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date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 211 of the IICSA report Sexual Abuse of Children in Custodial Institutions: 2009–2017, published February 2019, what the terms of reference are of the safeguarding review being carried out on the children’s secure estate; what date the review was established; and what the timetable is for the report from that review to be published.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	249316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service’s internal safeguarding review was established in April 2018, under the following Terms of Reference:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Review, and where appropriate revise, the current operational policies for Safeguarding within the Youth Secure Estate;</li><li>Review the processes for handling allegations and complaints, including but not limited to, access, response, investigation and the support offered to children and young people</li><li>Review the corporate governance structures for safeguarding given the transfer of functions from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to the Youth Custody Service (YCS)</li><li>Review the staff recruitment and vetting procedures in place and systems for referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service.</li><li>Review the safeguarding training offer and arrangements for all staff</li><li>Review information sharing arrangements between different departments within establishments, for example between Safeguarding and Security teams.</li><li>Ensure the YCS is compliant with and executing its duties in relation to the Working Together guidance issued by the Department for Education, and any other relevant statutory requirements</li><li>Scope and establish working relationships with relevant external stakeholders. For example, the chairs of Local Safeguarding Children Boards on the custodial care of children; Association of Directors of Children’s Services; YJB etc.</li><li>Make recommendations on policies, processes and procedures, as deemed necessary to improve safeguarding measures for children and young people</li><li>Share and disseminate good practice with staff across the youth secure estate, in line with the YCS’s emerging continuous improvement model.</li></ol><p> </p><p>The YCS safeguarding report is in the process of being finalised and I will write to you when the report has been submitted to me.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/05/2019 15:46:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1123984

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are currently in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	249326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The following prisons are in special measures as of 01 May 2019:</p><p>Aylesbury, Bedford, Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Elmley, Exeter, Guys Marsh, Hewell, Lewes, Liverpool, Nottingham, The Mount, Wandsworth, Winchester, and Wormwood Scrubs.</p><p>Special measures are put in place where an assessment of performance based on a combination of data, management information, judgement from senior operational management and external scrutiny determines that a prison needs additional specialist support to improve to an acceptable level.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/05/2019 15:45:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain