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1052182

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department's Estates Directorate has made in analysing water usage and associated costs on the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	215163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice undertook a review of water use, and associated costs, on the prison estate, in 2018. This has informed the development and application of good, typical and poor water efficiency benchmarks for prisons; and water reduction targets have now been set for all prisons. In addition, more detailed consumption data is being provided to prison Governors to facilitate improved water management at site level.</p><p>In-depth audits of the ten highest water consuming prisons will be carried out in February 2019; and the Department has developed a Water Strategy which it intends to publish in Spring 2019.</p><p>The Department is also re-procuring water services contract this year. This contract will provide for the installation of automatic meter reading (‘smart meters’) to enable improved monitoring and targeting of excessive water consumption.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/02/2019 18:45:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1052200

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for employment tribunal claims to reach their first hearing in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	215214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) can only provide data for the period 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2018.</p><p>The average length of time for employment tribunal claims to reach their first hearing from 1 April 2018 to 30 September 2018 is:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Single claims<sup>1</sup> </strong>30 weeks</p><p> </p><p><strong>All claims<sup>2</sup> </strong>31 weeks</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to appoint additional judges to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. We expect a further 54 salaried employment judges to take up positions from April 2019 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This information provides the average length of time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>3 A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaints (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>4 All data were taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.</p><p>5 “Data Source: Employment Tribunal Central database”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:51:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1052204

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies are not disadvantaged by any restructuring of probation services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department recognises that the expertise and commitment of voluntary sector organisations is vital in helping offenders turn their lives around. The Department aims to encourage greater involvement of the voluntary sector in the provision of probation services through the next generation of probation contracts.</p><p> </p><p>We undertook a public consultation on this and other proposals to improve probation in summer 2018, and we are currently reflecting on the feedback received as we refine and test our plans. In particular, the Department is exploring which commercial and commissioning arrangements will best promote the involvement of the voluntary sector and how to encourage providers to develop their supply chains. Additionally, we are considering the ways in which a strengthened regional role for the HMPPS can foster closer links between providers and voluntary sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:57:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052205

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of inspectorate reports of (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending</p><p><br> We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.</p><p> </p><p>No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 215184 215185 215186 215187 question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052206

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of reoffending rates of offenders supervised by (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending</p><p><br> We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.</p><p> </p><p>No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 215183 215185 215186 215187 question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052207

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of employment terms and conditions at (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending</p><p><br> We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.</p><p> </p><p>No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 215183 215184 215186 215187 question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052208

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the financial stability of (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending</p><p><br> We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.</p><p> </p><p>No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 215183 215184 215185 215187 question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052209

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of probation workers leaving the National Probation Service to join (a) for-profit and (b) not-for-profit community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a probation system which protects the public, commands the confidence of the courts and reduces reoffending</p><p><br> We are taking decisive action to stabilise and improve the delivery of probation services. We are ending current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts early and investing £22m per year to enhance Through The Gate services. We have introduced minimum standards so that all providers offer monthly face-to-face meetings with offenders during the first 12 months of supervision.</p><p> </p><p>No comparative assessment of “for-profit” and “not-for-profit” CRCs has been undertaken by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Robust assurance of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 215183 215184 215185 215186 question first answered 08/02/2019 15:00:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052210

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency arrangements his Department has in place in the event of new contractual arrangements not being ready by the time current contracts with community rehabilitation companies terminate in 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	215188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>We keep our delivery plans and milestones under constant review and have appropriate contingency plans in place to ensure that probation services can continue to be delivered up until the point that new arrangements are implemented.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2019 14:51:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1052231

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
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 effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	215240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>In common with all Government Departments, the Ministry of Justice has considered what impacts there might be on its institutions of leaving the EU without a deal, including on prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations are underway to ensure we are ready for this scenario. This includes working closely with the Department of Health to make sure that the supply of health products to prisoners is not disrupted; ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports; and co-operating with other Government Departments to prepare for contingencies such as potential traffic disruption in the South East.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering a revised deal negotiated with the EU remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government is accelerating no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. It is the responsible thing to do. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a no deal scenario, all Government Departments are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts and to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 215241 question first answered 06/02/2019 17:56:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 99917 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon