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registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 11 June 2019 to Question 259342 on Prisons: Contracts, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMP Altcourse’s innovative approach to violence reduction on levels of (a) prison-on-prisoner assaults, (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults, (c) serious prison-on-prisoner assaults and (d) serious prisoner-on-staff assaults between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Altcourse is currently meeting the majority of its contract targets and overall performance against the contract is very good. In their report Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons acknowledged that the Prison had strong leadership, and a highly positive staff culture and delivering good outcomes in many key areas.</p><p> </p><p>G4S has introduced a range of measures in response to levels of violence within the prison, including behaviour management strategies to deal with violent and complex individuals in their Brook unit. Performance of the contract at Altcourse continues to be robustly managed. Please see attached table.</p><p> </p><p>The safety of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service staff working in prisons is a priority. Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/07/2019 14:55:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name PQ 269811 Table.docx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135002

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have died in custody while under an imprisonment for public protection sentence with an initial tariff of less than five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The table provides details of the total number of prisoners that have died in prison custody while serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences with an initial tariff of less than five years.</p><p> </p><p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and we are committed to learning lessons from these deaths wherever possible. Most of the deaths were from natural causes but some were self-inflicted, and the Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons, including redoubling our efforts to prevent such deaths. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. This is allowing us to implement the key worker role, providing staff dedicated time to support individual prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and developing a new version of the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those at risk of suicide. We have rolled out a revised and improved Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention course. This is being completed by all new staff and as refresher training by all existing staff. Nearly 25,000 staff have already begun this training and over 14,000 have completed all six modules.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we are focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority. A range of initiatives are in place, as part of the joint action plan, co-owned by HM Prison and Probation Service and the Parole Board, which are having a positive impact on the progression of those serving an IPP sentence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/07/2019 13:23:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 269816 Data.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135003

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the shortfall in staffing levels was at HMP Rye Hill that required the issuing of a Rectification Notice in March 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Onley Prison Services Limited (OPSL) was awarded a contract to design, manage, finance and construct HMP Rye Hill in 1999 following a fair and open competition process. OPSL appointed G4S as its operating subcontractor to provide the custodial service element on their behalf.</p><p>Running a safe and secure prison is the priority for OPSL, G4S and the MoJ, but as with all privately managed prisons, the MoJ requires its contractors to employ sufficient levels of staff to meet their contractual obligations.</p><p>The MoJ issued performance related Contract Notices to OPSL as formal notification of specific concerns of performance falling below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>A Rectification Notice was issued because the MoJ was concerned that the numbers of staff employed to deliver the custodial service were reaching a level where OPSL would be under pressure to meet their contractual obligations and meet their performance delivery indicators. The number of staff employed for private prisons is not published due to commercial sensitivity.</p><p>Serco was awarded the contract to manage HMP Doncaster in 2011 following a fair and open competition process.</p><p>Performance related Contract Notices are issued as formal notification to the contractor where the MoJ identifies specific areas of concern that performance has fallen below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other specific concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>Two HMIP inspections, in March 2014 and October 2015, found that Doncaster was a less respectful institution and a less safe prison than it had been in 2010. The MoJ was concerned that Serco was making insufficient progress in improving its performance to address the shortfalls highlighted by HMIP and that this was, in part, due to their lack of consistency in providing sufficient levels of staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269818 269819 269820 question first answered 05/07/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135004

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increases were made to staffing levels at HMP Doncaster to enable the closure of the Rectification Notice in July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Onley Prison Services Limited (OPSL) was awarded a contract to design, manage, finance and construct HMP Rye Hill in 1999 following a fair and open competition process. OPSL appointed G4S as its operating subcontractor to provide the custodial service element on their behalf.</p><p>Running a safe and secure prison is the priority for OPSL, G4S and the MoJ, but as with all privately managed prisons, the MoJ requires its contractors to employ sufficient levels of staff to meet their contractual obligations.</p><p>The MoJ issued performance related Contract Notices to OPSL as formal notification of specific concerns of performance falling below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>A Rectification Notice was issued because the MoJ was concerned that the numbers of staff employed to deliver the custodial service were reaching a level where OPSL would be under pressure to meet their contractual obligations and meet their performance delivery indicators. The number of staff employed for private prisons is not published due to commercial sensitivity.</p><p>Serco was awarded the contract to manage HMP Doncaster in 2011 following a fair and open competition process.</p><p>Performance related Contract Notices are issued as formal notification to the contractor where the MoJ identifies specific areas of concern that performance has fallen below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other specific concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>Two HMIP inspections, in March 2014 and October 2015, found that Doncaster was a less respectful institution and a less safe prison than it had been in 2010. The MoJ was concerned that Serco was making insufficient progress in improving its performance to address the shortfalls highlighted by HMIP and that this was, in part, due to their lack of consistency in providing sufficient levels of staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269817 269819 269820 question first answered 05/07/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135005

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the staffing levels were at HMP Doncaster at the time the contractual improvement notice of March 2015 was issued.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Onley Prison Services Limited (OPSL) was awarded a contract to design, manage, finance and construct HMP Rye Hill in 1999 following a fair and open competition process. OPSL appointed G4S as its operating subcontractor to provide the custodial service element on their behalf.</p><p>Running a safe and secure prison is the priority for OPSL, G4S and the MoJ, but as with all privately managed prisons, the MoJ requires its contractors to employ sufficient levels of staff to meet their contractual obligations.</p><p>The MoJ issued performance related Contract Notices to OPSL as formal notification of specific concerns of performance falling below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>A Rectification Notice was issued because the MoJ was concerned that the numbers of staff employed to deliver the custodial service were reaching a level where OPSL would be under pressure to meet their contractual obligations and meet their performance delivery indicators. The number of staff employed for private prisons is not published due to commercial sensitivity.</p><p>Serco was awarded the contract to manage HMP Doncaster in 2011 following a fair and open competition process.</p><p>Performance related Contract Notices are issued as formal notification to the contractor where the MoJ identifies specific areas of concern that performance has fallen below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other specific concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>Two HMIP inspections, in March 2014 and October 2015, found that Doncaster was a less respectful institution and a less safe prison than it had been in 2010. The MoJ was concerned that Serco was making insufficient progress in improving its performance to address the shortfalls highlighted by HMIP and that this was, in part, due to their lack of consistency in providing sufficient levels of staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269817 269818 269820 question first answered 05/07/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135007

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increase in staffing levels was required as part of the contractual improvement notice issued in March 2015 at HMP Doncaster.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Onley Prison Services Limited (OPSL) was awarded a contract to design, manage, finance and construct HMP Rye Hill in 1999 following a fair and open competition process. OPSL appointed G4S as its operating subcontractor to provide the custodial service element on their behalf.</p><p>Running a safe and secure prison is the priority for OPSL, G4S and the MoJ, but as with all privately managed prisons, the MoJ requires its contractors to employ sufficient levels of staff to meet their contractual obligations.</p><p>The MoJ issued performance related Contract Notices to OPSL as formal notification of specific concerns of performance falling below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>A Rectification Notice was issued because the MoJ was concerned that the numbers of staff employed to deliver the custodial service were reaching a level where OPSL would be under pressure to meet their contractual obligations and meet their performance delivery indicators. The number of staff employed for private prisons is not published due to commercial sensitivity.</p><p>Serco was awarded the contract to manage HMP Doncaster in 2011 following a fair and open competition process.</p><p>Performance related Contract Notices are issued as formal notification to the contractor where the MoJ identifies specific areas of concern that performance has fallen below expected standards. These can be related to performance delivery indicators and/or in response to other specific concerns about custodial service delivery.</p><p>Two HMIP inspections, in March 2014 and October 2015, found that Doncaster was a less respectful institution and a less safe prison than it had been in 2010. The MoJ was concerned that Serco was making insufficient progress in improving its performance to address the shortfalls highlighted by HMIP and that this was, in part, due to their lack of consistency in providing sufficient levels of staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269817 269818 269819 question first answered 05/07/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135067

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Abortion: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Court of Protection has ordered the termination of a pregnancy in a woman with a learning disability or autism in the last ten years; and on how many occasions this has been against the wishes of the woman or her family.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hollins
uin	HL16694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/07/2019 14:48:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4190 label Biography information for Baroness Hollins