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1713070

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:44:42
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:08:10 01/05/2024 14:37:06
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	identifier	23202
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:05:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under the executive release scheme in each year between 2017 and 2023.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23202
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23202
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the case of recalled standard determinate sentence and extended sentence offenders, the Secretary of State has an executive power to re-release them, if he considers that the statutory release test is met - that is, that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the offender to remain confined. Thus, the Secretary of State’s power is exercised with regard to the same test to which the Parole Board has regard.</p><p>The power is exercised by officials in the Public Protection Group (PPG), in His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service under approved delegated authority. In exercising that power, PPG works closely with the Probation Service, in order to put in place a robust risk management plan before a final decision is made to re-release the prisoner.</p><p>The number of recalled offenders released using the Secretary of State’s re-release power for each year between 2017 and 2023 is set out in the table below. Executive re-release was refreshed and relaunched as Risk Assessed Recall Review (RARR) on 30 May 2023. Between 7 September and 31 December 2023, 89 people were released following a RARR.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of issuing </strong> <strong>the decision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of releases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 up to May</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures in these tables 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. As such, figures are subject to change as information is updated.</p><p><strong>Data source</strong>: Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:05:34
	creator	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1713071

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:44:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:08:13 01/05/2024 14:37:04
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	identifier	23203
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:05:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under the Release following Risk Assessed Recall review process between 7 September and 31 December 2023.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23203
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23203
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the case of recalled standard determinate sentence and extended sentence offenders, the Secretary of State has an executive power to re-release them, if he considers that the statutory release test is met - that is, that it is no longer necessary on the grounds of public protection for the offender to remain confined. Thus, the Secretary of State’s power is exercised with regard to the same test to which the Parole Board has regard.</p><p>The power is exercised by officials in the Public Protection Group (PPG), in His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service under approved delegated authority. In exercising that power, PPG works closely with the Probation Service, in order to put in place a robust risk management plan before a final decision is made to re-release the prisoner.</p><p>The number of recalled offenders released using the Secretary of State’s re-release power for each year between 2017 and 2023 is set out in the table below. Executive re-release was refreshed and relaunched as Risk Assessed Recall Review (RARR) on 30 May 2023. Between 7 September and 31 December 2023, 89 people were released following a RARR.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of issuing </strong> <strong>the decision</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of releases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 up to May</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures in these tables 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. As such, figures are subject to change as information is updated.</p><p><strong>Data source</strong>: Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:05:34
	creator	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1713211

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:52:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:14:54 01/05/2024 14:39:04
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison
	house id	1
	identifier	23321
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:07:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average weekly time out of cell for prisoners in HMP Wandsworth has been for each week in 2024.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23321
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23321
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Prison governors set a regime for each day specifying when prisoners will ordinarily be unlocked. There will be occasions, however, where certain prisoners will remain in their cell during these times. Reasons for this will include illness, the management of operational incidents, and other operational reasons such as staff needing to be deployed to other duties. There will also be occasions where prisoners will be out of cell at times when they are scheduled to be locked in, for example to attend medical appointments at hospital, a late arrival from court, or a transfer between prisons.</p><p>To accurately record the amount of time prisoners spend out of cell, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service would therefore be required to record information for each individual prisoner, taking into account their unique movements on a daily basis.</p><p>There is no central mandate which governs the amount of time that prisoners should spend out of their cells. Governors are instead afforded the flexibility to deliver balanced regimes that maintain an appropriate level of time out of cell on a range of activities, including association, which meet the needs of the establishment’s population.</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:07:43
	creator	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1713213

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:52:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:15:00 01/05/2024 14:41:04
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison
	house id	1
	identifier	23323
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:09:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce over-crowding in HMP Wandsworth.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23323
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23323
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In prisons where we have crowding in place, a rigorous cell certification process is undertaken that ensures the use of cells is subject to a formal assessment of safety and decency.</p><p>We continue to pursue the package of longer-term measures the Lord Chancellor announced on 16 October 2023 to reform the justice system and address the prison capacity challenges. The measures include: the extension of the Early Removal Scheme to deport Foreign National Offenders (FNOs), introducing a presumption to suspend sentences of 12 months or less, curtailing the licence period for IPP sentences and extending the use of Home Detention Curfew. On 11 March, the Lord Chancellor announced the next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing FNOs. This includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners, such as Albania, and the creation of a new taskforce across the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to change the way we process FNO cases radically.</p><p>To meet pressing demand, we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way, and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:09:50
	creator	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1713214

