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101665

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	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 19 June 2014 to Question 200960, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South to provide the information he omitted to provide in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I wrote to the Honourable Member on 3 November with the information he requested in his Question 200960, and apologising for the delay in writing to him.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 17:21:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90358

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners re-categorised as suitable for Category D who were over two years from their earliest release date were sent to open conditions in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the Rt hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave in June. We do not centrally hold data on the number of prisoners transferred from closed to open prisons for the time period requested or the time left to serve at the point of recategorisation and allocation to the open estate. Consequently, the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, as it would involve a manual trawl through the records of every prisoner transferred to an open prison in the last year to identify if they were over two years from their earliest release date at the point of recategorisation and then allocation to an open prison.</p><p> </p><p>Two years is considered to be the maximum time a prisoner should spend in open conditions. However, assessment of a prisoner’s individual risks and needs may support earlier categorisation to open conditions. Such cases must have the reasons for their categorisation fully documented and confirmed in writing by the Governing Governor.</p><p> </p><p>Categorisation and allocation to open prison is never an automatic progression. Public protection is foremost in the decision making process. Only prisoners who have successfully completed offending behaviour work essential to their risk reduction and whose risks are manageable in conditions of low security will be allocated to an open prison.</p><p /> <p>The earliest date on which an indeterminate sentence prisoner may be released from custody is on completion of his “tariff” – that is, the minimum period to be served in custody, as determined by the Court, for the purposes of retribution and deterrence. These prisoners do not have fixed release dates, so even if the data on transfers was readily available, it would not be possible to identify a length of time left to be served in these cases. The vast majority of indeterminate sentence prisoners will be transferred to open conditions only on a positive recommendation from the independent Parole Board. Where they can show that they have made exceptional progress and where there are no known or documented concerns about their risk of harm or risk of abscond, they may be transferred without a positive recommendation from the Parole Board.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/09/2014 16:13:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62134

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in open conditions have previously absconded for their current or previous establishments (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four or more times.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	200960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Keeping the public safe is our priority. Absconds and escapes have reached record lows under this Government but each incident is taken seriously. Immediate changes have already been ordered to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded, escaped, or attempted to do either.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 19/06/2014 15:37:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90361

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many years left to serve has each determinate sentence prisoner who absconded from open conditions in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Progression to open prison is never automatic and only those prisoners who are assessed as a low risk of harm to the public and a low risk of abscond will be held in open conditions. Prisoners serving longer sentences may be allocated to open prison towards the end of their sentence but only where they have successfully completed relevant offending behaviour work that is judged to have reduced any risks. In the case of ISPs this generally involves a recommendation from the Parole Board. The table below shows how many days each offender had been in open conditions prior to the date of abscond.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of days served in open prison prior to absconding, January 2014 to March 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time since arrival</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On day of arrival</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st or 2nd full day</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 days to 7 days</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 days to 30 days</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 days to 3 months (90 days)</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months to 6 months (91 to 182 days)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months to 1 year</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures from April 2014 onwards are not yet available. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>Absconds have reached record lows under this Government. Abscond levels are down 80% over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The sentence length at the time of the abscond is not readily available for all absconds in 2013/14. As sentences can change due to further criminal or prison offences it would be necessary to write out to each establishment and analyse each prisoner’s records to determine the remaining sentence length at the time of the abscond. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207931 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:43:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90363

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days each of the offenders who absconded from open conditions in 2014 had served there before they absconded.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Progression to open prison is never automatic and only those prisoners who are assessed as a low risk of harm to the public and a low risk of abscond will be held in open conditions. Prisoners serving longer sentences may be allocated to open prison towards the end of their sentence but only where they have successfully completed relevant offending behaviour work that is judged to have reduced any risks. In the case of ISPs this generally involves a recommendation from the Parole Board. The table below shows how many days each offender had been in open conditions prior to the date of abscond.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of days served in open prison prior to absconding, January 2014 to March 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time since arrival</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On day of arrival</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st or 2nd full day</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 days to 7 days</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 days to 30 days</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 days to 3 months (90 days)</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months to 6 months (91 to 182 days)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months to 1 year</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures from April 2014 onwards are not yet available. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>Absconds have reached record lows under this Government. Abscond levels are down 80% over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The sentence length at the time of the abscond is not readily available for all absconds in 2013/14. As sentences can change due to further criminal or prison offences it would be necessary to write out to each establishment and analyse each prisoner’s records to determine the remaining sentence length at the time of the abscond. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207932 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:43:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62132

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 494W, on prisons: mobile telephones, when data on mobile telephones seized in prisons in 2013 will be made available.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	200962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The number of mobile phone and SIM card seizures for the first six months of 2013 was 3398. The data for the whole of 2013 will be available by the end of August 2014, broken down by prison establishment.</p><p> </p><p>One seizure may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.</p><p> </p><p>All figures provided have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 19/06/2014 15:44:36 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

62133

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average time was left to be served on a sentence for prisoners serving (a) determinate, (b) indeterminate, (c) life and (d) all sentences moved from closed to open conditions within the prison estate in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	200961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We do not centrally hold data on the number of prisoners transferred from closed to open prisons for the time period requested – or the type of sentence which they were serving. Consequently, the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, as it would involve a manual trawl through the records of every prisoner who has formed part of the prison population since 2010, to identify if they had/have ever been held in open conditions during the time period requested.</p><p> </p><p>Determinate sentence prisoners should not generally be moved to open prison if they have more than 2 years to serve to their earliest release date, unless assessment of a prisoner's individual risks and needs support earlier categorisation to open conditions. Such cases must have the reasons for their categorisation fully documented and confirmed in writing by the Governing Governor.</p><p> </p><p>Indeterminate sentence prisoners do not have fixed release dates, so even if the data on transfers was readily available, it would not be possible to identify a length of time left to be served in these cases.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on the length of tariff and the risk they pose, indeterminate sentenced prisoners (ISPs – both those serving life and IPP sentences) move through their sentence via a series of progressive transfers into lower security establishments in the closed estate and then usually into open conditions. ISPs may be considered for transfer to open conditions up to 3 years before the expiry of their minimum tariff. The decision to transfer ISPs to open conditions is a categorisation decision which is a matter for the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may take this decision after seeking advice from the Parole Board - or without seeking advice from the Board, where the prisoners demonstrate exceptional progress.</p><p> </p><p>Placing a prisoner in open conditions serves two main purposes. Firstly, it facilitates the eventual resettlement of prisoners into the community, in conditions more similar to those that they will face in the community than closed conditions can provide. Secondly, it allows for risk to be assessed in order to inform release decisions and, should the prisoner secure release, to inform risk management plans for ongoing supervision in the community. Thus, for many prisoners who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody, this can assist in their successful reintegration in the community and help protect the public. To release these prisoners directly from a closed prison without the resettlement benefits of the open estate could lead to higher levels of post-release re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>Keeping the public safe is our priority. That is why this Government has taken action on both releases on temporary licence (ROTL) and absconds from prison. We commissioned a fundamental review of ROTL policy and practice last year and, in March, announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. We have brought forward some of those measures so that they begin to take effect immediately; particularly with more serious offenders, where the review concluded that an enhanced risk assessment approach should be taken.</p><p> </p><p>The public have understandable concerns about the failure of some prisoners to return from temporary release from open prison. Keeping the public safe is our priority and we will not allow the actions of a small minority of offenders to undermine public confidence in the prison system. The number of temporary release failures remains very low; less that one failure in every 1,000 releases and about five in every 100,000 releases involving alleged offending, but we take each and every incident seriously. The Government has already ordered immediate changes to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. With immediate effect, prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions if they have previously absconded from open prisons; or if they have failed to return or reoffended whilst released on temporary licence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 19/06/2014 14:08:36 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100495

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Counselling
	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 provide emotional support for inmates of young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to providing emotional support to young people and young adults in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support offenders in need of emotional support or at risk of harming themselves.</p><p> </p><p>These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age. A recent review of the ACCT process for young people made a number of recommendations that are being taken forward by the National Offender Management Service.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England provide a commissioned healthcare service to all YOIs which includes GPs, nurses and mental health professionals to support those with an identified physical or mental health need in custody. Support services provided under contract are equitable with those provided in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare services are supported by the chaplaincy team which offers a range of pastoral support services and by the Samaritans who provide free helpline access and train young offenders aged 18 and over to act as ‘Listeners’, that is, peer supporters for other young offenders who are in crisis.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:11:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

102062

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	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 19 June 2014 to Question 200962, on mobile telephones, how many mobile telephones and SIM cards were found in each prison in England and Wales in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of finds in each prison establishment for the calendar year 2013 is shown in the table below. Please note that one find may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is clamping down on the use of mobile phones in prisons, and seizures have increased. Prisons use a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband such intelligence-led searches, body searches, use of x-ray machines, metal detectors and CCTV surveillance cameras, as well as body orifice scanners.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management Act 2007 made it a criminal offence to convey specific items, including mobile phones and associated equipment into or out of a prison or to transmit sounds or images from within a prison. In March 2012, the Crime and Security Act 2010 also made it an offence, with a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine, to possess an unauthorised mobile phone or other electronic equipment or component element that can receive or transmit information electronically within a prison.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON</p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,451</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALTCOURSE</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASKHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AYLESBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEDFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BELMARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>126</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIRMINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>133</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLANTYRE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLUNDESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRINSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRISTOL</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRIXTON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRONZEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUCKLEY HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLINGDON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLWOOD HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANTERBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARDIFF</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHANNINGS WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHELMSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLDINGLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COOKHAM WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DARTMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEERBOLT</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DONCASTER</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DORCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVEGATE</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOWNVIEW</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DRAKE HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DURHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST SUTTON PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EASTWOOD PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ELMLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERLESTOKE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERTHORPE</p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXETER</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FEATHERSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FELTHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FORD</p></td><td><p><strong>202</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOREST BANK</p></td><td><p><strong>165</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOSTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRANKLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FULL SUTTON</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTH</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTREE</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLEN PARVA</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOUCESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRENDON/SPRING HILL</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>GRENDON</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>SPRINGHILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>117</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GUYS MARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HATFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HASLAR</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HAVERIGG</p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP HEWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGH DOWN</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGHPOINT</p></td><td><p><strong>203</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HINDLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLESLEY BAY</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLOWAY</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLME HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HULL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HUNTERCOMBE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISIS HMP/YOI</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISLE OF WIGHT</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>ALBANY</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>CAMP HILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>1</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>PARKHURST</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>16</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KENNET</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KINGSTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>488</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER CASTLE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER FARMS</p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LATCHMERE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEEDS</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEWES</p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEYHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINCOLN</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINDHOLME</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LITTLEHEY</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LIVERPOOL</p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONG LARTIN</p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOWDHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOW NEWTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAIDSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOORLAND CLOSED</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MOUNT</p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEW HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH SEA CAMP</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHALLERTON</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHUMBERLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORWICH</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOTTINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OAKWOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>194</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARC</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PENTONVILLE</p></td><td><p><strong>149</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PETERBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PORTLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RANBY</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RISLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RYE HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEND</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHEPTON MALLET</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHREWSBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAFFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STANDFORD HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOCKEN</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOKE HEATH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STYAL</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUDBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWALESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWANSEA</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWINFEN HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THAMESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THORN CROSS</p></td><td><p><strong>109</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USK</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESCOED</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VERNE</p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAKEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WANDSWORTH</p></td><td><p><strong>119</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WARREN HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAYLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEALSTUN</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WELLINGBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WERRINGTON HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WETHERBY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHATTON</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHITEMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOLDS</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOODHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>64</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORMWOOD SCRUBS</p></td><td><p><strong>128</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WYMOTT</p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/11/2014 17:38:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Illness
	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 prevent young people with mental illnesses and depression from being sentenced to custody in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>When sentencing a child or young person under the age 18, courts have a duty to have regard to the welfare of the offender, which includes their mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Offending Teams provide courts with a pre-sentence report for each young person, including information about their mental health and any self-harming or risk taking behaviour. Where emotional and mental health issues have been identified, a referral to the mental health specialist worker should be made for completion of a Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool which will provide details about the support and type of intervention programme needed, tailored to their needs. The pre-sentence report should assess the potential impact of any custodial sentence imposed by the court (including the impact on mental health).</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, the Government announced £25 million of funding for the Liaison and Diversion Programme, which will join up police and courts with mental health services and to fund the provision of mental health professionals to give prompt and appropriate treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Programme, commissioned by NHS England, identifies, assesses and refers people of all ages with a wide range of mental health and other issues on first contact with the criminal justice system. A person assessed with single or multiple vulnerabilities will be referred to the appropriate treatment or support service and care and/or support will be instigated.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:33:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham