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28185

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2013
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week was spent in (a) education or training, (b) work and (c) cells by prisoners in (i) each prison in England and Wales and (ii) each category of prison in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	178604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested in parts (a) and (b) of the question is set out in Tables 1 and 2 below for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, which are the last three years for which this information was collected.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in part (c) was provided in my earlier answer to the right honourable Member for Tooting on 6 June 2013: (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Purposeful activity was formerly a performance indicator for prisons, but was discontinued at the start of 2012-13. The indicator was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the information. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of the efforts to equip prisoners to be less likely to offend on release.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. The average hours per week spent in education has increased since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 178604 - Chapman - TABLE for Minister.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

37588

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the average hours a week of contracted education provided for 15 to 17 year olds in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>At present 15-17 year olds in young offender institutions (YOIs) receive an average of only 12 hours contracted education a week. We have recently set out our plans for transforming youth custody and putting education at the heart of detention, and at the same time launched a competition for new education contracts in public sector YOIs which will more than double the time spend young people spend in education. In addition, we are seeking to put education at the heart of the YOI regime by bringing the head teacher overseeing education into the senior management team of the establishment.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

39612

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to identify preferred bidders for probation contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	uin	189000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Under our Transforming Rehabilitation proposals we are opening up the market to a diverse range of new providers across the public, private and voluntary sectors to bring innovation to rehabilitative services and help deliver reductions in reoffending rates. We are currently engaged in a competition to appoint the 21 owners of the new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) which will be responsible for the provision of services to all but those offenders which pose the highest risk. We will assess the bids we receive over the summer, and appoint CRC owners later this year. Offers will be evaluated using quality and financial criteria. We expect the new owners to implement their new operating models during 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are taking a staged approach to implementation and are rolling out business readiness tests at key stages of implementation so that we can ensure we are managing the transition to the new system in a safe and measured way which maintains public protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

42273

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who (a) were given a non-custodial sentence and (b) were given their first custodial sentence in each year from 2004 had previously had (i) no criminal convictions, (ii) one criminal conviction, (iii) two criminal convictions, (iv) three criminal convictions, (v) four criminal convictions, (vi) five to 10 criminal convictions, (vii) 11 to 20 criminal convictions, (viii) 21 to 30 criminal convictions, (ix) 31 to 40 criminal convictions, (x) 41 to 50 criminal convictions, (xi) 51 to 75 criminal convictions, (xii) 76 to 100 criminal convictions and (xiii) more than 100 criminal convictions.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	191341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

42277

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 641W, on reoffenders, what (a) offence type and (b) sentence length each offender with more than one fixed term recall is serving.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	191309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

42290

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of eligible (a) male and (b) female offenders were recalled on a fixed term recall instead of a standard recall (i) in 2008, (ii) in 2009, (iii) in 2010, (iv) in 2011, (v) in 2012 and (vi) since 3 December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	191215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

44437

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place for (a) prisoners and (b) prison officers and staff to raise concerns about the radicalisation of prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any prisoner who wishes to raise concerns about radicalisation will be able to raise those concerns with a member of staff, in person, or anonymously. Prisoners are also able to raise concerns through other channels such as the IMB, their MP or the Prison and Probation Ombudsman. Any member of staff who has such concerns can submit an intelligence report or speak to a colleague, manager, their security department or specialist staff.</p><p> </p><p>Prison staff are required to report on a wide range of behaviours linked to extremist motivated activities some of which could represent radicalisation. Such reports are considered by a prison-based multi agency panel to help access the motivation for the reported behaviour and to direct further action to develop the information or to intervene with the prisoner. Where appropriate these reports are escalated to regional or national level.</p><p> </p><p>To establish the number of reports submitted would therefore require examining the records of all prisoners in the system which could only be done at significant disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 193205 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44439

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors were in post in England and Wales of each (a) gender, (b) religion or faith, (c) ethnicity and (d) grade on 1 March in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested as at 31 March 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 can be found in the tables below. Information on religion has only been available since 31 March 2013. These are the closest publication dates to the dates requested. Information relates to public sector prisons only. The equalities data for privately contracted prisons is not provided. This is because the public sector equality duty that they are subject to does not extend to a requirement for them to provide this equalities information.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Prison Governors in Post in Public Sector Prisons in England and Wales, broken down by Gender, 31 March 2009 to 2013 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Prison Governors in Post in Public Sector Prisons in England and Wales, broken down by Religion, 31 March 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Religion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Religion</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(Note: Data on Prison Governors broken down by religion is not available prior to 31 March 2013)</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Prison Governors in Post in Public Sector Prisons in England and Wales, broken down by Ethnicity, 31 March 2009 to 2013 </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2013</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Data</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Prison Governors in Post in Public Sector Prisons in England and Wales, broken down by Grade, 31 March 2009 to 2013 </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2013</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Senior Civil Servant</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Manager A</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Manager B</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Manager C</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Manager D</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 11</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have maintained our policy of rounding figures to the nearest 10 in line with the department's policy for presenting staffing data. The data is only accurate to this level because late updating of data within HR systems means that the unrounded figures recorded for a specific date have a margin of error around them. Totals are formed from unrounded parts prior to rounding. For this reason, rounded totals may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

44449

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) prison officers, (b) prison governors and (c) prison staff in each prison in England and Wales have raised concerns about radicalisation in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	193205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Any prisoner who wishes to raise concerns about radicalisation will be able to raise those concerns with a member of staff, in person, or anonymously. Prisoners are also able to raise concerns through other channels such as the IMB, their MP or the Prison and Probation Ombudsman. Any member of staff who has such concerns can submit an intelligence report or speak to a colleague, manager, their security department or specialist staff.</p><p> </p><p>Prison staff are required to report on a wide range of behaviours linked to extremist motivated activities some of which could represent radicalisation. Such reports are considered by a prison-based multi agency panel to help access the motivation for the reported behaviour and to direct further action to develop the information or to intervene with the prisoner. Where appropriate these reports are escalated to regional or national level.</p><p> </p><p>To establish the number of reports submitted would therefore require examining the records of all prisoners in the system which could only be done at significant disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 193202 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45338

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to Answer question number 191341, submitted by the hon. Member for Hyndburn on 10 March 2014 for Answer on 13 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	193788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to obtain the information required to respond to question 191341 from the hon Member forHyndburn. I will write to the hon Member shortly. I apologise for the delay in responding to these questions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones