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1129900

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	United Kingdom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to strengthen the Union.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
	tabling member printed	Jack Brereton
	uin	911152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>We have delivered policies that benefit all four nations of the UK, including committing over £2.4 billion to thirteen city and growth deals in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and spending around £19 billion a year of our defence budget with UK industry, supporting 115,000 jobs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 05/06/2019 15:55:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4643 label Biography information for Jack Brereton

1507123

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Postal Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding this policy this to include other affordable card companies.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	52041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>An assessment has not been made, nor does HMPPS endorse the use of any specific internet-based company for cards, photographs or letters nor has HMPPS entered into any exclusive agreements with the companies mentioned. HMP Wandsworth does not currently restrict postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 28/09/2022 16:39:14 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1507122

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Postal Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, whether any other prisons in the UK are subject to similar restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	52040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth does not currently restrict postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon. Data of postal services restrictions within prisons is not collected and retained nationally.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 28/09/2022 16:38:00 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1507121

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Postal Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of restrictions on postal services on prisoner’s families finances during the cost of living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	52039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth does not currently restrict postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon. Any decisions to apply restrictions to communications are made locally by assessing the level of risk against what is a proportionate and necessary response to that risk.</p><p>HMP Wandsworth has seen an increased ingress of illegal substances through the postal system – this unfortunately is a developing area of conveyance in several of our prison establishments, notably Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists (SCRA) commonly known as ‘Spice’. HMP Wandsworth ensures all mail that does not test as positive for Spice is issued to prisoners<em>.</em></p><p>To address this, prisons that identify SCRA as an issue have implemented several countermeasures which in some cases include the use of photocopying domestic mail and greetings cards in line with the national policy.</p><p>An assessment has not been made of the impact of restrictions on postal services on prisoner’s families.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 28/09/2022 16:57:35 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1522728

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the shortfall in and (b) the potential impact of increasing the level funding in the 2022-23 financial year on, recruitment to Independent Monitoring Boards.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	64352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>We value the scrutiny provided by the independent scrutiny bodies, including the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs).</p><p>In the 2022-23 financial year, we increased the level of funding for the IMBs by £0.44m and provided an additional £0.5m of capital funding. The increases will fund structural developments to improve new member recruitment and retention, for example, through the recruitment of Regional Support Leads, who will play a key role in supporting recruitment to Boards through improving local outreach.</p><p>Additionally, the development of a new organisational database will provide improvements to member recruitment and retention by replacing the current outdated legacy software and providing better access to member learning and development records, whilst aligning with plans to improve recruitment techniques. We hope this will positively impact the recruitment of board members and we will continue to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 20/10/2022 16:18:05 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1521471

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Personality Disorders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the National Evaluation of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	61900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The National Evaluation of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway was published on 13 October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 17/10/2022 15:13:23 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1523266

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	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 increase the number of prison places.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Tom Randall
	uin	901695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We have a significant prison build programme, delivering safe, secure and modern prison places across the country. More than 3,100 places have already been delivered.</p><p>As part of this, we are building brand new prisons with a design focused on security and rehabilitation, supporting family ties and resettlement into the community. These include HMP Five Wells which opened earlier this year and was the first of its design to be built; HMP Fosse Way near Leicester which is due to open next year; and a new prison next to the existing HMP Full Sutton where construction has started, and the prison is due to open in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 18/10/2022 14:08:27 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1524118

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rye Hill Prison
	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 help ensure that HMP Rye Hill Independent Monitoring Board has (a) its full complement of members and (b) the support it needs to adequately monitor the welfare of prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	67230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice values the scrutiny provided by the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Rye Hill. The Department recognises the recruitment challenges faced by IMBs and across the wider volunteer sector.</p><p>In response to this, the Department has increased the funding available to IMBs by £440,000 for the financial year 2022-23 and provided an additional £500,000 in capital funding. This additional funding aims to help ensure that IMBs increase their complement of members. The increases will fund structural developments to improve new member recruitment and retention, for example, through the recruitment of Regional Support Leads, who will play a key role in supporting recruitment to Boards through improving local outreach. A Regional Support Lead has been recruited for the region which HMP Rye Hill is located in and is expected to take up post in November 2022. A regional approach to recruitment will also help streamline the recruitment process to ensure that candidates can progress quickly and join the boards they have been recommended to.</p><p>Individual boards have flexibility in how their members work individually and as a collective to ensure that the welfare of prisoners is monitored effectively. In addition, a National Monitoring Framework provides guidance to all boards on how to meet their monitoring requirements. The IMB Secretariat continues to provide support to members and boards through training, guidance and recruitment assistance.</p><p>The additional funding provided by the Department has also increased communications resource to raise the profile of IMBs and improve recruitment advertising to support member recruitment.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 24/10/2022 16:34:20 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1524305

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities have the necessary resources to accommodate children post-charge who are unable to be bailed.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	67210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government published the Concordat on Children in Custody in 2017 which clearly sets out the statutory duties of the police and local authorities, and provides a protocol for how transfers of children from custody to local authority accommodation should work in practice. The Home Office is also working with the Metropolitan Police Service regarding its Children in Custody Golden Hour Information Exchange pilot. This pilot with three local authority areas aims to put in place early liaison to ensure more children refused bail receive better accommodation support.</p><p>The Spending Review 2021 maintains and increases capacity in secure and open residential children’s homes by making available £259 million over the Spending Review period so more children can receive the care they need.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 27/10/2022 08:57:33 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1522460

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of his Department's action plan entitled A response to: An inspection of accommodation and support for adult offenders in the community and on release from prison, published in July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	63201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the publication of the action plan, HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has committed to increase capacity across the Approved Premises estate by 200 beds. To date, we have delivered more than 152 beds with the full expansion on track to be delivered by March 2024. Additionally, our new Community Accommodation Service Tier 2 (CAS-2), (formerly known as Bail Accommodation and Support Services), will increase spaces by a further 300 beds over the next 3 years.</p><p>The Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3) offers temporary accommodation for up to 84 nights to prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless. It can be used as ‘move on’ provision from Approved Premises as well as for prison leavers at risk of homelessness.</p><p>HMPPS has also retained the Homeless Prevention Teams as a permanent feature to develop relationships with local authorities and other strategic partners in order to embed and expand housing options for prison leavers.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 19/10/2022 13:02:10 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra