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443065

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Bureaucracy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time spent on paperwork by prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Parliamentary question answered in error. The correct answer to this question will be updated to reflect this in due course.</del></p><br /><p>We are closing ageing and ineffective prisons and investing in a modern, efficient prison estate which rehabilitates criminals.</p><p>We are exploring how we can provide Governors and front line staff with greater freedom so they can innovate and find new and better ways of rehabilitating offenders. This will include looking for opportunities to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Better rehabilitation will help reduce reoffending, cut crime and improve public safety.</del></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/01/2016 09:39:56 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2016 17:13:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 39217 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

446879

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	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 escaped from prison vans in each year since 2010; how many such prisoners remain on the run; of what offences each such prisoner was convicted; and what length of custodial sentence each such prisoner was given.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to consulting fully on our proposals prior to the introduction of any legislation and will announce further details in due course.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We will adhere to any guidance published by the Cabinet Office in respect of the pre-election periods. We have and will continue to seek to work with the devolved administrations to deliver a modernised and reformed human rights framework for all of the United Kingdom.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">NOMS has implemented a range of measures in recent years to improve the security surrounding prisoners on escort. Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, 23 prisoners escaped from vehicles operated by NOMS or by contractors. All were re-captured. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Overall, the number of escapes from prison escorts almost halved from 102 between 2005-06 and 2009-10, to 59 between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The tables below provide the details requested for each escape and for each year and provide details on the overall number of escapes from escorts outside of a prison over the last 10 years. </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of escapes</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) Of the 23 vehicle related escapes between April 2010 and March 2015, none remain unlawfully at large</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Vehicles primarily refer to prison vans used for escorting prisoner but do include other vehicle types. A distinction cannot be made in the data between vehicle types.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">(3) Includes all such escapes regardless of duration.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 2: Escapes from escorts while entering or leaving vehicles or en route to or from venue by sentence length and main offence, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sentence length<sup>1</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Main offence</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010/11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Other criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Extended Sentence for the Public Protection - 4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Life</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Possessing firearm with intent to endanger life</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Using disorderly behaviour, or threatening abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment alarm or distress</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Being concerned in offer to supply controlled drug - Class A - Cocaine</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">ABH</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Aggravated burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackmail</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Information is given on the main offence and the sentence attached to that specific offence. In some cases there are other offences which may have a consecutive or concurrent sentence length.</ins></li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Table 3 provides information about escapes which have taken place from prison escort and private escort contractors from 2005/06 to 2014/15. The table includes escapes from courts but not those escapes of less than 15 minutes’ duration and covers the full duration of the escort process. </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 3: KPI Escapes<sup>1</sup> from Prison Escort<sup>2</sup> and from Private Escort Contractors (PECS)<sup>3</sup> from 2005/06 to 2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2005</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/06</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2006 /07</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2007 /08</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2008</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/09</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2009</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Prison Escorts Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>8</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>6</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>4</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>3</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>0</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Contracted Out Escort (PECS) Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Category A Escapes during Escort</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">1) The definition of a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) a prisoner escapes and is charged with another criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">2) Escaping the control of escorting prison service staff.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">3) Escapes from the secure vehicles or supervision of contracted prison escorts. This includes escapes from court where contracted prison escort staff have been notified</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 17:57:12 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 13:59:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 41289 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

443070

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals were returned to their home country up to (a) six and (b) 12 months before their prison release dates under the early removal scheme in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	21264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Foreign criminals who break our laws should be properly punished but not at the expense of the British taxpayer. We are committed to ensuring that all means possible are explored to make sure that criminals who have no right to stay in this country are removed at the earliest opportunity.</p><br /><p>Under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS), which has been in operation since 2005, foreign national offenders serving a determinate sentence may be removed from prison and deported up to a maximum of 270 days (9 months) before their normal release date. They must serve a minimum of a quarter of their sentence before they can be removed under the scheme.</p><br /><p>Last year we returned more than 5,000 prisoners to their home country with around 1,800 being removed under ERS. Data on the number of foreign nationals removed under ERS (a) up to six months and (b) between six and nine months before their prison release date (as nine months is the statutory maximum period of early removal) for the last five years is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table 1: Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) removed under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS)</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><em>of which:-</em></p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of FNOs removed under ERS</strong></p></td><td><p>Removed up to 6 months before prison release date</p></td><td><p>Removed between 6 and 9 months before prison release date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2010-11</p></td><td><p><strong>1,788</strong></p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2011-12</p></td><td><p><strong>1,725</strong></p></td><td><p>1,049</p></td><td><p>676</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2012-13</p></td><td><p><strong>1,930</strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2013-14</p></td><td><p><strong>1,832</strong></p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 2014-15</p></td><td><p><strong>1,791</strong></p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) The figures quoted have been derived from management information from the Home Office databases and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) A Foreign National Offender (FNO) is defined as an individual with a criminal case on the Home Office's Case Information Database, and may include individuals with asylum cases.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(3) ERS removals figures relate to the total number of FNOs removed under ERS, i.e. they include criteria and non criteria FNOs.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(4) Prison release date refers to the 'Earliest Release Date' (ERD) on the Home Office's Case Information Database. Figures relating to those FNOs removed early are based on the calculation between ERD and Removal Outcome Date.</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/01/2016 17:58:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

439019

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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 proportion of released prisoners subsequently convicted for offences committed in the first 18 days after release was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	20384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>In 2013, 8.6% of all released prisoners (adult and juvenile prisoners combined) were subsequently convicted for offences committed in the first 18 days after release.</p><br /><p>Our prison system needs reform. It fails to rehabilitate or make sure criminals are prevented from offending again.</p><br /><p>We must act to reduce re-offending, cut crime and make our streets safer. Without reform, there will be more reoffending, more crime, more victims and the public will be less safe.</p><br /><p>The table below provides the proportion of adult and juvenile offenders that committed a proven re-offence<sup>1</sup> within 18 days of release, for those released from custody in 2013<sup>2</sup>.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adults</p></td><td><p>Juveniles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion who reoffended within 18 days from total of all released.</p></td><td><p>8.62%</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><ol><li>A re-offence is defined as an offence that is proven through a court conviction, caution, or reprimand or final warning (for juveniles). <p>2. These figures have been derived from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. A certain proportion of offenders who could not be matched to the Police National Computer (PNC) are excluded from the offender cohort. Therefore, these numbers do not represent all proven offenders.</li></ol> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/01/2016 18:00:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

426571

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody
	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 5 November 2015 to Question 14466, if he will publish the minutes of the 21 October 2015 meeting of the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	15174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The next meeting of the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody, which I will chair, will take place on 1 March 2016. The minutes of the Board held on 21 October 2015 will be agreed by members at that meeting and then published.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/01/2016 15:53:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

436832

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of each prison building and site for prisons closed since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	19421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Since May 2010 we have closed 18 prisons. This includes two partial closures (HMP Camp Hill, HMP Brockhill) and two former prisons (Morton Hall and The Verne) which have been re-roled into Immigration Removal Centres. The closure of these, and other uneconomic prison places, delivered £170m in savings between 2011-12 and 2014-15.</p><br /><p>Two former prisons, Wellingborough and Camp Hill, have been retained as a contingency measure to deal with unexpected events such as a larger than projected increase in the prison population. This allows us to have reserve capacity without the cost of keeping them fully operational.</p><br /><p>The status of each of the closed prisons is as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Former Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ashwell</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lancaster Castle</p></td><td><p>Lease handed back</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Latchmere House</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>Reserve capacity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Bullwood Hall</p></td><td><p>Contracts exchanged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Canterbury</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Gloucester</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Kingston</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Shepton Mallet</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Shrewsbury</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Blundeston</p></td><td><p>Contracts exchanged</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Dorchester</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Northallerton</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Camp Hill (part of HMP Isle of Wight)</p></td><td><p>Reserve capacity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brockhill (part of HMP Hewell)</p></td><td><p>Sold</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Reading</p></td><td><p>Not yet on the market</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Secretary of State for Justice announced on 9 November that we will sell former HMYOI Reading.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/01/2016 16:45:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

442725

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were added in each prison establishment as a result of adjudications in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	20908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners in each prison establishment as a result of adjudications in each year since 2010 can be found in the attached table although figures for 2015 are not yet available.</p><p>Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for prisoners and young people (aged 15-17) to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and Young Offender Institutions when necessary to hear adjudication cases which are deemed sufficiently serious. These cases may merit a punishment of additional days to a prisoner’s time spent in custody if the prisoner or young person is found guilty. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days as a punishment.</p><p>A range of safeguarding measures are in place to make sure that a prisoner or young person is physically and mentally fit to face an adjudication hearing and any subsequent punishment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/01/2016 15:02:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 20908 - table.xlsx title Number of Instances and Days from 2010-14
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

443067

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of computer literacy among prison staff.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>All staff who are required to use computers as part of their day-to-day duties will receive formal training in the use of specific software or programmes during induction into their role, or as part of continuous professional development.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/01/2016 14:31:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443066

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much illicitly-brewed alcohol was seized in prisons in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	21315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has in place a comprehensive range of security measures and searching techniques to detect items of contraband including alcohol, to prevent smuggling into prisons. In addition we use specially trained dogs to detect illicit alcohol.</p><br /><p>The table below gives the number of alcohol finds in prisons in England and Wales in the timeframe requested</p><p>Table 1: Finds of alcohol in prisons in England and Wales, 2005 to 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Incidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1090</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Figures were produced by searching for the words “alcohol”, “hooch” and “fermenting liquid”.</p><p>(2) Includes NOMS operated Immigration Removal Centres</p><p>(3) Data in whole years only and is not yet available for 2015</p><br /><p>Changes were introduced to the Incident Report System in September 2015 that improved the recording of alcohol finds. Prior to these changes, alcohol related finds are recorded as a &quot;miscellaneous&quot; incident and requires a text search of the data. This method of extracting data requires searching for specific words and may not always identify all the related incidents. It can also identify non-related incidents which contain the words in the search. In this case I have searched for the words &quot;alcohol&quot;, &quot;hooch&quot; and &quot;fermenting liquid&quot; in the incident text.</p><p><strong></strong></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 14/01/2016 14:32:10 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

443317

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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 serving prisoners were not in prison on 25 December 2015; what offences were committed by each such offender; and how many such offences were in what category of violent offences against the person offences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	21530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The data to answer this question is currently unavailable. The Ministry of Justice publishes data on incidences of release on temporary licence and the number of prisoners released on ROTL on a quarterly basis. The data is collated a quarter in arrears and published after quality assurance. Data for the fourth quarter of 2015 will be published on 28 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/01/2016 14:35:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies