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985726

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) pass and (b) fail rates are for the International English Language Testing System for spouse visas in the UK for each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	178328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded in a format that can be broken down to the level of detail requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:45:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

985728

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will publish its review into the concerted indiscipline at HMP Bedford on 15 and 16 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service are currently conducting a regional investigation into the disturbance at HMP Bedford on 15 and 16 September. These investigations are carried out to help us understand the circumstances surrounding such an incident so that appropriate action can be taken and any lessons can be learned. They are not intended for publication.</p><p> </p><p>No structural damage was caused in this incident and so no additional costs have been incurred.</p><p> </p><p>We have published an action plan to stabilise HMP Bedford. Additional experienced officers will be brought in, we’ve reduced the number of prisoners and are providing special training for newer members of staff - all of which will ensure order is restored and maintained in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>More perimeter patrols, new windows with grilles and increased searches on staff will stem the flow of drugs entering the establishment, and staff will be working much closer with the police to disrupt the drugs trade into the prison. A programme of treatment and recovery for inmates with an existing drug dependency will also be developed.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178348 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:15:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985729

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison
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 cost to the public purse of damage caused by indiscipline at HMP Bedford on 15 and 16 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service are currently conducting a regional investigation into the disturbance at HMP Bedford on 15 and 16 September. These investigations are carried out to help us understand the circumstances surrounding such an incident so that appropriate action can be taken and any lessons can be learned. They are not intended for publication.</p><p> </p><p>No structural damage was caused in this incident and so no additional costs have been incurred.</p><p> </p><p>We have published an action plan to stabilise HMP Bedford. Additional experienced officers will be brought in, we’ve reduced the number of prisoners and are providing special training for newer members of staff - all of which will ensure order is restored and maintained in the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>More perimeter patrols, new windows with grilles and increased searches on staff will stem the flow of drugs entering the establishment, and staff will be working much closer with the police to disrupt the drugs trade into the prison. A programme of treatment and recovery for inmates with an existing drug dependency will also be developed.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178347 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:15:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985731

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech entitled Justice Secretary launches fresh crackdown on crime in prison, published by his Department in July 2018, over what time period the £30 million investment in prisons announced in that speech is planned to be used.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The current planned time-period for the £30m capital investment in prisons is over financial year 2018-19, and due to complete end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £30m capital investment in prisons, is part of the Department’s current HMPPS 2018-19 change programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178351 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985732

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his speech entitled Justice Secretary launches fresh crackdown on crime in prison, published by his Department in July 2018, what proportion of the £30 million investment in prisons announced in that speech (a) will come from current budgets in his Department and (b) is new money from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The current planned time-period for the £30m capital investment in prisons is over financial year 2018-19, and due to complete end of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The £30m capital investment in prisons, is part of the Department’s current HMPPS 2018-19 change programme budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 178350 question first answered 19/10/2018 13:54:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985733

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2018 to Question 173602 on Parc Prison: Prison Officers, which organisation holds data on the number of Prison Custody Officers certified to work each private prison.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>In privately managed prisons the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons lies with contractors. The figures we have provided on several occasions included the number of funded posts for fully certified staff in privately managed prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller, all employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) that hold regular review meetings with contractors against a range of performance indicators.</p><p> </p><p>The performance of all providers continues to be robustly managed and we will not hesitate to take action if and when standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2018 13:22:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985734

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Birmingham Prison: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which prisons prisoners from HMP Birmingham have been moved to; and for each of those prisons (a) how many prisoners have been moved there, (b) whether those prisons apply CNA standards and (c) what the total population at those prisons now is.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMP Birmingham is a ‘local’ prison and its primary function is to serve courts in the area and hold short-sentenced prisoners as they approach their release. As such, the onward allocation of sentenced prisoners to other establishments so they can progress with their respective sentence plans is normal for this type of prison. On 20 August HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) announced that there would be a temporary reduction in Birmingham’s capacity by 300 places. The capacity reduction was carefully managed and we worked closely with Governors across the estate to mitigate the impact elsewhere. The reduction in places was delivered through end of sentence releases, the diversion of court allocations to other prisons in the region and routine allocations of men to other establishments as part of their sentence progression. Men were transferred under the same criteria as all prison moves, taking into account a range of factors such as security category, resettlement needs and release address, offending behaviour needs and personal circumstances. Establishments which have received prisoners from HMP Birmingham since 20 August include: Brinsford, Dovegate, Featherstone, Garth, Lowdham Grange, Oakwood, Parc, Stoke Heath, Sudbury, Swaleside and Swinfen Hall.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Details of prisons’ population levels and capacity (including Certified Normal Accommodation) in England and Wales are published monthly and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2018 13:28:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985735

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Sexual Offences
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 men with convictions for sexual offences held at HMP Berwyn.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	178354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>HMP Berwyn opened in February 2017 and has a current role as a training prison designed to hold sentenced, category C, adult males. As part of the training function the prison delivers a wide range of rehabilitative and educational courses and activities which enable prisoners to gain essential skills as they work towards their release. Although a wide variety of interventions are provided at Berwyn, there is no rehabilitative provision for men convicted of sexual offences. As such, as at Friday 12 October, of the 1,189 prisoners held at HMP Berwyn, none were serving a sentence for a current sexual offence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2018 13:44:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

985739

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing the police pension entitlement for widows from post-retirement marriages.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	178271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The current police pension scheme provides survivor benefits regardless of the timing of a member’s marriage. In keeping with other public service pension schemes, this was not the case before 1978, when different rules applied.</p><p>Successive governments have made a general presumption against making retrospective changes to public service pension schemes. Therefore there is no entitlement relating to service before 1978 and there are no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/10/2018 17:07:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

985740

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Infrastructure Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities that have imposed a community infrastructure levy.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	178238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>152 local authorities in England are currently charging the Community Infrastructure Levy and more than seventy others have taken substantive steps towards doing so. In Wales, the Community Infrastructure Levy is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/10/2018 08:59:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey