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1487348

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of renaming youth offender panels as local justice panels.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>Youth Offender Panels are used in the delivery of Referral Orders, a type of community sentence for children that was introduced in 1999. The name Youth Offender Panels is included in the legislation, but in practice Youth Offending Teams may (and do) already call them other names such as ‘Referral Order Panel’ or ‘Community Panel’. We have no plans to change the name of Youth Offender Panels in the relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/07/2022 14:40:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1488010

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the costs of unemployment among ex-offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	33787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We know that the economic and social cost of reoffending is approximately £18 billion per year. Evidence also shows that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend compared to those who do not.</p><p>The proportion of prisoners released from custody employed at six months from their release rose by almost two thirds between April 2021 and March 2022.</p><p>We are committed to delivering a presumption in favour of offering offenders the chance to work in prison, on Release on Temporary Licence and on release, including by building stronger links with employers. We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023. We are also developing a £21m Employability Innovation Fund to enable more employers to work with prisons and deliver jobs on release.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/07/2022 14:38:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1491364

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) amber and (b) red market supplements to prison officers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	42039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>We are working hard to improve retention of frontline officers at prisons across England and Wales, providing opportunities to progress their careers and significant investment to keep them safe. Together, this will ensure we can recruit vital staff to keep offenders off the streets and protect the public.</p><p>Market Supplements are an additional (non-pensionable) allowance in place to support recruitment and retention at certain prison sites.</p><p>The annual expenditure on amber and red market supplements to prison officers in each of the last five years is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Market Supplement Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£10,672,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£17,015,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>£18,388,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/2021</p></td><td><p>£17,935,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/2022</p></td><td><p>£18,530,093</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It has not been possible to separate the amber and red market supplement expenditure for each financial year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/09/2022 08:26:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487357

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prisons Strategy White Paper, published on 7 December 2021, if he will make it is policy for the new prison level data to be published with information broken down by ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to the publication and monitoring of data on protected characteristics within in the criminal justice system. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper, in December 2021, we are introducing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for prisons, which will drive improvement by measuring progress with annually published performance ratings for each prison. This prison level data will be published in due course.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has two statistical publications that include details on ethnicity to demonstrate this commitment. The Offender Management Statistics (OMS) is published on a quarterly basis. This provides regular data on protected characteristics within the prison population. Additionally, the HMPPS Offender Equalities Annual Report is published on an annual basis, includes data on ethnicity within the prison population and covers a larger reporting period.</p><p>Prisons have also been provided with a monitoring tool which shows the distribution of prisoner protected characteristics across a range of components of prison life. These include prisoners placed on the incentives scheme, as well as adjudications and complaints.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/07/2022 09:05:20 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1491048

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost of food per prisoner was in each prison in England and Wales in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	40791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Food budgets for public sector prisons are determined locally and kept under review as part of normal budget allocation planning.</p><p>Prison Rules require that prisoners are provided with three meals a day that are varied and nutritious and that meet the religious, cultural and medical needs of all. HMPPS will continue to work closely with the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, following government guidelines on eating healthy meals.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/09/2022 07:22:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487365

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	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: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has issued on the standard of proof for assessing complaints.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The current Prisoner Complaints Policy Framework was published in August 2019 and implemented across all prisons in England and Wales. There is a clear requirement within this for staff in all prisons to adopt a problem-solving approach, applying the ‘balance of probabilities’ level of proof when investigating complaints. Each complaint form gives the prisoner the opportunity to state what they want to see happen as a result of their complaint.</p><p>Prisons are required to complete routine checks of samples of complaint forms in order to assure the quality of responses. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service works closely with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to share good practice and feedback and review assurance processes in relation to complaint responses.</p><p>Outside of this process, prisoners are also able to submit a Discrimination Incident Reporting Form, if they perceive that they have experienced, or witnessed, an incident of discrimination. This process is confidential, and each incident must be investigated via a designated process within a set timescale.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 32565 question first answered 14/07/2022 14:50:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487367

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of prisons that have a process for complainants to state what they want to happen following an investigation into their complaint.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The current Prisoner Complaints Policy Framework was published in August 2019 and implemented across all prisons in England and Wales. There is a clear requirement within this for staff in all prisons to adopt a problem-solving approach, applying the ‘balance of probabilities’ level of proof when investigating complaints. Each complaint form gives the prisoner the opportunity to state what they want to see happen as a result of their complaint.</p><p>Prisons are required to complete routine checks of samples of complaint forms in order to assure the quality of responses. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service works closely with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman to share good practice and feedback and review assurance processes in relation to complaint responses.</p><p>Outside of this process, prisoners are also able to submit a Discrimination Incident Reporting Form, if they perceive that they have experienced, or witnessed, an incident of discrimination. This process is confidential, and each incident must be investigated via a designated process within a set timescale.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 32564 question first answered 14/07/2022 14:50:16 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1488450

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the most recent available data on the number of prisoners per prison officer in each prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	34937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The accompanying excel file sets out figures relating to ratio of prisoners to Band 3-5 prison officer by prison (for public sector prisons), as of 31 March 2022.</p><p>The minimum number of staff on each residential unit required during periods of unlock is determined by ‘Safe, Decent and Secure Operating Levels’ (SDSOLs) which are agreed in each establishment. These vary depending on a number of factors such as design and size of a residential unit, specialist functions or prisoner cohort.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 15/07/2022 13:19:32 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 2022-07-15 34937.xlsx title PQ 34937 Table
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487339

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to implement the deferred prosecution model trialled by Operation Turning Point for adult and youth offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice, partnering with two police forces, have co-ordinated two policing pilots under the title ‘Chance to Change’, one of which was Turning Point in the Metropolitan police boroughs of Barnet and Brent for adults and under 18s, and the other in the West Yorkshire police force area for under 18s.</p><p>Pilot areas have been asked to assess the effectiveness of their schemes. We are supporting the qualitative research study being undertaken by Manchester Metropolitan University, which aims to examine participant and practitioner experience of the pilots. These findings are expected to be published later this year.</p><p>The use and implementation of deferred prosecution schemes are an operational decision for individual police forces. We continue to work closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on the appropriate use of these schemes, supporting local forces who wish to take these up.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/07/2022 14:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487354

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the prison system works with the relevant stakeholders to learn from the youth justice system and adopt a similar model to the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool for men and women prisoners with built-in evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	32559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) is a clinical assessment tool developed and managed by the National Health Service (NHS) England who are statutorily responsible for the commissioning and management of healthcare services in both adult and youth custody.</p><p>NHS England already have a clinically approved screening tool for adults in custody and are responsible for ensuring this continues to meet the assessment needs of this population.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/07/2022 14:42:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed