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1000241

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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 who do not disclose that they have a dependant child before they receive a custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	187368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <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><br>We know that when coming into contact with the criminal justice system, some women choose not to disclose that they have dependent children for a number of reasons. As such, iIt is difficult to create an accurate estimate of the number of women who choose not to disclose and to provide appropriate targeted support. However, we want all women to feel safe enough to disclose and are taking steps to encourage this, as outlined below. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that the National Probation Service’s pre-sentence reports, which assist the court in making sentencing decisions, highlight the fact an offender has dependent children and supporting the roll out of the ‘Safeguarding Children When Sentencing Mothers’ training material developed by Dr Shona Minson.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:38:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041321

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	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 and proportion of female prisoners in England and Wales who committed an offence to support the drug use of someone else for which they received a prison sentence in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect this information. We do not record the reasons behind a crime and only collect information on the offence committed. There are a number of offences that someone can commit to support the drug use of someone else, including theft and drug related offences. There are further barriers to gaining this information as some women may not feel comfortable or safe to disclose this information.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2018, we published The Female Offender Strategy which set out a significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:12:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

784990

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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, how many women in prison have received an adjudication for refusing to (a) transfer to a different prison and (b) move to a different wing within a prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	111505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst published adjudication statistics do contain data on the detailed offences resulting in an adjudication, this cannot be broken down to show only those that have received an adjudication for refusing to transfer prison or refusing to move wing. This information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 17/11/2017 10:54:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

802627

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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 proportion of women on remand go on to receive a custodial sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, of those women who were remanded in custody at some point during proceedings at magistrates’ courts, just over 20% received a sentence of immediate custody. A further 35% of these women were sent for trial at the Crown Court and some of them will have received a sentence of immediate custody at the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, of those women who were remanded in custody at some point during proceedings at the Crown Court, just under 57% received a sentence of immediate custody.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 12/12/2017 11:23:15 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

805387

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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 category of offences were women who died in prison serving sentences for, in each year for the last 10 years; and how many of those women were on remand.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The category of offences that women who died in prison were serving sentences for in each year from 2007 to 2016 are shown below in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number of women who died in prison that were on remand at the time of death, in each year from 2007 and 2016 is shown below in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of deaths<sup>1</sup> of female prisoners by offence type, 2007 to 2016, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of weapons</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public order offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous crimes against society</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud offences</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary Non-Motoring</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Summary motoring</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Number of deaths<sup>1</sup> of female prisoners who were on remand at the time of death, 2007 to 2016, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016</em></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Remand</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Deaths in prison custody figures include all deaths of prisoners arising from incidents during prison custody. They include deaths of prisoners while released on temporary license (ROTL) for medical reasons but exclude other types of ROTL where the state has less direct responsibility. In recent years, approximately one half of natural cause deaths in prison custody actually occur in hospitals or hospices.</p><p> </p><p>Data Sources and Quality</p><p>These figures are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new information emerges numbers may change from time to time.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/12/2017 11:17:47 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

805389

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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, how many women in prison gave birth in each prison establishment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/12/2017 11:16:05 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810165

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, how many women died in prison in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Data on deaths in prison custody is published quarterly in the Safety in Custody statistics. They can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx</a>.</p><p>There was one death in custody whilst on remand between January and September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 120632 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:30:25 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810166

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, how many women who were being held on remand died in prison in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Data on deaths in prison custody is published quarterly in the Safety in Custody statistics. They can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx</a>.</p><p>There was one death in custody whilst on remand between January and September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 120631 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:30:25 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851602

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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, how many women are serving sentences in prison for each (a) offence category used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code where appropriate.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	130365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of women serving a sentence of immediate custody as at 31 December 2017, by offence group, can be viewed in <strong>Table 1.2b</strong> here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676246/prison-population-q4-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676246/prison-population-q4-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of women under an immediate custodial sentence as at 30 June 2017, by some of the Home Office offence codes can be viewed in <strong>Table A1.5i</strong> here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/03/2018 16:34:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890416

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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 the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon