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1140881

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of previous convictions received by a person sentenced to immediate custody for the first time was in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and sentenced to immediate custody for the first time.</li><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and not sentenced to immediate custody.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 280390 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:28:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 280388 and 280390 Response Tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140883

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of previous convictions received by a person convicted but not sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence was in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and sentenced to immediate custody for the first time.</li><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and not sentenced to immediate custody.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 280388 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:28:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 280388 and 280390 Response Tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140894

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length in months was for people who pleaded guilty and received an immediate custodial sentence for (a) violence against the person (b) theft, (c) drug offences, (d) robbery, (e) common assault and battery, (f) burglary in a dwelling, (g) production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class A, (h) possession of article with blade or point and (i) assaulting, resisting or obstructing a constable or designated officer and who had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more previous convictions in each of last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on the average sentence length for offenders with a specified number of previous convictions for any offence who pleaded guilty to and received an immediate custodial sentence for a specified offence, covering the period 2009 – 2018, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:48:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 280393 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140897

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of overtime were worked by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>A partial record is held centrally for operational prison staff at Bands 2 to 5 from April 2014 onwards. This is shown below and includes all rostered hours for Overtime and Payment Plus (a form of enhanced overtime payment).</p><p><strong>Numbers of Rostered Overtime hours for Operational Bands 2 to 5 in Public Sector Prisons and Youth Custody Services in England and Wales(Financial Year 2014/15 to 2018/19)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total hours rostered</p></td><td><p>Standard</p></td><td><p>Overtime / Payment Plus</p></td><td><p>OT / PP as % of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1415</p></td><td><p>44,300,947</p></td><td><p>2,962,774</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1516</p></td><td><p>49,062,769</p></td><td><p>2,667,347</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1617</p></td><td><p>47,636,938</p></td><td><p>3,076,554</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1718</p></td><td><p>44,426,590</p></td><td><p>3,707,608</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1819</p></td><td><p>55,543,540</p></td><td><p>3,488,762</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: My Detail – which holds rostered hours across Public Sector Prisons and Youth Custody Service Establishments</p><p> </p><p>There is no centrally held overtime record for (i) Prison staff at higher grades or in support roles, (ii) HMPPS headquarters staff or (iii) the National Probation Service that was formed in June 2014. To compile a record for these groups of staff would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:20:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140898

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under home detention curfew having been imprisoned for (a) violence against the person, (b) theft, (c) drug offences, (d) robbery, (e) common assault and battery, (f) burglary in a dwelling, (g) production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class A, (h) possession of article with blade or point and (i) assaulting, resisting or obstructing a constable or designated officer in execution of duty in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of people released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC), in each year since 2007 by offence group. It is not possible to provide a breakdown under each of the headings requested for the data relating to 2007-14, due to the way it was recorded.</p><p> </p><p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:06:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 280397_final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140899

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average length of sentence for and (b) the number of people convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) theft offences, (v) criminal damage and arson, (vi) drug offences, (vii) possession of weapons and (viii) public order offences for offenders for which this was their (A) first, (B) second, (C) third, (D) fourth, (E) fifth, (F) sixth, (G) seventh and (H) eighth or more conviction for that type of offence in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those offenders who were not given an immediate custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 14:57:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140969

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement, Pay rise for prison officers 2019, published by his Department on 22 July 2019, how much additional funding the Treasury has allocated to his Department for the pay award.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will seek to find efficiency and affordability savings to fund the cost of the award.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:23:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140971

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison officers have been recruited since 31 March 2017; and how many of those posts were funded by the additional funding allocated by the Treasury at that time; and what additional funding the Treasury has allocated for the recruitment of prison offices since 31 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of new officers appointed to work in public sector prisons and youth custody establishments between 1 April 2017 and the 31 March 2019 is published in the Quarterly Workforce Statistics for HM Prison and Probation Service at table 8a -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Additional funding of £106m was announced by the Secretary of State on 3 November 2016, for an additional 2,500 prison officer posts, which have now been filled. With growth, the £100m equates to £112m for the 2019/20 financial year, £97m of which is for public sector prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Our recruitment drive continues to replace turnover in officer numbers and meet required staffing levels across the prison estate. We constantly monitor the need for further funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:45:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1141084

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a Band 3-5 prison officer in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	280328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented. Those for modernised terms are influenced by staff turnover and position within pay range much more so than for legacy terms (for which all staff are now at pay range maximum).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</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></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Modernised Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£19,784</p></td><td><p>£26,272</p></td><td><p>£24,527</p></td><td><p>£24,804</p></td><td><p>£25,179</p></td><td><p>£24,531</p></td><td><p>£24,989</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Legacy Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£28,493</p></td><td><p>£28,708</p></td><td><p>£29,336</p></td><td><p>£29,560</p></td><td><p>£29,536</p></td><td><p>£29,896</p></td><td><p>£30,468</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours).</p><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:56:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141085

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 3-5 prison officer with less than one year's experience in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	280329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours). Direct recruitment to Bands 4 and 5 is relatively rare. Those with less than one year’s experience are therefore almost always Band 3 Prison Officers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</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></tr><tr><td><p>£18,720</p></td><td><p>£18,860</p></td><td><p>£19,049</p></td><td><p>£20,545</p></td><td><p>£21,121</p></td><td><p>£21,836</p></td><td><p>£22,265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:55:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain