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1728680

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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-born criminals (a) are in prisons and (b) were released under the revised terms of the early release scheme in Norfolk since 10 September 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	5222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of Foreign Nationals in prisons can be found in Table 1_Q_12 here: Source: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a1167cce1fd0da7b592c8d/Prison-population-30-June-2024.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a1167cce1fd0da7b592c8d/Prison-population-30-June-2024.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the requested prisoner release figures at this time, as they form a subset of prisoner releases data scheduled for future publication. Numbers of custodial releases for the period covering July 2024 to September 2024 will be published on 30 January 2025, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 18/09/2024 15:58:15 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5158

1728678

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners released under the early release scheme (a) are foreign nationals and (b) will be deported.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	Jo White
	uin	5220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the requested prisoner release figures at this time, as they form a subset of prisoner releases data scheduled for future publication. Numbers of custodial releases for the period covering July 2024 to September 2024 will be published on 30 January 2025, here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences are referred to the Home Office to be considered for deportation. The Home Office make all final decisions relating to deportation, taking into account individual circumstances in each case, meaning it is not possible to predict future deportation numbers.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 18/09/2024 15:57:22 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	tabling member	5105

1729650

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Sexuality
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 12 August (HL426), whether the Ministry of Justice has received such representations from the Public and Commercial Services Union; and what was their response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
	uin	HL1056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Public and Commercial Services Union has not made any representations to the Ministry of Justice regarding this motion and therefore no response was given.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 18/09/2024 10:51:29 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1729058

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Press Recognition Panel
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 1 August (HL330), on what basis the Ministry of Justice made a payment to the Press Recognition Panel of £430,000 in April; and whether they intend to place in the House of Lords Library a copy of all correspondence between the Ministry of Justice and Press Regulation Panel relating to the payment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the press sets out that The Exchequer (acting through the Lord Chancellor) will fund the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) until it becomes effective. It also sets out that in the event that the PRP considers its income is likely to be insufficient it will have a right to request further reasonable sums so it is not frustrated by a lack of funding. Whilst the Lord Chancellor is the conduit for the PRP with HM Treasury, they have no policy responsibility under the Royal Charter that created the PRP. The PRP publish their accounts on an annual basis, confirming their annual income of £430,000.</p> answering member printed Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede question first answered 18/09/2024 10:46:01 answering member 3154 label Biography information for Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1729715

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Recruitment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made for future graduate recruitment into the prison workforce (including for the cohort graduating in 2025).
	tabling member printed	Baroness Porter of Fulwood
	uin	HL1132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>HMPPS recognises the value that graduate prison officers bring to prisons and is committed to continuing to invest in its pipeline of future leaders. Several options for talent schemes, including graduate programmes, are being explored.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with the current graduate scheme provider will run until October 2026. All participants will continue to receive full support from our staff to thrive in their career with HMPPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:42:11 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	5009 label Biography information for Baroness Porter of Fulwood

1729071

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable prisoners with work outside the confines of prison to be paid a wage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work.</p><p> </p><p>Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) allows prisoners to be released temporarily into the community for specific purposes, including to engage in employment. Prisoners working on ROTL are paid the same as their counterparts in the community and are subject to the same income tax, National Insurance and child support requirements, as well as other court ordered deductions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 (PEA) gives governors the power to deduct up to and including 40% from prisoners’ earnings on ROTL. Currently, the money deducted is given to the charity Victim Support. An average of £296 per prisoner per month was raised through the levy; totalling £4.2 million raised for the year ending March 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:41:17 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1727479

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2024
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign prisoners are currently in prisons in England and Wales, what proportion that represents of the prison population, what proportion are sentenced for criminal offences making them eligible for deportation, and from which 10 countries the highest number of prisoners come.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
	uin	HL756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>There were 10,435 (3,578 remand, 6,486 sentenced and 371 non-criminal) Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population.</p><p> </p><p>See below table for top 10 nationalities held in custody on 30 June 2024:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nationality</p></td><td><p>Number in prison in England and Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albanian</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Polish</p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romanian</p></td><td><p>729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaican</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistani</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuanian</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portuguese</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraqi</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indian</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the removal of FNOs. All FNOs in receipt of custodial sentences are referred to the Home Office to be considered for deportation.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 18/09/2024 10:29:35 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1728440

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department informs victims when perpetrators of crimes against them are due to be released under her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in prison from 50% to 40%.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that victims have access to information and support they may need.</p><p> </p><p>Victims who are eligible for and have opted into either the Probation Service’s Victim Contact Scheme or Victim Notification Scheme are provided with updates about an offender that perpetrated crimes against them, including when these offenders are due to be released from custody. This includes providing these victims with the opportunity to make representations as to the licence conditions that they would like to be in place on an offender’s release such as an exclusion zone.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones grouped question UIN 4963 question first answered 18/09/2024 10:28:43 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728439

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with the Victims' Commissioner on the potential impact on victims of her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in prison from 50% to 40%.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	4963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that victims have access to information and support they may need.</p><p> </p><p>Victims who are eligible for and have opted into either the Probation Service’s Victim Contact Scheme or Victim Notification Scheme are provided with updates about an offender that perpetrated crimes against them, including when these offenders are due to be released from custody. This includes providing these victims with the opportunity to make representations as to the licence conditions that they would like to be in place on an offender’s release such as an exclusion zone.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones grouped question UIN 4964 question first answered 18/09/2024 10:28:42 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1728297

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many letters informing postmasters and former postmasters that their conviction has been quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 her Department has sent.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	uin	4865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 10 September 2024 to Question 4254 (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-04/4254" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-09-04/4254</a>).</p><p>The Government will begin to release monthly management information on the progress of the Post Office Convictions casework team. The first release of this management information will be on 3rd October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 17/09/2024 16:16:46 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew