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1697529

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, if he will publish the (a) locations and (b) number of places per location of all planned prison places.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	19627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>To date, we have delivered c.5,900 places. This includes our two new prisons HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total. This will include our third new prison, HMP Millsike, delivering c.1,500 places, new houseblocks at HMPs Stocken and Rye Hill, as well as hundreds more Rapid Deployment Cells.</p><p>Under current plans, we are scheduled to deliver at the following sites from 21 March 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Places</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="6"><p>New Prisons</p></td><td><p>HMP Millsike</p></td><td><p>1,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth Wymott 2*</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree 2</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon 2</p></td><td><p>1,468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Gartree Houseblock **</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Fosse Way Houseblock</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="2"><p>Private prisons – houseblock</p></td><td><p>HMP Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Parc**</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="8"><p>Houseblocks</p></td><td><p>HMP Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Elmley</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hindley</p></td><td><p>494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wayland</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Stocken</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="3"><p>Refurbishments</p></td><td><p>HMP Birmingham</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Norwich</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>350***</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="7"><p>Rapid Deployment Cells</p></td><td><p>HMP Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Verne</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Northumberland</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Springhill</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Prescoed</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="6"><p>Category D</p></td><td><p>HMP Hatfield</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leyhill **</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Springhill **</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Sudbury</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ford **</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Standford Hill **</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="8"><p>Small Secure Houseblocks</p></td><td><p>HMP Brinsford</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Humber</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Northumberland</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Onley</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ranby</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ul><li><p>* This site is subject to an ongoing planning appeal.</p></li><li><p>** Delivery at these sites is subject to planning permission.</p></li><li><p>*** A wing-by-wing refurbishment is ongoing, with some places already delivered.</p></li><li><p>Any additional sites not listed here are commercially sensitive and information released about these would prejudice the department’s negotiating position and ability to achieve value for money in these developments.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:02:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1698710

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	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
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 reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	902214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has introduced a comprehensive legislative framework to prevent violence against women, including our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>We have pioneered the creation of new offences including coercive control, non-fatal strangulation and intimate image abuse; more than doubled the number of adult rape cases reaching court compared to when we commissioned our End-to-End Rape Review; and made sure that sentences for adult rape are almost 40% longer than they were in 2010.</p><p>And through our Sentencing Bill, we will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders spend the entirety of their custodial sentence behind bars, without possibility of parole.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 902215 902220 question first answered 26/03/2024 18:26:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1698711

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	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
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 reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	902215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government has introduced a comprehensive legislative framework to prevent violence against women, including our landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021.</p><p>We have pioneered the creation of new offences including coercive control, non-fatal strangulation and intimate image abuse; more than doubled the number of adult rape cases reaching court compared to when we commissioned our End-to-End Rape Review; and made sure that sentences for adult rape are almost 40% longer than they were in 2010.</p><p>And through our Sentencing Bill, we will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders spend the entirety of their custodial sentence behind bars, without possibility of parole.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 902214 902220 question first answered 26/03/2024 18:26:02 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1698712

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 and Probation Service: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to help increase the retention rate of staff in HM Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	902217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Safe, decent, rehabilitative prisons require excellent and experienced staff, as does supervising offenders in the community to keep the public safe.</p><p>We want them to stay in the Prison Service and to support retention, we have:</p><ul><li><p>Accepted every penny of the Prisons Service PRB pay recommendations for 2023/24.</p></li><li><p>Injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to support Probation staff to deliver more robust supervision.</p></li><li><p>Rolled out BWV to every officer, to help protect staff by defusing volatile situations.</p></li><li><p>Introduced a New Colleague Mentor scheme to help new recruits feel supported in their early weeks and months.</p></li></ul><p>Retention for prison officers is improving, with the staff resignation rate dropping from around 10.7% to around 8.3% over the last year to December 2023.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:05:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1697026

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	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for domestic abuse there have been in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences covering the period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p>However, it is not possible to separately identify convictions for ‘domestic abuse’ because the information held centrally is related to the offence in law for which a defendant is convicted for. Domestic abuse related offences can be prosecuted under a wide range of legally defined offences. This information may be held on court records, but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 27/03/2024 12:56:58 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1697027

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	Crimes of Violence: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for aggravated assault there have been in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for criminal offences, including various assault offences, covering the time period requested. The latest data available, until year ending June 2023, can be obtained in the following published tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p>Information relating to aggravating factors for assault offences is only available centrally where this forms a specific offence in legislation, including those listed below. Information on other aggravating factors may be held on court records but to examine individual court records to identify all aggravated assaults would be of disproportionate costs.</p><ul><li>8.06 Racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm</li><li>8.07 Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating</li></ul> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 27/03/2024 12:52:43 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1697147

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	Offenders: Asylum
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 19 March 2024 to Question 17782 on Asylum, how many asylum seekers were charged with a criminal offence since entering the UK in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	19256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the right honourable Member to the answer given by the Home Office to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-11/17782" target="_blank">17782</a>, published on 19 March 2024 and subsequently corrected on 21 March 2024. Data on charges is held by the police and published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/03/2024 13:48:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1697180

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	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Questions 3012, 3013, 3020, 3022, 3028, 3030, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3040, 3041 and 3043, which were tabled on 21 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	19463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of Parliamentary Questions (PQs) and the Department remains committed to providing the highest level of service.</p><p>I sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to these PQs. The information requested in these PQs is detailed and complex, and we have been working hard to identify what information we can provide to accurately answer the questions raised. We hope to be able to provide an answer shortly</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 27/03/2024 12:53:49 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1697286

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	Feltham Young Offender Institution
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Feltham, published on 12 March; and in particular, the finding that violence in classrooms and workshops has made young prisoners reluctant to attend education and rehabilitation sessions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL3416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>We are grateful to the Independent Monitoring Board for its report, and for the vital work its members undertake to monitor the welfare of prisoners, to ensure that they are properly cared for. The report comments on the impact of staffing challenges affecting the regime at both HM/YOI Feltham A (young people under 18) and HMP/YOI Feltham B (adults and young adults over 18), as well as on the suitability of the education programmes available.</p><p>Since the end of the period covered by the Independent Monitoring Board’s report (1 September 2022- 31 August 2023), the staffing position at Feltham A has improved, and it now has the resources in place to provide a safe and productive regime for young people, with increased time-out-of-room.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) has commissioned a resource review across all four public sector young offender institutions, to explore opportunities to make better use of the staff available in the current operating environment. This includes looking at the balance between management and frontline supervisory staff. The first review was at Feltham A in 2023, and a delivery plan following this review will be implemented shortly. The YCS will monitor the impact of this on service delivery. Support is also being provided at Feltham A to aid staff retention; sickness absence monitoring, with appropriate support, is a feature of regular management oversight.</p><p>The report of an Independent Review of Progress at Feltham B, conducted by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in January 2024, found that the prison had made reasonable progress in relation to encouraging positive behaviour. In addition, following a resource and risk assessment review, improved arrangements for purposeful activity are being put in place, to support the aim of reducing re-offending and increasing readiness for work, to help prisoners to gain employment upon release.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 03/04/2024 12:58:04 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1697307

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	Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL3361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>This government has recently reviewed and made significant changes to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 amended the ROA to significantly reduce the length of time that someone needs to disclose most criminal records. These reforms will improve access to employment, which we know is a key factor in supporting rehabilitation and enabling former offenders to reintegrate into the community. Serious violent, sexual, or terrorist offences are excluded from these changes and continue to never be spent.</p><p>Where a person has a conviction disclosed, we are clear that this should not be an automatic bar to employment. Our guidance for employers states that they should make a balanced judgment on whether someone’s convictions make them unsuitable for a particular job. This should take into account the person’s age at the time of the offence, how long ago it took place, the nature of the offence and its relevance to the position in question, among other factors.</p><p>The ROA is kept under review. There are no current plans to make further changes, but please see further the answer I gave on 4 April to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-19/hl3362" target="_blank">HL3362</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 04/04/2024 15:13:52 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett