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443771

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in prison were caused by the use of legal highs in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	21829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Every death in custody is a tragedy and we are committed to reducing the number of deaths in prisons.</p><br /><p>Summary statistics on deaths in prison custody by apparent cause are published quarterly, and the latest annual figures, for the ten years to September 2015, can be found in Table 2 of the Safety in Custody statistics bulletin available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472712/Safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/472712/Safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2015.xls</a></p><br /> <br /><p>Figures on the number of deaths caused by the use of “legal highs”, or new psychoactive substances, are not held centrally. All deaths in prison custody are subject to a coroner’s inquest, and it is the responsibility of the coroner to determine the cause of death. The NOMS system for classifying deaths provides a provisional classification for administrative and statistical purposes. The final classifications are determined at inquest.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 17:56:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

445043

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Medway Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Ministers in his Department have visited G4S Medway in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	22665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>In the last five years, available records show that three Ministers have visited Medway Secure Training Centre.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 14:41:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

443915

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Medway Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will launch an independent investigation of the circumstances of the abuse that has been reported at Medway Secure Training Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	21995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Kent Police and Medway Council’s child protection team have launched a joint independent investigation into the allegations made about Medway Secure Training Centre (STC) and it would be inappropriate to commission another investigation while this is underway. HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Ofsted – both independent inspectorates – also visited the STC last week. Any further action will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 17:39:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

445047

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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, what steps he is taking to reduce the level of violence in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	22544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Our prison system needs reform. There is much more to do to ensure prisons are places of decency, hope and rehabilitation.</p><p>Violence in prisons has increased in recent years. The nature of offenders currently in custody and the widespread availability of novel psychoactive substances have both contributed to making prisons less safe. There is no single, simple solution to the problems we face but we are making progress.</p><p>We have launched a two year Violence Reduction project to reduce violent incidents and the propensity of violence in prisons. This project will help us to gain a better understanding of the causes and characteristics of violence in prisons and to strengthen the handling of this. We are also trialling the use of body worn cameras in prisons, developing better case management of individuals identified as being at heightened risk of harming others, introducing a psychologically based assessment tool to understand better local factors driving violence in prisons, and training sniffer dogs to detect novel psychoactive substances. We have also made it an offence to smuggle novel psychoactive substances into prison. However, ultimately the only way to reduce violence in our prisons is to give governors and those who work in prisons the tools necessary to more effectively reform and rehabilitate offenders, which we are determined to see through.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 17:56:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

444728

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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, how many members of (a) the National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Teams have been injured during a callout in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	22284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 14:52:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

445042

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Medway Secure Training Centre: Teachers
	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 23 October 2015 to Question 12035, what teaching agency G4S contacted; and what level of security clearance that member of staff was required to hold in order to enter the facility concerned.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	22640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The recruitment agency contacted by G4S was Randstad. The member of staff went through full G4S vetting and clearance before being employed on site. All STC staff, both temporary and permanent, must also undergo background checks and be reviewed and approved by the Youth Justice Board prior to appointment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2016 17:27:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter