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851016

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the effect of planned reductions in his Department’s total budget on (a) reoffending levels and (b) access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s funding from HM Treasury was reported at Spending Review 2015 to fall by 15% between 2015/16 and 2019/20. Taking into account additional resource funding agreed at the Autumn Statement 2016 for prison safety and wider reform, MoJ’s funding in real terms will reduce by 11% between 2015/16 and 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>On (a) reoffending levels, in 2010 the NAO estimated the cost of re-offending is £9-13bn, equivalent to up to £15bn in current prices, and remains stubbornly difficult to reduce. The Government is delivering more with less through reforms to the prison system including an offender employment and education strategy and an offender accommodation strategy.</p><p> </p><p>On (b) access to justice, we are committed to ensuring that the justice system is accessible to our users, and we are investing over £1bn to transform the courts and tribunal system which will include introducing modern technology, online services and digital working.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2018 17:25:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851018

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of outsourcing maintenance works in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honorable member to the answers given to PQs 123262 and 123441 answered on 25 January 2018 regarding the effectiveness of prison maintenance services. An independent review of the service was undertaken in early 2017, which was used to support several improvement initiatives. We are currently working with our suppliers, including Gov Facility Services Limited, to continue the provision of prison maintenance services to ensure our prisons remain a safe, secure and decent environment.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2018 17:13:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851019

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison conditions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <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. The issues in our jails will not be resolved overnight, but the work we are doing to improve the quality of prison accommodation and the investment of £100m to bring in an additional 2,500 frontline prison officers are a key part of our strategy to transform our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We will also modernise our prison estate, closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose releasing them for housing and creating in their place high-quality, rehabilitative establishments. We will simplify the organisation of the prison estate gradually into three key functions: reception, training and resettlement. This will improve safety and access to appropriate services for offenders.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2018 17:15:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851026

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences below three months in reducing reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The decision to impose a custodial sentence of any length is for the court in the individual case, following the law and sentencing guidelines. There will be cases where the court decides a short custodial sentence is the only sentence that is appropriate, for example, where the offender displays a pattern of re-offending. In response to the high reoffending rates of offenders, changes introduced in the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 ensure that offenders given short sentences now receive supervision and support on release for a period of twelve months. We are monitoring the effect that those provisions have on reoffending rates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2018 17:23:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851049

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest length of time a prison officer spent on detached duty was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 130239 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:12:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851051

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of days of detached duty served by a prison officer was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 130238 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:12:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851055

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Carillion
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 9 February 2018 to Question 125736, what was the value was of each of those subcontracted contract; how performance was measured under each of those subcontracts; and by what mechanism his Department had oversight of each of those subcontracts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The financial values of the subcontracts detailed in Question 125736 cannot be provided as they are commercially sensitive.</p><p>The performance of Amey is measured by the Department through a suite of key performance indicators and other management information. The Department can therefore deduce subcontractor performance from this information, however the Department would always escalate any performance deficiency with Amey in the first instance.</p><p>Amey is required to obtain written consent from the Department prior to entering into any subcontract for the delivery of services under this contract.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/03/2018 17:18:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon