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657221

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places of safety and reform, and so it is right that offenders who break prison rules are properly punished. Where this amounts to a criminal offence, prisoners should expect to be investigated by the police and face more serious sanctions.</p><p>We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action. This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones, while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.</p><p>Information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners as a result of adjudications for assaults against staff and prisoners in each of the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 13:57:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 56955 - table.xlsx title assaults against staff & prisoners - adjudications previous answer version 26782 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

756813

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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 for Justice, whether any additional funds above the agreed contract for 2016-17 were given to community rehabilitation companies in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	8401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>A total of £37.15m was paid to CRCs above their agreed contracts in 2016/17. These payments were made for a variety of reasons and cannot be broken down by CRC because the information is commercially sensitive. Furthermore, some concessions were agreed with CRCs on a case-by-case basis to enable them to re-invest contractual payment deductions in key areas of the business and improve services.</p><p>In addition, 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. A summary of the variations can be found below. Relevant OJEU notices can be found at http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:45770-2015:TEXT:EN:HTML&amp;tabId=4</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 11:09:47 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 14:52:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 8401 Table.png title Table detailing CRC Contract Variations previous answer version 10311 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654463

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Restraining Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 explicitly restricted online contact.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	56514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654464

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Restraining Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 restricted contact through the use of legal processes.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	56515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654465

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Harassment: Restraining Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were imposed as a result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	56513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654478

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of how frequently perpetrators of harassment or stalking seek indirectly to contact their victim through (a) civil and (b) family court action.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	56620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

758810

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) e-cigarettes and (b) tobacco products were sold in prison shops in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	9456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Numbers of units of e-cigarettes, vaping products and tobacco items sold in prisons in England and Wales in each month for the last year are as set out in the attached annex.</p><p>Prisons are rolling out the smoke free policy, subject to a series of assessments which will test the operational stability, readiness and health readiness of the prisons to implement the policy in a safe, decent and secure way. HMPPS’ health partners in England and Wales are fully involved in supporting prisoners with appropriate smoking cessation services in place.</p><p>The open estate across England and Wales has been smoke free indoors since October 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 10:59:45 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 15:01:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons previous answer version 11646 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

523596

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was levied in respect of financial remedies in each key performance indicator designated in respect of the contractual agreement between his Department and G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Limited at HM Prison Birmingham in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	39844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>All private prisons are managed by a full-time, on-site controller. Where a provider fails to meet the expected level of performance, financial remedies can be applied. This ensures that providers are incentivised to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides a breakdown of financial remedies applied for both HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood (HMP Featherstone II was the working name during construction of HMP Oakwood).</p><p> </p><p>No financial remedies were applied at either prison in 2011/12. Operation of HMP Birmingham transferred from HM Prison Service to G4S Justice Services in October 2011. HMP Oakwood opened in April 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/09/2016 09:17:39 question first ministerially corrected 05/10/2016 10:02:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 39844 & 39594 Birmingham & Oakwood Finanical Remedies.xlsx title Birmingham & Oakwood Financial Remedies previous answer version 12785 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523610

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Featherstone Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been levied in financial remedies relating to each key performance indicator in the contractual agreement between his Department and HM Prison Featherstone II in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	39594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2016 answer text <p>Well-run prisons are fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system, and a vital part of our reform plans. Private providers play an important role in the prison estate. Performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><p>All private prisons are managed by a full-time, on-site controller. Where a provider fails to meet the expected level of performance, financial remedies can be applied. This ensures that providers are incentivised to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides a breakdown of financial remedies applied for both HMP Birmingham and HMP Oakwood (HMP Featherstone II was the working name during construction of HMP Oakwood).</p><p> </p><p>No financial remedies were applied at either prison in 2011/12. Operation of HMP Birmingham transferred from HM Prison Service to G4S Justice Services in October 2011. HMP Oakwood opened in April 2012.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/09/2016 09:17:40 question first ministerially corrected 05/10/2016 10:02:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 39844 & 39594 Birmingham & Oakwood Finanical Remedies.xlsx title Birmingham & Oakwood Financial Remedies previous answer version 12786 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

620026

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bail Hostels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders absconded from bail hostels in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	49987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of recalls of offenders for absconding from Approved Premises between 2010/11 and 2015/16, in England and in Wales, are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1153</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>986</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>911</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>753</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">662</del><ins class="ministerial">884</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del><ins class="ministerial">27</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority. When an abscond takes place, the offender is recalled, and the Police are notified and are responsible for locating the offender.</p><p> </p><p>We take any breach of licence conditions extremely seriously and offenders who abscond can be sent back to prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/11/2016 17:33:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/12/2016 11:46:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 17832 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson