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1700019

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals are held in the prison estate by nationality.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on how many Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) are held in custody are published in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. For data on the prison population by nationality, see prison population table 1_7.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data from 31 December 2023 shows that there were 10,423 (3,333 remand, 6,697 sentenced and 393 non-criminal) FNOs held in custody; representing 12% of the total prison population. The most common nationalities after British Nationals in prisons are Albanian (13% of the FNO prison population), Polish (9%), Romanian (7%), Irish (6%) and Jamaican (4%).</p><p> </p><p>The removal of FNOs is a Government priority and my department continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures show that FNO returns have increased following the pandemic, in the latest 12-month period (ending December 2023) by 27% when compared to the previous 12-month period. Between January 2019 and December 2023 17,795 FNOs have been removed.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of FNOs held in custody is 12% of the total prison population and has remained stable in recent years while the overall prison population has grown.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, the Government set out a plan to increase the number of FNOs removed through:</p><ul><li>The recruitment of 400 additional caseworkers and streamlining the end-to-end removal process;</li><li>Extending foreign national conditional cautions to FNOs with limited leave to remain; and</li><li>Amending deportation policy to enable FNOs given suspended sentences of 6 months or more to be considered for deportation.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>These actions build on our expansion of the Early Removal Scheme to allow for removal of FNOs up to 18 months before the end of the custodial element of their sentence, and expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania and seeking to conclude new transfer agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:31:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700020

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of offences committed by foreign nationals held in the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>The removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is a Government priority and my department continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures show that FNO returns have increased following the pandemic, in the latest 12-month period (ending December 2023) by 27% when compared to the previous 12-month period. Between January 2019 and December 2023 17,795 FNOs have been removed.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of FNOs held in custody is 12% of the total prison population and has remained stable in recent years while the overall prison population has grown.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, the Government set out a plan to increase the number of FNOs removed through:</p><ul><li>The recruitment of 400 additional caseworkers and streamlining the end-to-end removal process;</li><li>Extending foreign national conditional cautions to FNOs with limited leave to remain; and</li><li>Amending deportation policy to enable FNOs given suspended sentences of 6 months or more to be considered for deportation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These actions build on our expansion of the Early Removal Scheme to allow for removal of FNOs up to 18 months before the end of the custodial element of their sentence, and expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania and seeking to conclude new transfer agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:32:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-17 PQ 20834 table.xlsx title Foreign National prisoners
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700229

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	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 14 March 2024 to Question 17880 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, whether his Department previously had a minimum staffing requirement for Operation Tornado teams in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21065 21066 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700230

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 14 of the document published by HM Prison Service on 31 August 2005 entitled Use of Force, whether his Department has previously had a policy of ensuring each prison had a minimum commitment for the number of Operation Tornado officers trained in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21064 21066 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700231

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Prison and Probation Service has made an assessment of the safety of (a) prisoners and (b) prison officers in prisons that do not have Tornado trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21064 21065 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700252

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of cell fires there have been in HMP Wandsworth in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	21184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of fire incidents at HMP Wandsworth in each year since 2015 are shown in the table below. Information on fire incidents before 2015 is not available, because the records have been destroyed in line with our retention policy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>HMP Wandsworth Fire Incidents </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fires </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The overwhelming majority of the cell fires were considered ‘minor’ and quickly dealt with by staff, and medical assessment is provided for anyone who may have been exposed to smoke or heat. Since 2015, in most years 100% of the fires were considered as minor, and in all years over 95% were considered as minor. Where it is found that a fire is the result of arson, or of recklessness, the prisoner responsible will face robust punitive action, which can include further criminal charges.</p><p>All operational staff receive Respiratory Protective Equipment training. Prison officers receive it as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training.</p><p>To promote staff awareness and proficiency, the Governor of HMP Wandsworth has arranged for an additional refresher training session to be delivered each week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21185 21186 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:39:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1700253

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of prison officers have received respiratory protective equipment training at HMP Wandsworth.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	21185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of fire incidents at HMP Wandsworth in each year since 2015 are shown in the table below. Information on fire incidents before 2015 is not available, because the records have been destroyed in line with our retention policy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>HMP Wandsworth Fire Incidents </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fires </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The overwhelming majority of the cell fires were considered ‘minor’ and quickly dealt with by staff, and medical assessment is provided for anyone who may have been exposed to smoke or heat. Since 2015, in most years 100% of the fires were considered as minor, and in all years over 95% were considered as minor. Where it is found that a fire is the result of arson, or of recklessness, the prisoner responsible will face robust punitive action, which can include further criminal charges.</p><p>All operational staff receive Respiratory Protective Equipment training. Prison officers receive it as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training.</p><p>To promote staff awareness and proficiency, the Governor of HMP Wandsworth has arranged for an additional refresher training session to be delivered each week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21184 21186 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:39:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1700254

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Protective Clothing
	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 increase the percentage of prison officers at HMP Wandsworth trained in the use of respiratory protective equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	21186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of fire incidents at HMP Wandsworth in each year since 2015 are shown in the table below. Information on fire incidents before 2015 is not available, because the records have been destroyed in line with our retention policy.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>HMP Wandsworth Fire Incidents </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fires </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The overwhelming majority of the cell fires were considered ‘minor’ and quickly dealt with by staff, and medical assessment is provided for anyone who may have been exposed to smoke or heat. Since 2015, in most years 100% of the fires were considered as minor, and in all years over 95% were considered as minor. Where it is found that a fire is the result of arson, or of recklessness, the prisoner responsible will face robust punitive action, which can include further criminal charges.</p><p>All operational staff receive Respiratory Protective Equipment training. Prison officers receive it as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training.</p><p>To promote staff awareness and proficiency, the Governor of HMP Wandsworth has arranged for an additional refresher training session to be delivered each week.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21184 21185 question first answered 17/04/2024 16:39:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1699275

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to resume the publication of timeliness data in respect of employment tribunals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Ladyton
	uin	HL3658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service anticipate that publication of employment tribunal timeliness data will be at the end of the calendar year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 11/04/2024 14:53:56 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	620 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Ladyton

1698963

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	TV Licensing: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many single justice procedure notices have been issued by the Television Licensing Authority in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	20668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a television license is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004. Under the Communications Act 2003, the BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the TV licensing system.</p><p>The BBC prosecutes most TV license evasion cases using the Single Justice Procedure (SJP). The SJP is a more proportionate way of dealing with straightforward, uncontested, summary-only non-imprisonable offences which almost exclusively result in a financial penalty.</p><p>The data we hold shows the number of defendants prosecuted by the Television Licensing Authority and dealt with via SJP for TV license evasion cases each year since 2015. This can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Television Licence Evasion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Defendants dealt with</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>67,473</p></td><td><p>136,793</p></td><td><p>126,571</p></td><td><p>121,020</p></td><td><p>53,227</p></td><td><p>48,495</p></td><td><p>43,504</p></td><td><p>33,460</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/04/2024 11:30:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight