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28185

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2013
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week was spent in (a) education or training, (b) work and (c) cells by prisoners in (i) each prison in England and Wales and (ii) each category of prison in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	178604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested in parts (a) and (b) of the question is set out in Tables 1 and 2 below for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, which are the last three years for which this information was collected.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in part (c) was provided in my earlier answer to the right honourable Member for Tooting on 6 June 2013: (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Purposeful activity was formerly a performance indicator for prisons, but was discontinued at the start of 2012-13. The indicator was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the information. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of the efforts to equip prisoners to be less likely to offend on release.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. The average hours per week spent in education has increased since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 178604 - Chapman - TABLE for Minister.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

39278

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are available in mother and baby units in the custodial estate in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	188790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>There is currently space for 64 mothers and 70 babies in mother and baby units in the custodial estate within England and Wales, which allows for multiple births.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

49207

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff in each prison in England and Wales were serving on detached duty in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	197292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013. Information on the number of officers serving on detached duty before the introduction of the national scheme is not available. The full-time equivalent of officers provided on detached duty from the beginning of the nationally co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent of Officers Working on Detached Duty <sup>1</sup></strong></p><p><strong>- 21 October 2013 to 31 December 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Officers Provided on Detached Duty </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scheme started in October so no data available for earlier period</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013 (Data relates to part month from 21 October)</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Detached duty figures are not published but other staffing data is published up to 31 December 2013 and therefore information is only presented up until that date.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

49205

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were serving on detached duty in each month from January 2011 to January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	197293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013. Information on the number of officers serving on detached duty before the introduction of the national scheme is not available. The full-time equivalent of officers provided on detached duty from the beginning of the nationally co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent of Officers Working on Detached Duty <sup>1</sup></strong></p><p><strong>- 21 October 2013 to 31 December 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Full Time Equivalent Officers Provided on Detached Duty </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scheme started in October so no data available for earlier period</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013 (Data relates to part month from 21 October)</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Detached duty figures are not published but other staffing data is published up to 31 December 2013 and therefore information is only presented up until that date.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

49206

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on travel and accommodation costs for prison officers serving on detached duty in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	197294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Identifying total travel and accommodation costs for prisons serving detached duty would require manual collation of data from online expenses systems and travel providers, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

438725

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary and Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were given non-custodial sentences for (a) burglary, (b) rape and (c) sexual assault in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	20171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Details of the number of offenders sentenced (with sentencing disposals, both custodial and non-custodial) at all courts for the above offences in each of the last 10 years can be found in the “outcomes by offence” table available at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/12/2015 15:58:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

65537

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when community rehabilitation companies are planned to begin providing post-release supervision to offenders serving sentences of under 12 months in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	203845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We are opening up delivery of probation services to a diverse range of new organisations in order to tackle repeat reoffending which blights our communities. As part of our reforms, we will extend post-release supervision to offenders released from custodial sentences of less than 12 months. We plan to commence the relevant provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 at the point when ownership of the new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) transfers to successful bidders. We will do this in line with the Government's commitment to roll out these important reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/07/2014 16:56:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

1381112

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the data collected by coroner's courts; and whether he plans to take steps to gather that data centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	79487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the good work done by volunteers who support bereaved families and others who attend coroners’ courts. However, extending support services - such as the Coroners Courts Support Service - to cover all 85 coroner areas remains subject to affordability.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice collects annual data on coroners’ inquests which is then used to inform policy making. An annual statistical bulletin is published on the GOV.UK website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2020</a>. Coroner statistics for 2021 will be published on 12 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 79486 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:31:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1381111

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Voluntary Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the role of the volunteers service in the coroner's court system; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to that service to help ensure uniformity of access.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	79486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the good work done by volunteers who support bereaved families and others who attend coroners’ courts. However, extending support services - such as the Coroners Courts Support Service - to cover all 85 coroner areas remains subject to affordability.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice collects annual data on coroners’ inquests which is then used to inform policy making. An annual statistical bulletin is published on the GOV.UK website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2020</a>. Coroner statistics for 2021 will be published on 12 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 79487 question first answered 30/11/2021 16:31:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1420674

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	905516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We are building on the landmark Domestic Abuse Act to improve victims services, to ensure that victims can secure justice in our courts and to pursue perpetrators ruthlessly.</p><p>Victim support funding is rising to £185 million by 2024/25, including increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to more than 1000 and we are extending the time limit for prosecuting domestic abuse-related common assaults to help victims secure justice.</p><p>The government’s focus on this most hidden and pernicious of crimes will continue with the publication of our Domestic Abuse Strategy in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/02/2022 17:56:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson