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1201040

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how long on average it takes for an applicant to receive a grant of probate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Soley
	uin	HL5415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Probate timeliness data up to March 2020 are due for publication on 25th June 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/06/2020 16:19:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley

1199348

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prisoners, and (2) staff, were (a) suspected of having, (b) confirmed as having, (3) hospitalised as a result of, and (4) died from, COVID-19 in prisons in England, broken down by region.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Rochester
	uin	HL5099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The data requested can be found below and is correct as of Friday 19 June.</p><p>Please note, for the number of staff suspected of having Covid-19 the guidance was changed on 20 April so that symptomatic staff members could be identified separately. Before 20 April all staff members who were isolating under the PHE guidance were counted and those who were symptomatic could not be identified specifically. This may have slightly overestimated the number of symptomatic staff before 20 April. For some regions this data has been backdated so the total number of staff suspected of having Covid-19 is known.</p><p>On 24 April, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the rollout of Covid-19 testing for all essential workers and symptomatic members of their household, including prison staff.</p><p>From 15 April, due to the sufficient availability of testing supplies all symptomatic prisoners were tested.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff suspected of having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff confirmed as having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff hospitalised as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff deaths as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region1</p></td><td><p>1,337</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region2</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region3</p></td><td><p>1,973</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region4</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region5</p></td><td><p>1,015</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region6</p></td><td><p>2,417</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region7</p></td><td><p>2,482</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 11,195 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 898 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 67 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 8 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners suspected of having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners confirmed as having Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners hospitalised as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoner deaths as a result of Covid-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 1</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 2</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 3</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 4</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 5</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 6</p></td><td><p>513</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region 7</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,464 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 402 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 51 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 21 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Regions by prison group:</strong></p><p><strong>Region 1 – </strong>Cumbria and Lancashire; Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire</p><p><strong>Region 2 – </strong>Yorkshire; Tees and Wear</p><p><strong>Region 3 – </strong>North Midlands; West Midlands; East Midlands</p><p><strong>Region 4 – </strong>Avon and South Dorset; South Central; Devon and North Dorset</p><p><strong>Region 5 – </strong>Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk; Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk</p><p><strong>Region 6 – </strong>London; Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p><p><strong>Region 7 – </strong>Long Term and High Security Estate</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes </strong></p><p>- Staff suspected of having Covid-19 have been calculated as staff who are on sickness absence or showing symptoms. There may be other staff with suspected Covid-19 who are in the self-isolating category not included here.</p><p>- Prisoners suspected of having Covid-19 have been calculated as prisoners recorded as displaying symptoms.</p><p>- Some staff or prisoners may be counted twice if they have had two periods of symptoms.</p><p>- Confirmed staff cases are self-reported.</p><p>- Staff and prisoner hospitalisations have been calculated as those who have tested positive and have been hospitalised. The hospitalisation may not have been as a result of Covid-19 in some cases, and there may be other cases where Covid-19 has not been confirmed which are included here.</p><p>- These numbers include all historic cases, many of which are now closed.</p><p>- Data for staff deaths represents individuals that have been confirmed as having Covid-19, though it is not necessarily the cause of death.</p><p>- Data for prisoner deaths represents individuals where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause.</p><p>- These tables include silver command regions 1 to 7 which cover prisons in England, but also include 2 STCs and 1 IRC.</p><p>- Staff figures contain both directly and non-directly employed staff.</p><p>- The symbol ~ denotes suppressed values of 4 or fewer to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.</p><p>- These figures have been drawn from the daily HMPPS Covid-19 reports. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has started publishing a weekly release of Covid-19 related statistics. This includes confirmed Covid-19 cases in prisoners and children in custody; and deaths among prisoners and children in custody where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause.</p><p>The statistics release can be found here each Friday: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics</a></p><p>Please note, this publication provides statistics for prisons across England and Wales, the data in the tables above relates to prisons in England only.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/06/2020 16:54:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4318 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Rochester

1204165

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 (1) cases, and (2) deaths, there have been in the UK since 23 March; what steps they have taken to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in prisons; what measures are in place to mitigate the risks of suicide, particularly among young offenders; whether those measures include extending the amount of time prisoners may spend out of their cell each day; and how many low risk prisoners have been released early to reduce overcrowding in cells during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government acted quickly to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in prisons by implementing restricted regimes to comply with national social distancing guidance and limiting inter-prisons transfers. Prisons are also implementing a ‘compartmentalisation’ strategy to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals. Latest public health advice suggests these measures have contained the spread of the virus and minimised the number of deaths.</p><p>As of Friday 12 June, we are aware of 495 prisoner and 963 prison staff COVID-19 cases across England and Wales. These figures reflect the total cumulative number of recorded positive cases – not the number of live cases – of COVID-19, and includes individuals that have since recovered. Figures are subject to revision as more information becomes available.</p><p>As of Friday 12 June, 23 prisoners and 9 members of prison staff have sadly died having tested positive for COVID-19 or having shown symptoms. It is a matter for the coroners to determine cause of death.</p><p>The restricted regimes introduced to protect prisoners and staff from COVID-19 mean that prisoners are spending longer in their cells than normal which raises new and different risks to safety and the mental health of prisoners. The Government takes its responsibilities for these issues very seriously.</p><p>To this end, the Government is supporting prison Governors to devise and implement local safety and welfare plans designed to mitigate these safety risks. Prisons across the estate are giving prisoners access to educational and entertainment material intended to support their wellbeing. Prisoners confined to their cells continue to access healthcare and time in the open air, where possible. They also have access to telephones, extra phone credit and, where available, video calls to contact their loved ones. We continue to make the Samaritans phone service available, and are working with the Samaritans to ensure that the listener peer support scheme continues to function effectively.</p><p>Within the Youth Custody Service (YCS) there has been a focus on delivering essential activities such as regular phone calls (with young people having been allocated additional free phone credits), access to showers and education materials, and time in the fresh air, as well as activities children can undertake in small groups or in their rooms, including workouts and access to entertainment.</p><p>‘SECURE STAIRS’ -the integrated framework of care jointly led by NHS England and NHS Improvement and the YCS, provides the foundations as to how the YCS works with children - has been adopting an approach that underlines the importance of connectivity, whilst adhering to the guidance on physical distancing.</p><p>The YCS is continuously assessing the situation, and is keen to expand the regime as soon as it is safe and sustainable to do so.</p><p>On 4 April, the Government announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 12 June, 113 offenders have been released under this scheme. Our plans for early release form one part of a package of measures to create headroom in the estate to allow us to fully implement compartmentalisation. We are also working to expedite remand cases and temporarily expanding the estate through the installation of single occupancy units.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 30/06/2020 16:19:25 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1200709

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many cases have been adjourned in (1) family courts, (2) civil courts, (3) magistrates courts, (4) crown courts, and (5) tribunals, in each of the last three months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
	uin	HL5292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Comprehensive figures for adjournments are not held for (1) family courts (2) civil courts (3) magistrates’ courts (4) crown courts and (5) most tribunals.</p><p>MoJ publishes figures on adjournments in the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Social Security and Child Support, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Mental Health, and Special Educational Needs and Disability as part of National Statistics, and the figures relating to the period in the request are due for publication later in 2020.</p><p>On 11 June 2020, HMCTS published new management information on the gov.uk website to provide stakeholders and the public with information to understand the very latest high-level position on the impact on workload volumes and activity across HMCTS. <strong>Annex A</strong> shows the volumes of hearings listed and hearings adjourned due to COVID-19 in the civil jurisdiction only.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5293 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Annex A - HMCTS Civil adj data Mar - May 2020.xlsx title Annex A
	tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

1203079

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many court hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have (1) included the virtual presence of an interpreter, and (2) been rescheduled because an interpreter was needed but not available. [T]
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	uin	HL5587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on how many hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for spoken and non-spoken interpretation is provided below. The difference in start dates reflect the fact that thebigword’s system did not start recording any remote bookings until 30<sup>th</sup> March. We expect that very few took place before this date.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dates</p></td><td><p>Number of telephone interpreting hearings</p></td><td><p>Number of video remote interpreting hearings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>thebigword – spoken interpretation</p></td><td><p>30.3.2020 – 12.6.2020</p></td><td><p>2769</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clarion uk – Non- spoken interpretation</p></td><td><p>23.3.2020 – 12.6.2020</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on all hearings that have been rescheduled because an interpreter was unavailable. HMCTS performance data, including ineffective trial rates due to interpreter availability, is currently not available for this period.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/06/2020 15:10:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1201020

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many deceased persons are currently being held by coroners in England awaiting registration of death.
	tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
	uin	HL5383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collects statistics on deaths reported to coroners on an annual basis but does not have details of deaths that are under investigation. The Office of National Statistics publishes the number of registered deaths but does not distinguish between deaths referred to coroners and other deaths so it is not possible to determine the average waiting time.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5384 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:55:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1200710

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many of the 4,066 hearings in England and Wales as of 27 April were adjourned to be determined at a future date.
	tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
	uin	HL5293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Comprehensive figures for adjournments are not held for (1) family courts (2) civil courts (3) magistrates’ courts (4) crown courts and (5) most tribunals.</p><p>MoJ publishes figures on adjournments in the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Social Security and Child Support, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Mental Health, and Special Educational Needs and Disability as part of National Statistics, and the figures relating to the period in the request are due for publication later in 2020.</p><p>On 11 June 2020, HMCTS published new management information on the gov.uk website to provide stakeholders and the public with information to understand the very latest high-level position on the impact on workload volumes and activity across HMCTS. <strong>Annex A</strong> shows the volumes of hearings listed and hearings adjourned due to COVID-19 in the civil jurisdiction only.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5292 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name Annex A - HMCTS Civil adj data Mar - May 2020.xlsx title Annex A
	tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

1203092

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have been released under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL5601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 12 June, 113 offenders have been released under this scheme.</p><p>Alongside the careful release of low-risk offenders, we are also implementing our compartmentalisation strategy to manage different cohorts of the prison population, working to expedite remand cases and temporarily expanding the estate through the installation of single occupancy units. This is to strike a balance between limiting the spread of COVID-19 in prisons while ensuring the public is protected. We are providing ongoing monitoring of the scheme to assess its effectiveness as one of a number of measures in place to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/06/2020 15:28:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1203537

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic groups
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many times PAVA spray has been used (1) in total, and (2) against BAME prisoners, on the prison estate since it’s rollout; what proportion of the total prison population are BAME; and what analysis they have undertaken to ensure proportionate use of that spray.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	uin	HL5665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The below table is the total number of use of force incidents from April 2019 to March 2020. This data is collated from management information and due to how the data is validated it may not tally with official statistics.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2019</p></td><td><p>5415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>5746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>5489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2019</p></td><td><p>5422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2019</p></td><td><p>5264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>5172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2019</p></td><td><p>5888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2019</p></td><td><p>5202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>4858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2020</p></td><td><p>5591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2020</p></td><td><p>5487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5577</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have been introducing PAVA to the adult male estate to help protect staff and prisoners from incidents where there is serious violence, or an imminent or perceived risk of serious violence.</p><p>Since the roll out of PAVA began in April 2019, it has been used on 81 prisoners. It has been drawn (but not used) on 36 individuals, totalling 117 prisoners.</p><p>The table below shows the number of times PAVA has been drawn or used, broken down by ethnicity. Revised guidance on PAVA guidance was issued in April and the first prison outside the pilot began using PAVA in August. Therefore, data between April and July will only reflect usage at the pilot sites (HMPs Risley, Hull, Preston and Wealstun)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘not recorded’ category includes those prisoners who do not disclose their ethnicity on reception into custody.</p><p>Prisoners from BAME backgrounds made up 27% of all prisoners. In March 2019, prisoners who declared themselves in the White ethnic group made up almost three quarters (59,911 or 73%) of the prison population in England and Wales. Prisoners who declared their ethnicity as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) represented 22,227 (or 27%) of all prisoners.</p><p>PAVA is just one of many tools we give to prison officers to help them do their job more safely, alongside body worn video cameras training, and rigid bar handcuffs. Above all, we know that one of the most effective tools in managing people safely is the interpersonal skills of our staff.</p><p>HMPPS is committed and duty bound to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not and to foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p><p>In response to the Lammy Review, we are updating the training we give to officers to raise awareness among all staff of how biases can affect decision making, and strategies to combat these.</p><p>PAVA, as with any use of force, must always only be used if necessary and proportionate to the seriousness of the circumstances. The application of physical techniques, or the use of PAVA, is to be used only when other methods not involving force have been repeatedly tried and failed, or are judged unlikely to succeed, and action needs to be taken to prevent serious injury or harm to prisoners or staff.</p><p>Quality assurance and scrutiny of incidents is vital to ensuring that force is used legally and appropriately. Governors will be expected to ensure that scrutiny takes place after any drawing and/or use of PAVA. We have developed a toolkit of resources to assist prisons in maintaining effective scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5664 HL5666 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:03:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1203536

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many ‘use of force incidents’ have occurred on the prison estate in each month of the last 12-month period for which data are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	uin	HL5664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The below table is the total number of use of force incidents from April 2019 to March 2020. This data is collated from management information and due to how the data is validated it may not tally with official statistics.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2019</p></td><td><p>5415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>5746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>5489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2019</p></td><td><p>5422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2019</p></td><td><p>5264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>5172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2019</p></td><td><p>5888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2019</p></td><td><p>5202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>4858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2020</p></td><td><p>5591</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2020</p></td><td><p>5487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>5577</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have been introducing PAVA to the adult male estate to help protect staff and prisoners from incidents where there is serious violence, or an imminent or perceived risk of serious violence.</p><p>Since the roll out of PAVA began in April 2019, it has been used on 81 prisoners. It has been drawn (but not used) on 36 individuals, totalling 117 prisoners.</p><p>The table below shows the number of times PAVA has been drawn or used, broken down by ethnicity. Revised guidance on PAVA guidance was issued in April and the first prison outside the pilot began using PAVA in August. Therefore, data between April and July will only reflect usage at the pilot sites (HMPs Risley, Hull, Preston and Wealstun)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Deployed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ‘not recorded’ category includes those prisoners who do not disclose their ethnicity on reception into custody.</p><p>Prisoners from BAME backgrounds made up 27% of all prisoners. In March 2019, prisoners who declared themselves in the White ethnic group made up almost three quarters (59,911 or 73%) of the prison population in England and Wales. Prisoners who declared their ethnicity as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) represented 22,227 (or 27%) of all prisoners.</p><p>PAVA is just one of many tools we give to prison officers to help them do their job more safely, alongside body worn video cameras training, and rigid bar handcuffs. Above all, we know that one of the most effective tools in managing people safely is the interpersonal skills of our staff.</p><p>HMPPS is committed and duty bound to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not and to foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p><p>In response to the Lammy Review, we are updating the training we give to officers to raise awareness among all staff of how biases can affect decision making, and strategies to combat these.</p><p>PAVA, as with any use of force, must always only be used if necessary and proportionate to the seriousness of the circumstances. The application of physical techniques, or the use of PAVA, is to be used only when other methods not involving force have been repeatedly tried and failed, or are judged unlikely to succeed, and action needs to be taken to prevent serious injury or harm to prisoners or staff.</p><p>Quality assurance and scrutiny of incidents is vital to ensuring that force is used legally and appropriately. Governors will be expected to ensure that scrutiny takes place after any drawing and/or use of PAVA. We have developed a toolkit of resources to assist prisons in maintaining effective scrutiny.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5665 HL5666 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:03:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German