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225240

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mother and Baby Units
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women with home postcodes in Wales who have children and are held in English prisons (a) have applied to be placed in mother and baby units in English prisons, (b) were successful in their application and (c) were refused in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Mrs Siân C. James
	uin	226244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ten women with home postcodes in Wales applied for a place in a Mother and Baby Unit in the last six months. Of those, six applications were successful, two applications were withdrawn and two have yet to be considered by an Admissions Board.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 11/03/2015 14:09:48 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1573 label Biography information for Mrs Siân C. James

225222

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
	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 prohibit companies selling an individual's personal information to third parties.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	226259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has no plans to ban companies from selling personal data to third parties. The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) does not prohibit disclosures of personal data to third parties, but it regulates the circumstances in which this can be done. As a minimum, companies should tell individuals what they are going to do with their personal data and with whom this will be shared.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where organisations do not comply with the DPA the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has a range of powers to take action, including the power to serve a Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) of up to £500,000. In the most serious cases, section 55 of the DPA makes it an offence for a person to knowingly or recklessly obtain, disclose or procure the disclosure of personal data without the consent of the data controller. The offence is punishable by an unlimited fine for cases heard in the Crown Court and a fine of a maximum of £5,000 for cases heard in the magistrates’ courts.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 09/03/2015 15:50:52 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

225247

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce mental health stigma and discrimination as a result of signing up to the Time to Change Pledge.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
	tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
	uin	226339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The MoJ was the second government department to sign the Time to Change pledge in April 2013 and since then has been working to take steps to eliminate discrimination and stigma surrounding mental health through a variety of measures including:</p><p> </p><p>· Training with Mind for senior managers in 2013 and more recently encouraging all staff to access Mental Health Awareness online learning on the Civil Service Learning portal;</p><p>· Provision of extensive information and guidance to staff and managers of all grades, including introducing Mental Wellbeing intranet pages, guides on mental health in the workplace, links to external support (such as Mind, Rethink, Business Disability Forum and Time to Change) and internal information and support such as the MoJ Employee Assistance Programme and the Reasonable Adjustment Support Service;</p><p>· Awareness raising activity and staff events to increase understanding of mental health issues and challenge stereotypes, including events for the International Day of Disabled People and 'Time to Talk' days, as well as including staff with mental ill-health in an internal 'Positive Images of Disability' communications campaign.</p><p> </p><p>Time to Change and issues surrounding mental health in the workplace remain high on MoJ's employee wellbeing and diversity and inclusion agendas.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 09/03/2015 16:18:58 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

225244

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of Welsh female prisoners held in English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Mrs Siân C. James
	uin	226245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not separate annual costs of imprisoning Welsh women prisoners held in England prisons. NOMS does not analyse cost by prisoner nationality and costs recorded on the NOMS central accounting system do not allow identification of costs attributable to individual prisoners.</p><p>However, the Department routinely publishes average costs for each prisoner and prison place based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison.. This includes the women’s custodial estate and is available in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales, on an annual basis after the end of each financial year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The most recently published figures for financial year 2013-14 is published alongside the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p><p>You may wish to note detailed costs of custody for women prisoners can be found at the above link within the file named: costs per place and cost for each prisoner 2013-14 - supplementary information. A copy of this is also placed in the House library.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is committed to delivering prison capacity changes designed to modernise the prison estate and, where possible, reduce prison costs, whilst maintaining a high quality service.</p><p>From the financial years 2009-10 to 2013-14 there was a real terms reduction of 17% in the overall average cost for each prisoner, with a reduction of 5% achieved during the last financial year 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 09/03/2015 16:28:18 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1573 label Biography information for Mrs Siân C. James

225242

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women who have home postcodes in Wales were (a) remanded in and (b) sent to English prisons in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Mrs Siân C. James
	uin	226242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The following table shows the number of remanded and sentenced female prisoners who have a reported address in Wales on four dates in 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of remanded and sentenced female prisoners who have a reported address in Wales in 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>260</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>260</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>257</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on offenders is provided by them on reception in prison and recorded on a central IT system. Reported addresses can include a home address, an address to which offenders intend to return on discharge or the address of their next of kin. No address has been reported and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders and therefore these figures are excluded from the answer.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 11/03/2015 14:50:33 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1573 label Biography information for Mrs Siân C. James

225241

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) Welsh language library books and (b) other facilities there are for women in English prisons whose home postcode is in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Mrs Siân C. James
	uin	226241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>Prison library providers make sure that the range of reading and reference material available in each library reflects the diverse needs of the prisoners held. Prison Service Instruction 02/2015, published in February 2015, has an expectation that the language needs of prisoners should be met where this is reasonably possible. The number of books available in any given language will be proportionate to the population's requirement.</p><p> </p><p>An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community. Welsh speakers can ask for Welsh language books to be provided via this service.</p><p> </p><p>Information about what particular Welsh language library books are stocked in female prisons in England is not held centrally and will need to be collated through enquiries at these prisons. At HMP Eastwood Park, which holds the largest number of women with home postcodes in Wales, and also at HMP Styal, I have enquired about the availability of Welsh language books and seen Welsh language books in both libraries. I will write to the hon Member when we have been able to obtain any additional information about Welsh language books in other women’s prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Women prisoners whose home postcode is in Wales have the same access to facilities as all other women prisoners, to support their appropriate rehabilitation and their resettlement back to Welsh communities. This includes the provision of Welsh language services, under the Welsh Language Scheme, for prisoners whose preferred language is Welsh.</p><p> </p><p>There are strong links between HMP Eastwood Park and the National Offender Management Service in Wales. A number of initiatives provide resettlement support to Welsh women prisoners there. These include the Integrated Offender Management Cymru: Women's Pathfinder project, which is seeking to design and deliver a women-specific, integrated, whole-system approach to working with those who come into contact with the criminal justice system in Wales and which includes other relevant female prisons.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Styal, which holds women whose home is in North Wales, also has strong links with Wales. As a member of the Women’s Pathfinder Project Board along with HMP Eastwood Park, Styal is involved in the development of the project, which is due to be piloted in North Wales from April 2015 and which will link directly with the prison.</p><p> </p><p>The new arrangements for transforming rehabilitation are expected to strengthen the links between women offenders whose homes are in Wales, and all the prisons in which they serve their sentence.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 11/03/2015 14:28:42 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1573 label Biography information for Mrs Siân C. James