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1131806

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	263767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The responsibilities of a Chief Scientific Advisor are performed by the Director of Analysis in the Ministry of Justice. The Director of Analysis has had two meetings with the Secretary of State <strong>between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019. </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:47:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1131630

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been placed under investigation for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and 12 months and (e) over 12 months due to alleged (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1a - Number of Prison Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and three months</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between three and six months</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b - Number of Prison Officers<sup>1,2</sup> (headcount) subject to Conduct and Discipline investigations due to Gross Misconduct, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between one and three months</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between three and six months</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2. Staff with at least one conduct and discipline case concluded during the year.</p><ol start="3"><li>Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded.</li></ol><p> </p><p>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:52:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131631

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of disciplinary cases in which prison officers have been placed under investigation lasting (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and twelve months and (e) over twelve months have progressed to (i) misconduct and (ii) gross misconduct proceedings in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1a: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Prison Officers<sup>2</sup>, which progressed to misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between one and three months</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between three and six months</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 12 months</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b: Proportion of Conduct and Discipline cases<sup>1</sup>, involving Prison Officers<sup>3</sup>, which progressed to gross misconduct proceedings, by length of investigation<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one month</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between one and three months</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between three and six months</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>between six and 12 months</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>over 12 months</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 13:53:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131633

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by prison officers that reach proceedings have (i) not been proven, (ii) led to management advice, (iii) led to a written warning and (iv) led to dismissal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Table 1: Conduct &amp; discipline cases<sup>1</sup> for misconduct and gross misconduct by band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup>, by outcome<sup>3</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Misconduct</td><td> </td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td>29</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td>178</td><td>202</td><td>197</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td>~</td><td>~</td><td>~</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td>71</td><td>55</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Gross Misconduct</td><td> </td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>12</p><p> </p></td><td>7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td>7</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td>59</td><td>56</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td>72</td><td>74</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>4</sup></p></td><td>28</td><td>35</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Information on the outcomes of any appeal is not included.</p><p>4. Includes where cases have been withdrawn/closed or where other disciplinary action was taken, such as financial penalties, regrades/downgrades, verbal warnings.</p><p> </p><p>'~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 14:21:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131634

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of alleged (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct by prison officers that lead to proceedings following an investigation lasting more than 12 months have (i) not been proven, (ii) led to management advice being issued, (iii) led to a written warning and (iv) led to dismissal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	263825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Conduct &amp; discipline cases<sup>1</sup> for misconduct and gross misconduct by band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup> which lasted more than 12 months<sup>3</sup>, by outcome<sup>4</sup>, 2015/16 to 2017/18</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Misconduct</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross Misconduct</p></td><td><p>Not been proven</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Management advice &amp; guidance</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Written warning</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dismissal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other outcomes<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>Notes: 1. A case is defined as a unique combination of case and individual member of staff. Where more than one member of staff is involved in a single case these are counted separately in this table. Equally staff involved in more than one case during the year are counted multiple times. 2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers. 3. Staff with no end date in the data, indicating open cases, have been excluded. 4. Information on the outcomes of any appeal is not included. 5. Includes where cases have been withdrawn/closed or where other disciplinary action was taken, such as financial penalties, regrades/downgrades, verbal warnings. '~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/06/2019 14:24:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1131711

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents have there been of pregnant women being transported in cellular vehicles since the introduction of the Women’s Policy Framework in December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263853 263854 263856 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1131712

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances there have been of women being transported to prison in the same prison transport vehicle as men in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263852 263854 263856 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1131713

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service prison transport contract specifies that women and men should be transported to prison separately.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263852 263853 263856 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1131715

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there have been of women being held in a cellular vehicle overnight until prison reception opens in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 263852 263853 263854 question first answered 27/06/2019 12:19:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1130046

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	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 progress in reducing the women’s prison population since June 2018 publication of the Female Offender Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	260621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>In the Female Offender Strategy, we set out our vision to see fewer women in custody, particularly on short custodial sentences and to see more women supported in the community. The strategy launched an ambitious programme of work which will take several years to deliver. So far, we have published a new Women’s Policy Framework, Lord Farmer’s Review for Women and invested £5m to support community provision for female offenders and women at risk of offending</p><p>We are committed to monitoring progress over time and taking action to deliver the outcomes we set out to achieve. The latest published statistics show that the total female prison population increased slightly (by 1%) between March 2018 and 2019, but that female first receptions have decreased by 10% over the past year, (from 2,036 between October and December 2017 to 1,840 over the same period in 2018).</p><p>The published data setting out the current and previous female prison population can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796904/population-31-march-2019.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796904/population-31-march-2019.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:38:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green