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1140287

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
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 average waiting time for an appeal for universal credit by a tribunal for people with a disability in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Universal Credit (UC) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not held: Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record whether UC appeals have been made by people with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 16:20:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140282

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison gave birth in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	279094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held and could only be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, all pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our Female Offender Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:09:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140295

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce targets for the waiting time for a universal credit appeal case to be heard by a tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not have targets for waiting times. The listing of appeals, including consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited, is a judicial function.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, MoJ are working to reduce waiting times for appeals by increasing judicial resource. This includes recruiting up to 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members. Once this is completed we expect more cases to be listed, improving the throughput in the Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:04 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140304

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Segregation of Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have spent time in segregation by prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	279095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:24:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140307

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of purposeful activity per prisoner were recorded on average in (a) each prison rated in the 2017-18 performance rating as performance is of serious concern and (b) each prisons that was rated as exceptional performance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	279097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect data on the amount of time prisoners spend out of cell. We are examining the feasibility of developing such a measure and are exploring how this might be done, including working with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons to understand the methodology it uses in its inspections.</p><p>Data are published on GOV.UK on the number of prisoners who have completed accredited programmes in custody, the number of hours worked in prison industries, and the number of prisoners released from prison on a temporary licence.</p><p>The introduction of Offender Management in Custody, and the associated staffing, mean that prisons will be better equipped to run fuller regimes with more opportunities for purposeful activity. Our Education and Employment strategy launched last year will create a system where prisoners are on a path to employment, through increased opportunities to gain experience of work in communities while released on temporary licence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:37:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140309

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
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 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, what the value by lot is of Dynamic Purchasing System contracts awarded to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	279099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The 17 Lots in the Prison Education Framework (PEF) have awarded the following cumulative values of contracts under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS) as at 19/07/2019.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Lot 01 - Avon &amp; South Dorset - £519,011.08</li><li>Lot 02 - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire &amp; Norfolk - £429,911.68</li><li>Lot 03 - Cumbria &amp; Lancashire - £334,311.67</li><li>Lot 04 - Devon &amp; North Dorset – No contracts awarded currently</li><li>Lot 05 - East Midlands &amp; Morton Hall - £291,421.86</li><li>Lot 06 - Gt Manchester, Merseyside &amp; Cheshire - £786,416.84</li><li>Lot 07 - Hertfordshire, Essex &amp; Suffolk - £ 543,250.00</li><li>Lot 08 - Kent, Surrey &amp; Sussex - £1,625,170.20</li><li>Lot 09 – London - £19,100.00</li><li>Lot 10 - Long Term High Security North - £311,744.91</li><li>Lot 11 - Long Term High Security South - £242,380.99</li><li>Lot 12 - North Midlands - £6,840.00</li><li>Lot 13 - South Central - £311,959.91</li><li>Lot 14 - Tees &amp; Wear - £1,322,253.00</li><li>Lot 15 - West Midlands - £76,315.00</li><li>Lot 16 - Women’s Estate North - £203,702.00</li><li>Lot 17 – Yorkshire - £630,991.15</li></ul><p>We have overhauled the prison education system and implemented a new Prison Education Framework. Under the new system, governors control their budget, including the power to choose providers and deliver learning that will best support their prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), an innovation that brings in bespoke and short-term provision, is already proving popular, with over 230 providers signed up and over 20 contracts already awarded by governors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:28:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140310

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
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 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, which providers have been awarded Dynamic Purchasing System contracts to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	279100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>A total of 92 contracts have been awarded to 46 Suppliers under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System as at 19/07/2019.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts have been awarded to the following organisations:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>5 Step Startup School Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acorn Training Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Personnel Management Group (UK) Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adviza Partnership</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Nottingham &amp; Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Astara Trianing Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beating Time (also known as &quot;Choirs Beating Time&quot;)</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire and Luton Education Business Partnership (Trading as Develop)</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Career Connect - Duplicate registration</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathedral Training Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Changing Lives</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester College Group</p></td><td><p>x5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Arts Projects UK</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cronin Music Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CXK Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Point Training</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fusion21 Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geese Theatre Company</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLA Group</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good Vibrations</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillsbridge Services limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>InHouse Records</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Karen Mackey Consultants</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Cycle UK</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln College Group</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LTE Group (Trading as Novus)</p></td><td><p>x12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistra Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mainstream Training</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes College</p></td><td><p>x8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>mybe awards Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>n-ergy Group Limited</p></td><td><p>x4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N-Gaged Training &amp; Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospects Services</p></td><td><p>x5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RiseUp CiC</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RMF Construction Training Academy Ltd.</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seetec Business Technology Cente Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SevenThreeOne</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharon Hardy IAG and Employment Services Adviser</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Giles Trust</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standguide Ltd</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Forward Trust</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Growth Company Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Junction 42 Foundation</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TKO &quot;Training, Knowledge &amp; Opportunities&quot; Limited</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>User Voice</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston College</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have overhauled the prison education system and implemented a new Prison Education Framework. Under the new system, governors control their budget, including the power to choose providers and deliver learning that will best support their prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), an innovation that brings in bespoke and short-term provision, is already proving popular, with over 230 providers signed up and over 20 contracts already awarded by governors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:34:03 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140387

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training his Department provides to prison officers on Rule 39 in relation to private legal post.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	278993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) provides training for staff tailored to their specific role in relation to the handling of prisoner communications including Rule 39. Operational support grades who handle mail as part of their core tasks receive appropriate training. Prison officers are trained on some aspects of handling legal documents, such as during cell searches and as part of their initial Prison Officer Entry Level training course. Electronic learning is available for staff engaged in interception and monitoring of prisoners’ communications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, policy and guidance for staff on Rule 39 is set out in Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) on Prisoner Communication Services (PSI 49/2011) and The Interception of Communications in Prisons and Security Measures (PSI 04/2016), and further guidance to support the operation of these policies was issued to Governors earlier this month.</p><p> </p><p>To confirm the number of complaints received by each prison about Rule 39 over the last 3 years, a search of each prison’s complaints log would be required. The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, processes are in place for complaints to be raised, and addressed, locally and can be escalated to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, where appropriate. A new <em>Prisoner Complaints </em>Policy Framework will be implemented on 1 August 2019, shaped by feedback received from staff, prisoners and stakeholders during extensive consultation in 2018. This supports staff to resolve prisoners’ issues fairly and effectively at an early stage and implement relevant <em>Lammy</em> review recommendations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 278994 question first answered 31/07/2019 14:38:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1140391

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been made in the last three years in relation the breach of Rule 39; and what steps his Department has taken to resolve those complaints.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	278994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) provides training for staff tailored to their specific role in relation to the handling of prisoner communications including Rule 39. Operational support grades who handle mail as part of their core tasks receive appropriate training. Prison officers are trained on some aspects of handling legal documents, such as during cell searches and as part of their initial Prison Officer Entry Level training course. Electronic learning is available for staff engaged in interception and monitoring of prisoners’ communications.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, policy and guidance for staff on Rule 39 is set out in Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) on Prisoner Communication Services (PSI 49/2011) and The Interception of Communications in Prisons and Security Measures (PSI 04/2016), and further guidance to support the operation of these policies was issued to Governors earlier this month.</p><p> </p><p>To confirm the number of complaints received by each prison about Rule 39 over the last 3 years, a search of each prison’s complaints log would be required. The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, processes are in place for complaints to be raised, and addressed, locally and can be escalated to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, where appropriate. A new <em>Prisoner Complaints </em>Policy Framework will be implemented on 1 August 2019, shaped by feedback received from staff, prisoners and stakeholders during extensive consultation in 2018. This supports staff to resolve prisoners’ issues fairly and effectively at an early stage and implement relevant <em>Lammy</em> review recommendations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 278993 question first answered 31/07/2019 14:38:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1140405

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many disability qualified members of tribunals there are and what the qualifications are for those roles; and if he will she make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Dame Louise Ellman
uin	278914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As of 1 April 2019, there were 450 disability members in post across the First-tier Tribunal. This represents a significant increase from 358 members as of 1 April 2018. This information is taken from the Judicial Diversity statistics published at <a href="http://www.judiciary.uk/publications/judicial-diversity-statistics-2019" target="_blank">www.judiciary.uk/publications/judicial-diversity-statistics-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>In terms of qualifications, the relevant statutory requirement is that “a person who is experienced in dealing with the physical or mental needs of disabled persons because they –</p><p>(a) work with disabled persons in a professional or voluntary capacity; or</p><p>(b) are themselves disabled.”</p><p> </p><p>This is set out at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2692" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2692</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 16:27:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman