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1167464

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) hotel and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month since January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty (DD) is one of the sensible and proportionate measures taken to ensure the safe and decent running of regimes in prisons, and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing and the number of prison officers deployed will reflect operational circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum. Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £2.75bn to modernise and maintain our prisons, create 10,000 additional places, and step up security to stop the flow of drugs and mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>Please find below a breakdown of travel costs by method:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hotels</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rail</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Air</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ferry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>£290,178.64</p></td><td><p>£23,567.00</p></td><td><p>£200.51</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>£236,621.21</p></td><td><p>£23,663.40</p></td><td><p>£951.68</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>£209,026.30</p></td><td><p>£24,500.85</p></td><td><p>£2,483.74</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>£225,754.14</p></td><td><p>£16,023.25</p></td><td><p>£493.56</p></td><td><p>£91.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>£233,236.50</p></td><td><p>£18,785.35</p></td><td><p>£233.62</p></td><td><p>£1,616.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£209,336.12</p></td><td><p>£17,609.60</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£1,135.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£199,038.25</p></td><td><p>£20,042.95</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£1,014.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£211,642.81</p></td><td><p>£20,200.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£466.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>£223,603.44</p></td><td><p>£16,640.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£103.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>£250,363.26</p></td><td><p>£24,802.25</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£159,252.49</p></td><td><p>£18,911.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>£157,993.00</p></td><td><p>£10,066.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£53.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>£216,479.21</p></td><td><p>£16,850.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£51.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£187,018.49</p></td><td><p>£14,296.45</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£225,574.25</p></td><td><p>£18,534.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£218.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£202,070.93</p></td><td><p>£14,641.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£319.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£230,760.74</p></td><td><p>£17,950.95</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£229.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>£218,309.41</p></td><td><p>£16,018.05</p></td><td><p>£483.30</p></td><td><p>£158.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>£182,603.48</p></td><td><p>£17,248.80</p></td><td><p>-£483.30</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>£156,795.30</p></td><td><p>£16,970.75</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>£146,658.25</p></td><td><p>£18,526.70</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£239.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>£120,290.85</p></td><td><p>£16,812.90</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£305.25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The amount spent on other expenses claims for Prison Officers as outlined in the Travel and Subsistence policy (day and night subsistence, lodging allowance, etc):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>£643.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>£758.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>£2097.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>£488.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>£1436.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£142.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£76.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£77.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£1657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/11/2019 14:17:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167465

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group has been called to each prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called to each prison in each year since 2010 is provided in the attached document.</p><p> </p><p>The NTRG provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The overwhelming majority of call outs are for non-violent incidents, including where they attended as a precaution and when the situation was resolved locally.</p><p> </p><p>We do not tolerate violence or disruptive behaviour in our prisons. We’ve recruited around 4,300 additional officers since October 2016 and are spending an extra £100 million on airport-style security, x-ray scanners and phone-blocking technology. This is part of the Government’s new £2.75bn investment to modernise and maintain our prisons, create 10,000 additional places, and step up security to stop the flow of drugs and mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to ensuring our prison officers have the tools they need to do the job safely with body worn cameras, ‘police-style’ handcuffs and restraints, and PAVA incapacitant spray.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/11/2019 12:25:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name NTRG deployment 2010-2018.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167368

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Responsibility for digital and technology within the department is held by the Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) who acts as functional lead for Digital, Data and Technology profession. Updates on digital and technology are provided on a semi-regular basis to the department’s Executive Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The CDIO regularly attends boards and committee meetings across department agencies, and meets with Chief Executives to ensure that digital and technology needs are met.</p><p> </p><p>Due to its unique constitutional position. HM Courts and Tribunal Service has its own DDAT function.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:46:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167379

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of adjournments is per case in all cases heard in the criminal courts in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	7674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the average number of adjournments per case in all cases heard in the criminal courts each year since 2010 could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:44:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1167442

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates, (b) crown and (c) family courts which are scheduled to be sold are (i) still hearing cases and (ii) shut but yet to be sold.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	7677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of criminal or family courts that are currently operational and are scheduled to be disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of criminal or family courts that are closed but are not yet disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td><td><p>Crown and county courts (combined courts)</p></td><td><p>Magistrates’ and family courts (combined Courts)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The decision to close any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p>Since 2015/16 HMCTS has raised approximately £129m from the sale of surplus buildings to reinvest in the wider reform programme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:30:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1167466

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent estimate is of the cost of outstanding repairs at each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This Government is investing an additional £156million in 2020/21 to improve the conditions of existing prisons across the estate – targeting the most pressing maintenance concerns including boilers, fire safety and serveries. This underpins our commitment to a system that is decent, safe and secure.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the priority maintenance backlog totals approximately £900m. This is most up to date estimate we have of the costs associated with the maintenance backlog, inclusive of resource costs.</p><p> </p><p>A figure for each individual establishment is not available and would represent disproportionate cost to obtain.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:31:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167467

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 944 on Reoffenders, how many offenders under statutory supervision have been convicted under each category of serious offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We have interpreted the request to mean the number of offenders convicted of a Serious Further Offence (SFO) broken down by conviction offence type. The information you ask for is routinely published and therefore available in the public domain, and I have provided the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/serious-further-offences</a>. We will publish SFO conviction data for 2018/19 next year.</p><p> </p><p>Not all charges for an SFO will result in a conviction. In any year, in about 50% of cases either the charges are dropped before trial, or the offender is acquitted following trial or the offender is convicted of a less serious offence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 15:45:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167471

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work have been handed down by the courts as part of community orders in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and would require a manual search of court records which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>The number of community sentences issued can be found in our outcomes by offence tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:37:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167472

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent National Compliance and Enforcement Service staff have been employed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent staff (FTE) working in the National Compliance and Enforcement Service at the end of March for each year since 2012 is as follows:</p><p>2012 1,706</p><p>2013 1,770</p><p>2014 1,640</p><p>2015 1,516</p><p>2016 1,470</p><p>2017 1,497</p><p>2018 1,573</p><p>2019 1,425</p><p> </p><p>FTE figure include both agency and permanent staff. We do not hold any figures prior to March 2012 as headcount was historically included within Court FTE figures.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:55:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167473

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings and trials across the HM Courts and Tribunal Service estate used a video link or similar technology in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	7787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:26:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon