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star this property date less than 2022-05-26more like thismore than 2022-05-26
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Ministry of Justice more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Reading Prison: Sales more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the sale of Reading Gaol; and if he will meet (a) the hon. Member for Reading East and (b) other stakeholders to discuss that matter. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Reading East more like this
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Matt Rodda more like this
star this property uin 9992 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-06-06more like thismore than 2022-06-06
star this property answer text <p>The MoJ is considering potential uses for the former HMP Reading. We are in the process of setting up a meeting with the hon members for Reading and others to discuss this.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
star this property answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 9993 more like this
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less than 2022-06-06T12:22:33.947Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-06T12:22:33.947Z
star this property answering member
4399
star this property label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
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4654
star this property label Biography information for Matt Rodda more like this
1466399
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star this property date less than 2022-05-26more like thismore than 2022-05-26
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Reading Prison: Sales more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which developer his Department is in discussion with about plans to sell Reading Gaol; and if he will meet (a) Reading Borough Council and (b) the hon. Member for Reading East to discuss the status of those discussions. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Reading East more like this
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Matt Rodda more like this
star this property uin 9993 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-06-06more like thismore than 2022-06-06
star this property answer text <p>The MoJ is considering potential uses for the former HMP Reading. We are in the process of setting up a meeting with the hon members for Reading and others to discuss this.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
star this property answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 9992 more like this
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less than 2022-06-06T12:22:34.007Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-06T12:22:34.007Z
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4399
star this property label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
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4654
star this property label Biography information for Matt Rodda more like this
1547048
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star this property date less than 2022-11-30more like thismore than 2022-11-30
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Ministry of Justice more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Prisoners: Police Custody more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cells are being used as part of Operation Safeguard. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
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Steve Reed more like this
star this property uin 99866 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-12-05more like thismore than 2022-12-05
star this property answer text <p>We have requested the police make approximately 400 police cells available through Operation Safeguard. These cells will only be used if necessary. As of 1 December, no prisoners were housed in police cells as part of Operation Safeguard.</p><p>Police forces across the country already use police cells occasionally to house prisoners overnight, for example due to late sitting courts. The triggering of Operation Safeguard expands this practice and is not an unprecedented move. It is an established procedure that has been used before in 2007 to ensure that our prison system can operate effectively and safely during periods of high demand.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 99867 more like this
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less than 2022-12-05T14:26:39.297Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-05T14:26:39.297Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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4268
star this property label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1547049
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star this property date less than 2022-11-30more like thismore than 2022-11-30
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Prisoners: Police Custody more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners using police cells as a result of the implementation of Operation Safeguard. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
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Steve Reed more like this
star this property uin 99867 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-12-05more like thismore than 2022-12-05
star this property answer text <p>We have requested the police make approximately 400 police cells available through Operation Safeguard. These cells will only be used if necessary. As of 1 December, no prisoners were housed in police cells as part of Operation Safeguard.</p><p>Police forces across the country already use police cells occasionally to house prisoners overnight, for example due to late sitting courts. The triggering of Operation Safeguard expands this practice and is not an unprecedented move. It is an established procedure that has been used before in 2007 to ensure that our prison system can operate effectively and safely during periods of high demand.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 99866 more like this
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less than 2022-12-05T14:26:39.343Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-05T14:26:39.343Z
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3969
star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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4268
star this property label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1240830
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star this property date less than 2020-10-06more like thismore than 2020-10-06
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Reoffenders: Coronavirus more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on reoffending rates of slower progression through indeterminate sentences by prisoners as a result of limited access to (a) legal support, (b) offender managers, (c) release on temporary license and (d) offending behaviour programmes during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
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Ms Lyn Brown more like this
star this property uin 99568 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
star this property answer text <p>We are doing everything we can to minimise the impact of the pandemic across all responsibilities of our prisons, including on the progression of Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners (ISPs). Whilst some changes to prison regimes have been necessary due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no evidence that the progression of ISPs has been significantly impaired. Consequently, it would be entirely premature to posit any effect on reoffending rates or future public spending on prisons and probation or overcrowding within prisons. We recognise that anxieties regarding COVID-19 and the regime restrictions required for infection control may increase the risk of self-harm and violence for some prisoners, and we will continue to work to mitigate this risk as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Despite necessary restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, legal visits have been prioritised to ensure that ISPs maintain meaningful contact with their legal representatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) Model continues to make transformational improvements in the way we support and manage prisoners through their sentence plan. A joint prison and probation Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure key offender management tasks were completed in line with the regime level of the prison, whilst upholding the ethos of the OMiC Model.</p><p> </p><p>As to be expected, most Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) was suspended in March 2020 to help tackle the threat from Covid-19; however, we have been working with Public Health authorities to support prisons to re-introduce ROTL where it is safe and practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is reviewing the reduced provision of offending behaviour programmes (OBPs), in order to prioritise access to such opportunities on those who present the highest risk of reoffending on release. When it comes to the parole reviews of ISPs, the Parole Board is presented with a wide range of evidence, not just completion of OBPs, in order to assess whether a prisoner’s risk has been reduced to the point where s/he might be safely release on licence.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Safety Team has produced a range of products to support Governors in devising and implementing local safety and welfare plans designed to mitigate risks during the pandemic of disorder, self-harm, suicide and violence. The Team has issued guidance on operating the key safety systems (such the case management models for self-harm and suicide and violence), whilst complying with infection control measures and in the context of staff shortfalls and/or the absence of trained staff. This guidance includes materials to support wellbeing at this particularly difficult time, including a range of in-cell activities.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, I would like to be clear that our primary responsibility is to protect the public. We do not want to keep ISPs in custody any longer than is necessary, but we have a duty to ensure that they are progressed in a safe manner. It remains the case that prisoners serving indeterminate sentences will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that the risk to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community under probation supervision.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
99569 more like this
99570 more like this
99571 more like this
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less than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.823Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.823Z
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4517
star this property label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
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1583
star this property label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this
1240831
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star this property date less than 2020-10-06more like thismore than 2020-10-06
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Prisons and Probation: Coronavirus more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on future public spending on (a) prisons and (b) probation of slower progression through indeterminate sentences by prisoners as a result of limited access to (i) legal support, (ii) offender managers, (iii) release on temporary license and (iv) offending behaviour programmes during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
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Ms Lyn Brown more like this
star this property uin 99569 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
star this property answer text <p>We are doing everything we can to minimise the impact of the pandemic across all responsibilities of our prisons, including on the progression of Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners (ISPs). Whilst some changes to prison regimes have been necessary due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no evidence that the progression of ISPs has been significantly impaired. Consequently, it would be entirely premature to posit any effect on reoffending rates or future public spending on prisons and probation or overcrowding within prisons. We recognise that anxieties regarding COVID-19 and the regime restrictions required for infection control may increase the risk of self-harm and violence for some prisoners, and we will continue to work to mitigate this risk as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Despite necessary restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, legal visits have been prioritised to ensure that ISPs maintain meaningful contact with their legal representatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) Model continues to make transformational improvements in the way we support and manage prisoners through their sentence plan. A joint prison and probation Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure key offender management tasks were completed in line with the regime level of the prison, whilst upholding the ethos of the OMiC Model.</p><p> </p><p>As to be expected, most Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) was suspended in March 2020 to help tackle the threat from Covid-19; however, we have been working with Public Health authorities to support prisons to re-introduce ROTL where it is safe and practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is reviewing the reduced provision of offending behaviour programmes (OBPs), in order to prioritise access to such opportunities on those who present the highest risk of reoffending on release. When it comes to the parole reviews of ISPs, the Parole Board is presented with a wide range of evidence, not just completion of OBPs, in order to assess whether a prisoner’s risk has been reduced to the point where s/he might be safely release on licence.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Safety Team has produced a range of products to support Governors in devising and implementing local safety and welfare plans designed to mitigate risks during the pandemic of disorder, self-harm, suicide and violence. The Team has issued guidance on operating the key safety systems (such the case management models for self-harm and suicide and violence), whilst complying with infection control measures and in the context of staff shortfalls and/or the absence of trained staff. This guidance includes materials to support wellbeing at this particularly difficult time, including a range of in-cell activities.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, I would like to be clear that our primary responsibility is to protect the public. We do not want to keep ISPs in custody any longer than is necessary, but we have a duty to ensure that they are progressed in a safe manner. It remains the case that prisoners serving indeterminate sentences will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that the risk to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community under probation supervision.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
99568 more like this
99570 more like this
99571 more like this
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less than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.887Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.887Z
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4517
star this property label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
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1583
star this property label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this
1240832
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star this property date less than 2020-10-06more like thismore than 2020-10-06
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Ministry of Justice more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Prisons: Coronavirus more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on future overcrowding within prisons of slower progression through indeterminate sentences by prisoners as a result of limited access to (a) legal support, (b) offender managers, (c) release on temporary license and (d) offending behaviour programmes during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
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Ms Lyn Brown more like this
star this property uin 99570 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
star this property answer text <p>We are doing everything we can to minimise the impact of the pandemic across all responsibilities of our prisons, including on the progression of Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners (ISPs). Whilst some changes to prison regimes have been necessary due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no evidence that the progression of ISPs has been significantly impaired. Consequently, it would be entirely premature to posit any effect on reoffending rates or future public spending on prisons and probation or overcrowding within prisons. We recognise that anxieties regarding COVID-19 and the regime restrictions required for infection control may increase the risk of self-harm and violence for some prisoners, and we will continue to work to mitigate this risk as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Despite necessary restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, legal visits have been prioritised to ensure that ISPs maintain meaningful contact with their legal representatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) Model continues to make transformational improvements in the way we support and manage prisoners through their sentence plan. A joint prison and probation Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure key offender management tasks were completed in line with the regime level of the prison, whilst upholding the ethos of the OMiC Model.</p><p> </p><p>As to be expected, most Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) was suspended in March 2020 to help tackle the threat from Covid-19; however, we have been working with Public Health authorities to support prisons to re-introduce ROTL where it is safe and practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is reviewing the reduced provision of offending behaviour programmes (OBPs), in order to prioritise access to such opportunities on those who present the highest risk of reoffending on release. When it comes to the parole reviews of ISPs, the Parole Board is presented with a wide range of evidence, not just completion of OBPs, in order to assess whether a prisoner’s risk has been reduced to the point where s/he might be safely release on licence.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Safety Team has produced a range of products to support Governors in devising and implementing local safety and welfare plans designed to mitigate risks during the pandemic of disorder, self-harm, suicide and violence. The Team has issued guidance on operating the key safety systems (such the case management models for self-harm and suicide and violence), whilst complying with infection control measures and in the context of staff shortfalls and/or the absence of trained staff. This guidance includes materials to support wellbeing at this particularly difficult time, including a range of in-cell activities.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, I would like to be clear that our primary responsibility is to protect the public. We do not want to keep ISPs in custody any longer than is necessary, but we have a duty to ensure that they are progressed in a safe manner. It remains the case that prisoners serving indeterminate sentences will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that the risk to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community under probation supervision.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
99568 more like this
99569 more like this
99571 more like this
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less than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.923Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.923Z
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4517
star this property label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
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1583
star this property label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this
1240833
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star this property date less than 2020-10-06more like thismore than 2020-10-06
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Prisons: Coronavirus more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on future (a) order, (b) self-harm, (c) suicide and (d) violence against staff within prisons of slower progression through indeterminate sentences by prisoners as a result of limited access to (i) legal support, (ii) offender managers, (iii) release on temporary license and (iv) offending behaviour programmes during the covid-19 outbreak. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
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Ms Lyn Brown more like this
star this property uin 99571 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2020-10-14more like thismore than 2020-10-14
star this property answer text <p>We are doing everything we can to minimise the impact of the pandemic across all responsibilities of our prisons, including on the progression of Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners (ISPs). Whilst some changes to prison regimes have been necessary due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no evidence that the progression of ISPs has been significantly impaired. Consequently, it would be entirely premature to posit any effect on reoffending rates or future public spending on prisons and probation or overcrowding within prisons. We recognise that anxieties regarding COVID-19 and the regime restrictions required for infection control may increase the risk of self-harm and violence for some prisoners, and we will continue to work to mitigate this risk as far as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Despite necessary restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, legal visits have been prioritised to ensure that ISPs maintain meaningful contact with their legal representatives.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) Model continues to make transformational improvements in the way we support and manage prisoners through their sentence plan. A joint prison and probation Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure key offender management tasks were completed in line with the regime level of the prison, whilst upholding the ethos of the OMiC Model.</p><p> </p><p>As to be expected, most Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) was suspended in March 2020 to help tackle the threat from Covid-19; however, we have been working with Public Health authorities to support prisons to re-introduce ROTL where it is safe and practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is reviewing the reduced provision of offending behaviour programmes (OBPs), in order to prioritise access to such opportunities on those who present the highest risk of reoffending on release. When it comes to the parole reviews of ISPs, the Parole Board is presented with a wide range of evidence, not just completion of OBPs, in order to assess whether a prisoner’s risk has been reduced to the point where s/he might be safely release on licence.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Safety Team has produced a range of products to support Governors in devising and implementing local safety and welfare plans designed to mitigate risks during the pandemic of disorder, self-harm, suicide and violence. The Team has issued guidance on operating the key safety systems (such the case management models for self-harm and suicide and violence), whilst complying with infection control measures and in the context of staff shortfalls and/or the absence of trained staff. This guidance includes materials to support wellbeing at this particularly difficult time, including a range of in-cell activities.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, I would like to be clear that our primary responsibility is to protect the public. We do not want to keep ISPs in custody any longer than is necessary, but we have a duty to ensure that they are progressed in a safe manner. It remains the case that prisoners serving indeterminate sentences will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that the risk to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community under probation supervision.</p>
star this property answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Lucy Frazer more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
99568 more like this
99569 more like this
99570 more like this
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less than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.987Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-14T14:17:27.987Z
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4517
star this property label Biography information for Lucy Frazer more like this
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1583
star this property label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this
1466438
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star this property date less than 2022-05-26more like thismore than 2022-05-26
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Probation Service: Agency Workers more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff are currently working in the Probation Service by region. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd more like this
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Liz Saville Roberts more like this
star this property uin 9941 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-06-06more like thismore than 2022-06-06
star this property answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
star this property grouped question UIN
9942 more like this
9943 more like this
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less than 2022-06-06T12:30:36.67Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-06T12:30:36.67Z
star this property answering member
4495
star this property label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
star this property tabling member
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star this property label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts more like this
1466440
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star this property date less than 2022-05-26more like thismore than 2022-05-26
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 remove filter
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Probation Service: Agency Workers more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of agency staff working in the Probation Service, broken down by region. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd more like this
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Liz Saville Roberts more like this
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star this property answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p>
star this property answering member constituency North West Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Kit Malthouse more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Kit Malthouse more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts more like this