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804361

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Custodial Treatment: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question HL 3476, on Custodial Treatment: Private Sector, how much was paid out of the public purse to private providers in each year since 2010 for the management of custodial sentences; what the total planned expenditure to private providers will be in each year up to 2020 and which private companies he estimates will receive the largest amount of funding in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Year Forecast (At end of November 2017)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Draft </strong><strong>Medium Term Financial Planning (MTFP) Budgetary Estimates, for planning purposes and not yet agreed or allocated as budgets</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£469,511,861</p></td><td><p>£479,914,867</p></td><td><p>£492,105,132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The provider projected to receive the largest sum over the years in question is G4S as the operator in a total of five of the fourteen privately managed prisons in England and Wales. The amounts shown in the summary above are inclusive of payments to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) which act as the prime contractors for three of those five privately managed prisons and pay G4S to operate them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

860923

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support the growth of the agri-tech sector.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
	uin	904347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The £160 million agri-tech strategy which was launched five years ago has proved a success.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on this strong track record through our Industrial Strategy; including a further £90 million of funding announced last month to bring together the UK’s world-class agri-food sector with expertise in robotics, AI and data science.</p><p> </p><p>This will make it easier for farmers and agricultural-supply chain businesses to embrace new technology; enhancing their competitiveness, improving productivity and creating new opportunities for growth.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/03/2018 16:18:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

800860

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	902750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Most of our prison estate is uncrowded. However we recognise crowding is an issue and in 2016-17 the average percentage of prisoners in crowded accommodation was 24.5%.</p><p>Our reforms will see us close down and redevelop ageing prisons and deliver high-quality, modern establishments fit for today's demands. Our new prison estate will have up to 10,000 modern prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.</p><p>Reducing overcrowding is a central aim of the estate modernisation and the new prisons will be designed with this in firmly in mind.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/12/2017 17:34:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

832664

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Office for Students: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the appointment process for the board of the Office for Students.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	903595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The appointments to the Board were made through a fair and open competition, reflecting the Governance Code on Public appointments and the relevant legislation. The Board members have the broad range of skills and experience needed to lead the Office for Students to deliver better outcomes for students.</p><p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 29/01/2018 16:35:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

793926

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State, how many and what proportion of prison officers have resigned from the service in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	115015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of Band 3-5 officers who have resigned from HMPPS each year since 2010 can be found in table 11b in the latest set of HMPPS workforce Statistics bulletin at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2017 17:30:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

792984

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State what the original estimated contract value was for each Community Rehabilitation Company contract; what the initial contract value was for each Community Rehabilitation Company prior to the interim agreement modifications; what the actual contract value was for each Community Rehabilitation Company before the second contract modifications; and what the contract value was for each Community Rehabilitation Company after the second modifications.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	114769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We have made changes to how CRCs are paid for future years so they can focus on activities that best rehabilitate offenders and keep society safe. This additional investment will see projected payments to providers being no higher than originally budgeted for at the time of the reforms.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2017 17:29:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name PQ 114769 Richard Burgon CRC Contract Values - Table.doc title 114769 - Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

708598

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Samaritans
	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 Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 101WH, on suicide and self-harm in prison (England), how much funding her Department plans to allocate to the Samaritans; and what the targeted support for prison staff and prisoners provided by that charity will consist of.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The total amount of our funding to the Samaritans for 2017-18 has yet to be finalised, although we have confirmed already that they will receive the same amount as this year (£500k) to support the Listeners scheme, through which volunteer prisoners are trained to provide support to other prisoners in emotional distress. Founded in 1991, this is a very successful scheme through which over 90,000 face-to-face support meetings were facilitated in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to funding the Samaritans for the Listeners scheme, as part of plans to reduce levels of suicide and self-harm, we have agreed in principle to fund a number of other projects proposed by the Samaritans, and final decisions on the level of funding will be made by the end of the year. These additional projects include producing an online learning tool for prison staff, based on a similar product developed by the Samaritans for the rail industry, and piloting training for prisoners in building emotional resilience during their early days in custody, with the training to be delivered by released ex-Listeners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/04/2017 10:28:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

708597

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Self-inflicted Deaths in Custody of 18-24 Year Olds Independent Review
	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 Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 100WH, on suicide and self-harm in prison (England), when will the findings of the inquiry into deaths in custody be published; and whether that inquiry will include deaths in prison custody.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>We are reviewing the circumstances of recent self-inflicted deaths in prison custody, with a particular focus on cases where there were known mental health concerns.</p><p>This is an internal review, but we will make the key findings public as soon as they are available. Inquests into many of the deaths that are being reviewed have yet to take place, and in some cases there is ongoing litigation, so it would not be appropriate to publish details of individual cases.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2017 17:58:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

706800

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
	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 for Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 101WH, when the new self-harm diagnostic tool for use by prison governors and staff will be in place.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to release the self-harm diagnostic tool to prison establishments in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/03/2017 17:39:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

683070

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Security
	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 24 January 2017, Official Report, column 144, on prison staff, if she will assess the effect of the reduction in accommodation fabric checks on (a) the incidence of self-harm and (b) maintaining order and security in prisons; and whether the outcomes set out in Prison Service Instruction 28/2011 and Prison Service Instruction 09/2016 have been achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
	uin	62803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Prisons employ a range of operational security measures aimed at keeping prisons safe and secure. Accommodation Fabric Checks (AFCs) support this by disrupting the ability of prisoners to store prohibited items in their cells either for their own purposes or on behalf of others. Each prison must assess the frequency of AFCs required to meet their own security and safety needs. Any reduction in the frequency of AFCs may be more effectively offset by targeted and intelligence led searches.</p><p> </p><p>There is no direct link between the frequency of AFCs and self-harm. Other than through ensuring the integrity of the cell, an AFC does not allow for any meaningful interaction between officer and prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ is investing an extra £100m annually to boost the frontline by 2,500 prison officers so that every prisoner will have a dedicated officer to support them. Not only will a greater officer presence provide a deterrence to prisoner behaviour that threatens the safe running of prisons but officers will be better able to pick up on any signs of vulnerability in the prisoners assigned to them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/02/2017 13:23:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes