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1579489

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on (a) the reasons for and (b) subsequent employment taken up by prison officers leaving the prison service.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	129971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>In answer to part (a): The quarterly HM Prison &amp; Probation workforce quarterly publication covers staffing information, including leavers by reason by grade.</p><p>In response to part (b) this information is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 31/01/2023 17:27:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1579500

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) make assessment of the effectiveness of existing funding and (b) take steps to establish a cross-Departmental fund for women’s community services.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	129972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Further to the £9.5 million invested in the women’s community sector since the publication of the Female Offender Strategy in June 2018, in September 2022 we announced funding of up to £21 million until 2025. All MoJ grant funding is subject to a rigorous bid process that requires successful recipients to report on the effectiveness of funding.</p><p>An Impact Assessment will be published alongside the forthcoming Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan that will include an estimate of the number of additional women that could be supported through women’s services as a result of our funding.</p><p>The effectiveness of our funding for women’s community services will be evaluated and inform future funding decisions, overseen by the Ministerial Women in Criminal Justice System board.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/01/2023 15:48:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1579641

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage
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 employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	129901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>I can confirm that all Ministry of Justice employees are currently paid above the rate of National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 13:59:06 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1579718

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Energy Supply
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 20 January 2022 to Question 125503 on Prisons: Energy Supply, what is the total cost of works already started and fully committed to by (a) UK Power Networks and (b) other electrical supply contractors to install additional power to the (i) HMP Grendon and (ii) HMP Springhill site areas; and how much and what proportion of that existing cost is for use by (A) existing prisons and (B) planned prisons which do not have planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	130055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The total cost of necessary power upgrades has not been finalised. This is because the final cost is dependent on the route taken, which is subject to the relevant Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) securing the necessary consents and wayleaves and any stipulations made by the Local Authority in relation to works.</p><p>Works already started are to support a necessary uplift in energy capacity at the existing prison (HMP Springhill) only. The existing power demand at HMP Springhill is already currently over capacity, therefore that site requires a power upgrade irrespective of the proposed expansion. No works already started relate to the proposed new prison currently undergoing planning.</p><p>The total commitment to date to UK Power Networks for this upgrade is £840,000 (including VAT).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 31/01/2023 17:28:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1579845

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges and Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what happens to the disciplinary records of (a) judges and (b) prison officers when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	129774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <ol start="1"><li><p>The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice are jointly responsible for judicial discipline. They are supported by the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which keeps a record of disciplinary findings made against Judicial Office Holders. Those records are kept indefinitely, and any disciplinary sanctions taken against Judicial Office Holders are published on the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office website. A subsequent change of gender and/name by a Judicial Office Holder would have no bearing on the retention of disciplinary records. Should a Judicial Office Holder with a published disciplinary sanction against them subsequently change their name, a note would be made to the published sanction which would identify this.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>In relation to prison officers, processes are available to support the changing of an individual’s name and other characteristics within departmental HR records. Regardless of an individual’s gender or name, disciplinary records are retained in line with departmental document retention policies.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 14:03:04 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1568944

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
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 18 January 2023 to Question 119232 on Crown Court and Magistrates Courts: Repairs and Maintenance, what the average number of cases heard per day was in (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	128643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/01/2023 09:21:18 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1569071

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual staffing budget was for the Probation Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	128694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The total amount budgeted and spent by Ministry of Justice on Probation Services in England and Wales for the years requested is set out in a summary table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p>787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>- All figures in £m.</p><p>- Annual budgets are set taking into account vacancy levels and recruitment profiles.</p><p>- Data extracted from the MoJ accounting system, as per the year-end audited management accounts.</p><p>- Includes payroll costs and agency staff used to cover vacancies.</p><p>- Figures from July 2020 onwards includes costs that were transferred back to public ownership following the end of Community Rehabilitation Companies.</p><p>- In June 2021 over 7,000 staff were transferred from more than 50 legacy employers into the new unified Probation Service. This explains the payroll increase in spend and budget in 20/21 (part-year impact) and 21/22 (full year impact).</p><p>- All figures presented in nominal terms and have not been adjusted for inflationary factors.</p><p>- Data includes all Probation Services in England &amp; Wales, Probation Reform Programme and those within Reducing Reoffending &amp; Accommodation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 128695 question first answered 26/01/2023 09:14:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1569072

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on staffing in the Probation Service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	128695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The total amount budgeted and spent by Ministry of Justice on Probation Services in England and Wales for the years requested is set out in a summary table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>782</p></td><td><p>787</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>- All figures in £m.</p><p>- Annual budgets are set taking into account vacancy levels and recruitment profiles.</p><p>- Data extracted from the MoJ accounting system, as per the year-end audited management accounts.</p><p>- Includes payroll costs and agency staff used to cover vacancies.</p><p>- Figures from July 2020 onwards includes costs that were transferred back to public ownership following the end of Community Rehabilitation Companies.</p><p>- In June 2021 over 7,000 staff were transferred from more than 50 legacy employers into the new unified Probation Service. This explains the payroll increase in spend and budget in 20/21 (part-year impact) and 21/22 (full year impact).</p><p>- All figures presented in nominal terms and have not been adjusted for inflationary factors.</p><p>- Data includes all Probation Services in England &amp; Wales, Probation Reform Programme and those within Reducing Reoffending &amp; Accommodation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 128694 question first answered 26/01/2023 09:14:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1566187

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving a life sentence had their first parole hearing on or after tariff expiry; and, for each year since 2009, how many of these were (1) directed for release, or (2) not directed for release, following the hearing.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL4656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>By law any prisoner serving a life sentence who has completed the minimum term (tariff) set by the Court at the point of sentence is eligible to be considered for release, but will actually be released only when the Parole Board concludes that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for them to remain confined.</p><p>The total number of prisoners serving a life sentence that had their first parole hearing on or after tariff expiry; and were (1) directed for release, or (2) not directed for release, following the hearing, is shown in the following table;</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of Life Sentenced Offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not directed for release</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Records from before 2010 could not be located using administrative systems.</p><p>Notes:</p><p>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by HM Prison &amp; Probation Service. Consequently, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 25/01/2023 16:16:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1566203

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Islam
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bellamy on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1296), what research they have conducted on the impact of Muslim chaplains on (1) Islamism, and (2) non-Muslims, in prisons.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL4672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Muslim Chaplains in prison play a central role in challenging Islamism through the delivery of HM Prison and Probation Service’s Tarbiyah programme. This has been independently peer-reviewed and provides prisoners with a nuanced and holistic understanding of the faith and is therefore a crucial protective factor against Islamist extremism. In addition, the Home Office commissioned an independent evaluation of the Desistence and Disengagement Programme (which includes a Theological and Ideological Intervention), which is expected to conclude this year. No research has been undertaken on the impact of Muslim Chaplains on non-Muslims in prison.</p><p>Our Muslim Chaplains work closely with chaplains of all other faiths and beliefs in delivering HMPPS’ multi-faith model of chaplaincy support which includes the provision of non-religious pastoral care to prisoners and staff of all faiths and none. As set out in Prison Service Instruction 5/2016 (Faith and Pastoral Care of Prisoners) a prisoner or staff member may request support from a chaplain of a specific faith or belief if not the same as the duty chaplain which will be arranged as soon as possible if a chaplain of that denomination is not on duty at the time of request.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 23/01/2023 11:52:41 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch