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1697596

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	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 girls aged under the age of 15 (a) have been placed in the last 12 months and (b) are expected to be placed within the next 12 months at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	19717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>No girls under 15 have been placed at HMYOI Wetherby in the last 12 months. We do not expect to make any such placement in the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/03/2024 15:26:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693931

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, if he will implement additional safeguarding measures to reduce instances of (a) girls having clothing removed by male officers and (b) pain-inducing restraint methods by staff members.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In emergency situations, the first priority of staff is always to safeguard the life and safety of those in their care. Staff will do all they can to preserve the dignity of a child, consistent with the urgent need to prevent harm.</p><p>Following the incident highlighted by HM Inspectorate, a Learning Review has been conducted by the Youth Custody Service’s Safeguarding Team. It made 21 recommendations to ensure that lessons on appropriate practice are learned, both at HMP Wetherby and across the youth secure estate. The recommendations focus on four main themes:</p><ul><li>protecting the well-being of children and staff during and after incidents</li><li>further training and guidance for staff in incident management of girls</li><li>integrated care management to ensure all departments work effectively with a child</li><li>management of resources to ensure there is an appropriate gender balance of staff on night duty.</li></ul><p>Force must only ever be used as a last resort, and at the lowest possible level. A policy on use of force in the youth estate (‘Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint’) was published last year. Staff are trained to use the minimum level of force, and the guidance makes clear that pain-inducing techniques should only be used as an exceptional emergency response.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 17221 question first answered 11/03/2024 12:19:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693932

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what steps he is taking to reduce instances of (a) girls having clothing removed by male officers and (b) pain-inducing restraint methods by staff members.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In emergency situations, the first priority of staff is always to safeguard the life and safety of those in their care. Staff will do all they can to preserve the dignity of a child, consistent with the urgent need to prevent harm.</p><p>Following the incident highlighted by HM Inspectorate, a Learning Review has been conducted by the Youth Custody Service’s Safeguarding Team. It made 21 recommendations to ensure that lessons on appropriate practice are learned, both at HMP Wetherby and across the youth secure estate. The recommendations focus on four main themes:</p><ul><li>protecting the well-being of children and staff during and after incidents</li><li>further training and guidance for staff in incident management of girls</li><li>integrated care management to ensure all departments work effectively with a child</li><li>management of resources to ensure there is an appropriate gender balance of staff on night duty.</li></ul><p>Force must only ever be used as a last resort, and at the lowest possible level. A policy on use of force in the youth estate (‘Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint’) was published last year. Staff are trained to use the minimum level of force, and the guidance makes clear that pain-inducing techniques should only be used as an exceptional emergency response.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 17220 question first answered 11/03/2024 12:19:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693933

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what steps he is taking to reduce rates of self-harm at HMYOI Wetherby.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) will review the support available to all those placed at HMYOI Wetherby, ensuring that the placement of any child in the secure estate is needs-led, and is in the child’s best interests. It will also develop gender-specific guidance on the care of girls in the establishment.</p><p>All residents at HMYOI Wetherby will be allocated an appropriate Custody Support Plan Officer, and will receive support sessions following any significant events.</p><p>Any child who is at risk of self-harm will be supported through the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process, ensuring that he or she has a dedicated case manager; and those with the most complex needs will receive additional monitoring and more intensive case management. The weekly Safety Intervention Meeting will discuss any acts of self-harm, or violence, and appropriate actions to support the children concerned will be included in the safety action plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2024 12:21:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693934

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (20 November – 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what steps he is taking to increase the amount custody support plans that are implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is dedicating the resources needed to achieve consistent delivery of custody support plans (CuSP) to children and young people in the secure estate, enabling staff to spend the time they need with children to improve relationships, with in-depth support sessions, working on progression, goals and behaviour.</p><p>The YCS is delivering training to all Band 3 and 4 operational staff to ensure they are appropriately skilled to implement and review CuSP. A CuSP officer is being allocated to each child entering custody during the induction process, to provide consistent adult support through the child’s custody journey.</p><p>The YCS is also improving oversight of CuSP through monthly management meetings, which will communicate information on emerging risks, and ensure accountability for delivery, through scrutiny of data.</p><p>In accordance with the YCS’s improvement plan (the “CuSP ladder”), HMYOI Wetherby plans to increase delivery of CuSP across the year, and will ensure that CuSP sessions are held following significant events.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/03/2024 12:21:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693936

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (20 November – 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what assessment he has made of the quality of risk assessments completed by resettlement practitioners.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Following the previous inspection of HMYOI Wetherby, additional emphasis was placed on resettlement work. This has resulted in improved outcomes for children and young people in our care. HM Inspectorate’s latest report notes that children and 18-year-olds received good support from resettlement practitioners (RPs) and the social workers who worked with them, and Home Detention Curfew (HDC), transitions, parole and early release processes were managed well.</p><p>The Head of Resettlement at HMYOI Wetherby will lead improvement in the quality and consistency of risk-assessment work by RPs, by undertaking the following actions:</p><ul><li>senior leaders and first line managers will highlight any knowledge gaps, to share good practice and identify learning for a training needs analysis</li><li>developing and delivering an appropriate catalogue of training in relation to young people over the age of 18 who are transitioning to the adult estate, as well as Prisoner Offender Management training, for all RPs</li><li>improving RP knowledge and understanding of the intervention catalogue, through awareness sessions, delivered quarterly by treatment managers; and</li><li>ensuring resettlement targets are shared with all children via their in-room launchpads, so that they are aware of their objectives, and that objectives are recorded on electronic case notes.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2024 17:16:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693938

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (20 November – 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what steps he is taking to improve the teaching of English at HMYOI Wetherby.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>Education managers created a reading strategy which commenced in November 2023 and is in use across the prison, making sure reading for purpose and reading for pleasure are adequately planned and delivered in all lessons, including those for children receiving outreach tuition.</p><p> </p><p>The Head of Education, Skills &amp; Work at HMYOI Wetherby, who is part of the Senior Management Team, will work with the education provider to effect improvements in the quality of English teaching. Attention will be given to ensuring that teachers, when planning learning, pay full regard to children’s starting points, so as to be able to maintain their interest and engagement. All functional skills staff will be required to attend collaborative planning workshops, to improve planning for learning, create clear assessment checkpoints and markers for assessing progress, and develop a sequenced curriculum for delivering English lessons. The Education provider will ensure their staff are teaching to good or outstanding grades through observations of teaching and learning, providing continual professional development and support to any staff who do not reach the required minimum standards. This will be monitored through contract management processes.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2024 17:17:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693949

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 20 November – 7 December 2023, published on 5 March 2024, what assessment he has made of future options for the accommodation of girls on the Secure Youth Estate.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service is providing support to the staff at HMYOI Wetherby who care for girls in the Keppel Unit. The Youth Custody Service is looking to develop a gender-specific operating model for HMYOI Wetherby, and gender-responsive guidance for the wider youth secure estate. We will continue to place girls into the Keppel Unit when it best suits their needs.</p><p> </p><p>For the longer term, we are examining future placement options of girls who receive a custodial sentence, together with the operational support and training needed for the care of girls in the youth estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2024 17:17:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693951

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	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 cells by female inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days at HMYOI Wetherby in January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The information requested, stated in hours and minutes, is set out in the table below. The figures below were calculated during January 2024.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Weekday</strong></p></td><td><p>4hr 34mins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends</strong></p></td><td><p>4hr 24mins</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As the number of girls at HMYOI Wetherby is very small, it would not be statistically appropriate to try to draw conclusions from the above figures about girls’ general experience of time out of room.</p><p>We recognise the importance of ensuring that time in a secure setting is purposeful, and we are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work related provision with a consistent daily programme of activities supporting their wellbeing and progress. The Youth Custody Service continues to review daily activity and staff deployment to maximise time-out-of-room, with a focus on staff recruitment and retention to support this delivery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2024 17:18:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1693952

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December 2023), published on 5 March 2024, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to discrimination complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	17231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>HMYOI Wetherby has put measures in place to improve the timeliness and quality of discrimination complaint responses. A tiered quality-assurance process has been introduced for discrimination incident reporting forms (DIRFs); Equality Advisors and the Head of Equalities will quality-assess all DIRF cases, monitoring the promptness and quality of investigation responses. An escalation process, overseen by the Deputy Governor, is in place for any overdue responses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the monthly meetings of the Senior Leadership Team and Equality Action Group will discuss the DIRFs submitted during the previous month, to identify any trends relating to discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/03/2024 17:19:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby