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1717834

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
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 13 May 2024 to Question 25013 on Ministry of Justice: ICT, for what reason his Department considers publishing the latest available figures on the number of red-rated systems it holds a security risk, in the context of the publication of the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework on 29 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	26215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>In response to question 25013, the department responded with a cautionary response to withhold releasing information on the red-rated systems due to potential security risks. However, upon revising our previous response we have concluded that we are able to release the requested figures.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are already in the public domain and can be found on slide 21 of the CDDO progress update below:</p><p><a href="https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf" target="_blank">https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2024-0230/Future.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 13:59:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1717863

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parc Prison: Offensive Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) knives and (b) other similar weapons were taken off prisoners at HMP Parc in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	26108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Data on finds for April 2023 onwards is subject to future publication. Data to March 2024 will be released on 25th July, in the 23/24 HMPPS Annual Digest.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of finds within prison custody, including finds of weapons, are published once per year on a financial year basis in the HMMPS Annual Digest: HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2022 to March 2023 - GOV.UK, specifically in tables 8.2b, 8.3 and 8.4 of this link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c143b41e10bf000e17cf9e/8.__Finds.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c143b41e10bf000e17cf9e/8.__Finds.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS continues to work extensively with G4S and is closely overseeing the prison to improve safety and reduce harm. All establishments are required to have a safety strategy in place, which includes actions to address violence. HMPPS remains committed to providing a safe, decent and secure environment for all committed to our care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2024 10:59:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1717479

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Wales
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 8 February 2024 to Question 13012 on Repossession Orders: Wales, if he will make an updated estimate of when the Possession Claim Online service will be made available in Welsh for properties in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	25889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>As a result of the Renting Homes Wales Act 2016 introduced by the Welsh Government and implemented in December 2022, changes to the Possession Claim Online (PCOL) service are required to enable users to make a claim for possession of a property located in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Work is still ongoing between HMCTS and Welsh Government to agree the scope and funding of these changes to ensure compliance with the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/05/2024 15:03:04 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1717651

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the £100m Security Investment Programme in preventing drugs being smuggled into prisons since March 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s £100m Security Investment Programme, aimed at reducing the conveyance of illicit items such as drugs, was completed in March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>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 drugs and other illicit items into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The investment also funded Enhanced Gate Security at 42 high-risk sites, enhancing our routine searching of staff and visitors. Over 140 new staff were recruited into the Counter-Corruption Unit through the Security Investment Programme. This includes regional Prevent teams dedicated to building staff resilience through training, awareness raising and individual support, as well as 20 Police Investigators dedicated to investigating corruption within HMPPS.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this investment, we are undertaking a full evaluation for the Security Investment Programme. The evaluation explores whether the programme has achieved its intended outcomes, how the programme has been delivered, whether it has been delivered as intended and to identify factors which further strengthen its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2024 13:57:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1717741

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours inmates spent out of their cell was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	25980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during April 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weekdays</p></td><td><p>4:16</p></td><td><p>4:28</p></td><td><p>8:20</p></td><td><p>4:40</p></td><td><p>5:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weekends</p></td><td><p>4:19</p></td><td><p>3:51</p></td><td><p>6:28</p></td><td><p>3:30</p></td><td><p>3:40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, creating as open a regime as can safely be managed, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time-out-of-room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2024 14:00:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1716846

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The below table provides a summary of the number of prison places that have opened in each year since 2019. This includes places delivered as part of the 20,000 places portfolio, including two new c.1,700 place prisons and new prison places delivered through houseblocks and Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Places opened</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>2,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,413</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For simplicity, all places relating to a prison opening are included in the year that the prison opened. In practice, a new prison may take more than a year before reaching its final operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to push ahead with the largest prison expansion programme since the Victorian era – with 10,000 of the pledged 20,000 additional places on track to be delivered by the end of 2025. This will include our third new prison, HMP Millsike, delivering c.1,500 places, new houseblocks at HMP Stocken and Rye Hill, as well as hundreds more RDCs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/05/2024 10:42:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1716911

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
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 press release entitled First Rapid Deployment Cells unveiled to boost prison places, published on 3 March 2023, how many such cells have been built as of 9 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	25498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>As part of our commitment to build 20,000 prison places, the largest prison build programme since the Victorian era, we have so far delivered c.730 Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs) across 13 sites, and we are pushing ahead with hundreds more.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2024 16:39:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1716409

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of convictions relating to cryptocurrency offences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	25220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders found guilty of criminal offences in England and Wales, up to June 2023, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on whether offenders were convicted for offences relating to cryptocurrency is not held by the Ministry of Justice, as this may appear under various offences, such as fraud or money laundering.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 17/05/2024 10:44:20 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1716410

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press notice entitled Clean-up scheme expanded nationwide to tackle anti-social behaviour, published on 22 March 2024, how many offenders in England and Wales were ordered to carry out litter-clearing activities in support of the Great British Spring Clean from 17 March to 2 April 2024; and how many hours of litter-clearing activity were completed by those offenders.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/05/2024 11:51:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716412

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Ipsos MORI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what way the purpose of the contract agreed by his Department with Ipsos Mori on 20 March 2024, procurement reference 398437/1351727, differs from the purpose of the contract agreed with the same company on 5 June 2023, procurement reference 336036/1227987.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The contract with procurement reference 336036/1227987 was delayed due to difficulties with finding a survey design that would accurately answer the research question, and eventually the contract expired before a workable design was agreed.</p><p>A new contract – reference 398437/1351727 – was awarded to Ipsos on the basis of agreeing a different survey design, which is more likely to produce usable results.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/05/2024 11:54:17 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry