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802646

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fully trained National Tactical Response Group officers were in post in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	118196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provide a specialist service to prisons through the deployment of staff resources with tactical and operational expertise required to bring about resolution to serious incidents of disorder. The service includes planning and preparation of tactical options to Gold, Silver and Bronze Commanders, and the implementation of those orders and this service is not solely limited to violent incident. NTRG are also the provider of training in Use of Force, developing the curriculum from which prison officers receive training in basic and advanced level control and restraint, personal protection techniques, and use of batons. They also complete cross government resilience assurance work and professional practice development around HMPPS operational response capabilities. The answers to all four NTRG related questions submitted follow below;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of NTRG staff in post by year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>Managers</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NTRG ATTENDANCE AT REQUESTED SITES BY YEAR</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HMP Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>HMP Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>HMP Hindley</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget allocation for National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is shown below. These figures include pay and non-pay items (including training materials, operational incident consumables and vehicle costs). It is not possible to retrieve the 2010 data information within the time available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NTRG Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>There has been no reduction in our investment in NTRG from 2017-18, in fact the position is quite the opposite. The funding position has changed due to the transfer of NTRG staff cost from the HR Directorate into the SOCT Directorate during 2017/18. The reason for the comparative budget reduction is that HR Directorate have held onto £0.2k budget for Facilities Management costs within the Learning &amp; Development Unit and the average pay used to set the pay budget allocation for 17/18 was based on average costs which are £7k lower than in previous years and will need to be adjusted next year to reflect Operational rather than HQ posts of approx. £0.41m. HMPPS Budgets are set at the beginning of the year, but are subject to changes and adjustments during the course of the year due to changes in scope and priorities of the business.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NTRG staff work from one of two centres, and are deployed to establishments as the need arises. The deployment of NTRG staff to establishments is managed centrally and subject to operational considerations and priorities. The decision to deploy our specialist resources can be taken as a precautionary measure, however it is usually in response to an ongoing incident or disorder.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 118195 118197 118200 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802647

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for the National Tactical Response Group was for each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of what the budget will be for each year up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	118197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provide a specialist service to prisons through the deployment of staff resources with tactical and operational expertise required to bring about resolution to serious incidents of disorder. The service includes planning and preparation of tactical options to Gold, Silver and Bronze Commanders, and the implementation of those orders and this service is not solely limited to violent incident. NTRG are also the provider of training in Use of Force, developing the curriculum from which prison officers receive training in basic and advanced level control and restraint, personal protection techniques, and use of batons. They also complete cross government resilience assurance work and professional practice development around HMPPS operational response capabilities. The answers to all four NTRG related questions submitted follow below;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of NTRG staff in post by year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>Managers</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NTRG ATTENDANCE AT REQUESTED SITES BY YEAR</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HMP Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>HMP Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>HMP Hindley</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget allocation for National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is shown below. These figures include pay and non-pay items (including training materials, operational incident consumables and vehicle costs). It is not possible to retrieve the 2010 data information within the time available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NTRG Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>There has been no reduction in our investment in NTRG from 2017-18, in fact the position is quite the opposite. The funding position has changed due to the transfer of NTRG staff cost from the HR Directorate into the SOCT Directorate during 2017/18. The reason for the comparative budget reduction is that HR Directorate have held onto £0.2k budget for Facilities Management costs within the Learning &amp; Development Unit and the average pay used to set the pay budget allocation for 17/18 was based on average costs which are £7k lower than in previous years and will need to be adjusted next year to reflect Operational rather than HQ posts of approx. £0.41m. HMPPS Budgets are set at the beginning of the year, but are subject to changes and adjustments during the course of the year due to changes in scope and priorities of the business.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NTRG staff work from one of two centres, and are deployed to establishments as the need arises. The deployment of NTRG staff to establishments is managed centrally and subject to operational considerations and priorities. The decision to deploy our specialist resources can be taken as a precautionary measure, however it is usually in response to an ongoing incident or disorder.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 118195 118196 118200 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802650

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department uses when deciding where to base national tactical response group officers for individual prisons across England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	118200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provide a specialist service to prisons through the deployment of staff resources with tactical and operational expertise required to bring about resolution to serious incidents of disorder. The service includes planning and preparation of tactical options to Gold, Silver and Bronze Commanders, and the implementation of those orders and this service is not solely limited to violent incident. NTRG are also the provider of training in Use of Force, developing the curriculum from which prison officers receive training in basic and advanced level control and restraint, personal protection techniques, and use of batons. They also complete cross government resilience assurance work and professional practice development around HMPPS operational response capabilities. The answers to all four NTRG related questions submitted follow below;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of NTRG staff in post by year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>Managers</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NTRG ATTENDANCE AT REQUESTED SITES BY YEAR</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HMP Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>HMP Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>HMP Hindley</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget allocation for National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is shown below. These figures include pay and non-pay items (including training materials, operational incident consumables and vehicle costs). It is not possible to retrieve the 2010 data information within the time available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NTRG Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>There has been no reduction in our investment in NTRG from 2017-18, in fact the position is quite the opposite. The funding position has changed due to the transfer of NTRG staff cost from the HR Directorate into the SOCT Directorate during 2017/18. The reason for the comparative budget reduction is that HR Directorate have held onto £0.2k budget for Facilities Management costs within the Learning &amp; Development Unit and the average pay used to set the pay budget allocation for 17/18 was based on average costs which are £7k lower than in previous years and will need to be adjusted next year to reflect Operational rather than HQ posts of approx. £0.41m. HMPPS Budgets are set at the beginning of the year, but are subject to changes and adjustments during the course of the year due to changes in scope and priorities of the business.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NTRG staff work from one of two centres, and are deployed to establishments as the need arises. The deployment of NTRG staff to establishments is managed centrally and subject to operational considerations and priorities. The decision to deploy our specialist resources can be taken as a precautionary measure, however it is usually in response to an ongoing incident or disorder.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 118195 118196 118197 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802645

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many separate occasions National Tactical Response Group officers were deployed to (a) HM Prison Buckley Hall, (b) HM Prison Forest Bank, (c) HM Prison Manchester and (d) HM Prison Hindley in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	118195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provide a specialist service to prisons through the deployment of staff resources with tactical and operational expertise required to bring about resolution to serious incidents of disorder. The service includes planning and preparation of tactical options to Gold, Silver and Bronze Commanders, and the implementation of those orders and this service is not solely limited to violent incident. NTRG are also the provider of training in Use of Force, developing the curriculum from which prison officers receive training in basic and advanced level control and restraint, personal protection techniques, and use of batons. They also complete cross government resilience assurance work and professional practice development around HMPPS operational response capabilities. The answers to all four NTRG related questions submitted follow below;</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of NTRG staff in post by year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Staff</p></td><td><p>Managers</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NTRG ATTENDANCE AT REQUESTED SITES BY YEAR</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HMP Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>HMP Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>HMP Hindley</p></td><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget allocation for National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is shown below. These figures include pay and non-pay items (including training materials, operational incident consumables and vehicle costs). It is not possible to retrieve the 2010 data information within the time available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>NTRG Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>There has been no reduction in our investment in NTRG from 2017-18, in fact the position is quite the opposite. The funding position has changed due to the transfer of NTRG staff cost from the HR Directorate into the SOCT Directorate during 2017/18. The reason for the comparative budget reduction is that HR Directorate have held onto £0.2k budget for Facilities Management costs within the Learning &amp; Development Unit and the average pay used to set the pay budget allocation for 17/18 was based on average costs which are £7k lower than in previous years and will need to be adjusted next year to reflect Operational rather than HQ posts of approx. £0.41m. HMPPS Budgets are set at the beginning of the year, but are subject to changes and adjustments during the course of the year due to changes in scope and priorities of the business.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NTRG staff work from one of two centres, and are deployed to establishments as the need arises. The deployment of NTRG staff to establishments is managed centrally and subject to operational considerations and priorities. The decision to deploy our specialist resources can be taken as a precautionary measure, however it is usually in response to an ongoing incident or disorder.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 118196 118197 118200 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

804361

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Custodial Treatment: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question HL 3476, on Custodial Treatment: Private Sector, how much was paid out of the public purse to private providers in each year since 2010 for the management of custodial sentences; what the total planned expenditure to private providers will be in each year up to 2020 and which private companies he estimates will receive the largest amount of funding in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Year Forecast (At end of November 2017)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Draft </strong><strong>Medium Term Financial Planning (MTFP) Budgetary Estimates, for planning purposes and not yet agreed or allocated as budgets</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£469,511,861</p></td><td><p>£479,914,867</p></td><td><p>£492,105,132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The provider projected to receive the largest sum over the years in question is G4S as the operator in a total of five of the fourteen privately managed prisons in England and Wales. The amounts shown in the summary above are inclusive of payments to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) which act as the prime contractors for three of those five privately managed prisons and pay G4S to operate them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

802614

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were prosecuted for possession of a weapon while in prison in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, c) 2016 and (d) 2017 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	118164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced an offence of unauthorised possession in prison of a knife or offensive weapon. Data on proceedings in 2015 and 2016 is available on the gov.uk website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614435/experimental-statistics-by-ho-offence-code.zip</a></p><p>Data on proceedings in 2017 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

802143

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision and supervision of prisoners' family contact.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
	uin	117830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Prison Rules 1999 require Governors to actively encourage prisoners to maintain outside contacts and meaningful family ties, where appropriate. This is integral to the prisoner’s right to family life as well as their rehabilitation. Visits are seen as crucial to sustaining relationships with close relatives, partners and friends, where appropriate, and help prisoners maintain links with the community.</p><p>The following details the guidance that has been issued to date on the provision and supervision of family contact:</p><ul><li>Prison Service Instruction 49/2011 (Prisoner Communication Services) – this policy details the statutory entitlement of prisoners to send and receive letters and sets out that they must have opportunity to make telephone calls;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) – gives details of statutory entitlements to visits and the environment that these take place in, as well as who is eligible, and provides guidance on examples of good practices to be adopted by prisons;</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 15/2011 (Management and Security at visits) – details the policy around management of security at visits. It details who can visit, provision for searches and security and also policy for visit that take place in a special or closed visiting room or a similar closed environment, where necessary, and</li><li>Prison Service Instruction 30/2013 (Incentives and Earned Privileges) – details, how in accordance with the Prison Rules 1999, prisoners can earn additional social visits (above the statutory minimum set out in the Prison Rules).</li></ul><p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners to establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others where appropriate. The Lord Farmer, published his report in August, produced on behalf of the Government, which we have warmly welcomed. Work has already commenced on taking forward some of the important recommendations from this review.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:25:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

804362

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 116478 on Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), how many people work in the Contract Management Teams (CTM); what the annual budget is of the CTMs; how many times a CMT notified a CRC that its staffing levels needed to be increased; and what criteria CMTs use to assess the adequacy of a CRC's level of staffing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The CRC Contract Management Group in the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Directorate of Community Interventions is responsible for managing the 20 CRC contracts in England. The Group currently operates with an annual budget of £5,302,127, and 80.19 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contract Management of Wales CRC is the responsibility of HMPPS in Wales, and currently employs 4.25 FTE staff for this purpose, with an annual budget of £233,000.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our CMTs closely monitor and robustly manage providers on a local basis, taking into account the regional context, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

802976

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure is for taking an inmate from HMP Berwyn to local A&E services.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	118396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Men who present with issues which may require attendance at hospital, short of emergency medical issues, are assessed by health professionals before any decision is made to take them to hospital. There are a wide range of interventions which can be provided by the health and wellbeing team in situ to prevent the need for men to attend at local emergency departments. In the event of a medical emergency a man may be transferred to local services if care cannot be provided within HMP Berwyn but men are transferred back to the prison at the earliest appropriate opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>A risk assessment will decide the level of staffing required for the safe transfer to hospital and during any further hospital stay. This will be completed before any move to hospital from HMP Berwyn except in an emergency. The risk assessment is approved by the Head of Security or the person operationally in charge of the prison.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:25:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

802735

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was among prisoners who were released on temporary licence in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	118284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to answer this question without incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves