David Stanton
Ceist:727 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of places in special education centres operated by his Department for young offenders; the average annual running cost of each of the centres; the average duration of attendance of young people at the centres; the average rate of re-offence by those admitted to the centres; the types of curricula followed and the success in reaching benchmarks of literacy and numeracy and examination performance among the students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17033/02]