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1140881

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of previous convictions received by a person sentenced to immediate custody for the first time was in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and sentenced to immediate custody for the first time.</li><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and not sentenced to immediate custody.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 280390 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:28:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 280388 and 280390 Response Tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140883

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of previous convictions received by a person convicted but not sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence was in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and sentenced to immediate custody for the first time.</li><li>The highest number of previous convictions of offenders convicted and not sentenced to immediate custody.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 280388 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:28:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 280388 and 280390 Response Tables.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140897

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Overtime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of overtime were worked by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>A partial record is held centrally for operational prison staff at Bands 2 to 5 from April 2014 onwards. This is shown below and includes all rostered hours for Overtime and Payment Plus (a form of enhanced overtime payment).</p><p><strong>Numbers of Rostered Overtime hours for Operational Bands 2 to 5 in Public Sector Prisons and Youth Custody Services in England and Wales(Financial Year 2014/15 to 2018/19)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total hours rostered</p></td><td><p>Standard</p></td><td><p>Overtime / Payment Plus</p></td><td><p>OT / PP as % of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1415</p></td><td><p>44,300,947</p></td><td><p>2,962,774</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1516</p></td><td><p>49,062,769</p></td><td><p>2,667,347</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1617</p></td><td><p>47,636,938</p></td><td><p>3,076,554</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1718</p></td><td><p>44,426,590</p></td><td><p>3,707,608</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 1819</p></td><td><p>55,543,540</p></td><td><p>3,488,762</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: My Detail – which holds rostered hours across Public Sector Prisons and Youth Custody Service Establishments</p><p> </p><p>There is no centrally held overtime record for (i) Prison staff at higher grades or in support roles, (ii) HMPPS headquarters staff or (iii) the National Probation Service that was formed in June 2014. To compile a record for these groups of staff would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:20:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140898

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under home detention curfew having been imprisoned for (a) violence against the person, (b) theft, (c) drug offences, (d) robbery, (e) common assault and battery, (f) burglary in a dwelling, (g) production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class A, (h) possession of article with blade or point and (i) assaulting, resisting or obstructing a constable or designated officer in execution of duty in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of people released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC), in each year since 2007 by offence group. It is not possible to provide a breakdown under each of the headings requested for the data relating to 2007-14, due to the way it was recorded.</p><p> </p><p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:06:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 280397_final.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140899

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	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 (a) average length of sentence for and (b) the number of people convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) robbery, (iv) theft offences, (v) criminal damage and arson, (vi) drug offences, (vii) possession of weapons and (viii) public order offences for offenders for which this was their (A) first, (B) second, (C) third, (D) fourth, (E) fifth, (F) sixth, (G) seventh and (H) eighth or more conviction for that type of offence in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those offenders who were not given an immediate custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	280398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 14:57:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1140969

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement, Pay rise for prison officers 2019, published by his Department on 22 July 2019, how much additional funding the Treasury has allocated to his Department for the pay award.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	280424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will seek to find efficiency and affordability savings to fund the cost of the award.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:23:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1141094

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	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 in prisons to (a) reduce reoffending rates and (b) improve offender rehabilitation.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	280337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring offenders leaving prison have the tools they need to turn their backs on crime - reducing reoffending and ultimately keeping the public safe.</p><p>One year ago, we published our Education and Employment strategy, which set out how we will transform our approach to ensure offenders develop the skills they need to secure employment on release.</p><p>Since the publication of the Education and Employment Strategy, we have given governors greater autonomy over their budgets to strengthen their education provision and implemented the New Futures Network to broker partnerships with employers, giving offenders more opportunities to work and train while serving their sentence and increase their chances of securing an immediate job on release. More than 230 businesses have registered to work with prisons and set offenders on a path to employment.</p><p> </p><p>We recently made changes so that governors can now consider Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) earlier and in more cases meaning offenders can enter the workplace sooner. We have also invested £7 million in in-cell telephones to allow offenders to maintain important family ties, which is fundamental to their rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>It is also vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live. Having stable accommodation acts as a platform to accessing other services vital to rehabilitation, as well as employment and education opportunities. As part of the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy, we are investing up to £6.4 million in a pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons; Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:17:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1140160

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Teachers
	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 cumulative years experience of teachers working in prisons in (a) 2010 (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information referred to is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for education in adult prisons in England transferred from the Department for Education to the Ministry of Justice on 1 October 2016. Prior to that, prison education was managed and delivered by the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) under contracts held by the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>From 2016, revised OLASS arrangements placed responsibility on the OLASS contractor to ensure that competent and appropriately qualified staff were in place to deliver and assess learning delivered.</p><p> </p><p>New education delivery contracts in England are now in place: these were procured in succession to the OLASS arrangements that expired at the end of March. The new contracts require that all suppliers must operate a range of human resource and supplier personnel development arrangements that focus on establishing and maintaining a cadre of high-quality personnel capable of delivering an outstanding service</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:41:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140308

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Inspectorate of Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve its procedures for implementing the recommendations made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) has set up a new team within its assurance function that is responsible for co-ordinating the response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) reports.</p><p> </p><p>The team has developed a risk based, three-tiered approach to monitoring progress against HMIP recommendations. Establishments are now subject to self-assessment exercises, face to face challenge meetings, or in depth follow up audits to determine how well they have responded to recommendations from their most recent HMIP inspection. The analysis of this work is provided to the Prison Management Committee and the Agency Leadership Team, to inform HMPPS on how well prisons are responding to HMIP recommendations, and to identify areas where progress is of concern.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS assurance teams also carry out audit visits ahead of HMIP Independent Reviews of Progress and regularly meet with HMIP colleagues to review progress made on implementing recommendations</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Prison Group Director structure is designed to improve support to prisons through smaller groups with closer oversight and grip of assurance processes, including implementation of HMIP recommendations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 279102 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:50:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140311

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 15 July 2019 to Question 273816, how enabling a governor to determine (a) what the curriculum is, (b) how it is delivered, and (c) who delivers it will ensure a consistent approach to delivery.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Governor autonomy over curriculum and budget was a key recommendation of Dame Sally Coates’ review of prison education in 2016, alongside other recommendations to ensure high standards across the estate. The Government has taken these recommendations on board and taken steps to further improve the consistency of education and training across the prison estate, whilst at the same time providing more autonomy for governors.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2019, we introduced a new Prison Education and Library Services Policy Framework in England that outlines the elements of service delivery that governors are duty bound to follow to ensure consistency. This includes, but is not limited to; mandatory assessments in maths and English for all prisoners, screening for Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD) and ensuring that staff delivering learning receive effective Continuing Professional Development.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have introduced a new core common curriculum of English, maths, ICT and English for speakers of other languages. We have also appointed four Common Awarding Organisations (City &amp; Guilds; OCR; WAMITAB and Gateway Qualifications) in seven subjects. This means that a prisoner who starts a qualification in one prison will be able to complete it at another, rather than starting again as they move across the prison estate. This will also enable prisoners to follow their personal learning plan throughout the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>Standards and consistency will ultimately be ensured through robust, regular inspections by Ofsted, which holds prisons to the same standards as mainstream further education provision and an accountability measure, which is under development.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:45:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon