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1467195

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has made available to the independent monitoring board in 2022-23; and how does that figure compare to the funding for 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	11879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Ministry of Justice resource funding for the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) for 2022/23 is £2.67m - an increase from £2.23m in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The department has also provided the IMBs with £0.5m of capital funding, which will fund the development of a new organisational database to support improvements to member recruitment and retention.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:14:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1467298

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per cell is of each new or planned prison place in 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is commercially sensitive due to the on-going and future procurements planned across the programme.</p><p> </p><p>Additional prison places will come online in the financial year 2022/23 with 480 places to be delivered via the rapid deployment cells project, 90 places at High Down and the ongoing increase in the number of prisoners at HMP Five Wells.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/06/2022 11:29:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467310

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have established a forum for officers and prisoners to review the fairness and effectiveness of their incentives and earned privileges regime.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Incentives Policy Framework mandates that forums must be in place to review the fairness and effectiveness of the local incentives policy, including the efficacy of the incentives on offer. It also confirms that they must involve staff and prisoners, including all prisoner groups with protected characteristics where present in the local population.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons either have a specific forum in place to discuss the incentives policy or facilitate the opportunity to do so through other methods. The capacity for such forums to take place has been reduced during the pandemic, however, as the majority of Covid restrictions within prisons are being removed regular operation is returning.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:16:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467311

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details of the members of use of force committees in each prison, broken down by ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS has accepted recommendation 25 of the Lammy Review, which states prison governors should ensure Use of Force Committees are not ethnically homogeneous and involve at least one individual, such as a member of the prison’s Independent Monitoring Board, with an explicit remit to consider the interests of prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>A Use of Force Good Practice Guide has been produced and issued to all governors, reiterating this recommendation from the Lammy Review. Whilst this information is not collected centrally, all governors have been written to by the Director of Security Order and Counter Terrorism, restating the expectation that Use of Force Committees should be ethnically diverse and should have a member whose remit is to consider the interests of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 11808 question first answered 13/06/2022 16:06:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467312

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prison use of force committees have a member whose remit is to consider the interests of prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS has accepted recommendation 25 of the Lammy Review, which states prison governors should ensure Use of Force Committees are not ethnically homogeneous and involve at least one individual, such as a member of the prison’s Independent Monitoring Board, with an explicit remit to consider the interests of prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>A Use of Force Good Practice Guide has been produced and issued to all governors, reiterating this recommendation from the Lammy Review. Whilst this information is not collected centrally, all governors have been written to by the Director of Security Order and Counter Terrorism, restating the expectation that Use of Force Committees should be ethnically diverse and should have a member whose remit is to consider the interests of prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 11807 question first answered 13/06/2022 16:06:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467313

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisons that have adopted a problem-solving approach to tackling complaints; and whether complainants are able to state what action they want taken as a result of an investigation into their complaint.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The current Prisoner Complaints policy framework was published in August 2019 and implemented across all prisons in England and Wales. There is a clear requirement within this for staff in all prisons to adopt a problem-solving approach and give prisoners the opportunity to state what they want to see happen as a result of their complaint.</p><p> </p><p>Operational managers are required to complete routine checks of samples of complaint forms in order assure themselves of the quality of responses and address any staff training issues. Work is underway with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s complaints leads to review this assurance process.</p><p> </p><p>Outside of this process, people in prison are also able to submit a DIRF (Discrimination Incident Reporting Form) if they perceive that they have experienced, or witnessed, an incident of discrimination. This process is confidential and each incident must be investigated via a designated process within a set timeline.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:08:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467314

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details of the ethnicity of prison staff, broken down by each (a) prison and (b) ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The figures for the number of Public Sector Prison and Youth Custody Estate staff in post are published and available in Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service’s workforce quarterly publication. The latest figures can be found here in Table 5a and b of HMPPS workforce statistics bulletin: March 2022 tables:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This publication provides headline statistics at an organisational, group/division level. We are not able to break this down further to establishment level.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:09:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467315

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress Her Majesty's Prisons and Probation Service has made on developing performance indicators for prisons on equality of (a) treatment and (b) outcomes for BAME and white prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	11811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. As part of this commitment, in December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme (RAP), which builds on the MoJ Race Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The RAP will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system. This will also help to reduce reoffending and enhance rehabilitative practices.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons use a monitoring tool which shows the distribution of prisoner protected characteristics across a range of components of prison life. This includes prisoners placed on the incentives scheme, as well as adjudications and complaints. The tool will be expanded to include other areas such as release on temporary licence and use of force.</p><p> </p><p>Governors use this tool to monitor the characteristics of their local prison population, and in this way can better explain local conditions and discern whether changes may be warranted.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/06/2022 16:11:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1467259

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Telephones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has spent on installing in cell telephones on the prison estate in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	11653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has spent £36.34m on installing in cell telephony on the prison estate in the past 5 years. This technology is vital in boosting prisoners’ rehabilitation prospects, as it helps them maintain family ties and access the support they need to stay away from crime on release.</p><p> </p><p>In-cell telephony has also reduced the need for prisoners to share communal pin phones, which can be potential trigger points for violence, arising from prisoners queuing for public phones on the landings. Disagreements around communal phones can in turn fuel demand for illicit mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>All calls remain restricted to pre-approved numbers only, and public protection and safeguarding factors have been considered prior to the number being approved by the prison. All calls are recorded for the purpose of call monitoring, with the exception of legal calls and support lines such as the Samaritans. Phones are active during the agreed operating times specified by the prison.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/06/2022 11:28:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord