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540089

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which other government departments and executive agencies her Department works to provide support for victims of terrorism; and what steps her Department is taking to improve co-ordination between those bodies and her Department.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	43387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of terrorism can access effective and timely support to help them cope, and as far as possible, recover from the trauma they have experienced.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, which administers both the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and Victim of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme, which provides compensation to victims of terrorist attacks in the UK and of designated terrorist attacks overseas respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to work pan Government to understand current support provision for victims of terrorism, to ensure that victims and their families are aware of the sources of MoJ funded support available in England and Wales and to identify potential gaps in support including guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/07/2016 16:04:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

648846

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK has compulsory prison transfer agreements; and how many foreign national offenders have been returned to prison in their own country under those agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	55577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) removed from our prisons. Prisoners should serve their sentences in their home countries wherever possible, reducing the burden on the taxpayer. To this end the United Kingdom is a party to over 100 multi-national and bilateral agreements which provide for the transfer of a prisoner either on a voluntary or compulsory basis. Prisoner transfers are one of three mechanisms available for the early removal of FNOs; the others being the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, 2,071 FNOs were removed via ERS, 52 via TERS, and 62 via PTAs. The EU PTA came into force in December 2011; Member States implemented the agreement at various dates between 2011 and 2015 (2 Member States have not yet implemented the Agreement). To date we have transferred 154 EU national prisoners to their home countries under this Agreement. Compulsory PTAs are also in place with Albania, Georgia, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Somaliland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine. A total of 18 FNOs have been returned under these arrangements. A further 103 prisoners have been transferred on a voluntary basis to a range of countries across the world over this same period since December 2011.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 14:21:48 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

632011

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release by the Trades Union Congress on employment tribunal claims, published on 4 November 2016, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the potential effect of employment tribunal fees on the number of people able to challenge employment discrimination in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	52488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a post implementation review of the introduction of fees for proceedings in the Employment Tribunals. We expect to publish the conclusions of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 14/11/2016 16:39:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

708598

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Samaritans
	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 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 101WH, on suicide and self-harm in prison (England), how much funding her Department plans to allocate to the Samaritans; and what the targeted support for prison staff and prisoners provided by that charity will consist of.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The total amount of our funding to the Samaritans for 2017-18 has yet to be finalised, although we have confirmed already that they will receive the same amount as this year (£500k) to support the Listeners scheme, through which volunteer prisoners are trained to provide support to other prisoners in emotional distress. Founded in 1991, this is a very successful scheme through which over 90,000 face-to-face support meetings were facilitated in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to funding the Samaritans for the Listeners scheme, as part of plans to reduce levels of suicide and self-harm, we have agreed in principle to fund a number of other projects proposed by the Samaritans, and final decisions on the level of funding will be made by the end of the year. These additional projects include producing an online learning tool for prison staff, based on a similar product developed by the Samaritans for the rail industry, and piloting training for prisoners in building emotional resilience during their early days in custody, with the training to be delivered by released ex-Listeners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/04/2017 10:28:41 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

708597

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Self-inflicted Deaths in Custody of 18-24 Year Olds Independent Review
	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 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 100WH, on suicide and self-harm in prison (England), when will the findings of the inquiry into deaths in custody be published; and whether that inquiry will include deaths in prison custody.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>We are reviewing the circumstances of recent self-inflicted deaths in prison custody, with a particular focus on cases where there were known mental health concerns.</p><p>This is an internal review, but we will make the key findings public as soon as they are available. Inquests into many of the deaths that are being reviewed have yet to take place, and in some cases there is ongoing litigation, so it would not be appropriate to publish details of individual cases.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2017 17:58:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

706800

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
	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 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Justice of 1 March 2017, Official Report, column 101WH, when the new self-harm diagnostic tool for use by prison governors and staff will be in place.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	66269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to release the self-harm diagnostic tool to prison establishments in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/03/2017 17:39:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

683070

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Security
	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 of 24 January 2017, Official Report, column 144, on prison staff, if she will assess the effect of the reduction in accommodation fabric checks on (a) the incidence of self-harm and (b) maintaining order and security in prisons; and whether the outcomes set out in Prison Service Instruction 28/2011 and Prison Service Instruction 09/2016 have been achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
	uin	62803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>Prisons employ a range of operational security measures aimed at keeping prisons safe and secure. Accommodation Fabric Checks (AFCs) support this by disrupting the ability of prisoners to store prohibited items in their cells either for their own purposes or on behalf of others. Each prison must assess the frequency of AFCs required to meet their own security and safety needs. Any reduction in the frequency of AFCs may be more effectively offset by targeted and intelligence led searches.</p><p> </p><p>There is no direct link between the frequency of AFCs and self-harm. Other than through ensuring the integrity of the cell, an AFC does not allow for any meaningful interaction between officer and prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ is investing an extra £100m annually to boost the frontline by 2,500 prison officers so that every prisoner will have a dedicated officer to support them. Not only will a greater officer presence provide a deterrence to prisoner behaviour that threatens the safe running of prisons but officers will be better able to pick up on any signs of vulnerability in the prisoners assigned to them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/02/2017 13:23:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

622685

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the findings of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation, published in their report entitled A thematic inspection of the provision and quality of services in the community for women who offend, on 29 September 2016, whether she plans to re-establish dedicated funding for community services for women.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	50848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) provide rehabilitation and resettlement services to all offenders. We are committed to giving female offenders the help and support they need to reform and lead law-abiding lives and have been reviewing the services CRCs are providing for female offenders to ensure they meet contractual requirements. We are also working with partners in areas across England and Wales to develop whole system approaches to help female offenders turn away from crime and rebuild their lives. We will continue to robustly manage the CRC contracts to make sure they reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide the best value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/11/2016 13:24:19 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

720720

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the email of 20 March 2017, when she plans to respond to the email enquiry from the hon. Member for Glasgow East on behalf of a constituent on 20 February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	70662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The email enquiry from the hon. Member for Glasgow East on behalf of a constituent on 20 February 2017 was answered on Wednesday 19 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/04/2017 13:14:48 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

642350

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environmental Audit Committee on 25 October 2016, Question 332, what proportion of existing EU legislation within the policy remit of her Department cannot immediately be brought into UK law upon the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	54201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward legislation in the next session that, when enacted, will repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and ensure a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU. This ‘Great Repeal Bill’ will end the authority of EU law and return power to the UK. The Bill will convert existing European Union law into domestic law, wherever practical and in that context all relevant legislation is currently being identified and assessed.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 12/12/2016 18:46:03 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh