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1523263

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole System Root and Branch Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the reforms in the Root and Branch Review of the Parole System published on 30 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	901698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We have increased Ministerial oversight of moves of certain prisoners to open prisons and introduced a process for Ministers to submit a view on release.</p><p>We have allowed for some parole hearings to be held in public and commenced a testing phase for victims to attend parole hearings if they wish.</p><p>Reforms to the release process, including the Ministerial power to refuse release, require primary legislation. We will introduce this when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:35:20 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1523265

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
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 effectiveness of the (a) rehabilitation, (b) employment and (c) reablement programmes provided by HM Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	901702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We are investing £550 million to rehabilitate offenders by getting them off drugs and into work and stable accommodation.</p><p>Between April 2021 and March 2022, the proportion of prisoners released from custody employed at six months rose by almost two thirds.</p><p>Together with NHS England, we are continuing to improve services in prison to ensure that people have access to timely and effective mental health care that is tailored to their needs. This will be reflected in the new National Partnership Agreement on health and social care in England, which is due to be published shortly, and the refreshed NHS England mental health service specification for prisons, which will be rolled out by April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 18/10/2022 14:36:08 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1523266

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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 steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prison places.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	901695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We have a significant prison build programme, delivering safe, secure and modern prison places across the country. More than 3,100 places have already been delivered.</p><p>As part of this, we are building brand new prisons with a design focused on security and rehabilitation, supporting family ties and resettlement into the community. These include HMP Five Wells which opened earlier this year and was the first of its design to be built; HMP Fosse Way near Leicester which is due to open next year; and a new prison next to the existing HMP Full Sutton where construction has started, and the prison is due to open in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 18/10/2022 14:08:27 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1522728

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the shortfall in and (b) the potential impact of increasing the level funding in the 2022-23 financial year on, recruitment to Independent Monitoring Boards.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	64352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>We value the scrutiny provided by the independent scrutiny bodies, including the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs).</p><p>In the 2022-23 financial year, we increased the level of funding for the IMBs by £0.44m and provided an additional £0.5m of capital funding. The increases will fund structural developments to improve new member recruitment and retention, for example, through the recruitment of Regional Support Leads, who will play a key role in supporting recruitment to Boards through improving local outreach.</p><p>Additionally, the development of a new organisational database will provide improvements to member recruitment and retention by replacing the current outdated legacy software and providing better access to member learning and development records, whilst aligning with plans to improve recruitment techniques. We hope this will positively impact the recruitment of board members and we will continue to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 20/10/2022 16:18:05 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1522460

registered interest
date	14/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of his Department's action plan entitled A response to: An inspection of accommodation and support for adult offenders in the community and on release from prison, published in July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	63201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the publication of the action plan, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has committed to increase capacity across the Approved Premises estate by 200 beds. To date, we have delivered more than 152 beds with the full expansion on track to be delivered by March 2024. Additionally, our new Community Accommodation Service Tier 2 (CAS-2), (formerly known as Bail Accommodation and Support Services), will increase spaces by a further 300 beds over the next 3 years.</p><p>The Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3) offers temporary accommodation for up to 84 nights to prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless. It can be used as ‘move on’ provision from Approved Premises as well as for prison leavers at risk of homelessness.</p><p>HMPPS has also retained the Homeless Prevention Teams as a permanent feature to develop relationships with local authorities and other strategic partners in order to embed and expand housing options for prison leavers.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 19/10/2022 13:02:10 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1521745

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Upper Tribunal: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Departments have been party to cases in the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber involving disputes under the Electronic Communications Code in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	62788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>This information relating to which Departments have been party to cases in the Upper Tribunals Lands Chamber involving disputes under the Electronic Communications Code is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 20/10/2022 10:41:35 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1522093

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many errors have been made in cases determined under the single justice procedure in magistrates' courts in each of the last five years; and what errors these were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	63058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>There is no definition of what constitutes an error in criminal proceedings and therefore no data is collected.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 20/10/2022 15:34:48 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1521048

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s Transparency Data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card, what was the purpose of the payments made to Julian Mellor of (a) £3,000 on 22-23 March 2021, (b) £2,597.60 on 21 April 2021 and (c) £1,500 on 24 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	61810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The payments made to the merchant ‘JULIANMELLO’ were for sports courses provided to prisoners for the purpose of promoting wellbeing. There is no record of transactions with ‘JULIANMELLO’ on 22-23 March 2021 and it is assumed that the question refers to the transactions dated 29 – 31 March 2021 of the same total value.</p><p>The payments made to the merchants ‘ELIZABETH BEACH RESO’, ‘LA PLAYA HOTEL’, ‘LA VUE’ and ‘SIMPSON BAY RESORT’ were accommodation for staff while working in British Overseas Territories.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘POSITIVE MEDIA PROMOTI’ were for 850 USB cables provided to staff as part of a virtual conference.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘THE PROMOTION COMPANY’ were water bottles provided to staff who were required to wear PPE during a COVID outbreak.</p><p>We are content that the referenced payments were subject to normal MoJ controls and in line with government procurement card policy and was an appropriate use of public money.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 61811 61812 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:26:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521050

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card, what was the purpose of the payments of (a) £1,315.40 made to Elizabeth Beach Resort on 11 March 2020, (b) £2,359.51 made to La Playa Hotel on 17 March 2020, (c) £1,182.66 made to Simpson Bay Resort on 18 March 2020 and (d) £1,389.41 made to La Vue on 24 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	61811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The payments made to the merchant ‘JULIANMELLO’ were for sports courses provided to prisoners for the purpose of promoting wellbeing. There is no record of transactions with ‘JULIANMELLO’ on 22-23 March 2021 and it is assumed that the question refers to the transactions dated 29 – 31 March 2021 of the same total value.</p><p>The payments made to the merchants ‘ELIZABETH BEACH RESO’, ‘LA PLAYA HOTEL’, ‘LA VUE’ and ‘SIMPSON BAY RESORT’ were accommodation for staff while working in British Overseas Territories.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘POSITIVE MEDIA PROMOTI’ were for 850 USB cables provided to staff as part of a virtual conference.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘THE PROMOTION COMPANY’ were water bottles provided to staff who were required to wear PPE during a COVID outbreak.</p><p>We are content that the referenced payments were subject to normal MoJ controls and in line with government procurement card policy and was an appropriate use of public money.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 61810 61812 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:26:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521051

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card, what was the purpose of the payments of (a) £4,018.80 made to Positive Media Promotions on 15 September 2020, and (b) 2,130.90 made to the Promotion Company on 21-23 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	61812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The payments made to the merchant ‘JULIANMELLO’ were for sports courses provided to prisoners for the purpose of promoting wellbeing. There is no record of transactions with ‘JULIANMELLO’ on 22-23 March 2021 and it is assumed that the question refers to the transactions dated 29 – 31 March 2021 of the same total value.</p><p>The payments made to the merchants ‘ELIZABETH BEACH RESO’, ‘LA PLAYA HOTEL’, ‘LA VUE’ and ‘SIMPSON BAY RESORT’ were accommodation for staff while working in British Overseas Territories.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘POSITIVE MEDIA PROMOTI’ were for 850 USB cables provided to staff as part of a virtual conference.</p><p>The payments made to the merchant ‘THE PROMOTION COMPANY’ were water bottles provided to staff who were required to wear PPE during a COVID outbreak.</p><p>We are content that the referenced payments were subject to normal MoJ controls and in line with government procurement card policy and was an appropriate use of public money.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 61810 61811 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:26:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry