1.30 The Prison Service has introduced a number of new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending. These include three KPIs on education; a KPI to deliver 7,100 accredited offending behaviour programmes (OBPs) in 2002/03 and a KPI on the number of prisoners getting jobs on release. Individual public prisons have Key Performance Targets (KPTs) for these indicators.
1.31 By contrast, most existing PFI contracts do not include performance measures on basic skills, OBPs or resettlement. This is reflected in the performance of PFI prisons on these measures. For example, in 2001/02, PFI prisons delivered only 1.5 per cent of the Prison Service's OBPs but held 6 per cent of the prisoner population. Previous governments have emphasised the importance of work in the rehabilitation of prisoners and as a result the three PFI contracts negotiated under the last government have high targets for employment. This was also reflected in the design of some prisons. Lowdham Grange has extensive workshops and a performance measure to provide 35 hours of work a week, for each prisoner.