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999677

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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 and Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) self harm, (b) violence against prisoners and (c) violence against prison staff per 100 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	186964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables show the numbers of self-harm incidents, assault incidents on prisoners, and assault incidents on staff, per 100 prisoners, for each prison from 2013 to 2017 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes. We have also introduced the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective challenge and support.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2018 14:48:47 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 15:58:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 186964 - Tables.xlsx title PQ 186964 - Tables previous answer version 84165 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101492

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	212348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:23:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25520 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101493

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	212349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:29:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25521 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

62369

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) the prison governor or (b) another official gave permission for the performance of Sister Act in HMP Bronzefield in February and March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	201121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Former employees of the Trusts have transferred to the new organisations, namely the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies. A small number of Chief Executives have taken early retirement or are due to do so over the next few weeks. There have also been a number of departures at Assistant Chief Officer (ACO) level. These were part of the normal turnover of staff; details of these are not held centrally.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">HM Prison Bronzefield is a private (contracted out) prison and therefore any activities in the establishment are the decision of the Director of that prison. The production of the performance of Sister Act was arranged between Sodexo Justice Services and the respective parties. Therefore this is not part of the contractual agreement between Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Sodexo Justice Services.</ins></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 23/06/2014 16:46:18 question first ministerially corrected 25/06/2014 12:03:56 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes previous answer version 4697 answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

670855

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Promession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether local authorities are permitted to offer promession services to bereaved families; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	59264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>Promession involves neither burial nor the burning of human remains and is therefore outside the scope of the existing legislation<ins class="ministerial"> on burials and cremation</ins>. <ins class="ministerial">However, local authorities may offer the process, provided that they comply with other relevant legislation, such as environmental legislation.</ins><del class="ministerial">As such, it is not something that local authorities can offer.</del></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/01/2017 17:20:08 question first ministerially corrected 13/04/2017 10:24:26 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 30767 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

92061

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Imams
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) adult and (b) youth secure estate establishments have imams.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	209538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>There were a total of 70 adult prisons which had one or more directly employed Muslim chaplain on 30 June 2014, representing 65% of all adult establishments. 14 establishments in the youth secure estate had one or more directly employed Muslim Chaplain on 30 June 2014, representing 93% of the establishments. This information includes both public and private sector establishments.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Muslim Chaplains is more widespread than it appears from these figures. There are <del class="ministerial">393 imams employed across the prison estate, and the majority of establishments have access to Muslim Chaplains even if they don’t have a directly employed Muslim Chaplain attached to the establishment.</del><ins class="ministerial">100 imams employed across the prison estate and additionally over 100 Muslim Chaplains appointed on a sessional basis. All prisons have multi faith chaplaincy teams to provide and enable religious and pastoral care. These teams invariably include at least one Muslim Chaplain to provide for the religious needs of the Muslim prisoners. There are however one or two prisons where it has not yet been possible to appoint a Muslim Chaplain and the Muslim Adviser is working to appoint these. Where possible, an existing Muslim Chaplain, or one of the Muslim Chaplaincy HQ Advisers, aim to lead the prayers in those prisons on an occasional basis.</ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/11/2014 17:53:50 question first ministerially corrected 08/12/2014 14:37:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 28636 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

1087136

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women in prison on a sentence of imprisonment for public protection that have children.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	231458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>There are <ins class="ministerial">2,489 unreleased IPP</ins> <del class="ministerial">10,018 IPP</del> prisoners, of which <ins class="ministerial">46</ins> <del class="ministerial">344</del> are women. We know that when coming into contact with the criminal justice system, some women choose not to disclose that they have children. Data is therefore not currently collected on numbers of prisoners with children (whether that be total numbers of children or dependent children).</p><p> </p><p>Our Female Offender Strategy is committed to improving outcomes for women at all stages of the justice system, and this includes supporting those who have children. We know that female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to be a primary carer and imprisoned mothers are more likely to be living with their children prior to custody – around 60% of women compared with about 45% of men in prison who have children. Figures from a 2015 data matching exercise with the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions showed that between 24% and 31% of all female offenders were estimated to have one or more child dependents.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the impact that imprisonment of a parent can have on families. That is why we have asked Lord Farmer to continue his work on the importance of family ties by conducting a further review into female offenders in custody and the community. Lord Farmer is expected to report his findings to Ministers shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2019 14:59:54 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2019 09:20:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 108105 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

746750

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims have been rejected by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, by the reason for refusal, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) received 533 complaints about their service in the financial year 2015-16. This represents 1.3% of CICA’s live caseload. 49% of complaints were closed within 10 days.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Where complaints took longer to close this was due to the number of enquiries required to fully investigate the complaint. In other cases, CICA were asked by the complainer not to close the complaint until a final decision was issued on the claim. The average time CICA took to deal with those complaints was 23.75 days.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The most common complaint received by CICA related to delays in finalising claims. CICA aims to make compensation payments as quickly as possible, however, they have a duty to the taxpayer to fully investigate claims to make sure that the applicant gets the level of compensation they deserve.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The 10 most common reasons for complaining about CICA’s service in 2015/16 were:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Reason given for complaint</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Percentage of overall complaints</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Delays</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68.95%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Lack of updates on case progression</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.33%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Claim handling</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.77%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to respond to letters</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.10%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Applicant provided with conflicting information</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.93%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to provide timescales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.76%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to return phone calls</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.59%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Errors when recording telephone application information</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Impolite staff member</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Poor customer service</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The total number of complaints the CICA received in each of the last five years, including those cases (a) escalated to stage 2 and (b) progressed to stage 3, are as follows:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Complaints received</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Escalated to Stage 2</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Escalated to Stage 3</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1122</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">120</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">533</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">491</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013-14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">204</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012-13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">284</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Over half of complaints received in 2016/17 were from paid representatives. A significant portion of these were from firms of solicitors who lodged block complaints for their CICA caseload with a view to influencing the speed of the decision making process.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">During the course of 2016/17 the CICA revised their operating model and increased staff numbers following an extensive recruitment exercise. They have also recently introduced measures that develop and streamline digital processes, which have reduced the claim processing time by 30 days. The new online service, which will be introduced later this financial year, will allow applicants and their representatives to view the progress of their case online. It is expected that these measures will reduce the time taken to finalise claims and lead to a reduction in complaints.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) publishes data about the reasons claims are rejected in its annual reports at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The figures published in the annual reports show the number of times each rejection reason was used. For some applications there may have been more than one reason for rejection. This means that the total number of reasons for rejection is higher than the actual number of claims refused. The accurate total of rejected claims for the years specified is as follows:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rejected cases</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24,411</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23,803</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20,066</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,243</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,411</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Information about the time CICA has taken to reach decisions on claims over the past few years can also be found in its annual reports (see link above).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of full time equivalent staff employed in CICA as at 31 March 2017 was 291.2. The table below shows the number of staff CICA has employed in managerial positions over the past 5 years:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Date</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Band D (first line manager) to Senior Civil Service (SCS)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Band B (senior manager) to SCS only</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">156 (plus 2 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">112 (plus 7 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">132 (plus 14 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 1 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">136 (plus 15 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 5 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">145 (plus 19 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 9 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Complaints in CICA are registered by two staff within the Corporate Services team and then allocated to the relevant team to deal with the complaint in line with CICA’s complaints process. CICA teams have staff members assigned to the role of complaints champion in addition to their day to day duties. The number of complaints champions fluctuates depending on demand and staff movement. Complaints champions are responsible for handling complaints and team managers oversee the complaints process in each of their respective areas. This group regularly meets to look at improvements to our complaints handling processes. CICA does not have a record of the number of complaint champions for the last five years due to the fluctuating nature of this work. </ins></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 06/07/2017 10:43:33 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2017 14:21:18 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 2253 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1023308

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of prison officers in each of the under-18 young offender institutions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	201205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.</p><p> </p><p>All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.</p><p> </p><p>We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/12/2018 17:32:52 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2018 14:57:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ201205-8 v2.xlsx title Table previous answer version 92612 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

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	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mandatory training is provided to prison officers working in under-18 young offender institutions; and what is distinctive about this training in comparison to that provided to officers working with adult prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	201206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.</p><p> </p><p>All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.</p><p> </p><p>We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/12/2018 17:32:52 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2018 14:58:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ201205-8 v2.xlsx title Table previous answer version 92619 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck