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1713188

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on probation (a) have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme and (b) are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	23187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data on the number of people on probation who have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme (BBR) or who are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024 without incurring disproportionate cost. We are also unable to provide the number of available places on the BBR programme for people on probation in 2024-25 without incurring disproportionate cost. This information is not collated and recorded centrally. Regions collect their own management information and waiting lists vary with average waiting times for BBR between one and five months. Each region manages their own accredited programme referrals and allocation of places is based on risk and order expiry date.</p><p>We are unable to provide data on the number of filled custodial places on the Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme in 2023-24 at this time as to do so would breach official statistics publication rules outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics as they will form a subset of future published statistics. Data for 2023-2024 will be published in the Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics report on 26 September 2024.</p><p>There are 210 places available on the BBR programme for people in custody for 2024-25. This is subject to review related to changes in both the demand for different programmes, and the transition to new programmes being introduced in-year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23188 23189 question first answered 26/04/2024 13:34:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713194

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 200 custodial places on the Building Better Relationships programme were filled in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	23188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data on the number of people on probation who have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme (BBR) or who are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024 without incurring disproportionate cost. We are also unable to provide the number of available places on the BBR programme for people on probation in 2024-25 without incurring disproportionate cost. This information is not collated and recorded centrally. Regions collect their own management information and waiting lists vary with average waiting times for BBR between one and five months. Each region manages their own accredited programme referrals and allocation of places is based on risk and order expiry date.</p><p>We are unable to provide data on the number of filled custodial places on the Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme in 2023-24 at this time as to do so would breach official statistics publication rules outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics as they will form a subset of future published statistics. Data for 2023-2024 will be published in the Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics report on 26 September 2024.</p><p>There are 210 places available on the BBR programme for people in custody for 2024-25. This is subject to review related to changes in both the demand for different programmes, and the transition to new programmes being introduced in-year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23187 23189 question first answered 26/04/2024 13:34:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1713198

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places will be available on the Building Better Relationships programme for people (a) in custody and (b) on probation in 2024-25.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	23189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data on the number of people on probation who have been assessed as eligible for the Building Better Relationships programme (BBR) or who are waiting for a place on that programme as of 23 April 2024 without incurring disproportionate cost. We are also unable to provide the number of available places on the BBR programme for people on probation in 2024-25 without incurring disproportionate cost. This information is not collated and recorded centrally. Regions collect their own management information and waiting lists vary with average waiting times for BBR between one and five months. Each region manages their own accredited programme referrals and allocation of places is based on risk and order expiry date.</p><p>We are unable to provide data on the number of filled custodial places on the Building Better Relationships (BBR) programme in 2023-24 at this time as to do so would breach official statistics publication rules outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics as they will form a subset of future published statistics. Data for 2023-2024 will be published in the Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics report on 26 September 2024.</p><p>There are 210 places available on the BBR programme for people in custody for 2024-25. This is subject to review related to changes in both the demand for different programmes, and the transition to new programmes being introduced in-year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 23187 23188 question first answered 26/04/2024 13:34:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1702516

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Just Stop Oil: Remand in Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which some Just Stop Oil protestors who were under the age of 18 were held on remand in adult prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	22812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Custody should always be a last resort for children, including on remand. The Government raised the legal test for remanding a child to custody in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. A child must have committed a violent or sexual offence or have been charged with an offence where an adult may receive a custodial sentence of 14 years, and the court must consider it very likely that the child will receive a custodial sentence.</p><p>Any person under the age of 18 will not be remanded in an adult prison. Instead, they are remanded into Young Offender Institutions (YOIs), a Secure Training Centre (STC), or Secure Children’s Homes (SCHs). Specific placement decisions for custodial remands are made by the Youth Custody Service (YCS), factoring in the needs of the child.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2024 11:29:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1702144

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Lewes Prison: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigation HM Prison and Probation Service has carried out into the causes of the hospitalisation of (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners at HMP Lewes on 28 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	22577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>On 28 March, following a Maundy Thursday service and meal in the prison chapel at HMP Lewes, two people who were present collapsed and were taken to hospital. After others who had attended the service also reported feeling unwell, the 32 prisoners and six staff who had attended were checked by paramedics. In total, six people required hospital treatment. The police are conducting an investigation into the incident. His Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service is continuing to engage with them and to obtain regular updates on the investigation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2024 11:27:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1702281

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21066 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, how may Tornado trained officers each prison should aim to have trained.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	22578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p><p>The requested information is in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2024 11:28:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-25 PQ 22578 table.xlsx title PQ_25578_table
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701729

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by Lay Observers entitled 2022-23 Annual Report, published on 10 April 2024, and the response from the Minister of State published on the same date, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on ensuring that children and young people are (a) always transported in vehicles without adult detained persons and (b) looked after and managed by suitably trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are very grateful to the Lay Observers for their invaluable work. We have thoroughly considered their annual report and its recommendations.</p><p>Timeliness is a key consideration when conveying children and young people to and from court and, in certain circumstances, transport in vehicles with adults may be the appropriate solution. In these cases, the children and young people would be collected and supervised by staff who normally work with adults. This is provided for in the contracts, and our focus is on ensuring that the service provided for in the contracts is delivered.</p><p>On all occasions when children and young people are transported with adults, the cellular accommodation in the vehicle must be separated by a screen to ensure that the children and young people are kept apart.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701808

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to manage prison population levels.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	22365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>We continue to focus on the prison capacity challenge.</p><p>To meet rising demand, we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way, and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.</p><p>On 11 March, I announced the next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing FNOs. This includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners such as Albania and the creation of a new taskforce across the HO and MoJ to change the way we process FNO cases radically.</p><p>We have also put in place short-term measures across the prison estate to expand useable capacity, while ensuring our prisons remain safe for staff and offenders.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2024 11:24:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701810

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education and Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) educational and (b) vocational training opportunities are not reduced in prisons; and whether he plans to use those training opportunities to help reduce prison overcrowding.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	22366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Education is key for reducing reoffending and research indicates that prison education reduces reoffending by 9 percentage points. In September 2023, we set out our plans to deliver an improved Prison Education Service that will support more prisoners to improve their literacy and numeracy and increase the number of prison leavers employed on release.</p><p>Over the past 12 months we have seen a sustained delivery in the number vocational courses undertaken by prisoners following increases to 95,000. To ensure the right education and vocational training opportunities are available across prisons we have:</p><ul><li>Introduced new Head of Education Skills and Work roles in every prison to provide tailored education plans to meet the needs of their jail.</li><li>Enabled the first ever prisoner apprenticeships in catering and construction through ground-breaking partnerships with Greene King, Kier and Clipper, with talks underway to open up apprenticeships in other industries.</li><li>Recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers in every prison to support offenders with neurodivergent needs in accessing education, skills and work opportunities within the prison.</li><li>Launched a Future Skills programme to train up over 2,000 offenders over the next two years in vital industries such as scaffolding and electrics, before linking them up with employers in the local community and guaranteeing interviews on release.</li><li>We are investing £16 million to test new ways of increasing workshop activity to get prisoners work-ready and improve labour supply.</li><li>£1.8 million in the Literacy Innovation Fund which is delivering pilots in 15 prisons targeting those with low literacy levels.</li></ul><p>I am pleased to say that we have seen positive outcomes in employment in support of our work to make best use of prison capacity. The proportion of prison leavers in employment six months after release has more than doubled in the two years to March 2023, from 14% to over 30%and between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2024 11:25:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701872

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22387 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701873

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22386 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701309

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a complete list of prisons in England and Wales in which the 18-day prisoner early release scheme has (a) applied and (b) continues to apply.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21909 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701310

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons will be included in the extension of the end of custody supervised licence measure from 35 to 60-days.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21908 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:17:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701311

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has published on when a person with an end of custody supervised licence should be recalled to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	21910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders released early on ECSL are subject to a standard supervision licence which is designed to enable the Probation Service to manage the risk that offenders may pose on release from prison and to safeguard public protection. The recall process is the same for those released on ECSL and other standard releases.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to recall an offender on licensed supervision is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff following consideration of safe alternatives to recall. Where offenders are recalled, it is because they present a risk of serious harm to the public and the controls available are no longer sufficient to keep the public safe. These individuals will remain in prison for only as long as necessary to protect the public. Guidance on the recall of offenders to prison is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners.</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:20:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1701328

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers have resigned from the service within (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) three months of starting their role as a trainee probation officer.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	22021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The recruitment team has worked extensively to improve candidate experience by broadening the information and communication channels available to potential applicants, to help reduce attrition. This includes interactive webinars for successful candidates to ensure new trainees are starting the role with a clear understanding of their responsibilities, the organisation, and the trainee programme. We have also reviewed the trainee learning and development curriculum to improve learner experience and have launched a refreshed induction in March 2024.</p><p>For the period from 16 October 2016 to 31 December 2023, there have generally been two cohorts of Trainee Probation Officers who started training each year. Out of the people undertaking this training:</p><ul><li><p>10 individuals resigned in the period up to one week after the start date of their PQiP training course.</p></li><li><p>23 resigned in the period of over a week but up to and including one month after the start date of their PQiP training course.</p></li><li><p>57 resigned in the period of over one month up to and including three months after the start date of their PQiP training course.</p></li></ul><p>For the two cohorts across 22/23 there were 1,514 starters, for the two cohorts across 21/22 there were 1,518 starters and for the two cohorts across 20/21 there were 1,007 starters. We are unable to provide data on 23/24 at the current time as this would pre-empt the next set of published data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024.</p><p><br>Notes:</p><p>1. Includes staff on Trainee Probation Officer (PQiP) courses. A considerable majority of these individuals are of the Probation Services Officer grade.</p><p>2. Resignation date taken as the last day of service. Date that resignation handed in is not available.</p><p>3. Staff who left for other reasons are not included.</p><p>5. In order to arrive at this information there had to be some data matching from a trainee probation officer staff list to staff who left to separate out trainees from substantive Probation Services Officers. In instances where data from the staff list was incomplete with data such as relevant staff ID then matching may not have been possible.</p><p>6. Data on the number of starters each financial year can be found in the March edition of the Probation Officer Recruitment Annex (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6464f746d3231e001332db9d/annex-probation-officer-recruitment-March-2023_final.ods).</p><p>7. It should be noted that a considerable number of trainees withdraw from PQiP training but remain in HMPPS. For information on withdrawal and leaving rates from PQiP training, please see Table Three of Probation Officer Recruitment Annex.</p><p>8. In January 2023, a considerable number of PQiPs onboarded early to the Probation Service. For the purposes of this response, we have looked at the time of resignation following the time at which they started their PQiP training course. If any of these individuals left the service before starting their PQiP training course, they have been excluded from this analysis.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:51:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701329

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies in the probation service there are as of 16 April 2024, by region.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	22022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on Wednesday 20 March to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-13/18474" target="_blank">18474</a>. Data was provided on the average number of vacancies for the month of December 2023, in line with our latest published workforce statistics (which present data up to 31 December 2023).</p><p>We are unable to provide a more up-to-date number of vacancies at the current time (for periods following December 2023) as this would pre-empt the next set of published data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Once updated staffing data have been published in May, including data up to 31 March 2024, we will then be able to respond to questions for vacancy data up to and including March 2024.</p><p>Recruitment and retention remain a priority across the Probation Service and we have injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to deliver more robust supervision, recruit more staff and reduce caseloads to keep the public safer.</p><p>We have recruited a record 4,039 trainee Probation Officers between 2020/21 and 2022/23 and we expect these intakes to qualify by the end of 2024 and begin to take on Probation Officer caseloads.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:53:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701330

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies for band (a) three, (b) four and (c) five prison officers there are as of 16 April 2024, by (i) prison and (ii) region.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	22023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p>Our latest published HMPPS workforce statistics present data up to 31 December 2023. While you have asked for data as at 16 April 2024, we are unable to provide data for periods following December 2023 as this could pre-empt the next set of published Staff in Post data, which will be released on Thursday 16 May 2024. Once updated staffing data have been published in May, including data up to 31 March 2024, we will then be able to consider questions related to vacancy data up to and including March 2024.</p><p>In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales (including the Youth Custody Service) for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 63 FTE below the Target Staffing level. This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Where possible, prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies. At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p>In December 2023, there were just under 790 FTE Band 3-5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies across individual Public Sector Prison establishments in England and Wales, where Staff in Post was below their Target Staffing level, and just over 720 FTE indicative number of surplus staff across individual Public Sector Prison establishments, in establishments where Staff in Post was above their Target Staffing level.</p><p>Table One (below) shows the total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England &amp; Wales, by region, as of December 2023. Table Two attached shows total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England &amp; Wales, by region, December 2023.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table One: Total Band 3, Band 4 and Band 5 Prison Officer indicative vacancies (FTE) across Public Sector Prisons England &amp; Wales, by region (summed from the establishment level in Annex A), December 2023</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Band 3 Indicative Vacancies</p></td><td><p>Band 4 Indicative Vacancies</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Band 5 Indicative Vacancies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon, South Dorset and Wiltshire Prisons</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Prisons</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria &amp; Lancashire Prisons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and North Dorset Prisons</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Prisons</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester, Merseyside &amp; Cheshire Prisons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Prisons</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex Prisons</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Prisons</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term High Security Estate - North</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term High Security Estate - South</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Prisons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Midlands Prisons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central Prisons</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Prisons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women's Prison Group</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Prisons</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Custody Services*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>237</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 196</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* In addition, there were 76 FTE vacancies across the Band 3 and 4 grades combined for the Youth Custody Services. In the Youth Custody Services there are a considerable number of staff employed at Band 3 grade working against the Band 4 target as they work towards becoming Band 4 Youth Justice Workers. As a result, we have merged the Band 3 and 4 grades for these five institutions.</p><p><strong>Notes on data in this response</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month (as of December 2023), adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments (including the four Young Offenders Institutions (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Werrington and Wetherby)) in England and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales at prisons (and the Youth Custody Service) with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England and Wales (and the Youth Custody Service) at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>In Table One we have summed indicative vacancies at the Public Sector Prison establishment level to produce the table showing indicative vacancies at the regional level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li><li>There will be some prisons in our data who appear to have a surplus of staff at the Band 3 or Band 4 grades whereas in reality some of these staff are temporarily promoted to more senior grades. Temporary promotions will not be visible in this data and so these roles will appear as vacancies.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 18:57:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-22 PQ 22023 table v2.xlsx title PQ 22023_table_two
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700826

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people recalled to prison were recalled due to (a) new offences, (b) a lack of address and (c) non-compliance with appointments in the latest 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. The decision to recall on offender on licensed supervision is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff following consideration of safe alternatives to recall. Where offenders are recalled, it is because they present a risk of serious harm to the public and the controls available are no longer sufficient to keep the public safe. These individuals will remain in prison for only as long as necessary to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>Reasons for recall are recorded and published as set out in the table below. Further breakdown of recall reasons is not possible without significant manual checks.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Recall period</p></td><td><p>Oct-Dec 2022</p></td><td><p>Jan-Mar 2023*</p></td><td><p>Apr-Jun 2023</p></td><td><p>Jul-Sep 2023</p></td><td><p>% Proportion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Recalls</p></td><td><p>6,092</p></td><td><p>6,824</p></td><td><p>6,814</p></td><td><p>7,030</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Facing further charge</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>1,977</p></td><td><p>1,883</p></td><td><p>1,815</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-compliance</p></td><td><p>4,378</p></td><td><p>5,047</p></td><td><p>5,038</p></td><td><p>5,376</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failed to keep in touch</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>2,140</p></td><td><p>2,110</p></td><td><p>2,286</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failed to reside</p></td><td><p>1,613</p></td><td><p>1,792</p></td><td><p>1,810</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs/alcohol</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poor Behaviour - Relationships</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HDC - Time violation</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HDC - Inability to monitor</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failed home visit</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HDC - Failed installation</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HDC - Equipment Tamper</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>1,296</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol start="1"><li><p>* Figures for Jan-Mar 2023 have been revised since last publication.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>The table includes instances of offenders recalled multiple times.</p></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>Recall reasons do not sum to the total number of recalls published, as more than one reason can be recorded against each recall.</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>We routinely publish recall data at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:57:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700827

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people that had served sentences of 12 months or less were released from custody without a permanent address in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are delivering our groundbreaking transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), so prison-leavers who are subject to probation supervision have a guaranteed 12-weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes on the first night of release from custody, broken down by sentence length, is published in the Community Performance Annual Statistics.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes for people on community sentences is not collected at commencement of order; however, data from the case management system in relation to accommodation 3 months after commencement is published.</p><p>Latest statistics for April 2022 to March 2023 for both are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-annual-update-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Community Performance Annual, update to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Accommodation data for releases from remand could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21677 21679 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:22:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700828

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were released from remand had no fixed address in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are delivering our groundbreaking transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), so prison-leavers who are subject to probation supervision have a guaranteed 12-weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes on the first night of release from custody, broken down by sentence length, is published in the Community Performance Annual Statistics.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes for people on community sentences is not collected at commencement of order; however, data from the case management system in relation to accommodation 3 months after commencement is published.</p><p>Latest statistics for April 2022 to March 2023 for both are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-annual-update-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Community Performance Annual, update to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Accommodation data for releases from remand could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21676 21679 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:22:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700829

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many and what proportion of people on community sentences with a supervision element was a breach recorded in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The supervision requirement was phased out with the introduction of Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014, therefore we have used the Rehabilitation Activity Requirement as the data source in this response as the best match to Supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Between 01/04/2022 and 31/03/2023, the last full year for which data is available, breaches were initiated one or more times for 39,617 individuals with a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement as part of their Community Sentence.</p><p> </p><p>During this period, the typical number of persons with an active Rehabilitation Activity Requirement was 84,608. As the caseload will vary, with a vast number of sentences commencing and ending on a daily basis, it is not possible to provide a figure for the proportion of those with a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, with a breach recorded.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that a breach being initiated does not necessarily mean that a breach was heard at court, or resulted in a Court hearing, they may instead have been withdrawn due to renewed compliance, at the Probation Practitioner’s professional judgement. Breaches are undertaken for a number of reasons, including non-attendance, unacceptable behaviour and commission of further offences.</p><p> </p><p>Data are as at 16/04/2024. Data are sourced from nDelius and while these data have been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset, the data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 14:01:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700830

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people on community sentences were assessed under the offender assessment system as lacking stable accommodation in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are delivering our groundbreaking transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), so prison-leavers who are subject to probation supervision have a guaranteed 12-weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes on the first night of release from custody, broken down by sentence length, is published in the Community Performance Annual Statistics.</p><p>Data for accommodation outcomes for people on community sentences is not collected at commencement of order; however, data from the case management system in relation to accommodation 3 months after commencement is published.</p><p>Latest statistics for April 2022 to March 2023 for both are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-annual-update-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Community Performance Annual, update to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Accommodation data for releases from remand could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21676 21677 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:22:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700932

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Five Wells Prison: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) other staff have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to (A) drug smuggling and (B) corruption at HMP Five Wells in the last 18 months.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no place for any form of corruption or unacceptable behaviour in the Prison Service. Such behaviour is contrary to our core values and will not be tolerated. The Ministry of Justice’s Counter Corruption Unit and Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit are working to ensure that professional standards of behaviour are maintained.</p><p>In relation to the various items of information requested, it is necessary to consider whether providing information in relation to a small number of cases could lead to the identification of individuals, in a way that would constitute a breach of our statutory obligations under data protection legislation. As we believe that the release of this information would risk such identification, it is not possible to provide the figures requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/04/2024 14:07:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700933

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) other staff have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to (A) drug smuggling and (B) corruption at HMP Berwyn in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>There is no place for any form of corruption or unacceptable behaviour in the Prison Service. Such behaviour is contrary to our core values and will not be tolerated. The Ministry of Justice’s Counter Corruption Unit and Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit are working to ensure that professional standards of behaviour are maintained.</p><p>In relation to the various items of information requested, it is necessary to consider whether providing information in relation to a small number of cases could lead to the identification of individuals, in a way that would constitute a breach of our statutory obligations under data protection legislation. As we believe that the release of this information would risk such identification, it is not possible to provide the figures requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/04/2024 11:31:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700954

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Dogs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17263 on Prisons: Dogs, how many times the National Dog and Technical Support Group were deployed in prisons in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:48:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700955

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17264 on Prisons: Restraint Equipment, how many Nico 9 stun grenades were used in prisons in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 16:18:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700962

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers were homeless in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on accommodation outcomes on the first night of release from custody is published in the Community Performance Annual Statistics. Data is only available from 2017/18 onwards. From this point, accommodation performance metrics were introduced to the probation performance framework with reliable data not available for previous years. The data can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics#community-performance-statistics" target="_blank">Prison and Probation Performance Statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are delivering our ground-breaking transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), so prison-leavers have a guaranteed 12 weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 16:02:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700964

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons and Young Offenders: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male prisoners, (b) women prisoners and (c) young offenders were transferred to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Under sections 47/49 and 48/49 of the Mental Health Act 1983, the Secretary of State may authorise by warrant the transfer of prisoners to a secure hospital, where he is satisfied that the criteria for detention are met by the aforementioned Act.</p><p> </p><p>The requested data are set out in the tables below for the years 2013 to 2022 and are taken from an electronic casework system. Providing data for the years from 2010 to 2013 would require substantial manual checks of paper files which could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost. The data for 2023 are due to be published on 26 April.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>TRANSFER YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SEX</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>887</p></td><td><p>956</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>854</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>924</p></td><td><p>921</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1060</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>965</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1054</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1098</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1072</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>TRANSFER YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AGE BAND</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 and over</p></td><td><p>976</p></td><td><p>1039</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>972</p></td><td><p>946</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>1028</p></td><td><p>1012</p></td><td><p>1088</p></td><td><p>1062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1064</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>965</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1054</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1098</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1072</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes </strong></p><ol><li>We have interpreted young offender to mean those aged under 18 at time of transfer</li><li>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing</li><li>Where patients are admitted more than once, each admission is counted separately</li></ol><p> </p><p>Data Source: Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</p><p>We are committed to delivering improvements to mental health care and treatment for vulnerable offenders through non-legislative means. This includes improving oversight of the 28-day time limit for transfers to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 and increasing judicial awareness of alternatives to custody through the expansion of the Bail Information Service.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 16:00:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700965

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: 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 prison staff required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of incidents of a prisoner assault leading to a prison staff member requiring hospital treatment 2018-2022 can be found in the attached table. Data on staff assaults for the calendar year 2023 is subject to future publication on 25 April, in ‘Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2023’.</p><p>Changes were made to the recording of assaults in April 2017 that affects the reporting of hospitalisation. This change means that a comparable time series for this question can only be provided from 2018 onwards.</p><p>Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers, and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs.</p><p>To protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults, we have rolled out PAVA – a synthetic pepper spray – for use by prison officers in the adult male estate. Staff are able to use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it.</p><p>We have rolled out a new Body Worn Video Camera system which has increased the overall number of cameras across public sector prisons to over 13,000. This enables every operational band 3-5 officer on shift to wear a camera. They are supported by a new Policy Framework which mandates the wearing of the cameras.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 09:41:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-23 PQ 21513 Table.xlsx title PQ_21513_table previous answer version 29376 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700966

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	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 average time from sentence to start of community payback in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average days from sentence to start of Community Payback</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders who did not complete their first session of Community Payback</p></td><td><p>Total caseload</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>8,830</p></td><td><p>44,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>7,822</p></td><td><p>47,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>6,604</p></td><td><p>48,058</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The dataset includes all offenders starting an order with a community payback requirement between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023. The start of the community payback requirement has been defined as either the first attended session of group work, or an individual placement, or the completion of Employment, Training and Education work.</p><p>There are a variety of reason why a person hasn't completed their first community payback session. These include receiving a custodial sentence or remanded into custody, recall to prison, a warrant for their arrest, deportation, suitability of sentence and non -compliance. For issues of suitability or non-compliance requirements are returned to court for appropriate action to be taken.</p><p>People whose first community payback session took place over a year from their order start date have been excluded from the average days calculation as additional court work would need to be completed to ensure that the first session was worked within a lawful period.</p><p>People who have not completed a first work session have also been excluded from the average day calculation, along with those where a first work session has been recorded after the community payback requirement was terminated.</p><p>The 2023 figure is subject to change as offenders sentenced in late 2023 will still have time to complete their first community payback session.</p><p>Centrally collected data are only available from 2021.</p><p>Between 2021 and 2023, a total of 23,256 offenders did not complete their first session of community payback.</p><p>This figure is subject to change as offenders sentenced in late 2023 will still have time to complete their first community payback session.</p><p>Data as at 15 April 2024. Data are sourced from nDelius and while these data have been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset, the data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21515 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:55:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700967

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have not completed their first session of community payback.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average days from sentence to start of Community Payback</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders who did not complete their first session of Community Payback</p></td><td><p>Total caseload</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>8,830</p></td><td><p>44,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>7,822</p></td><td><p>47,421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>6,604</p></td><td><p>48,058</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The dataset includes all offenders starting an order with a community payback requirement between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023. The start of the community payback requirement has been defined as either the first attended session of group work, or an individual placement, or the completion of Employment, Training and Education work.</p><p>There are a variety of reason why a person hasn't completed their first community payback session. These include receiving a custodial sentence or remanded into custody, recall to prison, a warrant for their arrest, deportation, suitability of sentence and non -compliance. For issues of suitability or non-compliance requirements are returned to court for appropriate action to be taken.</p><p>People whose first community payback session took place over a year from their order start date have been excluded from the average days calculation as additional court work would need to be completed to ensure that the first session was worked within a lawful period.</p><p>People who have not completed a first work session have also been excluded from the average day calculation, along with those where a first work session has been recorded after the community payback requirement was terminated.</p><p>The 2023 figure is subject to change as offenders sentenced in late 2023 will still have time to complete their first community payback session.</p><p>Centrally collected data are only available from 2021.</p><p>Between 2021 and 2023, a total of 23,256 offenders did not complete their first session of community payback.</p><p>This figure is subject to change as offenders sentenced in late 2023 will still have time to complete their first community payback session.</p><p>Data as at 15 April 2024. Data are sourced from nDelius and while these data have been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset, the data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21514 question first answered 23/04/2024 13:55:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1700970

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Clinical Psychologists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many psychologists were employed in prisons on average in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	21518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 December 2023. The average number of psychologists is given in table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - Average number of psychologists<sup>1</sup> in HMPPS <sup>2</sup> for each calendar year from 2010 to 2023</p><p>(full-time equivalent)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>874</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>862</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Only including staff in HMPPS bands 5 to 11 and will include trainee psychologists. Staff in groupworker or administrative roles in psychology at bands 3 and 4 are excluded.</p><p>2. Psychologists employed in the Probation Service are not included.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:11:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1701042

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people leaving prison have settled accommodation upon release.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to preventing homelessness and works closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government to do so. Prisons and probation have a statutory duty to refer someone at risk of homelessness to a local authority for assistance, and we have worked closely with DLUHC on the design and delivery of their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme. We have set up a Cross-Whitehall Accommodation Board, attended by officials from MoJ, HMPPS, Welsh Government and DLUHC, to ensure collaboration across policy and operational areas. In the year to March 2023, 86% of prison leavers were in accommodation on their first night of release from custody (excluding cases where the status was unknown). This is up from 80% in 2019-20, the year immediately before our accommodation investments began.</p><p>In July 2021, we launched our groundbreaking Community Accommodation Service Tier-3 in five probation regions, to guarantee up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation to prison leavers subject to probation supervision who are at risk of homelessness on release, including those released under the End of Custody Supervised Licence measure. From April 2023, the service was expanded across all probation regions in England and Wales and continues to bring new beds online as the service embeds. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21767 question first answered 23/04/2024 14:03:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701043

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure prison leavers do not become homeless upon release.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to preventing homelessness and works closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and the Welsh Government to do so. Prisons and probation have a statutory duty to refer someone at risk of homelessness to a local authority for assistance, and we have worked closely with DLUHC on the design and delivery of their Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme. We have set up a Cross-Whitehall Accommodation Board, attended by officials from MoJ, HMPPS, Welsh Government and DLUHC, to ensure collaboration across policy and operational areas. In the year to March 2023, 86% of prison leavers were in accommodation on their first night of release from custody (excluding cases where the status was unknown). This is up from 80% in 2019-20, the year immediately before our accommodation investments began.</p><p>In July 2021, we launched our groundbreaking Community Accommodation Service Tier-3 in five probation regions, to guarantee up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation to prison leavers subject to probation supervision who are at risk of homelessness on release, including those released under the End of Custody Supervised Licence measure. From April 2023, the service was expanded across all probation regions in England and Wales and continues to bring new beds online as the service embeds. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21766 question first answered 23/04/2024 14:03:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701044

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 programme in ensuring prison leavers find settled accommodation following up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>HMPPS Community Accommodation Service (CAS) provides transitional accommodation via three tiers of support, each focused on a different cohort. CAS3 was launched in July 2021, providing up to 12 weeks’ guaranteed accommodation on release for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness, with support to move on to settled accommodation. Initially implemented in five probation regions (Yorkshire and the Humber; North West; Greater Manchester; East of England; and Kent, Surrey and Sussex), the service was rolled out to Wales in June 2022. From April 2023, the CAS3 service was operating in all probation regions in England and Wales. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p><p> </p><p>We are undertaking an evaluation of the impact of CAS3 on offenders’ obtaining settled accommodation and employment, and on re-offending outcomes. The report is due to be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office’s report “Improving resettlement support for prison leavers to reduce reoffending”, published in May 2023, looks at the impact of CAS3 on accommodation outcomes during the period up to February 2023. It can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/improving-resettlement-support-for-prison-leavers-to-reduce-reoffending.pdf." target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/improving-resettlement-support-for-prison-leavers-to-reduce-reoffending.pdf. </a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21769 question first answered 23/04/2024 14:04:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701045

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers went on to live in settled accommodation after using the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>HMPPS Community Accommodation Service (CAS) provides transitional accommodation via three tiers of support, each focused on a different cohort. CAS3 was launched in July 2021, providing up to 12 weeks’ guaranteed accommodation on release for those leaving prison at risk of homelessness, with support to move on to settled accommodation. Initially implemented in five probation regions (Yorkshire and the Humber; North West; Greater Manchester; East of England; and Kent, Surrey and Sussex), the service was rolled out to Wales in June 2022. From April 2023, the CAS3 service was operating in all probation regions in England and Wales. By January 2023, the proportion of offenders housed on the first night of their release from custody was 7.6 percentage points higher in CAS3 regions versus non-CAS3 regions.</p><p> </p><p>We are undertaking an evaluation of the impact of CAS3 on offenders’ obtaining settled accommodation and employment, and on re-offending outcomes. The report is due to be published in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office’s report “Improving resettlement support for prison leavers to reduce reoffending”, published in May 2023, looks at the impact of CAS3 on accommodation outcomes during the period up to February 2023. It can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/improving-resettlement-support-for-prison-leavers-to-reduce-reoffending.pdf." target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/improving-resettlement-support-for-prison-leavers-to-reduce-reoffending.pdf. </a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21768 question first answered 23/04/2024 14:04:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701046

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers are employed six months after their release.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. In order to grow, businesses need skills and labour to fill the nearly one million vacancies in the UK right now. Prison leavers have a role to play in filling those vacancies, particularly in sectors with skills shortages such as construction and hospitality, that the economy needs to grow, while also cutting crime and delivering safer streets. That’s why we’ve invested heavily in delivering key employment reforms across 93 resettlement prisons, including:</p><ul><li>Prison Employment Leads to match prisoners to jobs;</li><li>Employment Hubs where prisoners can access job vacancies and support with applications;</li><li>Employment Advisory Boards – chaired by business leaders and advise prisons on skills delivery.</li></ul><p> </p><p>I am pleased to say that the proportion of prison leavers in employment six months after release more than doubled from 14% in April 2021 to over 30% in March 2023. The next release of this data will be published this summer</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 16:10:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701047

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prison leavers are aware of the resettlement services available.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Effective resettlement of prison leavers is a core part of our efforts to reduce re-offending. This includes making sure someone has a home, family links where appropriate, access to healthcare, a job or further education, and/or access to benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Probation practitioners in the community coordinate the overall rehabilitation of offenders as they leave prison and serve their licence, supported by Pre-Release Teams (PRT) who provide support to address identified immediate resettlement needs and pre-release support for all people in prison. The immediate resettlement needs of all prisoners are assessed on entry to prison and reviewed pre-release.</p><p> </p><p>Utilising both prison-based services and Commissioned Rehabilitative Services (CRS), there is a wide range of resettlement support covering accommodation, employment, dependency and recovery, personal wellbeing and finance, benefit and debt services. CRS also offers a ‘mentoring’ service, which can be delivered pre-release and follow offenders through the gate for those being released on licence to support community integration. Community probation practitioners and PRTs work proactively with prisoners to build pre-release plans and refer into these services to ensure that the right support is in place for release.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have also introduced employment hubs where prisoners can access job vacancies and support with applications, and Prison Employment Leads who support with work-readiness and match them to jobs on release.</p><p> </p><p>To further improve awareness for prison leavers, we are introducing Resettlement Passports, which will bring together key information and services that an individual needs in one place to resettle into the community, such as bank accounts, CVs and identity documents to prove the right to work and rent, as well as appointment and contact information to enable prison leavers to engage with resettlement services available.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:29:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701048

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure support is provided to prison leavers between the end of the HM Prison and Probation Services' Creating Future Opportunities CFO3 project and CFO Activity Hubs and delivery of the CFO Evolution programme; and how information will be disseminated to prison leavers.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	21772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We will deliver continuous support for prison leavers during the transition from the CFO3 and CFO Activity Hubs programmes to the CFO Evolution programme by allowing adequate implementation and migration time as appropriate between the existing and new programmes. Information about the CFO programmes will be disseminated to prison leavers by the current and new providers and the HMPPS CFO team. Comprehensive mobilisation and transition plans are in place to ensure participants on the programme will notice little difference during this period.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/04/2024 13:15:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1700019

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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 nationals are held in the prison estate by nationality.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on how many Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) are held in custody are published in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. For data on the prison population by nationality, see prison population table 1_7.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data from 31 December 2023 shows that there were 10,423 (3,333 remand, 6,697 sentenced and 393 non-criminal) FNOs held in custody; representing 12% of the total prison population. The most common nationalities after British Nationals in prisons are Albanian (13% of the FNO prison population), Polish (9%), Romanian (7%), Irish (6%) and Jamaican (4%).</p><p> </p><p>The removal of FNOs is a Government priority and my department continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures show that FNO returns have increased following the pandemic, in the latest 12-month period (ending December 2023) by 27% when compared to the previous 12-month period. Between January 2019 and December 2023 17,795 FNOs have been removed.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of FNOs held in custody is 12% of the total prison population and has remained stable in recent years while the overall prison population has grown.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, the Government set out a plan to increase the number of FNOs removed through:</p><ul><li>The recruitment of 400 additional caseworkers and streamlining the end-to-end removal process;</li><li>Extending foreign national conditional cautions to FNOs with limited leave to remain; and</li><li>Amending deportation policy to enable FNOs given suspended sentences of 6 months or more to be considered for deportation.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>These actions build on our expansion of the Early Removal Scheme to allow for removal of FNOs up to 18 months before the end of the custodial element of their sentence, and expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania and seeking to conclude new transfer agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:31:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700020

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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, if he will publish a breakdown of offences committed by foreign nationals held in the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>The removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is a Government priority and my department continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures show that FNO returns have increased following the pandemic, in the latest 12-month period (ending December 2023) by 27% when compared to the previous 12-month period. Between January 2019 and December 2023 17,795 FNOs have been removed.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of FNOs held in custody is 12% of the total prison population and has remained stable in recent years while the overall prison population has grown.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 March, the Government set out a plan to increase the number of FNOs removed through:</p><ul><li>The recruitment of 400 additional caseworkers and streamlining the end-to-end removal process;</li><li>Extending foreign national conditional cautions to FNOs with limited leave to remain; and</li><li>Amending deportation policy to enable FNOs given suspended sentences of 6 months or more to be considered for deportation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These actions build on our expansion of the Early Removal Scheme to allow for removal of FNOs up to 18 months before the end of the custodial element of their sentence, and expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania and seeking to conclude new transfer agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:32:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-17 PQ 20834 table.xlsx title Foreign National prisoners
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700022

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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 nationals held in the prison estate have previously been detained after conviction.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This is because it would require data linking between prison data and the Ministry of Justice extract of the police national computer.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:19:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700172

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent reoffending by people convicted of violent offences.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	21218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the causes of reoffending to keep our communities safe. Between 2010/11 and 2020/21, the overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.6% to 24.4%.</p><p>Rehabilitation is critical to reducing reoffending. It is the process by which we assist people either to change themselves or improve their life circumstances, addressing their drivers of reoffending and therefore cutting crime. Rehabilitation takes many forms, ranging from the delivery of a cognitive behaviour programme to enabling a person to access suitable accommodation and the means to earn a living.</p><p>HMPPS offers 5 Accredited Programmes specifically designed for those individuals convicted of general, domestic, intimate partner violent offending: Kaizen, Becoming New Me Plus (BNM+), Building Better Relationships (BBR), New Me Strengths (NMS), and Living as New Me (LNM). The Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) is a responsive and flexible Accredited Programme that may be suitable for those offenders who do not meet the eligibility criteria for more specific programmes, as well as the New Me MOT toolkit, offering continuity of support to those who have completed the Kaizen, BNM+, or NMS programmes.</p><p>In addition to our targeted work to prevent violent crime reoffending, we are also working hard to ensure that prison leavers across the estate have the right building blocks in place to ensure they are successful on release. For example, we are helping prison leavers to secure accommodation, employment, and substance misuse treatment, all of which are essential for rehabilitation and can significantly reduce the likelihood of reoffending. We are also delivering Commissioned Rehabilitative Services which provide offenders with tailored, community-based services to support rehabilitation and drive down reoffending. On top of this, we are expanding the use of electronic monitoring for both community-based sentences and post-custody licence to help reduce the risk of reoffending and support robust offender management.</p><p>Finally, public protection work is central to the work of the Probation Service. We have also increased our baseline funding by £155 million per annum which is helping us to increase staffing and take other action to improve delivery across HMPPS so that the service can best achieve its purpose of protecting the public and reducing reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:38:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1700199

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 March 2024 on Update on Foreign National Offenders, Prisons and Probation, HCWS332, whether the new 10,000 prison places include rapid deployment cells.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are delivering 20,000 additional, modern prison places, the largest prison build programme since the Victorian era, ensuring the right conditions are in place to rehabilitate prisoners, helping to cut crime and protect the public. So far c.5,900 places have been delivered.</p><p>Of these places, we have so far delivered c.670 Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs) across 12 sites. By the end of 2025 we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total, this will include hundreds more RDCs. We are looking at all options to accelerate delivery of all types of places across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:22:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700200

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who joined in 2023 resigned within (a) 14 and (b) 30 days of the start of their employment.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including joiners and leavers, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 December 2023.</p><p>In the 12 months to 31 December 2023 there were 5,066 Band 3-5 Prison Officers1 who joined2 HMPPS. Of these, 66 resigned3,4 within the period up to and including 14 days, and an additional 33 resigned3,4 in the period of 15 days to 30 days after joining.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2. New recruits joining HMPPS - does not include internal transfers or conversions.</p><p>3. Resignation date taken as the last day of service. Date that resignation handed in is not available.</p><p>4. Staff who left for other reasons are not included.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:23:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700229

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17880 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, whether his Department previously had a minimum staffing requirement for Operation Tornado teams in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21065 21066 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700230

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 14 of the document published by HM Prison Service on 31 August 2005 entitled Use of Force, whether his Department has previously had a policy of ensuring each prison had a minimum commitment for the number of Operation Tornado officers trained in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21064 21066 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700231

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Prison and Probation Service has made an assessment of the safety of (a) prisoners and (b) prison officers in prisons that do not have Tornado trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p>HMPPS aims to have 2,100 volunteers trained in readiness for Operation Tornado. Since the inception of Operation Tornado in the late 1980s, HMPPS has allocated a commitment to each prison for how many Tornado staff they should aim to have trained. HMPPS monitors the number of staff available for deployment and offer training spaces to ensure resilience to respond to serious incidents.</p><p>In the event of a serious incident, all prisons, including those who have a commitment of zero, receive the same level of support from the Operation Response and Resilience Unit and Tornado trained staff from other prisons if required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21064 21065 question first answered 18/04/2024 11:28:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700233

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Serious Crime Prevention Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners are subject to serious crime prevention orders in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on how many serving prisoners are subject to serious crime prevention orders is not currently held and would only be available at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:24:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1700234

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of corruption prevention training are provided to non-uniformed prison staff.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	21068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The vast majority of prison staff are hardworking and dedicated. A minority of staff engage in corrupt activity which is often as a result of conditioning and manipulation by prisoners.</p><p>Our Counter Corruption Unit led Awareness sessions, delivered by our Prevent team, run between two and two and a half hours, dependent on staff involvement on the day. We do not record this as hours delivered, but sessions, and we have delivered 2544 sessions since April 2021.</p><p>Data collection/recording methods changed in January 2023 to reflect the number of attendees to these sessions. Since then, over 9702 staff have been trained in total. They changed again in June 2023 to record those that were of an operational grade. From June 2023 onwards, 2602 non-operational staff received training.</p><p>This Corruption Prevention training is in addition to the induction security training package delivered to non-operational staff by local establishments for new starters, which will be establishment specific in terms of length.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:26:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury