Probation

Circular

ANNUAL NATIONAL LEAGUE REFERENCE NO:

TABLE FOR OCCUPANCY IN PC55/2005

APPROVED PREMISES ISSUE DATE:

1 August 2005
PURPOSE
To provide details of the occupancy levels achieved by Approved Premises IMPLEMENTATION DATE:
in England and Wales for the financial year 2004/2005, ending 31 March
Immediate
2005.
EXPIRY DATE:
ACTION
June 2006
To note the figures, and take any appropriate follow-up action to improve
occupancy levels where appropriate.
TO:
Chairs of Probation Boards
SUMMARY
The attached national league table shows that 74 Approved Premises Chief Officers of Probation
achieved occupancy levels at or above the Service Performance Measure Secretaries of Probation Boards
(SPM) target of 90%. When adjustments are made for those premises which Chairs of Voluntary Management
experienced approved temporary loss of bedspaces, the overall average for Committees
the year was 90.97%. This is testament to the hard work of Approved Approved Premises Managers
Premises staff and management. Adjustments will be made shortly to
financial allocations to Boards and grants to Voluntary Management CC:
Committees to reflect performance against the national occupancy target. Board Treasurers
Regional Managers
RELEVANT PREVIOUS PROBATION CIRCULARS
PC37/2004 AUTHORISED BY:
Gordon Davison, Deputy Head of
CONTACT FOR ENQUIRIES Public Protection and Licensed
Helen Jeffery – Administrative Officer Release Unit
Tel: 020 7217 0771
Fax: 020 7217 0779 ATTACHED:
Email: helen.jeffery@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Annex A - Annual Occupancy
League Tables for 2004/2005

National Probation Directorate

Horseferry House, Dean Ryle Street, London, SW1P 2AW
Annual Occupancy League Table - April 2004 to March 2005

APPROVED PREMISES AREA Occ 04-05 Occ 03-04 Change

Cardigan House (Vol) West Yorkshire 99% 100% -1%
Howard House Leicestershire and Rutland 98% 94% 4%
St. Johns (Vol) West Yorkshire 98% 99% -2%
Mandeville House South Wales 98% 100% -2%
Ellison House London 97% 94% 3%
Ty Newydd (mixed) North Wales 97% 95% 2%
Albion Street West Yorkshire 97% 98% -1%
Ryecroft (mixed) Gloucestershire 97% 99% -2%
Camden House London 96% 93% 3%
Kew London 96% 94% 2%
Hestia Battersea (Vol) London 96% 94% 2%
Ealing London 96% 95% 1%
Plas-y-Wern (mixed) North Wales 96% 95% 1%
Lightfoot House (mixed) Suffolk 96% 99% -3%
Wharflane House Staffordshire 95% 90% 5%
Brighton (mixed) Sussex 95% 97% -2%
Staitheford House Staffordshire 94% 85% 9%
St. Catherine's Priory Surrey 94% 87% 7%
Seafield Lodge (mixed) London 94% 90% 4%
Wenger House (mixed) Staffordshire 94% 91% 3%
Welford House West Midlands 94% 93% 1%
Bilston West Midlands 94% 94% 0%
Withington Road Greater Manchester 94% 94% 0%
Southwood Merseyside 94% 94% 0%
The Grange Hampshire 94% 95% -1%
Ozanam House (Vol) Northumbria 94% 95% -1%
Wordsworth House Lincolnshire 94% 95% -1%
Westbourne House London 93% 85% 8%
Haworth House Lancashire 93% 89% 4%
Trent House (mixed) Nottinghamshire 93% 89% 4%
Nelson House Teesside 93% 90% 3%
Beckenham Road London 93% 90% 3%
Bradshaw House Greater Manchester 93% 92% 1%
John Boag House (mixed) Norfolk 93% 93% 0%
Meneghy House (mixed) Devon and Cornwall 93% 94% -1%
Napier Road, Luton Bedfordshire 93% 94% -1%
St. Christophers House (Vol) Northumbria 93% 94% -1%
McIntyre House Warwickshire 93% 94% -1%
Fleming House (mixed) Kent 93% 95% -2%
Merseybank Merseyside 93% 95% -2%
The Crescent Teesside 93% 96% -3%
Adelaide House (Vol) (F) Merseyside 93% 99% -6%
Basildon Essex 92% 89% 3%
Tulse Hill London 92% 89% 3%
Carpenter House West Midlands 92% 90% 2%
Peterborough Cambridgeshire 92% 91% 1%
The Pines, Bournemouth Dorset 92% 92% 0%
Canadian Avenue London 92% 92% 0%
Pennywell Northumbria 92% 93% -1%
Cuthbert House (mixed) Northumbria 92% 93% -1%
South View North Yorkshire 92% 93% -1%
Stonnall Road West Midlands 92% 93% -1%
Chorlton Greater Manchester 92% 93% -1%
Hestia Streatham (Vol) London 92% 93% -2%
Holbeck West Yorkshire 92% 94% -2%
Abingdon Road Thames Valley 92% 95% -3%
Bedford (mixed) Bedfordshire 91% 81% 10%
Sycamore Lodge West Midlands 91% 85% 6%
Bowling Green (mixed) Cumbria 91% 85% 6%
Southampton (mixed) Hampshire 91% 87% 4%
Rookwood South Yorkshire 91% 88% 3%
Bridgewood Northamptonshire 91% 89% 2%
Southwell House (mixed) Nottinghamshire 91% 90% 1%
Lawson House (mixed) Devon and Cornwall 91% 90% 1%
The Cottage Suffolk 91% 90% 1%
Linden Bank (mixed) Cheshire 91% 90% 1%
Kirk Lodge (mixed) Leicestershire and Rutland 91% 92% -1%
Town Moor South Yorkshire 90% 79% 11%
Katharine Price Hughes House (Vol) London 90% 91% -1%
Kenilworth Road Warwickshire 90% 92% -2%
Dickson House Hampshire 90% 93% -4%
Braley House (mixed) West Mercia 90% 94% -4%
Canning House Merseyside 90% 96% -6%
Wakefield West Yorkshire 90% - 0%
ALL OF THE APPROVED PREMISES ABOVE MET OR EXCEEDED THE OCCUPANCY TARGET

Highfield House (mixed) Lancashire 89% 83% 6%

Norfolk Park (mixed) South Yorkshire 89% 83% 6%
Astral Grove Nottinghamshire 89% 87% 2%
Milton Keynes Thames Valley 89% 88% 1%
Burdett Lodge (mixed) Derbyshire 89% 90% -1%
Ashley House (Vol) (mixed) Avon and Somerset 89% 90% -1%
Ripon House (Vol) (mixed) West Yorkshire 89% 93% -4%
Wilton Place Greater Manchester 89% 93% -4%
Bridge House Avon and Somerset 89% 96% -7%
Elm Bank West Yorkshire 89% 100% -11%
Glogan House Avon and Somerset 88% 88% 0%
Quay House (mixed) South Wales 88% 89% -2%
Brigstock Road Avon and Somerset 88% 91% -3%
Scunthorpe Humberside 88% 92% -4%
Weston (mixed) Dorset 88% 97% -9%
Crowley House (F) West Midlands 87% 87% 0%
St. Josephs (MDO) Greater Manchester 87% 90% -3%
Queen's Road, Hull Humberside 87% 90% -3%
Ascot House Greater Manchester 87% 91% -4%
Elliott House (MDO) West Midlands 85% 72% 13%
Bunbury House Cheshire 85% 85% 0%
St. Leonards Thames Valley 85% 86% -1%
Clarks House (mixed) Thames Valley 80% 93% -13%
Manor Lodge Thames Valley 79% 83% -4%
Elizabeth Fry (Vol) (F) Thames Valley 77% 78% -1%
Kelley House (Vol) (F) London 75% 74% 1%
Hopwood House (F) Greater Manchester 62% 61% 1%

Overall Average - 90.97%

NOTES
LINDEN BANK - Moving from mixed to single gender - assume 90% for March.
BOWLING GREEN - Reduction in bedspaces due to flooding in January - Assume 90% for January - February.
LAWSON HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted in March due to refurbishment.
HESTIA STREATHAM - One bedspace down due to police investigation. Occupancy adjusted January - March.
KATHERINE PRICE HUGHES HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted in June and July due to loss of 4 bedspaces for refurbishment.
KELLEY HOUSE - Reduction in bedspaces due to refurbishment, occupancy adjusted January and February.
CANADIAN AVENUE - Loss of 2 bedspaces due to broken window, occupancy adjusted August to November.
WILTON PLACE - One room out of use due to broken windows - occupancy adjusted for April to May.
DICKSON HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted in September due to loss of bedspaces as a result of community disturbances.
QUEENS ROAD - Occupancy adjusted for March due to the refurbishment of two rooms.
FLEMING HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted March to take into account rooms closed for refurbishment.
ADELAIDE HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted for July to September due to refurbishment.
PENNYWELL - Occupancy adjusted for March for agreed operational reasons.
SOUTHVIEW - Occupancy adjusted for November to December due to agreed operational reasons.
ASTRAL GROVE - Occupancy adjusted due to loss of two bedspaces for refurbishment in October, and loss of 7 bedspaces for
refurbishment in March.
QUAY HOUSE - Closure of Cluster property in February - occupancy adjusted for February to March to reflect loss of two bedspaces
NORFOLK PARK - Repairs to cluster/cluster closed, occupancy adjusted August to September, November and January to March.
ROOKWOOD - Occupancy adjusted in July due to the closure of a cluster property for repairs, and between January and March, due to the
closure of a cluster property due to community disturbances.
STAITHEFORD HOUSE - Closed for refurbishment September and October, so presume 90% occupancy.
WENGER HOUSE - Occupancy Adjusted due to refurbishment in March.
THE COTTAGE - Closed for refurbishment April to December - assume 90%.
ST CATHERINES - One bedspace down due to resident with contagious disease, so occupancy adjusted May.
THE CRESCENT - One bed down due to leaking roof, occupancy adjusted November and March.
ABINGDON ROAD - Occupancy adjusted due to accommodation of high risk offender between April and December.
CLARKS HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted to take into account loss of bedspaces when moving from mixed to single gender October,
December and January.
MILTON KEYNES - Occupancy adjusted for a reduction in bedspaces due to staffing problems from December to March.
ST LEONARDS - Occupancy adjusted for a reduction in bedspaces due to refurbishment in January and February.
McINTYRE HOUSE - Closed during October and November due to community disturbances - assume 90%.
ELLIOT HOUSE - Occupancy adjusted for refurbishment of one room in July.
ST JOHNS - Occupancy adjusted for September due to burst water pipe.
WESTGATE - Opened February 2005 - assume 90% February to March.

OCCUPANCY FIGURES FOR APPROVED PREMISES ON A REGIONAL BASIS

Financial Year 2004/2005
REGION NO. OF AP. PREMISES Occupancy Occ 03-04 Change

WALES
North Wales, South Wales 4 95% 95% 0%

EASTERN
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, 7 93% 91% 2%
Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk

NORTH EAST
Northumbria, Teesside 6 93% 94% -1%

WEST MIDLANDS
Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West 13 92% 89% 3%
Mercia, West Midlands

LONDON 13 92% 90% 2%

EAST MIDLANDS
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, 8 92% 91% 1%
Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,
Nottinghamshire

YORKSHIRE/HUMBERSIDE
Humberside, North Yorkshire, 13 92% 92% 0%
South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

SOUTH WEST
Avon and Somerset, Devon and 9 91% 93% -2%
Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire

NORTH WEST
Cheshire, Cumbria, G. Manchester 16 89% 89% 0%
Lancashire, Merseyside

SOUTH EAST
Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, 12 85% 90% -5%
Thames Valley