(2) how many and what percentage of (a) female and (b) male prisoners are subject to an intermittent custody order;
(3) how many and what percentage of intermittent custody orders have been made for (a) weekday and (b) weekend custody in each year since their introduction under the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
(4) how many intermittent custody centres there are in England and Wales; and how many places there are for (a) female and (b) male prisoners in each centre.
The two intermittent custody pilots at HMP Kirkham for male offenders and HMP Morton Hall for female offenders came to and end in November 2006. Each centre accommodated up to 39 offenders.
During the pilots we did not hold records on travelling distances for offenders to the IC centres. However, the IC evaluation found that the geographically larger female pilot catchment area meant that women spent longer travelling, usually by public transport, to the IC centre than men.
On 23 April 2007 there was one female prisoner currently recalled at Morton Hall serving an intermittent custody order. The total number of intermittent custody orders during the pilot was 456; of these, 384 offenders were subject to weekend custody, and 72 offenders were subject to weekday custody.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.