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1125651

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken in days from application submission to decision for compensation applications from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	252546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the average time taken in days from the date an application for compensation was submitted to the date a first decision was made in each year since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Average time taken in days from the date an application was submitted to the date a first decision was made</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2019 16:53:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1125622

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Funerals: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Welsh Government ministers and (c) Scottish Government ministers on the implementation of the children's funeral fund in England.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	252503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p><br>I have had discussions on implementation of the Children’s Funeral Fund with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance and the Minister of State for Immigration. I have not had discussions with Welsh or Scottish Government ministers. However, Ministry of Justice officials have had detailed discussions with officials in these Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2019 16:52:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1125602

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of all Dynamic Purchasing System contracts for prison education issued in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	252594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We want prisons to be places of hope and aspiration that propel offenders into employment, and ultimately help to reduce the number of victims of crime in the future. Our new education programme will improve the quality of prison education by ensuring that it meets the needs of prisoners, making it more likely to lead them to a positive employment outcome on release, and break the cycle of reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>We issued the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts to the following prisons below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(a) HM Prisons DPS Contracts by 1st April 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) HM Prisons DPS Contracts by 1st May 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Highpoint</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>The Mount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>Ford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>Frankland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WhattonLong Lartin</p></td><td><p>Whatton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total value of all DPS contracts for prison education issued from 1 January to 10 May 2019 is £3,731,294.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 252593 question first answered 14/05/2019 16:27:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1125601

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons had issued Dynamic Purchasing System contracts for education provision by (a) 1 April 2019, and (b) 1 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	252593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We want prisons to be places of hope and aspiration that propel offenders into employment, and ultimately help to reduce the number of victims of crime in the future. Our new education programme will improve the quality of prison education by ensuring that it meets the needs of prisoners, making it more likely to lead them to a positive employment outcome on release, and break the cycle of reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>We issued the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts to the following prisons below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(a) HM Prisons DPS Contracts by 1st April 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) HM Prisons DPS Contracts by 1st May 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>Highpoint</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>The Mount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>Ford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>Frankland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WhattonLong Lartin</p></td><td><p>Whatton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>Risley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Rochester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Bure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wayland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total value of all DPS contracts for prison education issued from 1 January to 10 May 2019 is £3,731,294.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 252594 question first answered 14/05/2019 16:27:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1124534

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are managed by (a) community rehabilitation companies and (b) the National Probation Service in each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	250488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) and the National Probation Service (NPS) work with offenders within contracted and divisional areas, and as such statistics relating to parliamentary constituencies are not collated.</p><p>The number of offenders supervised in the community, broken down by CRC and NPS regions, are included in the quarterly Offender Management statistics. This data is included in the attached table, and is taken from the latest publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 16:16:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125604

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many education staff have been placed at risk of redundancy at each prison since the introduction of new commissioning arrangements on 1 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	252596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>It is for the new education providers to determine how many staff they need to deliver the requirements of the contracts let under the Prison Education Framework and the Dynamic Purchasing System.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 16:03:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1125603

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 educational courses on offer to offenders at each prison (a) before and (b) after 1 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	252595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes data on prison education participation and completion rates and details on the academic years 2010/11 to 2017/18 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 16:00:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1125605

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 effect of new prison education commissioning arrangements on the effectiveness of Through The Gate services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	252597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The new prison education commissioning arrangements are at a very early stage. It is not possible to provide an assessment of progress at this point.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 15:58:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1124562

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2019 to Written Question 247090, Prison Officers: Resignations, for what reason private prison operators are not required to supply data relating to the length of service of their employees.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	250496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on numbers of staff employed at privately-managed prisons is commercially sensitive. The contracts between the Ministry of Justice and private prison providers require the contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons. There is no requirement in the contracts to inform the Department of staffing levels in privately managed prisons, nor to agree those levels with the Department.</p><p>Each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) whose role it is to monitor performance at the prison across a range of indicators.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 15:56:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1124340

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Hepatitis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve continuity and cooperation between the courts, prisons and probation services to ensure that offenders have their hepatitis C medication with them when transferred between different settings.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	249816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the unique opportunity that custody offers to identify and encourage individuals with Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs) to engage in treatment. NHS England are responsible for commissioning and delivering health services in prisons and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are responsible for enabling access to healthcare services for those in custody. We are fully supportive of the work being done by NHS England and Public Health England to meet the 2025 target for the elimination of Hepatitis C in England.</p><p> </p><p>An opt-out policy for BBV testing was introduced in 2013, under the previous National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare in England (NPA) between NHS England (NHSE), Public Health England (PHE) and HMPPS (then NOMS). Full implementation of the opt-out testing policy for BBVs in all adult prisons in England was achieved in March 2018. Since opt-out testing was introduced, the uptake of BBV testing in prisons has increased from a baseline of 4% to 29%. This figure is an aggregate for all prisons, with some far exceeding the average uptake. This shared commitment to tackling the spread of infectious diseases, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV, in prisons was reaffirmed in the new NPA between NHSE, PHE, HMPPS, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and MoJ, published in April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with our health partners to identify points of attrition and barriers to testing uptake, as well as with organisations, such as the Hepatitis C Trust, to raise awareness among prison staff and prisoners about the importance of testing for BBV.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing the process by which defendants access essential medication whilst in the custody of the Prisoner Escort and Custody Services to ensure that it is fit for purpose and to consider further improvements. Additionally, current processes for Discharge Planning will be enhanced as a part of the Hepatitis C Pathways work being carried out by NHS England. This will ensure that individuals diagnosed with Hepatitis C who leave prison, transfer between prisons and attend court have their medication with them and have detailed instructions about accessing treatment specialists in the community. Treatment for Hepatitis C uses high value drugs, and ensuring that the full course follows the individual through the criminal justice system is a high priority for NHS England. Current processes will also be augmented by Hepatitis C Trust community peer workers engaging with people leaving prison, and through enhanced continuity of care arrangements under RECONNECT as outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 249814 249815 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:39:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley