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176157

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children born to women serving a custodial sentence were taken into care in the most recent five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	222241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of children born to women serving a custodial sentence and taken into care is not collected by NOMS. This is of course a matter for Local Authority Social Services Departments and as such NOMS does not hold any data.</p><p> </p><p>There are trained family support workers in each prison with a good understanding of childcare proceedings and their role is to facilitate communication between all parties to ensure the needs of the children and women are adequately met.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 02/02/2015 15:01:54 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

175791

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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, how many prison officers took sick leave in each prison in England and Wales in each month in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	221984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The data requested can be found in the table attached. Figures from April 2014 to December 2014 are not enclosed as they are due to be published in July 2015 in the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing levels of sickness in a sustainable way is a priority. NOMS is working hard to achieve a sustained reduction in sickness absence through targeted local initiatives in prisons, and at a national level through a range of interventions to manage absence and promote staff wellbeing. There are several support measures available to staff to assist their recovery or prevent time off due to sickness. These include access to comprehensive occupational health services and counselling.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 221985 question first answered 02/02/2015 15:42:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name Equivalent working days lost sick leave.xls title Equivalent Working Days Lost to Sick Leave 2013-14
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

175796

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recruitment and employment agencies his Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. The Ministry of Justice is committed to rationalising its supplier base and we will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to the question above the number of suppliers is detailed as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Supplier Numbers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 – 11</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 – 12</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 13</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 14</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 15 YTD</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 29/01/2015 15:54:37 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

175797

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 estimate his Department has made of the effect of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 on the number of prison places which are required.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	222059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has undertaken analysis of the prison places that would be required as a result of the implementation of the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill. Impact Assessments have been published which include estimates for all policies which would either lead to an impact of £5m per annum or more on the public sector, or are likely to attract high levels of interest. These Impact Assessments include estimates of the prison places required and are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a title="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts/documents.html" href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/criminaljusticeandcourts/documents.html</a></p><p> </p><p>An updated overarching and final Impact Assessment will be published when the Bill achieves Royal Assent.</p><p>This Government will always ensure that we have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/01/2015 17:32:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

175798

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 estimate his Department has made of the effect of section 28 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 on the number of prison places which are required.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	222060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Knives on our streets are a social scourge, and under this Government, criminals carrying knives are more likely to go to prison and to get longer sentences. Unlawful possession of a knife or offensive weapon is already a serious criminal offence (which carries a maximum 4 year custodial sentence). We are building on that in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, to make it absolutely clear that cautions should no longer be used for these offences.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has also decided that those caught for a second time in possession of a knife should face a minimum custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has undertaken an analysis of the prison places which would be required as a result of the implementation of section 28 of the Bill. This will be published alongside the final Impact Assessments for the Bill when it receives Royal Assent.<br> <br></p><p>This Government will always ensure that we have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/01/2015 12:57:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

175799

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Minister plans to answer Question 216465 tabled on 28 November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	222061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>I answered the right hon. member's question on 3 December, stating that I would write to him when the data was available. I hope to be able to do this next week.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/01/2015 13:01:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

175800

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times police cells were used to hold prisoners overnight in each month in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	222062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As part of standard logistical arrangements, there are occasions where prisoners may be temporarily held overnight in police cells. We are categorically not using police cells due to a lack of space but because it is not always possible to transfer prisoners from courts to prisons in the time available at the end of court sittings – we have over half a million prisoner transfers a year so it is unsurprising that occasionally we cannot get prisoners back to their prison for one night. This is not the same as using Operation Safeguard, as in 2007-08.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners held overnight in a police cell has come down to around 1,400 in 2013-14, after reaching a peak of over 50,000 in 2007-08. Police cells, under Operation Safeguard, have not been used since 22 September 2008 and no police cells under Operation Safeguard have been on stand by since the end of October 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of prisoners who were temporarily held overnight in police cells in England and Wales in each month in 2014. The totals include adults, young adults (18 to 20-year-olds) and young people (15 to 17-year-olds).</p><p><br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month in 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Prisoners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/01/2015 17:35:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

175801

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Cambridgeshire
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 effect of the proposed merger of the South and West Cambridgeshire and North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas on the time taken for completion of investigations and inquests.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	222067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and the Chief Coroner are clear that the amalgamation of coroner areas, usually after Senior Coroner retirements, improves the consistency and standard of services and can deliver savings.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently carrying out a consultation to assess the impact of the proposed amalgamation of the South and West Cambridgeshire, North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas. All individuals and organisations identified as being potentially affected by the merger have been invited to respond. We will consider all responses after the consultation closes on Monday, 16 February.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of senior coroners (formerly “coroners”), Assistant Coroners (formerly “deputy or assistant deputy coroners”) and coroner’s officers in the South and West Cambridgeshire, North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas and in the proposed amalgamated area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South and West Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>North and East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Proposed amalgamated area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of Senior Coroners</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 full-time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of Assistant Coroners</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3 (1 also covers South and West Cambridgeshire)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Coroner’s Officers</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5 (shared across the two Cambridgeshire areas)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 222068 question first answered 29/01/2015 12:47:59 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

175802

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Cambridgeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) coroners, (b) deputy coroners and (c) coroner's staff are employed in (i) South and West Cambridgeshire and (ii) North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas; and what estimate he has made of how many such employees will be working in the new area after the proposed merger of those areas.
tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
uin	222068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and the Chief Coroner are clear that the amalgamation of coroner areas, usually after Senior Coroner retirements, improves the consistency and standard of services and can deliver savings.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is currently carrying out a consultation to assess the impact of the proposed amalgamation of the South and West Cambridgeshire, North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas. All individuals and organisations identified as being potentially affected by the merger have been invited to respond. We will consider all responses after the consultation closes on Monday, 16 February.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of senior coroners (formerly “coroners”), Assistant Coroners (formerly “deputy or assistant deputy coroners”) and coroner’s officers in the South and West Cambridgeshire, North and East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough coroner areas and in the proposed amalgamated area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South and West Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>North and East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Proposed amalgamated area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of Senior Coroners</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 part-time</p></td><td><p>1 full-time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of Assistant Coroners</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3 (1 also covers South and West Cambridgeshire)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Coroner’s Officers</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5 (shared across the two Cambridgeshire areas)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 222067 question first answered 29/01/2015 12:47:59 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

175300

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Transforming Rehabilitation contracts with Tier 1 providers state (a) that people on short prison sentences must be supervised and (b) the date from which such supervision must be provided.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	221776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Contracts were signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice with the new owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) on 18 December 2014. There was strong competition for these contracts in all regions, and all of the new owners have experience working with offenders or across the Criminal Justice System. On 1 February 2015, new owners will assume control of the CRCs and we will transition to the delivery of probation services under the new contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 will also come into force on 1 February, including those which extend supervision after release to offenders released from sentences of more than 1 day but less than 12 months. The latter provisions apply to any offender whose offence was committed on or after 1 February 2015. As a result, there will be a gradual increase after that date in the number of offenders eligible for post-release supervision as cases flow through the courts.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts with the CRCs will require them to supervise, and provide services to, any offender released from custody in their cohort on licence – including both offenders released from custodial sentences of 12 months or more and any released from shorter custodial sentences on licence.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new contracts, CRCs are required to enter into subcontracts with the pre-approved Tier 2 or 3 providers named in the contracts, as soon as reasonably practicable after 1 February 2015 (and in any event within 6 months of that date). Additional Tier 2 and 3 providers may be added to the CRCs’ supply chains over time as needed, subject to the subcontracting arrangements stated in the contracts. To provide continuity of service provision, existing contracts have been novated to CRCs.</p><p> </p><p>The mobilisation and transition phase of the Programme is being carried out in a controlled way that gives time for new processes to bed in and to ensure public safety at every stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 221777 221778 221779 221780 question first answered 27/01/2015 16:20:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan