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1132517

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 260706 on Prisons: Drugs, which 20 prisons are included in the post-exposure testing programme.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	265594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service has been investigating and evaluating the risks of second-hand exposure to psychoactive substances to prison staff. A pilot programme was run at Holme House prison in 2018 which involved anonymous pre and post-shift sampling of 15 volunteers. 122 samples were tested, and no metabolites of synthetic cannabinoids were detected. On the advice of toxicologists from Public Health England, HMPPS subsequently embarked on a programme of post-incident testing in 10 prisons on the 1 March 2019. All samples require the consent of the member of staff. As of 7 June 2019, 28 members of staff have been offered testing post-incident, with 17 staff consenting and providing a sample.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are in the process of selecting 10 additional establishments to expand and accelerate the programme. The 10 prisons already included in the programme are HMPs Hewell, Ranby, Dartmoor, Holme House, Channing’s Wood, Low Newton, Durham, The Mount, Wymott and Portland.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265595 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:58:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1132518

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 260706 on Prisons: Drugs, how many members of prison staff have been tested in the post-exposure testing programme in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	265595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service has been investigating and evaluating the risks of second-hand exposure to psychoactive substances to prison staff. A pilot programme was run at Holme House prison in 2018 which involved anonymous pre and post-shift sampling of 15 volunteers. 122 samples were tested, and no metabolites of synthetic cannabinoids were detected. On the advice of toxicologists from Public Health England, HMPPS subsequently embarked on a programme of post-incident testing in 10 prisons on the 1 March 2019. All samples require the consent of the member of staff. As of 7 June 2019, 28 members of staff have been offered testing post-incident, with 17 staff consenting and providing a sample.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>We are in the process of selecting 10 additional establishments to expand and accelerate the programme. The 10 prisons already included in the programme are HMPs Hewell, Ranby, Dartmoor, Holme House, Channing’s Wood, Low Newton, Durham, The Mount, Wymott and Portland.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265594 question first answered 25/06/2019 16:58:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133230

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in South Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>In October 2018, the Department published Experimental Statistics release estimating the numbers of ex-service personnel in the prison population (next release due October 2019). This new analysis indicated that there were 2,032 prisoners as at 30 June 2018 who had declared as ‘ex-service personnel’ when they were first received into custody between January 2015 and June 2018. Of these, the number serving a prison sentence in all prisons in Wales as at 30 June 2018 were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMP Cardiff</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Parc</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Prescoed</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swansea</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Berwyn</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prisoners who choose to identify as veterans are given access to specialist support, this includes support for issues such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, that may affect them following their service. Additional support can be offered by military service charities working with prisons and rehabilitation services.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2019 11:42:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133218

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) electronic surveillance and (b) other supervision is available for people convicted of sexual offences against children on release.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>An adult offender who is sentenced to a custodial term for sexual offences against children will be subject to licensed supervision on release from custody. It falls to the National Probation Service (NPS) to supervise the offender upon release. The NPS will work with the Police and other agencies to manage the offender’s risk upon release, under the statutory Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender is serving a life, indeterminate or extended determinate sentence for sexual offences against children and becomes eligible for release on parole, it falls to the Parole Board to set the licence conditions for the offender upon release. Since 30 November 2018 it has been open to the Parole Board to include a condition in relation to GPS monitoring in the offender’s licence, where it is necessary and proportionate to manage the risks and issues posed by the offender.</p><p> </p><p>There are other licence conditions available to manage the risks presented by offenders convicted of sexual offences against children. These may include a ban from having contact with children, from entering certain areas, or carrying out certain types of work and a ban from contacting their victim(s). Furthermore, rehabilitative measures are available, including accredited programmes, drug treatment or mental health support. An offender manager has the power to recall an offender to prison, where the offender fails to comply with their licence conditions in a way which indicates heightened risk to the public. A full list of the available measures available on licence are listed in Annex A and B of Probation Instruction 09/2015 “Licence Conditions and Temporary Travel Aboard”. This is available online here:</p><p>https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/probation-instructions/pi-09-2015-licence-conditions-and-temporary-travel-abroad.doc</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the oversight of MAPPA, and to supplement licence conditions, an adult offender sentenced to imprisonment for sexual offences against children is subject to the sexual offenders’ notification requirements (commonly referred to as ‘being on the sex offenders register’). Thereby, the offender must notify the Police of various personal details, including: name(s), address, date of birth, passport and national insurance number. This takes place annually and whenever such details change. The offender may also expect to receive unscheduled visits from Police officers. The Police also have a range of legislative measures available to them in order to manage offenders both during and outside the licence period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/06/2019 17:04:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133226

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced for child sexual offences were given (a) a non-custodial sentence and (b) a custodial sentence of (i) less than 12 months, (ii) one to five years and (iii) more than five years in (A) 2017 and (B) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing outcomes in 2017 and 2018 for child sexual offences are published and available from our Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p>To filter by child sexual abuse offences (CSA), select all the offences from the ‘Offence code’ or ‘Detailed offence’ filter listed in Table 1.</p><ul><li>To select the number of offenders sentenced for child sexual abuse (CSA) given (a) a non-custodial sentence, for each year subtract ‘Immediate custody’ (row 41) from ‘Sentenced’ (row 33) and ‘immediate custody’.</li></ul><p>To select the number of offenders sentenced for CSA given (b) a custodial sentence for (i) less than 12 months, combine the following custody rows (rows 42-48):</p><ul><li>Custody - Up to and including 1 month</li><li>Custody - Over 1 month and up to and including 2 months</li><li>Custody - Over 2 months and up to and including 3 months</li><li>Custody - Over 3 months and less than 6 months</li><li>Custody - 6 months</li><li>Custody - Over 6 months and up to and including 9 months</li><li>Custody - Over 9 months and less than 12 months</li></ul><p>For (ii) one to five years, combine the following custody rows (rows 49-55):</p><ul><li>Custody - 12 months</li><li>Custody - Over 12 months and up to and including 18 months</li><li>Custody - Over 18 months and up to and including 2 years</li><li>Custody - Over 2 years and up to and including 3 years</li><li>Custody - Over 3 years and less than 4 years</li><li>Custody - 4 years</li><li>Custody - Over 4 years and up to and including 5 years</li></ul><p>For (iii) more than five years, combine the following custody rows (rows 56-60):</p><ul><li>Custody - Over 5 years and up to and including 7 years</li><li>Custody - Over 7 years and up to and including 10 years</li><li>Custody - Over 10 years and less than life</li><li>Custody - Indeterminate sentence</li><li>Custody - Life</li></ul> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/06/2019 17:02:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 266750 CSA offences table.xlsx title PQ 266750 CSA offences table
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133227

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an online offence of viewing or possessing child abuse images in each of the last five years; and how many of those people have been (a) imprisoned and (b) given a non-custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a>) on the number of defendants found guilty of child sexual abuse image offences and the disposals imposed, although data does not distinguish between online and offline offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/06/2019 17:04:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133214

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing provision for discharged prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live. <br> We know that housing can be a real problem for those leaving custody. As part of the work on this issue, we have invested £22m per annum until the end of the current contracts with Community Rehabilitation Companies so they can provide a specified enhanced Through The Gate (TTG) service in all 86 resettlement prisons in England and Wales. However, offenders still face a number of barriers in accessing accommodation, including the availability of local authority housing, affordability of the private-rented sector and the knowledge and expertise required to navigate housing services. <br> Addressing these barriers is not something the Ministry of Justice can do in isolation; we are developing an HMPPS strategy for accommodation that will clearly set out our responsibilities, our partners’ responsibilities and a framework for how we can build on our successes and work together to ensure that offenders are able to access and maintain settled accommodation. We are also working collaboratively with the Welsh Government and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to identify ways of breaking down these barriers and to ensure that every person leaving prison has somewhere to go. As part of this, we are investing up to £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders into accommodation from three prisons, namely Bristol, Pentonville and Leeds. This pilot will offer support to prisoners on short sentences who have been identified as being at risk of homelessness. Subject to evaluation, we will use the lessons learned from this pilot to inform future accommodation provision.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2019 14:43:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133215

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has evidence that tents have been given to prisoners on release in (a) South Wales and (b) Yorkshire in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the data requested as it is not our policy to issue tents to service users. Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) are required to facilitate access to housing and support services for the offenders that they are managing. This includes working together with local partners to help offenders find accommodation and supporting them to maintain their accommodation as part of a package of support tailored to meet their individual needs. We are investing an additional £22m per annum over the remaining life of the CRC contracts to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through The Gate service to offenders leaving prison. Alongside this investment we have introduced a new Through the Gate specification which will ensure that CRCs complete specific tasks, including to help every prisoner to secure and maintain settled accommodation. As part of the Government initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England, we are investing up to £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders into accommodation from three prisons, namely Bristol, Pentonville and Leeds. The pilots will focus on male prisoners who have served shorter sentences, who have been identified as having a risk of homelessness. Contracts have now been awarded in the three areas and, following a mobilisation period, we expect services to commence in Summer of this year. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2019 15:58:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133217

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving a sentence for sexual offences against a child in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>We have provided information for the past 4 years of the number of people serving a prison sentence for a sexual offence against a child. To provide equivalent data for 30 June 2014 would entail disproportionate cost. This is due to an improvement made in 2015 where Child Sexual Abuse offences were specifically differentiated within our offence information.</p><p>30th June 2015 - 7,404<br>30th June 2016 - 8,376<br>30th June 2017 - 8,965<br>30th June 2018 - 9,167</p><p>The figures given have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2019 16:03:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133231

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to consult on the possibility of a statutory definition for vexatious applications in the court system in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has no plans to consult on the possibility of a statutory definition for vexatious applications. It is unacceptable for someone to use court processes to harass or abuse a former partner.</p><p>The Divisional Court currently rules on whether an application is vexatious and this judicial decision is made on a case by case basis given the restriction to access to justice of the applicant if found to be vexatious.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 27/06/2019 12:09:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts