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856945

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date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Prison Service to book family and solicitor visits for prisoners and people on remand in prisons; on how many occasions phone lines and internet facilities to make those bookings were unavailable in January and February 2018; and what effect the level of unavailability had on solicitor visits during that time period.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	131457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Prisons in England and Wales are required to carry out these duties in line with Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 16/2011. This PSI can be found at: <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2011" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>This specific information requested is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:35:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

856969

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female people ordinarily resident in England who were serving custodial sentences in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	131481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of sentenced prisoners held in Wales with an origin address in England since 2009. No data is available for 2008. As there are no female prisons in Wales the table only shows the number of male sentenced prisoners.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter 1</p></td><td><p>Male sentenced prisoners in Welsh prisons with origin addresses outside Wales</p></td><td><p>Total Prison Population</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total population made up of male sentenced prisoners in Welsh prisons with origin addresses outside Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>82,772</p></td><td><p>0.43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>85,009</p></td><td><p>0.45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>85,137</p></td><td><p>0.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>86,980</p></td><td><p>0.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>83,842</p></td><td><p>0.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>85,509</p></td><td><p>0.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>86,193</p></td><td><p>0.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>475</p></td><td><p>85,134</p></td><td><p>0.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>866</p></td><td><p>85,863</p></td><td><p>1.01%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data are based on snapshots and do not provide an indication of all prisoners with origin addresses in England who have served/are serving custodial sentences between 2009 and 2017. Furthermore, the data should not be taken to be representative of prisoners who identify as Welsh/English. When allocating prisoners to suitable establishments closeness to home is one of a number of factors considered. We also consider other factors such as length of sentence, security category and offending behaviour requirements. On occasion the offence itself may dictate location, with (for example) sex offenders mainly being held in prisons where they can receive specialist treatment.</p><p> </p><p>All data shown are based on the prison population at either May or June of each representative year. This tool has been designed for high level analytical purposes only. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last whole number shown in the tables. They are fit to be used for comparing the relative magnitude of components.</p><p> </p><p>Around 97% of prisoners have origin locations. Those with no origin are typically foreign nationals or recently received into custody and have been excluded from this table.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is undertaking a programme of large scale prison reform which includes modernising the prison estate, closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose and creating in their place high-quality, rehabilitative establishments. As part of this programme we have started to redevelop the prisons at Glen Parva (Leicestershire) and Wellingborough (Northamptonshire); and we are building a new houseblock at Stocken prison (Rutland).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 17:26:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

857011

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the projected £115 million of savings in the prison facilities management contracts awarded in 2014 has been saved to date.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	131523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answers to Questions 125573 and 125574 from the Honourable Member for Leeds East. As stated in the 2016-17 National Offender Management Service Annual Report, the contracting exercise “exposed that historically the costs of maintenance and services were not clearly understood by the business and consequently planning assumptions have not held true.” Anticipated efficiency savings have therefore not been achieved.</p><p> </p><p>We will only transform our prisons into places of rehabilitation if we ensure that we address basic issues such as cleanliness, decent conditions and safety. Our Facilities Management providers, Amey and Gov Facility Services Ltd, play an important role in achieving this.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:36:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

857012

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contracts to outsource facilities management in prisons, awarded in 2014, how much funding was allocated to (a) preventative maintenance and (b) reactive maintenance; and in relation to each of those allocations, what the (i) budgeted spend and (ii) actual spend was; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	131524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The facilities management contracts awarded in 2014 provide for payments under the following categories:</p><ul><li>Fixed costs – covering planned preventative maintenance, reactive maintenance under £750, plus a range of other services including stores, cleaning, waste disposal, pest control and landscaping;</li><li>Variable costs – covering reactive maintenance over £750, vandalism and minor works commissioned by prisons; and</li><li>Management fees.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on the budgeted and actual expenditure for each of these categories in 2015/16 and 2016/17. Final figures for 2017/18 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>We will only transform our prisons into places of rehabilitation if we ensure that we address basic issues such as cleanliness, decent conditions and safety. Our Facilities Management providers, Amey and Gov Facility Services Ltd, play an important role in achieving this.</p><p> </p><p><strong>FM Contract Budget and Reported Costs from June 2015 (contract start)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10 months</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Actuals</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Actuals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FM Contract costs</strong></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed costs</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td><td><p>73.9</p></td><td><p>71.3</p></td><td><p>78.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variable costs</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td><p>20.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Management fees</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Base Contract Costs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106.7</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:37:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

855937

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to make retrospective any changes her Department proposes to the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	131103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making remains a priority for me and for the Government. We will have completed the review by Easter, and the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice will report thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:34:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

856014

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Profits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department received in profits from prison (a) shops, (b) industries and (c) farms in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	131180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Supporting offenders into meaningful employment is a vital part of the Government’s approach to tackling re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is spread across a number of different activities including Industries and prison Farms. These activities help in prisoners’ rehabilitation by providing varying levels of ability and skills development to help achieve employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>Prison shops, Industries and Farms make a commercial income which contributes back to the high cost of imprisonment reducing the burden on the taxpayer. Nationally the provision of work in prison operates at cost and therefore does not make a 'profit', however any small surplus above cost recovery can be used by Governors to support further growth and rehabilitation activities. To obtain this information, however, would require an ask to all prisons to determine their costs with the activity concerned and analyse any difference between expenditure and income. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:35:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855483

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The MOJ has interpreted the definition of Hyperscale Cloud providers to mean larger suppliers of Cloud Hosting.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has awarded 32 Cloud Hosting contracts covering the period from June 2015. Of these 10 were awarded to larger Cloud Hosting providers and the remaining 22 to UK based SME’s.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 10 contracts awarded to larger Cloud Hosting providers the value since June 2015 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£6,422,253.99</p></td><td><p>£6,010,672.41</p></td><td><p>£7,754,348.05</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the spend to UK Based SME’s is</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£2,426,214.50</p></td><td><p>£8,601,130.55</p></td><td><p>£11,778,514.34</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:34:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855486

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collect the specific data requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Where personal data is held or processed in cloud services, the risks associated with this are assessed (including the potential for foreign state information requests to the provider) and managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 17:25:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray