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828316

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	903499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed by clinical staff when they arrive in prison. If mental health needs are identified, prisoners are referred for treatment or follow up assessment.</p><p>Safety and security are crucial to supporting better mental health in prisons. We committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018, and have recruited 1,255 to date, putting us on track.</p><p>Additional staff will enable us to provide dedicated officers for offenders who will be better placed to recognise and react to changes in behaviour or mental well-being.</p><p>All staff in prisons will receive revised mental health awareness training and, so far, 11,000 have started this training.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 903502 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:23:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

828319

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to help treat prisoners with mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	903502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed by clinical staff when they arrive in prison. If mental health needs are identified, prisoners are referred for treatment or follow up assessment.</p><p>Safety and security are crucial to supporting better mental health in prisons. We committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018, and have recruited 1,255 to date, putting us on track.</p><p>Additional staff will enable us to provide dedicated officers for offenders who will be better placed to recognise and react to changes in behaviour or mental well-being.</p><p>All staff in prisons will receive revised mental health awareness training and, so far, 11,000 have started this training.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 903499 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:23:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

828322

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence and self-harm in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	903506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The safety of young people in custody is our highest priority.</p><p>Current levels of violence and self-harm within the youth estate are too high. That is why we are investing £64 million to reform youth custody, to reduce violence and improve outcomes for young people upon their release.</p><p>This includes expanding frontline staff capacity in public-sector Young Offender Institutions by 20%, introducing a new youth justice specialist role, creating Enhanced Support Units for young people with the most complex needs and developing two secure schools – one in the North West and one in the South East of England.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 23/01/2018 17:24:50 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

828318

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of victim support officers.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Onasanya
	uin	903501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Victim Liaison Officers play a key role in supporting victims of crime.</p><p>The National Probation Service recently reviewed the number of Victim Liaison Officers. The work was completed in November 2017.</p><p>The review we have conducted on the impact of probation reform on the Victim Liaison Officer service has allowed us to robustly assess demand and has led to an increase from 169 to 189 Victim Liaison Officers.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 23/01/2018 17:21:28 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4629 label Biography information for Fiona Onasanya

828320

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of reforms to the National Probation Service on the operation of the victim contact scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Reading East
	tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
	uin	903504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Victim Contact Scheme is a fundamental part of the government’s commitment to victims of crime.</p><p>The National Probation Service continue to monitor the impact of probation reform on its services. As part of this it reviews Victim Liaison Officer resource levels.</p><p>All victim contact was allocated to the National Probation Service following reforms to probation: the remit and scope of the Victim Liaison Officers remained the same.</p><p>The review we have conducted on the impact of probation reform on the Victim Liaison Officer service has allowed us to robustly assess demand and has led to an increase from 169 to 189 Victim Liaison Officers.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 23/01/2018 17:24:27 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

834637

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice,when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce life sentences for people who cause death by dangerous driving; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	126085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that the courts have sufficient powers to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as parliamentary time allows. These proposals will take account of, and incorporate, all of government’s proposals for safer roads, including the Department of Transport’s review of cycle safety.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/02/2018 14:54:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

833815

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey and Carillion
	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 savings accrued by the Ministry of Justice as a result of the decision to outsource Facilities Management in prisons to Amey and Carillion in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the 2016-17 National Offender Management Service Annual Report, the contracting exercise “exposed that historically the costs of maintenance and services were not clearly understood by the business and consequently planning assumptions have not held true.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 125574 question first answered 09/02/2018 12:33:48 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

540089

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which other government departments and executive agencies her Department works to provide support for victims of terrorism; and what steps her Department is taking to improve co-ordination between those bodies and her Department.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	43387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of terrorism can access effective and timely support to help them cope, and as far as possible, recover from the trauma they have experienced.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice works with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, which administers both the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and Victim of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme, which provides compensation to victims of terrorist attacks in the UK and of designated terrorist attacks overseas respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice continues to work pan Government to understand current support provision for victims of terrorism, to ensure that victims and their families are aware of the sources of MoJ funded support available in England and Wales and to identify potential gaps in support including guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/07/2016 16:04:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

648846

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the UK has compulsory prison transfer agreements; and how many foreign national offenders have been returned to prison in their own country under those agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	55577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) removed from our prisons. Prisoners should serve their sentences in their home countries wherever possible, reducing the burden on the taxpayer. To this end the United Kingdom is a party to over 100 multi-national and bilateral agreements which provide for the transfer of a prisoner either on a voluntary or compulsory basis. Prisoner transfers are one of three mechanisms available for the early removal of FNOs; the others being the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, 2,071 FNOs were removed via ERS, 52 via TERS, and 62 via PTAs. The EU PTA came into force in December 2011; Member States implemented the agreement at various dates between 2011 and 2015 (2 Member States have not yet implemented the Agreement). To date we have transferred 154 EU national prisoners to their home countries under this Agreement. Compulsory PTAs are also in place with Albania, Georgia, Libya, Moldova, Montenegro, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Somaliland, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine. A total of 18 FNOs have been returned under these arrangements. A further 103 prisoners have been transferred on a voluntary basis to a range of countries across the world over this same period since December 2011.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 14:21:48 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

786801

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, what information his Department holds on contractual performance relating to (a) education provision, (b) levels of activity, (c) time out of cell and (d) any other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	112389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In the youth custodial estate three establishments are currently operated by providers under contract: Parc Youth Offending Institution (YOI), Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) and Rainsbrook (STC). HMPPS took over the running of Medway STC in May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Education provision</p><p> </p><p>In both STCs and the private sector YOI, the contractual expectation is that young people spend 25 hours in education. Performance against this measure is set out below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of hours expressed as an average per young person per week of taught education and vocational training delivered in contracted STC and private YOI, in each calendar year for 2010 to 2017.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Year ending December</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)</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><tr><td><p>Medway<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.54</p></td><td><p>24.82</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.93</p></td><td><p>N/A<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill</p></td><td><p>24.91</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.96</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.86</p></td><td><p>24.75</p></td><td><p>24.63</p></td><td><p>24.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>24.67</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.85</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.87</p></td><td><p>26.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.80</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</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><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>22.97</p></td><td><p>25.27</p></td><td><p>25.45</p></td><td><p>23.23</p></td><td><p>25.79</p></td><td><p>23.52</p></td><td><p>23.36</p></td><td><p>24.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.47</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for Medway STC is up to May 2016. This is when the centre transferred from being a contracted service to HMPPS.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill and Rainsbrook STCs is up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 cover the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This information is drawn from operational management information.</p><p> </p><p>Time out of cell</p><p> </p><p>The expectation in STCs is that young people will be unlocked for 14 hours per day. At Parc YOI the expectation depends on the young person’s Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) level. IEP is set against behaviour and can range from 9 to 12 hours during the week and between 7.75 and 10.75 hours at the weekend.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of hours a young person spent unlocked from their room.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: The number of hour’s young people spent unlocked from their room expressed as an average per day in contracted STC and private YOI in each calendar year from 2010 to 2017.</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)<sup>(1)</sup></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><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>14.03</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.01</p></td><td><p>13.96</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>12.84</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.93</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.86</p></td><td><p>13.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>13.75</p></td><td><p>13.88</p></td><td><p>14.23</p></td><td><p>12.79</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td><td><p>13.55</p></td><td><p>12.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.38</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</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><tr><td><p>Parc<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>10.14</p></td><td><p>11.03</p></td><td><p>10.78</p></td><td><p>10.93</p></td><td><p>10.65</p></td><td><p>10.01</p></td><td><p>9.16</p></td><td><p>10.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.78</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.93</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.07</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for contracted STCs is available up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill 2014 is an 11 month average due to a data reporting issue.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 covers the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This data has been taken from data submitted each month by secure establishments via the YJB’s Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF) database.</p><p> </p></li></ol><p><strong>General notes:</strong></p><p>Administrative databases; All data above has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p>Other Activity</p><p> </p><p>As well as education (which can take the form of classroom based education, vocational training and Physical Education) young people may also receive a range of other interventions based on their specific needs, for example, a young person may require specialist mental health or speech and language support to enable learning and improve behaviour. Young people may also participate in enrichment activities at evenings and weekends.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate</p><p>A broad range of data is collected from establishments to inform commercial, commissioning and performance management processes. These measures do not necessary relate to commissioned targets, but offer an indication on how a particular service is operating.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Annual Statistics document provides further data and information relating to the youth custodial estate. This document is a snapshot of the cohort and describes its characteristics. For example, it provides data on the average population of young people in custody in the youth secure estate, both remanded and sentenced as well as the average time spent in custody.</p><p> </p><p>The document can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 15:55:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon