and Local • Greenpower project – racing cars • Round table discussion on growing Apprenticeships and Traineeships • CIPD Conference • Business Week • Springboard • European funding DRIVING GROWTH OF THE HUMBER ECONOMY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES
Agenda • National Offender Management Service Overview – Mary Devane • Round table questions: Based on Mary’s messages • Group feedback – all • Growth Deal – Modal – Patrick Henry and Sam Whitaker • European Funding – Laura Barley • CIPD Conference – Iain Elliott • LEP Updates – Ann Newlove and Peter Harrison DRIVING GROWTH OF THE HUMBER ECONOMY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES
Learning, Skills & Employment in Humber Prisons Mary Devane, Cluster Head of Learning Skills & Employment North East & Yorkshire Prisons
Quick quiz 1. What are the names of the former and new Secretary of State for Justice? 2. What’s the total prison population? 3. How many prisons are there in the UK (England & Wales? 4. What’s the average cost of keeping a prisoner in custody per year? 5. What are the names of the prisons in the Humber region?
Background • Government: Elizabeth Truss, new Secretary of State for Justice • Ministry of Justice: employs 70,000, budget of £9 billion, 500 courts and tribunals, 133 prisons in England & Wales public & contracted • MOJ works with many agencies HM Courts and Tribunals Service HM Prison Service Legal Aid Agency National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Office of the Public Guardian Probation Service Youth Justice Board
NOMS • Our Statement of Purpose The National Offender Management Service is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Justice. Our role is to commission and provide offender management services in the community and in custody ensuring best value for money from public resources. We work to protect the public and reduce reoffending by delivering the punishment and orders of the courts and supporting rehabilitation by helping offenders to reform their lives. • Our Vision We will work collaboratively with providers and partners to achieve a transformed Justice system to make communities safer, prevent victims and cut crime
Some prison statistics… • Prison population 15 July 2016: 85,090 • 133 prisons: different types • Males: 81,221, Females: 3,869 • Children & young people 18 years and under: 960 • Cost of prisons p.a.: £2.8 billion • Average cost per prisoner p.a.: £36,259
Prison Reform • Prison Estates Transformation Programme £1.3 billion to build 10,000 new prison places and modernise existing to make it more efficient, safer and focused on supporting prisoner rehabilitation • Commissioning, Design and Deregulation Programme to devolve more freedom and responsibility to Governors. • Reform Prisons Project for more autonomous prisons, operating with much greater freedoms. Six Reform Prisons will have the freedom and flexibility to find better, more innovative ways of rehabilitating offenders.
Prison Reform • Governor autonomy • Quality • Flexibility • Meeting prisoners’ needs • Progression to employment
Coates Prison Education Review May 2016 Key Facts • Ofsted’s ‘Overall Effectiveness’ judgements in 2014/15 showed only 2 prisons were ‘Outstanding’. Nine Prisons were 'Good’, 27 prisons ‘Required Improvement’ and 7 were ‘Inadequate’. • 24% of adult prisoners report they have been in care compared to 2% in general population. • 42% of adult prisoners report they were permanently excluded from school. • A larger proportion of prisoners assessed on reception have English and Maths at entry level 1-3 than Level 1 and 2 combined
Key Facts • Nearly one third of prisoners self-identified on initial assessment as having a learning difficulty and/or disability (LDD). • Out of 101,600 learners, under the present OLASS (Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service) contracts for prison education, only 100 prisoners participated in a full Level 3 course in 2014/15 (equivalent to ‘A’ level ), • One fifth of prisoners say they would have preferred to be studying at a higher Level than they were currently. • Three fifths of prisoners leave prison without an identified employment or education or training outcome.
Current LSE management 2016-17 • Learning Skills & Employment in Custody is delivered by both prison and contracted providers for careers advice & guidance, education and training & library provision. • Contracted LSE provision is in process of being re- commissioned for 1 August 2017 to support implementation of prison reforms and 31 recommendations of Coates review • Other organisations that support the LSE agenda include: National Probation Service (NPS) in England and Wales (part of NOMS) who directly manage higher risk offenders in custody and on release Contracted Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) contracted to manage low and medium risk offenders in custody and on release Job Centre Plus contracted to provide employment and benefit advice in custody
HMPs Hull, Humber & Full Sutton • HMP Hull Population 983, Category B local prison holding remand, sentenced and convicted adult males (except Cat A). 74% stay 6-8 weeks, 26% VP & sex offenders stay 2-3 years. 50% of population transfer to HMP Humber. • HMP Humber Population 1062, Category C Resettlement Prison holds adult males over 21 with sentences over 4 years, of which 60% are within last 12 months of sentence • 54% are released back to Nth Yorkshire, Humber & Lincolnshire area • HMP Full Sutton Population 590, Category A & B High Security prison holding adult males sentenced over 4 years, including IPPs and lifers, all with more than 12 months to serve. 50% VP & sex offenders. A dispersal prison - offenders released back to areas throughout UK.
HMP Hull, Humber & Full Sutton cont. • Current contracted out LSE funding for HMP Hull, Humber and Full Sutton is over £7million (education, training, careers and library) plus additional investment funding we have secured from other providers e.g. ESF CFO (Humber & Full Sutton) • Wide range of education, training and employment provision based on LMI and offenders needs • Links to employers both inside and on release. Contract work within prison workshops and ROTL (Humber) and jobs with some employers on release. Recently held a very successful recruitment event at Humber with Siemens.
HMP Education, training & employment • Education: Range of education courses delivered by contracted provider - Functional Skills, Employability & ICT, Personal & Social Development including arts, self employment. Also OU/Distance Learning • Vocational training: based on LMI – construction, catering and hospitality, cleaning, waste management, engineering, printing, mentoring, horticulture, performing manufacturing operations, customer service, fitness instructors, • Employment: Wide range of real jobs in prison and contract work. Some links to employers on release - area for development.
LEP Justice Group Mapping exercise and new terms of reference in progress Remit includes enabling offenders / ex offenders to better access education, training and employment opportunities, to ensure offenders are prepared for the needs of local business etc. Membership includes: • Prison reps: Chair Governor Ian Telfer HMP Humber, Governor Rick Stuart HMP Hull • Keith Hunter, Police & Crime Commission • JCP • Contracted Education Providers in custody
Questions round table discussions 1. How can we break down the barriers between HMP Hull, Humber, Full Sutton and the community? 2. Is your provision available to offenders and how can we ensure offenders are aware of engage with what you can offer on release? 3. What support or investment could you offer to HMP Hull, Humber & Full Sutton for offenders in custody and those being released into the community to support their rehabilitation and reduce the risk of reoffending? 4. What further support or information can we, the prisons, provide?
Breaking down the barriers – inside/out • Links with your provision through the gate - education, training, apprenticeships, employers/work placements • Delivering your courses ‘inside out’ model – HMP/your learners • Teacher trainees and volunteer placements • Mentoring/sponsoring • Funding and investment opportunities • Sharing good practice • Business/enterprise – using HMP workshops and facilities e.g. for your printing, joinery, furniture repair, catering needs, bicycle repairs • Joint ventures – arts projects, singing, music drama, family days • Donations – equipment, resources • Open days
Thank you Contact details: Mary Devane: mary.devane@hmps.gsi.gov.uk Tel: 07964133829
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