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385556

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Membership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the UK last nominated a member of the expert committee of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; and for what reason she has not made a nomination in relation to forthcoming vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
	uin	3995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK government has not put forward a candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women since signing the Convention in 1981. Whilst nominating a candidate has been considered, a variety of reasons such as the timing of the election and the resources required from across Government have meant that we have not yet done so.</p><p> </p><p><br> The UK strongly supports the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) against Women and it is committed to advancing women’s rights. We are fully committed to the CEDAW process, including submitting reports and participating in the oral examination, and are fully engaged with the UN and the Committee. UK nationals are well represented on other UN treaty monitoring bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2015 16:33:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

385998

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Sports: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches she has attended in an official capacity since taking office.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	4418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Both the Secretary of State for Education and Minster for Women and Equalities and I have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket or football matches since taking office. I have regular dialogue with the Minister for Sport, and I have recently met with the coach of a women’s cricket team. I look forward to supporting our other women’s teams when their sporting seasons begin.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2015 13:16:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 11175 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385367

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of a violent nature were committed by women who were (a) under a community order or suspended sentence order and (b) on licence for a previous non-violent offence in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/06/2015 15:46:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

381893

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the value and efficacy of equality impact assessments by public authorities in addressing the effects of policies on groups with protected characteristics.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	2873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>It has never been a legal requirement in England to produce an equality impact assessment (EIA). The public sector equality duty and its supporting regulations require public bodies to have due regard to equality considerations when shaping policy and services, but it is up to individual public bodies to decide the best way to record how they have taken equality into account. The independent Steering Group which conducted a review of the PSED and reported in 2013 reported that some public bodies found EIAs helpful and that when carried out well they could highlight examples of good practice.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/07/2015 09:43:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

384791

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation of female prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	South Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Heather Wheeler
	uin	900507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Maintaining family links, education and promoting aspiration are essential to helping female offenders turn their lives around. The women’s custodial estate has been reconfigured so that women offenders can be held as close as possible to their homes, with access to the right interventions and opportunities for meaningful resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Community Rehabilitation Companies are providing embedded resettlement services, which are required to be tailored to the specific needs of women.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/06/2015 15:26:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler

381200

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many resettlement units for female offenders have been opened in each prison since October 2013; and what the capacity is of each such unit.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	2457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All women’s prisons now have embedded resettlement services. These are provided under contract by the Community Rehabilitation Companies which are required to make sure that their services are tailored to women’s specific needs.</p><p> </p><p>Two 25-bed open units were opened at HMP/ YOIs Styal and Drake Hall earlier this year. The units are situated outside of the perimeter fence and only thoroughly risk-assessed women offenders will be eligible to be located there, focusing on helping them into jobs and preparing them for release.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally a 34 bed unit has been opened within the perimeter of HMP/YOI Foston Hall and two units totalling 78 places are shortly to open within HMP/YOI Eastwood Park. These additional places will mean that future women offenders can be held closer to home and are intended to contribute to their successful resettlement.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/06/2015 13:07:00 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

381223

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders are currently housed in each resettlement unit in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	2450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All of the current 3,901 women offenders are held in resettlement prisons which have embedded resettlement services. These are provided under contract by Community Rehabilitation Companies which are required to make sure that their services are tailored to women’s specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/06/2015 12:59:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

381232

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders from each resettlement unit are currently doing community work on resettlement day release.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	2478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of women offenders participating in community work on resettlement day release at each women’s prison as of 17 June 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Holloway</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Low Newton</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Peterborough</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Styal</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/06/2015 12:48:41 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

381234

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders from each resettlement unit are in paid work while on resettlement day release and are paying 40 per cent of that wage to Victim Support.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	2479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>All female offenders are held in resettlement prisons. The Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 was brought into force on 26 September 2011. It enables prison governors to impose a levy of up to 40% on the wages of low-risk prisoners who work outside prison on temporary licence, in order to prepare for their eventual release.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the numbers of female offenders who are in paid work while on resettlement day release and are paying 40% of their wage to Victim Support for each women’s prison as of 17 June 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/ YOI Holloway</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/06/2015 12:53:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

385373

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the offences and length of time served in prison are of each of the 20 longest serving female prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Of the twenty female prisoners who had served the longest amount of time in custody, as of 31 March 2015, twelve had served between 14 and 18 years and eight had served 18 years or more.</p><p> </p><p>All bar two of those female offenders were imprisoned for violent offences against the person.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/07/2015 14:05:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies