Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

46994

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Imprisonment for Public Protection prisoners were imprisoned at the latest date available date; how many of those were beyond the tariff; and of those beyond their tariff, how many (1) have completed rehabilitation programmes courses successfully, (2) have been on rehabilitation courses but have not completed them successfully, (3) have been offered rehabilitation courses but are awaiting their completion, and (4) have not been offered rehabilitation courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL6602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Parole Board assesses the risk posed by individual prisoners when considering their release or transfer to open conditions, and work that has been completed to reduce these risks, rather than only looking at whether specific offending behaviour programmes (OBPs) have been completed. It is not mandatory for Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners to complete OBPs in order to achieve release. Other work that may help to reduce risk may take the form of accredited OBPs; however, it may also include activities such as education or training, work, one to one sessions with a psychologist and a range of other interventions. Although in some circumstances an OBP may be the preferred option, the Parole Board may consider that an offender has reduced their risk of harm, despite not being able to attend a particular course, because they have been able to undertake other offending behaviour work which has achieved the same outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 December 2013 there were 5,335 prisoners serving an Indeterminate Sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection, of which 3,561 were beyond the tariff.</p><p>Of these prisoners beyond tariff, 3,160 had completed at least one accredited offending behaviour programme successfully; 415 had attended a programme and not completed it successfully and of these, 62 had yet to complete any programme successfully; and 184 are currently attending a programme and the outcome is not yet known.</p><p> </p><p>The figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>No information is collected on how many prisoners have not been offered an accredited offending behaviour programme and this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

47783

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 7 April (WA 249), whether they have set a fixed date in September 2014 by which HM Prison The Verne will be re-designated to an immigration removal centre; if not, why not; and what action they will take if the re-designation has not been completed by the agreed date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>HMP The Verne started taking immigration detainees as scheduled from 24 March 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Our current plans remain that by the end of September 2014, at the latest, HMP The Verne will be re-designated to an immigration removal centre</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

47837

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to guarantee the safety of Mr Stephen Yaxley-Lennon if he is moved to another prison from HM Prison Winchester.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL6779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>NOMS takes the safety of all prisoners very seriously and individual risk assessment based on all relevant information informs any decisions made to safeguard individual prisoners.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

47764

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were given a community sentence with a mental health community treatment order in each Probation Trust area in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL6712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department of Health, Ministry of Justice and the Home Office are working closely with NHS England to deliver Liaison &amp; Diversion services. These will ensure that offenders' health needs (mental health, learning disability and substance misuse) are identified and assessed, and that the appropriate referral is made at the earliest opportunity within the criminal justice system. The information gained from such assessments should inform key decision makers within the CJS, so that prosecutors and sentencers are able to make more informed decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Liaison and diversion services will be introduced in police custody suites and criminal courts across England and funding has been transferred to NHS England to commission a test model from April 2014 that will form the basis of the rollout of this national service.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of offenders starting supervision under Community Orders with mental health treatment requirements attached, in each probation trust in England and Wales, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and January to September 2013. Data for the last quarter of 2013 will be available from 24 April 2014.</p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to errors with data entry and processing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">Offenders starting supervision under Community Orders with mental health</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">requirements attached, by Probation Trust, England and Wales</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Trust</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>Jan-Sep 2013<sup>(1)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Avon &amp; Somerset</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridgeshire</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Durham Tees Valley</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Derbyshire</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Devon &amp; Cornwall</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Dorset</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Essex</td><td>33</td><td>35</td><td>19</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucestershire</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Hampshire</td><td>23</td><td>19</td><td>17</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>West Mercia</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire</td><td>29</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Humberside</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Kent</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Leicestershire</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Lincolnshire</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester</td><td>57</td><td>52</td><td>41</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td>19</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Northamptonshire</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Northumbria</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Nottinghamshire</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Thames Valley</td><td>22</td><td>18</td><td>22</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Staffs &amp; West Mids</td><td>47</td><td>36</td><td>26</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey &amp; Sussex</td><td>23</td><td>19</td><td>24</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>North Yorkshire</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>South Yorkshire</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>West Yorkshire</td><td>18</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>30</td><td>37</td><td>37</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>172</td><td>161</td><td>157</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>England and Wales</td><td>696</td><td>606</td><td>523</td><td>418</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(1) Data for October-December 2013 available after pubication on 24 April 2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

45730

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to the Howard League for Penal Reform's request to the Ministry of Justice to reverse their ban on family and friends sending books to prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL6379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are important reasons why we have restricted the sending in of parcels by families and friends of prisoners and we do not intend to withdraw those restrictions. The changes we introduced last year in relation to parcels were to ensure consistency across the estate and to make sure that security can be maintained. There have always been controls on the sending of parcels into prisons, and allowing parcels to be sent in unrestricted would be operationally unmanageable and would lead to a significant risk of drugs and other illicit items being smuggled into prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have always recognised the importance of reading and literature in the rehabilitative process, and the positive effects these have on prisoners' welfare. <em>Every prison has a library, to which every prisoner has access. Prisoners may hold up to 12 books in their cell at any one time, and additional books can be stored locally at the prison. </em>The National Offender Management Service also works closely with the Shannon Trust to support schemes such as 'Toe by Toe', which includes peer mentoring to improve reading levels.<em> </em></p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

46998

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	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 conclusion of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in his recent report on HMP Belmarsh that there was no evidence that the quarterly health reviews of all prisoners in the High Security Unit and the Special Security Unit required by the operating standards had been carried out.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL6606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The HSU / SSU is visited daily by a nurse who will speak with every prisoner to establish whether there are any issues. The GP will visit the unit weekly (as a minimum). As part of the HMIP Action Plan that is being developed the Operating Standards are currently under review which will address the issue regarding quarterly reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reference in the report was regarding one prisoner who was seen with discipline staff present; the privacy and dignity of prisoners is taken very seriously within HMP Belmarsh, however this must be balanced against the risk that the individual poses to others. Prisoners will be seen without escorting staff unless the risk is deemed to be too high, this is an exceptional circumstance rather than the rule.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL6607 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

46999

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	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 findings of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons about the medical treatment in the High Security Unit and Special Security unit in HMP Belmarsh that led to his recommendation that patients "should receive confidential medical consultations and treatment that preserves privacy and dignity, unless risk assessment suggests otherwise".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL6607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The HSU / SSU is visited daily by a nurse who will speak with every prisoner to establish whether there are any issues. The GP will visit the unit weekly (as a minimum). As part of the HMIP Action Plan that is being developed the Operating Standards are currently under review which will address the issue regarding quarterly reviews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reference in the report was regarding one prisoner who was seen with discipline staff present; the privacy and dignity of prisoners is taken very seriously within HMP Belmarsh, however this must be balanced against the risk that the individual poses to others. Prisoners will be seen without escorting staff unless the risk is deemed to be too high, this is an exceptional circumstance rather than the rule.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire grouped question UIN HL6606 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

47788

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the introduction of regulations to stop parcels being sent to prisoners, they have plans to improve prison libraries.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Morgan of Huyton
	uin	HL6736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Prison library services are, in the majority of prisons, provided by Public Library Authorities. Prison libraries enable prisoners to receive, subject to the constraints of operating within a custodial environment, a service equivalent to that provided for library users in the community.</p><p><br> We have no plans to make changes to these services.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2168 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Huyton