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857752

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the timetable for arrangements to replace National Careers Service provision in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We will establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to operate alongside the main Prison Education Framework contract which will allow governors to commission specialist providers to complement the main educational provision.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission careers advice through the DPS, and we believe this will allow governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment.</p><p> </p><p>We carry out financial and commercial due diligence on potential suppliers as part of the procurement process for any new contracts that will be awarded for careers advice. This is part of the standard approach to due diligence as part of government procurement.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131662 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:42:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

810696

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Liverpool Prison: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recent report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Liverpool, what steps his Department will take to address safety concerns expressed therein.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	121041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The levels of violence and self-harm in our prisons are too high. Our immediate priority in HMPPS is to make prisons safer for everyone who lives or works in them. We are working with a newly appointed Governor and her Senior Management Team to improve the approach to safety at HMP Liverpool and achieve immediate improvements.</p><p> </p><p>As part of strengthening the approach the prison has also appointed a new Head of Safety who is being supported by the Regional Safer Custody Team. This will allow Liverpool to learn from the best practice undertaken at other sites and have additional resources to support implementation activity.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for managing and supporting prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm have been improved, including an improved risk screening tool in operation on reception and a new practice which increases support and encourages prisoners to engage effectively. This approach is supported by the additional significant increases in staff which Liverpool has seen over the last year. The updating of Suicide &amp; Self Harm Training (SASH) and ACCT Case Manager training has commenced and will be rolled out to all staff over the coming year.</p><p> </p><p>A review of the substance misuse strategy has been undertaken by a national expert and a new Head of Substance Misuse has been appointed to take forward the recommendations and to tackle the challenges posed by NPS and other drugs.</p><p> </p><p>A new daily regime for prisoners which allows them to spend more time out of their cells and access better education, work and healthcare has been implemented which should reduce their frustration.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:21:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 33814 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1346939

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Re-employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The use of ‘fire and rehire negotiation tactics’ is not an approach that my Department deploys.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been very clear that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is completely unacceptable. We always expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. We are confident that all non-departmental public bodies are aware of the Government’s position on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>We work constructively with each non-departmental public body we have responsibility for and this includes when it comes to workforce management matters, however each is ultimately responsible for the management of their staff.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/07/2021 15:54:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1024765

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Prisons of 13 November 2018, Official Report, column 171, how many prisoners have been referred to employment or education since 1 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	202123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2018 17:56:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

932716

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Female Offender Strategy, published by his Department on 28 June 2018, whether his Department plans to impose a financial charge on probation employees to be registered with the professional probation register announced in that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	159013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/08/2018 answer text <p>The Department is exploring options for developing a professional register for probation staff. This work is in the early scoping stages and no decisions have been made on how the register will be funded.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/08/2018 09:33:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

932713

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Female Offender Strategy, published by his Department on 28 June 2018, how much funding has been allocated for the five women’s residential centre pilots announced in that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	159010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2018 answer text <p>Our vision for the ‘residential women’s centres’ pilot is the provision of an intensive residential support package in the community for women at risk of, or having served, short custodial sentences. The intention is to divert them from custody where appropriate and support them to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any past or existing provision that fully accords with this, but there are several similar small-scale models such as Willowdene Farm, Anawim and Threshold Housing First. Therefore, we are unable to provide any information about how many women’s residential centres were in operation in each year since 2007.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure that any model taken forward as part of the pilot is sustainable, credible and appropriate for the local context of each site. That is why we will be working with local and national partners to develop the pilot and, as part of our process of engagement, we will be exploring different funding models.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 159009 159011 question first answered 29/08/2018 15:29:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

932712

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Residential Women's Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Female Offender Strategy, published by his Department on 28 June 2018, how his Department plans to fund the five women’s residential centre pilots announced in that strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	159009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2018 answer text <p>Our vision for the ‘residential women’s centres’ pilot is the provision of an intensive residential support package in the community for women at risk of, or having served, short custodial sentences. The intention is to divert them from custody where appropriate and support them to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any past or existing provision that fully accords with this, but there are several similar small-scale models such as Willowdene Farm, Anawim and Threshold Housing First. Therefore, we are unable to provide any information about how many women’s residential centres were in operation in each year since 2007.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure that any model taken forward as part of the pilot is sustainable, credible and appropriate for the local context of each site. That is why we will be working with local and national partners to develop the pilot and, as part of our process of engagement, we will be exploring different funding models.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 159010 159011 question first answered 29/08/2018 15:29:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778269

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, will reference to his Department's press release, Increased security measures to give prison officers right tools for job, published on 22 October 2017, how many police-style handcuffs and restraints will be provided to prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	109983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure the safety of our staff in our prisons. We are therefore issuing the rigid bar handcuffs to all front line staff who currently carry a baton. As part of the roll out, staff will be required to be trained in the use of the handcuffs which will be carried out during their annual control and restraint refresher training. We have begun the procurement of the new handcuffs and will deliver these, alongside the necessary training, to all frontline staff as quickly as practicable.</p><p>We are fully committed to addressing violence and assaults by increasing staffing levels and improving prisoner-staff relationships. We are making swift progress in strengthening the frontline, with 20,003 individual prison officers in post at the end of August – an increase of 1,290 since October 2016. Alongside this, we are moving to a new key worker model which will mean every residential prison officer supporting a caseload of around 6 prisoners. This will mean prisoners have a consistent, named officer to challenge and support them away from violence and reoffending.</p><p>We have also invested in 5,600 body-worn cameras across the prison estate, rolled out alongside training in staff interaction with prisoners, to support better relationships and give high-quality evidence to support prosecutions where assaults do take place.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 109982 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:43:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

857760

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which services provided by the National Careers Service he plans to replace after the ending of that service's provision in prisons by 1 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 a review of prison education by Dame Sally Coates commented on the overlap and duplication within current arrangements for support to prisoners. The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service considered an internal review of National Careers Service (NCS) in custody delivery, which included the views of Governors and learning and skills staff,and identified significant inconsistencies and variations in delivery between prisons making it difficult to be assured that a universal and equitable service was being provided across the estate. The key findings of the review indicated that the National Careers Service in Custody contract was not delivering universal coverage across the estate and there was little time and opportunity to make the contract more responsive if extended for the maximum period of six months.</p><p> </p><p>The current contracts for NCS delivery in custody (which are owned by the Education and Skills Funding Agency) will end on 31st March 2018. The contract could have been extended for a further period of 6 months maximum but such an extension left little time or opportunity to make them more responsive to the needs of people in prison. It may also have led to a further decline in delivery and performance as the contracts wound down and NCS staff sought and secured alternative employment. To avoid this, and to maintain value for money, a decision was taken not to extend the contracts further. The ESFA, under the terms of their contract gave notice to their providers by the end of 2017. Governors were informed via an internal HMPPS communication during the week of 22 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary interest around this area has been received from Lord Beecham who asked an Urgent Question which was tabled in the Lords on 31 January (asking why the government had cancelled the contract of the National Careers Service) and Lord Bird who is also seeking a meeting with Lord Keen to discuss this issue.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) through a new Dynamic Purchasing System introduced as part of the education reform arrangements. This will enable governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment. Until then prison governors will continue to have access to a range of existing providers for IAG advice such as DWP Prison Job Coaches, education staff (under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements) and Community Rehabilitation Company staff. Also, in line with giving greater empowerment to prison governors, they may use their budgets to fill any priority gaps locally. Due to the range of available current (and future) delivery there is no requirement for governors to seek to employ NCS staff.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work collaboratively with a range of partners to facilitate distance learning courses for prisoners. Opportunities for such study will still be available from the Open University (OU) and from the Prisoners Education Trust ‘Steps to Success Scheme’. Additional learner support is also available under the OLASS arrangements and from the Virtual Campus (VC) e-learning platform that includes a number of career planning tools and OU courses, enabling prisoners to receive a similar learning experience to that of their mainstream peers.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to the number of FTE NCS staff working in prisons, NCS provider referrals of prisoners during 2017 and colleges and universities that NCS providers have referred prisoners to during 2017 is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131647 131648 131649 131650 131651 131652 131654 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131660 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:48:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1123984

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are currently in special measures.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	249326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The following prisons are in special measures as of 01 May 2019:</p><p>Aylesbury, Bedford, Birmingham, Bristol, Chelmsford, Elmley, Exeter, Guys Marsh, Hewell, Lewes, Liverpool, Nottingham, The Mount, Wandsworth, Winchester, and Wormwood Scrubs.</p><p>Special measures are put in place where an assessment of performance based on a combination of data, management information, judgement from senior operational management and external scrutiny determines that a prison needs additional specialist support to improve to an acceptable level.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/05/2019 15:45:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain