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date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the Local Government Association's request for an urgent action plan to improve conditions in youth custody provision, following the conclusion by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, set out in the 2016–17 Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, that "there was not a single establishment…inspected…in which it was safe to hold children and young people."
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve safety and reduce the risk of serious incidents, violence and self-harm in youth custody. We acknowledge that levels of violence within the youth estate are too high and outcomes for children and young people in custody are not good enough. Following the Government’s response to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system, a new Youth Custody Service (YCS) has been created to focus on performance in the Youth Secure Estate and a Youth Justice Reform Programme has been established.</p><p>The aims of the programme are to improve standards by making youth custody a place of safety, both for young people and those who work there; and to improve the life chances of young people in custody. We are investing £64 million to entrench the reform of youth custody. We will boost the number of frontline staff in youth offender institutions by 20% – 120 additional recruits, including newly trained specialist youth justice workers, equipped to tackle the needs of young offenders. We are also developing two new Secure Schools.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:57:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

767350

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date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of Community Rehabilitation Companies; and what evidence they have to demonstrate that part-privatisation of the probation services is keeping the public safe and turning discharged prisoners' lives around.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We closely monitor and robustly manage Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments and deliver effective probation services.</p><p> </p><p>Data on CRC performance against service levels are published quarterly, with the latest data published in July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-and-annual-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-and-annual-2016-to-2017</a>. The first set of final reoffending data for offenders supervised by CRCs will be published later this month and thereafter data will be published quarterly.</p><p> </p><p>We have already taken action to change CRC contracts so they can focus on critical operational services, and we continue to work with them to ensure they protect the public and rehabilitate offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/10/2017 14:57:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

767352

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals will be refunded employment tribunal fees, following the decision of the Supreme Court in R v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51; and what is the estimated cost of those refunds.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect centrally information on the number of individual claimants and respondents who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals. The number of fee payments received in the Employment Tribunals between 29 July 2013 (when fees were introduced) and 30 June 2017 is published at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017</a>. These statistics are updated quarterly.</p><p>The estimated cost of Employment Tribunals fees refunds, including interest, is £33m.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/10/2017 13:04:22 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley