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1692511

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the statutory eligibility criteria in section 4.3.1 of his Department's publication on the home detention curfew (HDC), published on 6 June 2023, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the list of people excluded from eligibility for release under the HDC scheme to include individuals convicted of a domestic abuse offence.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	16165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>In June 2023, we introduced further restrictions on which offenders can be released on HDC by adding offences linked to domestic abuse to our presumed unsuitable list. Being presumed unsuitable means an application for HDC will not even be considered unless there are exceptional circumstances for the individual offender. We added offences linked to domestic abuse – including harassment and stalking.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/03/2024 13:21:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1701729

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by Lay Observers entitled 2022-23 Annual Report, published on 10 April 2024, and the response from the Minister of State published on the same date, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on ensuring that children and young people are (a) always transported in vehicles without adult detained persons and (b) looked after and managed by suitably trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are very grateful to the Lay Observers for their invaluable work. We have thoroughly considered their annual report and its recommendations.</p><p>Timeliness is a key consideration when conveying children and young people to and from court and, in certain circumstances, transport in vehicles with adults may be the appropriate solution. In these cases, the children and young people would be collected and supervised by staff who normally work with adults. This is provided for in the contracts, and our focus is on ensuring that the service provided for in the contracts is delivered.</p><p>On all occasions when children and young people are transported with adults, the cellular accommodation in the vehicle must be separated by a screen to ensure that the children and young people are kept apart.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1700481

	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: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on 15 December 2021, Official Report, House of Lords, column 401, if he will publish the data his Department has collected on (a) primary carers in prison and (b) the number of their children.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
	uin	21368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Our most comprehensive prison population data suggests that, over the course of a year, approximately 200,000 children may be affected by a parent being in, or going to, prison. However, this is based on survey data from 2009 and we recognise the need for a more up to date picture.</p><p>The Prison Strategy White paper detailed our intention to work with other government departments to commission updated research to improve our collective understanding of the overall number of children affected by parental incarceration.</p><p>The Government is delivering on its white paper commitment to improve our data and evidence in this area through the Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) Programme. BOLD is a £19.7 million cross government Shared Outcomes Fund programme which is linking data to enable better evidenced and more join up across government services. Through BOLD, we are exploring data sharing and data linking to improve our understanding of the number of children with parents in prison – including data that does not rely on self-disclosure. We expect findings from the project to be published by the end of Spring 2024.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:42:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1680800

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	University of Derby: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract agreed by his Department with the University of Derby on 8 December 2023, reference 23158, if he will publish the deliverables specified in Annex F Part 1 of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	8698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Current timelines see that the University of Derby report will be published on gov.uk following its completion in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:42:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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

1679009

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Werrington 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 Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what steps he is taking to improve outcomes in (a) education, (b) safety, (c) care, (d) purposeful activity and (e) resettlement at HMYOI Werrington.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.</p><p>All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Werrington can be found in the action plan at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/655c90dc046ed400148b9d31/HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf" target="_blank">HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7651 7652 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:47:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1678992

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Werrington 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 Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's findings on (a) the proportion of children surveyed who reported feeling unsafe and (b) the effect of the number of keep apart instructions.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.</p><p>All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Werrington can be found in the action plan at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/655c90dc046ed400148b9d31/HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf" target="_blank">HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7652 7655 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:47:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1679001

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Werrington 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 Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that Report's finding that there were long delays in referring allegations of abuse to the local authority designated officer.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.</p><p>All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Werrington can be found in the action plan at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/655c90dc046ed400148b9d31/HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf" target="_blank">HMYOI-Werrrington-Action-Plan-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7651 7655 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:47:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1679008

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cookham Wood 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 Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, 4–20 April 2023, published on 18 July 2023, what steps he is taking to improve outcomes in (a) education, (b) safety, (c) care, (d) purposeful activity and (e) resettlement at HMYOI Cookham Wood.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.</p><p> </p><p>All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood can be found in the action plan at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/urgent-notification-for-hmyoi-cookham-wood" target="_blank">Urgent Notification for HMYOI Cookham Wood - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7653 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:47:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1679007

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cookham Wood 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 Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, 4–20 April 2023, published on 18 July 2023 what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that Report's findings that (a) staff did not have confidence in their leadership team and (b) their morale was very low.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	7653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Prison &amp; Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.</p><p> </p><p>All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood can be found in the action plan at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/urgent-notification-for-hmyoi-cookham-wood" target="_blank">Urgent Notification for HMYOI Cookham Wood - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 7654 question first answered 09/01/2024 17:47:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby