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1717076

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) starts and (b) completions there have been for the (i) offender behaviour, (ii) sex offender, (iii) substance misuse, (iv) domestic violence and (v) extremism programmes in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	25610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The starts and completions for accredited programmes delivered in custody between March 2010 and March 2023 for (i) offender behaviour, (ii) sex offender, (iii) substance misuse, (iv) domestic violence and (v) extremism programmes are provided in figures 3.1 and 3.2 in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-education-and-accredited-programme-statistics-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Data for 2023-2024 will be published in the Prison Education and Accredited Programmes Statistics report on 26 September 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In custody, the longer-term decrease in Accredited Programme starts and completions has been primarily driven by the change of programme ownership – and responsibility for running substance misuse accredited programmes - from HMPPS to NHS. As of 1 April 2011, local NHS partnerships assumed these responsibilities. The large decreases seen reflect the fact that more offenders are completing programmes run by the NHS, rather than HMPPS. There has also been a reinvestment from shorter, moderate intensity programmes in favour of longer, higher intensity programmes along with the introduction of some 1:1 programmes. This better reflects the identified demand across HMPPS prisons. The number of commissioned completions has therefore decreased although overall maintaining investment.</p><p> </p><p>The starts and completions for accredited programmes delivered in the community from 2009-10 to 2014-15 for (i) offender behaviour, (ii) sex offender, (iii) substance misuse, (iv) domestic violence and (v) extremism programmes are published in the Accredited Programmes Bulletin at Tables 1.3 and 1.4 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015.</a></p><p>The information for April 2015-March 2023 is contained in the attached table. The information for starts can be found in table 1 and for completions in table 2.</p><p>We keep offending behaviour programmes under continual review, to ensure that they are effective in reducing reoffending and protecting the public.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of programmes designed specifically to address Sexual Offending, including one specifically tailored to non-contact internet offending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 15:30:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-05-20 PQ 25610 table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1717079

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison guards were working in high security prisons by grade on 1 May in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	25613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information and the latest publication covers data up to 31 March 2024.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Ensuring we attract people with the right skills and retain them so they can progress their career in HMPPS is a key priority, we are working hard to retain and develop clear career paths for our operational staff.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in several new initiatives to improve the experience of our new joiners and increase retention of our employees.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>a new peer-to-peer learning scheme</li><li>the introduction of New Colleague Mentors for all staff</li><li>the Career Pathways Framework</li></ul><p> </p><p>To help stem attrition we have implemented a Retention Strategy which is linked to wider activities to improve employee experience, employee lifecycle and staff engagement at work.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, we have seen a substantial improvement in the national staffing picture within prisons over the past year. The number of Band 3-5 prison officers increased by 1,396 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) between March 2023 and March 2024. This is the result of significant efforts across the agency, including substantial increases in pay for staff, our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign, recruitment schemes where we incentivised applicants to relocate to ‘harder-to-staff’ sites, and the Prison Officer Alumni Network, where we have fast-tracked former staff back into the service</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 13:46:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1717084

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times have prison staff been subject to disciplinary action by reason for that action in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	25618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the number of public sector prison staff who were subject to conduct &amp; disciplinary action since 2014/15 is given in table 1 in the attached spreadsheet. Figures are presented by financial year up to 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>While the vast majority of Prison Service staff are hardworking and honest, we take all and any allegations extremely seriously and is investigated and where appropriate, disciplinary action is taken. There is no place in His Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service (HMPPS) for any form of unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The Tackling Unacceptable Behaviours Unit (TUBU) was established in August 2020 and this has been followed by an increase in reported cases. Its aim is to help improve the working environment by providing support, insight and expertise to staff who raise concerns. The services TUBU provides include a confidential helpline to support staff who are experiencing any form of unacceptable behaviour; a mediation service to resolve workplace conflict; and an investigation service.</p><p> </p><p>The investigation service enables managers to obtain advice and signposting, and gives access to qualified investigators where there is an allegation of bullying, harassment, discrimination or victimisation.</p><p> </p><p>These measures now mean staff are reporting unacceptable behaviour more often.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 13:48:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-05-20 PQ 25618 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1717494

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	25741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) requires all external suppliers who provide food / drink goods or services across the MOJ estate to adhere by the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBS).</p><p> </p><p>The GBS can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-procurement-the-gbs-for-food-and-catering-services/government-buying-standard-for-food-and-catering-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-procurement-the-gbs-for-food-and-catering-services/government-buying-standard-for-food-and-catering-services</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/05/2024 16:12:31 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1717497

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Motor Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	25742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government Car service (GCS) provides vehicles to a number of Government departments. Due to logistical and operational reasons, the type of vehicles deployed at each department can vary on a daily or weekly basis. The GCS fleet currently has 122 vehicles, 58 (48%) of which are vehicles made in Britain.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/05/2024 16:13:36 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1717578

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison and Probation Service has spent on rehabilitation programmes approved by the Correctional Services Advice and Accreditation Panel since December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	25890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>As the costs of rehabilitation programmes approved by the Correctional Service and Accredited Panel cannot be disaggregated from the overall budgetary provision for rehabilitative delivery costs, the information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2024 13:33:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1717724

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation awards have been made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to victims under the age of 18 experiencing (a) rape and (b) sexual violence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	25996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes contain a tariff of injuries in which payments are based on specified injuries or offences. The Schemes provide that, in respect of sexual assault(s), the applicant will be entitled either to an award that reflects the nature of the sexual assault(s) or an award for their mental injury, whichever attracts the highest payment under the tariff.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2019 and March 2024, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority made awards to victims who were under 18 at the time of the incident(s):</p><p>(a) 920 awards in respect of rape* and</p><p>(b) 19,323 awards in respect of sexual assault</p><p> </p><p>* The reported figure is referred to in the tariff of injuries as ‘non-consensual penile penetration of vagina, anus or mouth’.</p><p> </p><p>The table below divides these payments by financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below does not include awards made for mental injuries where the award payable was higher than the sexual offence tariff. This is because a manual check would be required to distinguish mental injury awards for rape/sexual assault from those for other types of violent crime. Therefore, the total awards made to victims under the age of 18, as a result of rape or sexual assault is likely to be considerably higher than the numbers in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cases categorised as ‘rape’</p></td><td><p>Number of cases categorised as ‘sexual assault’</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>4290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>3361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>3504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>3903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/24</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>4265</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 21/05/2024 15:13:20 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1717604

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment with the Enforcement Conduct Board of the potential merits of introducing regulatory changes relating to the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 separately to implementing the uplift to the fees recoverable for (a) High Court and (b) non-High Court enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
	uin	25786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25785 25787 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1717605

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
	uin	25787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25785 25786 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1717603

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to bring forward legislation to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 on the enforcement sector.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
	uin	25785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 17 July 2023, following a review of the fees that enforcement agents and High Court Enforcement Officers can recover when using the taking control of goods procedure, we announced that we intended to amend the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014 to uplift such fees by 5%. We also announced that we would consult on reforms that aimed to encourage earlier and cheaper settlement of debt. We said that we would implement any reforms and the fee uplifts at the same time, in order to balance the need to ensure that there is a sustainable enforcement industry with making sure that those facing enforcement action are treated fairly. That consultation closed on 6 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We received detailed feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and the Enforcement Conduct Board have been consulted. A response to the consultation will be published and a timetable for implementation will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 25786 25787 question first answered 21/05/2024 16:14:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin