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1129183

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all (a) ongoing and (b) planned reviews (i) conducted by and (ii) initiated by his Department; when those reviews will finish; and when they are scheduled to report.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking a Tailored Review of the Parole Board which was launched on 4th February 2019. The report of the review is due to be published in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>No other Tailored Reviews, which are reviews of Arms Length Bodies, are currently underway and there are no plans to conduct any other reviews as part of the current programme which concludes at the end of 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a central record of reviews commissioned by the department. Reviews that have been carried out by the department can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130046

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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 assessment he has made of progress in reducing the women’s prison population since June 2018 publication of the Female Offender Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	260621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>In the Female Offender Strategy, we set out our vision to see fewer women in custody, particularly on short custodial sentences and to see more women supported in the community. The strategy launched an ambitious programme of work which will take several years to deliver. So far, we have published a new Women’s Policy Framework, Lord Farmer’s Review for Women and invested £5m to support community provision for female offenders and women at risk of offending</p><p>We are committed to monitoring progress over time and taking action to deliver the outcomes we set out to achieve. The latest published statistics show that the total female prison population increased slightly (by 1%) between March 2018 and 2019, but that female first receptions have decreased by 10% over the past year, (from 2,036 between October and December 2017 to 1,840 over the same period in 2018).</p><p>The published data setting out the current and previous female prison population can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796904/population-31-march-2019.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796904/population-31-march-2019.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:38:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1130675

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 253551 on Ministry of Justice: telephone services, on what date that helpline was set up; how many calls that helpline received in each month from the date it was set up to 30 April 2019; what promotional material was used to advertise that helpline's use; and whether that helpline is still in use.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	261502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of calls received by each telephone line, these go back as far as data is available.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA phoneline was set up in 2007/2008. HMCTS centralised its telephone service to go through their Loughborough Contact Centre in 2011. The LAA phonelines have existed in various formats for the past 17 years. OPG do not have the exact date that the phone line was set up. All phonelines are still in use.</p><p> </p><p>All numbers are advertised on relevant department websites and some are included on letterheads and corporate literature.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:42:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of Table for PQ 261502.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1130685

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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 overall budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	261492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the overall budget (excluding capital) for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11. This comprises the budget received from the Ministry of Justice, income received from Scottish Government and income received through the victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms in 2012 and the current review are focused on protecting payments to those most seriously affected by their injuries, and ensuring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is affordable and sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£305,323,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£462,445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£316,734,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£192,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£151,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£136,650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£138,073,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£160,778,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/07/2019 16:49:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1131630

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1a - Number of Prison Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and three months</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between three and six months</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b - Number of Prison Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Gross Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between one and three months</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between three and six months</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2. Staff with at least one conduct and discipline case concluded during the year.</p><ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded.</li></ol><p> </p><p>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:52:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131631

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of disciplinary cases in which prison officers have been placed under investigation lasting (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and twelve months and (e) over twelve months have progressed to (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct proceedings in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1a: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Prison Officers<sup>2</sup>, which progressed to misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and three months</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between three and six months</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Prison Officers<sup>3</sup>, which progressed to gross misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between one and three months</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between three and six months</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:53:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131633

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by prison officers that reach proceedings have (i) not been proven, (ii) led to management advice, (iii) led to a written warning and (iv) led to dismissal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1: Conduct &amp; discipline cases<sup>1</sup> for misconduct and gross misconduct by band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup>, by outcome<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Misconduct</td><td> </td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td>29</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td>178</td><td>202</td><td>197</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td>~</td><td>~</td><td>~</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td>71</td><td>55</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Gross Misconduct</td><td> </td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>12</p><p> </p></td><td>7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td>59</td><td>56</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td>72</td><td>74</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td>28</td><td>35</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Information on the outcomes of any appeal is not included.</p><p>4. Includes where cases have been withdrawn/closed or where other disciplinary action was taken, such as financial penalties, regrades/downgrades, verbal warnings.</p><p> </p><p>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 14:21:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131634

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by prison officers that lead to proceedings following an investigation lasting more than 12 months have (i) not been proven, (ii) led to management advice being issued, (iii) led to a written warning and (iv) led to dismissal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Conduct &amp; discipline cases<sup>1</sup> for misconduct and gross misconduct by band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup> which lasted more than 12 months<sup>3</sup>, by outcome<sup>4</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Misconduct</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Misconduct</p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times. 2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers. 3. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded. 4. Information on the outcomes of any appeal is not included. 5. Includes where cases have been withdrawn/closed or where other disciplinary action was taken, such as financial penalties, regrades/downgrades, verbal warnings. '~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 14:24:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131711

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents have there been of pregnant women being transported in cellular vehicles since the introduction of the Women’s Policy Framework in December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263853 263854 263856 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1131712

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances there have been of women being transported to prison in the same prison transport vehicle as men in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263852 263854 263856 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green