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:52:54
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:15:03 01/05/2024 14:54:09
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Drugs
	house id	1
	identifier	23324
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:22:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce drugs use by prisoners in HMP Wandsworth.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23324
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23324
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth has benefitted from our £100 million investment in tough security measures, introducing x-ray body scanning for prisoners and enhanced gate security provisions for visitors and staff, which includes archway metal detectors, drugs dogs and x-ray baggage scanners. These measures are helping to tackle the supply of drugs and other contraband into prisons, and as of October 2023, our x-ray body scanners had recorded more than 46,900 positive indications across the prison estate since their introduction.</p><p>We are also expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living Units (ISFLs), where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs and alcohol, with regular drug testing and incentives. 80 prisons, including HMP Wandsworth, now have an ISFL. The ISFL at HMP Wandsworth is a 16-bed unit where residents have access to additional support, privileges and substance misuse interventions whilst undergoing voluntary drug testing twice a month.</p><p>HMP Wandsworth also works closely with their Substance Misuse Service Provider, “Change, Grow, Live” to deliver a comprehensive programme of recovery workshops, and is currently in the process of recruiting a new, dedicated Drug Strategy Lead to better co-ordinate efforts to keep drugs out of the prison.</p><p>As the responsible minister for prisons, I receive regular updates on their conditions and performance, including those at HMP Wandsworth, via a variety of means, including through formal face to face discussion such as the quarterly Ministerial Performance Review Board meetings.</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:22:35
	creator	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1713215

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/04/2024
	date	23/04/2024
	date tabled	23/04/2024
	ddp created	23/04/2024 18:52:58
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	23/04/2024 19:15:05 01/05/2024 14:54:08
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Drugs
	house id	1
	identifier	23325
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/05/2024 14:22:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when and with whom he has had discussions on drugs use in HMP Wandsworth this year.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23325
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23325
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth has benefitted from our £100 million investment in tough security measures, introducing x-ray body scanning for prisoners and enhanced gate security provisions for visitors and staff, which includes archway metal detectors, drugs dogs and x-ray baggage scanners. These measures are helping to tackle the supply of drugs and other contraband into prisons, and as of October 2023, our x-ray body scanners had recorded more than 46,900 positive indications across the prison estate since their introduction.</p><p>We are also expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living Units (ISFLs), where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs and alcohol, with regular drug testing and incentives. 80 prisons, including HMP Wandsworth, now have an ISFL. The ISFL at HMP Wandsworth is a 16-bed unit where residents have access to additional support, privileges and substance misuse interventions whilst undergoing voluntary drug testing twice a month.</p><p>HMP Wandsworth also works closely with their Substance Misuse Service Provider, “Change, Grow, Live” to deliver a comprehensive programme of recovery workshops, and is currently in the process of recruiting a new, dedicated Drug Strategy Lead to better co-ordinate efforts to keep drugs out of the prison.</p><p>As the responsible minister for prisons, I receive regular updates on their conditions and performance, including those at HMP Wandsworth, via a variety of means, including through formal face to face discussion such as the quarterly Ministerial Performance Review Board meetings.</p> question first answered 01/05/2024 14:22:35
	creator	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1712689

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/04/2024
	date	22/04/2024
	date tabled	22/04/2024
	ddp created	22/04/2024 22:55:45
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/04/2024 23:06:44 30/04/2024 11:43:04
	hansard heading	Powers of Attorney
	house id	1
	identifier	23023
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/04/2024 11:11:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require the Office of the Public Guardian to notify all nominated persons when a (a) power of attorney and (b) lasting power of attorney is made.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23023
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23023
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>General, otherwise known as ordinary, powers of attorney are governed by the Powers of Attorney Act 1971. They allow a donor to give power to an attorney to manage their affairs for a defined period of time. There is no requirement to name or notify nominated persons and the Public Guardian is not involved in the process. Powers of attorney are an important mechanism for supporting agency arrangements, often in a commercial context, and there are no plans to change this arrangement to require notification of nominated persons.</p><p> </p><p>Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are governed by the Mental Capacity Act 2005 which requires that any nominated persons are notified at the point when an application is made to the Office of the Public Guardian to register the LPA. An application to register an LPA can be made either by the donor or by one or more attorneys named in the LPA. Currently, it is the applicant’s responsibility to notify any nominated persons. The Public Guardian maintains a register of all registered LPAs and anyone can request a free search to check if there is a registered LPA for a relative or friend.</p><p> </p><p>The Powers of Attorney Act 2023, when implemented, will improve the process for notification and objections for LPAs. The Public Guardian will in future be responsible for issuing notices to the donor, their attorneys and any persons to be notified that the LPA has been received for registration and appears to be validly made. Furthermore, anyone who is aware that an LPA is being made will be able to object to its registration at an earlier stage in the process if they have concerns. These changes will strengthen the existing safeguards in the system.</p> question first answered 30/04/2024 11:11:22
	creator	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1712690

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/04/2024
	date	22/04/2024
	date tabled	22/04/2024
	ddp created	22/04/2024 22:55:50
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/04/2024 23:06:48 30/04/2024 11:44:07
	hansard heading	Powers of Attorney: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	23024
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/04/2024 11:12:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) fraud and (b) misuse of Lasting Power of Attorney.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 23024
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23024
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, execution of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) must be witnessed and a certificate provider must confirm that the donor understands the powers they are conferring on their attorney or attorneys and is not being coerced to make the LPA. A mandatory 4-week period must elapse before registration, allowing time for objections to be raised prior to registration.</p><p> </p><p>Following consultation on ways to strengthen these protections, my department is working with the Office of the Public Guardian to implement a modernised LPA, facilitated by the Powers of Attorney Act 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The modernised LPA will introduce identity checks for donors and certificate providers to reduce the risk that an unknown party could obtain an LPA in another person’s name without their knowledge. The certificate provider will be required to be present at execution of the LPA by the donor and a more streamlined objection process will allow anyone to object, making it easier for potential abuses to be challenged earlier in the process. These measures collectively should reduce the risk of fraudulent LPAs and abuse of the powers they confer.</p><p> </p><p>Once the LPA is registered, any concerns about its use can be reported to the Office of the Public Guardian, which has authority to investigate. It can, if necessary, ask the court to remove the power for an attorney to act.</p> question first answered 30/04/2024 11:12:49
	creator	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1712705

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/04/2024
	date	22/04/2024
	date tabled	22/04/2024
	ddp created	22/04/2024 22:56:49
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/04/2024 23:15:56 30/04/2024 10:26:04
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Corruption
	house id	1
	identifier	22963
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/04/2024 09:54:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police detectives are employed by the counter corruption unit in HM Prison and Probation Service.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 22963
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22963
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>No Police Detectives are directly employed by HMPPS. HMPPS has, however, funded 20 dedicated Police Detectives employed in Police Regional Organised Crime Units, to support in the investigation of corruption within the organisation.</p> question first answered 30/04/2024 09:54:41
	creator	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1712730

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/04/2024
	date	22/04/2024
	date tabled	22/04/2024
	ddp created	22/04/2024 22:58:04
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/04/2024 23:17:08 30/04/2024 10:24:04
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	identifier	22844
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/04/2024 09:52:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of inmates in prisons were drug tested at least once in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 22844
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22844
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons have a zero-tolerance approach to drugs. Our drug testing contract also enables us to deliver key commitments in the Cross-Government Drug Strategy such as: testing of offenders who receive a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement, the pilot of Intensive Supervision Courts and increased flexibility to test for a broader range of drugs. In addition, all prisons have been provided with access to forensic testing of items seized or found within the estate.</p><p> </p><p>Our £100 million Security Investment Programme completed in March 2022 and delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners, supplying full coverage across the closed male estate. We have also installed 84 X-ray baggage scanners at 49 sites, drug detection machines and metal detection archways. Furthermore, we are taking steps to support individuals with substance misuse issues in prison. We have dramatically increased the number of incentivised substance-free living units (ISFLs), where prisoners commit to living drug-free with incentives and regular testing. 80 prisons now have an ISFL, up from 25 in summer 2022.</p><p> </p> question first answered 30/04/2024 09:52:55
	creator	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes