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1139264

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls have been made to his Department's body fluid exposure and sharps Injury telephone helpline in each month since December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>HMPPS has a duty of care to its staff to ensure they are provided immediate and specialist advice following suspected and actual Bodily Fluid Exposure (BFE) incidents. In December 2017 HMPPS put in place a 24 hour Bodily Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline which provides an initial assessment by a qualified nurse clinician.</p><p> </p><p>Number of calls to the Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline per month:</p><p> </p><p>(see annex A)</p><p> </p><p>Number of times staff have been directed to contact Accident &amp; Emergency:</p><p>(see annex C)</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of Annex A-PQ277787.xlsx title Annex A 2 file name Copy of Annex C- PQ277789.xlsx title Annex C grouped question UIN 277789 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:31:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139266

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions have prison staff calling the Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline been advised to attend A&E in each month since December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>HMPPS has a duty of care to its staff to ensure they are provided immediate and specialist advice following suspected and actual Bodily Fluid Exposure (BFE) incidents. In December 2017 HMPPS put in place a 24 hour Bodily Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline which provides an initial assessment by a qualified nurse clinician.</p><p> </p><p>Number of calls to the Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline per month:</p><p> </p><p>(see annex A)</p><p> </p><p>Number of times staff have been directed to contact Accident &amp; Emergency:</p><p>(see annex C)</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Copy of Annex A-PQ277787.xlsx title Annex A 2 file name Copy of Annex C- PQ277789.xlsx title Annex C grouped question UIN 277787 question first answered 22/07/2019 15:31:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139299

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of prison staff who are signed-off from work with stress or other work-related illnesses.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	277660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>On 31<sup>st</sup> March 2019 there were 24 prison staff who were signed off from work due to work related illnesses. This is 1.6% of all prison staff who were signed off from work on that day due to sickness related absences.</p><p> </p><p>Work related illnesses are defined as anyone who has been had a sickness classified either ‘Accident Injury Work Related’ or ‘Assault Work Related’ in the sickness data.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS is committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of its staff in England and Wales, with all staff having access to a comprehensive occupational health service and employee assistance programme.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2019 15:42:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1139368

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to improve the health and safety of prison staff.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	277823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The health and safety of our staff and those in our care remains our top priority. Risks to staff are continually assessed, and suitable controls are implemented accordingly. The effectiveness of those controls is monitored at local and national level, and through joint audit work with prison unions.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS recognises that the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of employees is paramount. All HMPPS staff have access to an occupational health service and employee assistance programme. This includes 24 hour, 365 days a year access to signposting and counselling, and trauma support services.</p><p> </p><p>It is a priority to ensure that prisons are places of safety and reform and the government has invested an additional £70 million investment in safety, security and decency. This has included £16 million to improve conditions for prisoners and staff and £7 million on new security measures, such as security scanners, improved searching techniques, phone-blocking technology and a financial crime unit to target the criminal kingpins operating in prisons.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2019 15:38:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1139428

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) raise the maximum penalty for causing death by (i) dangerous driving and (ii) careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment, (b) create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving and (c) increase the minimum period of disqualification for drivers convicted of causing death by any driving offence.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
	uin	277860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>We are focused on getting the law right, to ensure the changes we make are comprehensive, proportionate and, crucially, practical.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment, and create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving as soon as possible. These proposals will take account of other government proposals for safer roads.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2019 16:48:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes