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1248086

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
	uin	908331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>As community rates increase, the risk of outbreaks in prisons inevitably rises. We have planned for this and have a range of measures in place, informed by public health advice, to protect our staff, prisoners and the NHS over Winter.</p><p>Our hard-working prison staff are continuing to implement regimes that have been adapted for safety, with social distancing and PPE use. We are also quarantining new arrivals, isolating those with symptoms, and shielding the vulnerable.</p><p>These interventions are supporting us to minimise importation, limit the spread of infection and protect against explosive outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2020 17:36:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1248278

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support prisons in the event of a covid-19 outbreak among staff.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	110764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We have well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks and infectious diseases, including COVID-19. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified. Our measures so far have included restricting regimes, minimising inter-prison transfers and compartmentalising our prisons into different units to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.</p><p>We are, however, prepared for continued staffing challenges and are driving forward with recruitment campaigns and using many of the tried and tested staffing interventions that worked effectively before, which will allow us to supply establishments with staff at short notice. These measures include enabling operationally qualified staff in HQ and non-operational roles to return to prisons and inviting retired and resigned former staff to return to work on temporary contracts.</p><p>There is currently adequate stock and forward supply of all PPE items in accordance with public health advice. We are making preparations and keeping demand for PPE under regular review as we move through each phase of managing the outbreak. We have issued a face mask strategy for staff which, in line with public health advice, sets out when face masks must be worn in HMPPS settings.</p><p>We have also begun introducing a testing regime for staff and prisoners across all prisons in England and Wales to help identify and isolate cases early and control the spread of coronavirus. Routine staff testing will also be rolled out from November for both directly employed and non-directly employed staff who work with prisoners on a weekly basis. Reception and transfer testing for prisoners is now in place in seven prisons in England and two in Wales. Further sites are expected to begin testing over the coming weeks with a focus on reception prisons first.</p><p>All of these measures collectively contribute to preventing the spread of coronavirus and protect staff, residents and the public and it is important to continue to follow all of the guidelines in place.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 110765 question first answered 09/11/2020 15:46:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1248279

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prison staff have adequate PPE during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	110765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>We have well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks and infectious diseases, including COVID-19. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified. Our measures so far have included restricting regimes, minimising inter-prison transfers and compartmentalising our prisons into different units to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.</p><p>We are, however, prepared for continued staffing challenges and are driving forward with recruitment campaigns and using many of the tried and tested staffing interventions that worked effectively before, which will allow us to supply establishments with staff at short notice. These measures include enabling operationally qualified staff in HQ and non-operational roles to return to prisons and inviting retired and resigned former staff to return to work on temporary contracts.</p><p>There is currently adequate stock and forward supply of all PPE items in accordance with public health advice. We are making preparations and keeping demand for PPE under regular review as we move through each phase of managing the outbreak. We have issued a face mask strategy for staff which, in line with public health advice, sets out when face masks must be worn in HMPPS settings.</p><p>We have also begun introducing a testing regime for staff and prisoners across all prisons in England and Wales to help identify and isolate cases early and control the spread of coronavirus. Routine staff testing will also be rolled out from November for both directly employed and non-directly employed staff who work with prisoners on a weekly basis. Reception and transfer testing for prisoners is now in place in seven prisons in England and two in Wales. Further sites are expected to begin testing over the coming weeks with a focus on reception prisons first.</p><p>All of these measures collectively contribute to preventing the spread of coronavirus and protect staff, residents and the public and it is important to continue to follow all of the guidelines in place.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 110764 question first answered 09/11/2020 15:46:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1248081

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
	uin	908312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>As community rates increase, the risk of outbreaks in prisons inevitably rises. We have planned for this and have a range of measures in place, informed by public health advice, to protect our staff, prisoners and the NHS over Winter.</p><p>Our hard-working prison staff are continuing to implement regimes that have been adapted for safety, with social distancing and PPE use. We are also quarantining new arrivals, isolating those with symptoms, and shielding the vulnerable.</p><p>These interventions are supporting us to minimise importation, limit the spread of infection and protect against explosive outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2020 17:36:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

1248082

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
	uin	908319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>As community rates increase, the risk of outbreaks in prisons inevitably rises. We have planned for this and have a range of measures in place, informed by public health advice, to protect our staff, prisoners and the NHS over Winter.</p><p>Our hard-working prison staff are continuing to implement regimes that have been adapted for safety, with social distancing and PPE use. We are also quarantining new arrivals, isolating those with symptoms, and shielding the vulnerable.</p><p>These interventions are supporting us to minimise importation, limit the spread of infection and protect against explosive outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2020 17:36:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton