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1131225

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm and Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) rate per 1,000 prisoners is of (a) self-harm (b) self-inflicted deaths in each prison in the 12 month period to September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	263189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The table provides the rates of incidents of self-harm and self-inflicted deaths per 1,000 prisoners for the 12 month period to September 2018. On average, those who self-harmed did so 4.4 times, although a small number of prolific self-harmers have a disproportionate effect on this figure. The majority of those who self-harm in prison do so only once a year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons, including redoubling our efforts to prevent self-inflicted deaths and to reduce the levels of self-harm. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. This is allowing us to implement the key worker role, allowing staff dedicated time to provide support to individual prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and working to improve the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those at risk of suicide or self-harm.</p><p>We have rolled out a revised and improved Introduction to Suicide and Self-harm Prevention course. This is being completed by all new staff and as refresher training by all existing staff. Nearly 25,000 staff have already begun this training and over 14,000 have completed all six modules.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/07/2019 13:51:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 263189 Response.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1132402

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, since 2010 how many claims have been rejected by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority because the application was made more than two years following the criminal incident.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	265569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), which was approved by Parliament, sets out the time limits in which applications must be received by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA). The CICA publishes data about the number of claims rejected for being out with the time limit in its annual reports and accounts at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?organisations%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;parent=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?organisations%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;parent=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority</a></p><p> </p><p>In the 2017-18 annual report and accounts, this data was presented as a proportion of all refusal reasons used. The number of cases refused for being submitted out with the time limit was 1252.</p><p> </p><p>The figures published in the annual reports and accounts show the number of times each rejection reason was used. For some applications there will have been more than one reason for rejection. This means that the total number of reasons for rejection is higher than the actual number of claims refused.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:44:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134989

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	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 the Government's response to each recommendation in the Lammy Review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward every recommendation of the Lammy Review in some way – where a recommendation could not be implemented in full or exactly as set out, alternative approaches have been sought to achieve the same aim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its response to the Lammy Review in December 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lammy-review-government-response</a></p><p> </p><p>We provided a public update on progress against each of the 35 recommendations of the Lammy Review in November 2018 in the “Tackling racial disparity in the Criminal Justice System” update: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-racial-disparity-in-the-criminal-justice-system-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to publishing a further full public update against each recommendation of the Lammy Review, along with work above and beyond this to tackle racial disparity in the criminal justice system, before the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:57:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134999

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds children in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>While this information is collected at a young person’s point of entry into the youth custody system, the figures are not collated centrally. We could therefore only provide this figure at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 makes it the general duty of every local authority</p><p>to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need</p><p>by providing a range and level of services appropriate to those children’s needs. This includes the provision of accommodation where it is necessary to protect a child. Section 20 of the Children Act 1989 imposes a specific duty on local authorities to provide accommodation for any child in need in their area who appears to require it because there is no one with parental responsibility for them, they have been lost or abandoned, or the person caring for them is prevented (temporarily or otherwise) from providing suitable accommodation or care.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:59:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135000

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds women in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of women who were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody for each year which data is available is shown below. Data prior to 2015 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ESTABLISHMENT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield (HMP)</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>736</p></td><td><p>1006</p></td><td><p>1021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park (HMP)</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holloway (HMP)</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton (HMP)</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall (HMP)</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough Female (HMP)</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal (HMP)</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Everyone should have a safe and suitable home to live; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending. In keeping with this the Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to probation are designed to encourage long-term rehabilitation and ultimately reduce reoffending – and the first step in this is ensuring that everyone leaving prison has access to secure and stable accommodation. We are improving support for offenders leaving prison with a £22 million investment in through-the-gate services which will help to strengthen ties with key partners, including the third sector, local authorities and the police.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Female Offender Strategy sets out our vision and plan to improve outcomes for women in the community and custody. We want to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system, a greater proportion managed successfully in the community, and better conditions for those in custody.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li><em>These figures show the number of </em><em>Basic Custody Screening Tool</em><em> (BCS) Part 1 that were fully completed in each year 2015 – 2018 which indicated that the prisoner had entered custody from no fixed abode to prisons which hold women prisoners. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li><em>The </em><em>Basic Custody Screening Tool</em> <em>(BCS) Part 1 is completed within 72 hours of a prisoner entering custody and the answers to the accommodation questions are entered as provided by the prisoner to the BCS screener. The BCS answers are not assessed. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li><em>Female establishments not shown in the above list did not complete BCS Part 1s in this time period. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li><em>HMP Holloway closed in 2016. </em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li><em>It is possible for prisons to manually create a BCS Part 1 where one hasn’t been previously fully completed and this may explain why HMP Drake Hall completed 3 in 2015.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="6"><li><em>The BCS Part 1 went live on 01/01/2015 which is why we cannot produce this data for 2010 – 2014 inclusive.</em></li></ol><p> </p><ol start="7"><li><em>Data count includes with each of repeat admissions by an individual during the course of a year. </em></li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/07/2019 15:53:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134992

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
	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 20 June 2019 to Question 265568 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff, if he will publish the information by staff band.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of agency staff in HMCTS was 2,737 as of March 2018, which was 14.6%. The earliest held comparable data is from 2016 and shows 1,569, which was 8.5% of the staffing numbers. This shows an increase of 1,168, 6.1 percentage points, over this period. The following table shows a breakdown by grade as requested.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>1247</p></td><td><p>12.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,569</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employee type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>2380</p></td><td><p>22.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,737</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.6%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We were unable to provide data from 2010 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until 2011. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. We are unable to obtain agency data from HR systems prior to 2016. As with any large data system, there are also likely to be some inaccuracies.</p><p> </p><p>Over the period of Reform, we expect the shape and size of the organisation to change. As part of this we are reducing our staffing levels and expect the future skills of our people to change. The HMCTS workforce strategy during this period is to increase the capability of our staff, whilst simultaneously increasing our workforce flexibility through the increased usage of contingent labour. This is in order to reduce redundancy costs and protect the jobs of longer serving, permanent staff. The required staffing level needed across each of our HMCTS sites is monitored closely, and proactive recruitment undertaken to ensure these levels are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:08:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134994

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Staff
	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 19 June 2019 to Question 264468 on courts: staff, whether his Department holds data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data relating to the staff service length prior to 2011. We are unable to provide data on courts staff prior to 2011 as HMCTS did not exist in its current form until after this date. Prior to this there were multiple business units that held their own people data. Our figures only show the length of service of staff since HMCTS was formed as our HR data does not include the service of staff from before that time.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/07/2019 16:03:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134996

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	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 11 June 2019 to Question 259342 on Prisons: Contracts, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMP Altcourse’s innovative approach to violence reduction on levels of (a) prison-on-prisoner assaults, (b) prisoner-on-staff assaults, (c) serious prison-on-prisoner assaults and (d) serious prisoner-on-staff assaults between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Altcourse is currently meeting the majority of its contract targets and overall performance against the contract is very good. In their report Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons acknowledged that the Prison had strong leadership, and a highly positive staff culture and delivering good outcomes in many key areas.</p><p> </p><p>G4S has introduced a range of measures in response to levels of violence within the prison, including behaviour management strategies to deal with violent and complex individuals in their Brook unit. Performance of the contract at Altcourse continues to be robustly managed. Please see attached table.</p><p> </p><p>The safety of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service staff working in prisons is a priority. Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/07/2019 14:55:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard attachment 1 file name PQ 269811 Table.docx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134990

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	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 13 June 2019 to Question 262421 on prisoners: education, how his Department assesses the range of courses that should be delivered without collecting information on the courses the Parole Board recommends prisoners complete.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) plans the provision of accredited programmes by obtaining a national overview of demand, and more local analyses to understand demand at sites in order to plan provision. This enables us to identify a demand above supply, for example where the Parole Board is limiting progression due to a lack of provision, we are able to identify this and make changes to the provision.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of HMPPS, not the Parole Board, to assess the suitability and eligibility of offenders for accredited programmes as part of their wider sentence plan. We have a wide range of accredited programmes for prisoners to attend where they are identified as suitable. We always try to ensure that courses are available to prisoners at a suitable time in their sentence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 15:57:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134991

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	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 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on prisons: private sector, how he defines funded posts.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The term funded posts refers to the cost of employing suitably skilled staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 16:09:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon