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Juvenile Justice Centre

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 20 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many chaplains of each religious affiliation are linked to the Juvenile Justice Centre; and how many visits chaplains made to the centre in each of the last 12 months. (143295)

The information requested is as follows:

Number of chaplains

Number of visits

Church of Ireland

10

0

Methodist

1

10

Presbyterian

1

38

Roman Catholic

1

29

1 Church of Ireland chaplaincy post is currently vacant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many members of the Juvenile Justice Centre staff were (a) disciplined, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for supplying drugs or other prohibited items to those detained at the centre in each of the last five years. (143296)

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many healthcare workers were employed at the Juvenile Justice Centre in each of the last six years, broken down by grade. (143297)

The information requested is as follows:-

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Nurse (grades H, G, F)

2.5

2.5

2.5

4.5

4.5

13.5

Psychologist

1

1

1

1

1

1

Attending medical Doctor (weekly)

1

1

1

1

1

1

Psychiatrist (sessional)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1 One nurse post is currently vacant.

The nurses and psychologist are employed directly by the Youth Justice Agency. The attending medical doctor and psychiatrist are contracted-in services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions a passive drugs dog has been used in drug searches at the Juvenile Justice Centre in the last 12 months. (143298)

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many drug searches were carried out at the Juvenile Justice Centre in the last 12 months; and what the result was of each search. (143299)

Regular searches are undertaken at the Juvenile Justice Centre for all types of contraband including drugs. Specific drugs detection equipment has been used on occasions in the last 12 months when drugs misuse has been suspected. Results were negative on both occasions.