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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

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

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

1700282

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' Release: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure offenders convinced of child criminal exploitation are not released into the same community as the victims on the completion of a custodial sentence.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	21179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Individuals convicted of serious sexual, violent and terrorist offences are managed under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) on release from custody. MAPPA enables the Police, Probation and Prison Services to work together with other agencies to manage the risks posed by these individuals in the community, in order to protect victims and members of the public.</p><p>All offenders released from custodial sentences before the end of their sentence will be supervised on licence in the community by the Probation Service. Victims who opt in to the Victim Contact Scheme (VCS), which is available for victims of specified sexual or violent offences where the sentence is 12 months or more, have the statutory right to request licence conditions for when the offender is released. Typically, these conditions will include a non-contact condition and exclusion zones, prohibiting the offender from entering areas where the victim lives, works or travels to frequently.</p><p>Where victims do not qualify for the VCS, the supervising officer in the Probation Service will undertake a risk assessment and may request licence conditions to mitigate identified risks where they relate to victims of the index offence.</p><p>Licence conditions end when the offender completes his/her sentence. However, where the Police have concerns about an offender’s ongoing risk to a victim or the general public, they may apply may apply to the Magistrates Court for the imposition of a civil order, which may place restrictions or obligations on the offender which replicate some of the protections of the licence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21181 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:30:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1700284

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' Release: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure offenders convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation are not released into the same community as the victims on completion of a custodial sentence.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	21181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Individuals convicted of serious sexual, violent and terrorist offences are managed under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) on release from custody. MAPPA enables the Police, Probation and Prison Services to work together with other agencies to manage the risks posed by these individuals in the community, in order to protect victims and members of the public.</p><p>All offenders released from custodial sentences before the end of their sentence will be supervised on licence in the community by the Probation Service. Victims who opt in to the Victim Contact Scheme (VCS), which is available for victims of specified sexual or violent offences where the sentence is 12 months or more, have the statutory right to request licence conditions for when the offender is released. Typically, these conditions will include a non-contact condition and exclusion zones, prohibiting the offender from entering areas where the victim lives, works or travels to frequently.</p><p>Where victims do not qualify for the VCS, the supervising officer in the Probation Service will undertake a risk assessment and may request licence conditions to mitigate identified risks where they relate to victims of the index offence.</p><p>Licence conditions end when the offender completes his/her sentence. However, where the Police have concerns about an offender’s ongoing risk to a victim or the general public, they may apply may apply to the Magistrates Court for the imposition of a civil order, which may place restrictions or obligations on the offender which replicate some of the protections of the licence.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21179 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:30:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1700296

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	Gambling: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) persons arrested by the police (b) prisoners and (c) offenders on probation who are affected by harmful gambling.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	21142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of persons arrested by the police. No national estimate has been made. Probation staff assess individual needs and can assist with referrals to local or national services to address gambling or to access debt counselling services where appropriate. In custody, all prisoners are seen by NHS healthcare on reception and can be referred to addiction services to help address problem gambling.</p><p>HMPPS are also working with NHS and other partners to better understand the evidence around gambling addiction. This will inform a more joined up, cross system approach to effective support and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21143 21144 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:27:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris