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1697533

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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, whether he has made an estimate of the number of proposed new prison places that will be rapid deployment cells.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>We are delivering 20,000 prison places, the largest prison build programme since the Victorian era. As part of this, and alongside further opportunities to optimise capacity in the estate, the estimated number of proposed new prison places that will be Rapid Deployment Cells is c.1,800. Delivery of the first c.1000 began last year, with c.630 already delivered across 12 sites.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/03/2024 16:20:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1697122

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
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, how many and what proportion of prisoners were sharing a one-person cell with another person on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 March 2022 and (c) 1 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Crowding levels are published annually in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2022-to-march-2023" target="_blank">HMPPS Prison Digest.</a> Figures for the last three years for the number of prisoners sharing a one-person cell with another person for that year can be found in the documents here:</p><p><br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2020-to-march-2021.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2021-to-march-2022." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2021-to-march-2022.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2022-to-march-2023." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2022-to-march-2023.</a></p><p>The accompanying annex to the latest publication, titled ‘Chapter 2 Tables – Prison Crowding’ provides the percentage of prisoners sharing a one-person cell with another person for each year since 1996.</p><p>The determination of the maximum crowded capacity of a particular establishment is a matter of operational judgement, considering risks to safety and stability.</p><p>By the end of this SR period, we will have invested nearly £4 billion towards the delivery of 20,000 modern and uncrowded prison places, the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era, ensuring the right conditions are in place to rehabilitate prisoners, helping to cut crime, and protect the public. We have delivered c.5,900 of these and by the end of 2025, we will have delivered over 10,000 in total.</p><p>These places are being delivered through the construction of six new prisons, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of the existing estate and temporary accommodation.  We are also continuing to invest in prison maintenance so that existing places remain in use and are safe.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/03/2024 16:20:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1696134

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals will be released under the end of custody supervised license scheme in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>While ECSL is in operation, it will continue to free up spaces as more prisoners reach the point in their sentence when they become eligible for release, but only where that continues to be necessary to remain within maximum capacity levels.</p><p>An analysis of its use will be based on one year’s worth of data and published on an annual basis in line with other statistics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/03/2024 15:20:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1696135

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department had with (a) probation officers, (b) senior probation officers and (c) trade union officials representing probation officers before announcing the extension of the end of custody supervised license scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The End of Custody Supervised License (ECSL) Scheme is a targeted measure that will operate in certain areas for a limited period of time where we are moving a prisoner’s release date earlier. We are committed to continue working with the police, prisons, and probation leaders to make further adjustments as required.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the announcement in Parliament of the extension of ECSL on 11 March, Senior Regional Prison and Probation leaders and Trade Unions were advised of the decision to extend ECSL, to prepare to implement the ECSL changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/03/2024 11:23:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1696274

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether female prisoners will be eligible for release 60 days early under the End of Custody Supervised Licence.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>As we announced in October, ECSL operates across the prison estate in the specific prisons where it is absolutely necessary, including the women’s estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/03/2024 15:21:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1695697

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the positive test rate was of random mandatory drug tests in each prison in England and Wales in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Figures for random Mandatory Drug Testing (rMDT) for 2023 cannot be released at this time, as rMDT data for April 2023 - March 2024 is subject to future publication in the 2023-24 HMPPS Annual Digest, to be published in July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/03/2024 15:16:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1695701

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barricade or prevention of access incidents took place in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>A barricade or prevention of access is an incident where one or more prisoners deny access to all or part of a prison, by use of any physical barrier, to those lawfully empowered to have such access.</p><p>An incident at height is any incident that takes place above or below ground level where a person could be injured if they fell from that place. Incidents at height come in many forms, ranging from internal incidents (prisoners on the fall arrest netting or climbing over bars) to an external incident (prisoners on the roof).</p><p>The information requested can be found in the HMPPS Annual Digest - Protesting Behaviour data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c1438a90b545000d3e83c4/7.__Protesting_behaviour_data_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c1438a90b545000d3e83c4/7.__Protesting_behaviour_data_tool.xlsx</a>.</p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing returns but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although shown to the last case, the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p><p>The national staffing position in prisons is improving, with a substantial increase of over 1,634 Full-Time Equivalent Band 3-5 prison officers in the 12 months ending 31 December 2023.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs. We are providing targeted support to prisons to operate the Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan (CSIP) which provides a framework for managing violence that is centred around the individual needs of prisoners, helping them to move away from violent behaviours.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 18472 question first answered 20/03/2024 15:17:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1695703

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents at height occurred in a prison in England and Wales in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>A barricade or prevention of access is an incident where one or more prisoners deny access to all or part of a prison, by use of any physical barrier, to those lawfully empowered to have such access.</p><p>An incident at height is any incident that takes place above or below ground level where a person could be injured if they fell from that place. Incidents at height come in many forms, ranging from internal incidents (prisoners on the fall arrest netting or climbing over bars) to an external incident (prisoners on the roof).</p><p>The information requested can be found in the HMPPS Annual Digest - Protesting Behaviour data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c1438a90b545000d3e83c4/7.__Protesting_behaviour_data_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c1438a90b545000d3e83c4/7.__Protesting_behaviour_data_tool.xlsx</a>.</p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing returns but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although shown to the last case, the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p><p>The national staffing position in prisons is improving, with a substantial increase of over 1,634 Full-Time Equivalent Band 3-5 prison officers in the 12 months ending 31 December 2023.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs. We are providing targeted support to prisons to operate the Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan (CSIP) which provides a framework for managing violence that is centred around the individual needs of prisoners, helping them to move away from violent behaviours.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 18471 question first answered 20/03/2024 15:17:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1695704

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Offensive Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapon finds there were in prisons in England and Wales in each year sine 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of incidents of weapon finds in prisons in England and Wales is published in the HMPPS Annual Digest through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c144711e10bf000e17cf9f/8.__Finds_incidents_data_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">Finds Incidents Data Tool</a>.</p><p>The figures include incidents occurring within escort areas. These figures represent the number of incidents where weapons were found - multiple weapons can be found and recorded as one incident.</p><p>Weapons drive violence, undermine safety and security and have no place in our prisons.</p><p>Our £100 million Security Investment Programme, aimed at reducing crime in prisons, including reducing the smuggling of illicit items such as weapons, was completed in March 2022. This investment delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners resulting in full coverage across the closed adult male estate. As of October 2023, we have recorded 46,925 positive indications, helping to tackle the smuggling of weapons and other illicit items into prisons. The investment also funded Enhanced Gate Security at 42 high-risk sites, enhancing our routine searching of staff and visitors. 84 X-ray baggage scanners have also been installed at 49 sites to further strengthen our ability to detect the smuggling of illicit items including weapons.</p><p>In January this year, we introduced Restricted Fly Zones around prisons to disrupt illegal drone use. This strengthens our ability to intercept illicit items, such as weapons, being smuggled via drones, and enables the police to fine or prosecute those seeking to undermine prison security.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/03/2024 12:52:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1695708

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies in the probation service there were in each region on 1 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	18474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The workforce position, at 31 December 2023, was 20,806 full-time equivalent (FTE) Staff in Post working in Probation Service grades (including those working in Approved Premises). This is an increase of 1,856 FTE (9.8%) since 31 December 2022.</p><p>Recruitment and retention remain a priority across the Probation Service and we have injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to deliver more robust supervision, recruit more staff and reduce caseloads to keep the public safer.</p><p>We have recruited a record 4,039 trainee Probation Officers between 2020/21 and 2022/23 and we expect these intakes to qualify by the end of 2024 and begin to take on Probation Officer caseloads.</p><p>Trainee Probation Officers are onboarded twice annually (including this March which will not be counted in the figures below), and this can lead to fluctuations in staffing levels across the year.</p><p>We will continue to run centralised recruitment campaigns in priority regions to help bolster the number of applications.</p><p><strong>Table One: Vacancies across Probation Service Regions, December 2023, all Probation Service grades.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Service Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vacancies (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS East Midlands</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS East of England</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS Kent, Surrey &amp; Sussex</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS London</p></td><td><p>463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS North East</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS North West</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS South Central</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS South West</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS West Midlands</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PS Approved Premises</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>Data shows average resource across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers within the month. Data shown as of December 2023, aligning with the most recent HMPPS Workforce Quarterly publication. More recent data cannot be provided due to potentially pre-empting future statistical publications.</li><li>Vacancies have been calculated as Required Staffing (FTE) minus Staff in Post (FTE).</li><li>Where the number of Staff in Post (FTE) in a region exceeds Required Staffing (FTE), the number of vacancies has been shown as 0 FTE. Summing the figures in the table will not give the overall number of vacancies across the Probation Service due the surpluses in some regions that haven’t been shown in the table.</li><li>Vacancies have been netted off between grades and business units. As a result, the overall vacancy figures presented mask the presence of vacancies at both grade and business unit level.</li><li>Data have been taken from the Workforce Planning Tool and are subject to inaccuracy as a result of the manual nature with which returns are completed. This approach differs from the published statistics, which uses data from the Single Operating Platform (our departmental HR system).</li><li>Staff in Post (FTE) has not been adjusted for long-term absences (e.g. Trainee Probation Officer training time). In addition, we have not factored in loans / temporary cover / agency and sessional. The actual resourced position will therefore differ as a result of these.</li><li>Trainee Probation Officers are included in the data. Trainees spend a proportion of their time training and the remainder of their time carrying out work at a Band 3 PSO level. Both training time and time spent delivering caseload are included in the Staff in Post (FTE) calculations, which means that number of vacancies is lower than the actual gap between Required Staffing and frontline delivery.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/03/2024 15:19:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury