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1129183

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all (a) ongoing and (b) planned reviews (i) conducted by and (ii) initiated by his Department; when those reviews will finish; and when they are scheduled to report.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking a Tailored Review of the Parole Board which was launched on 4th February 2019. The report of the review is due to be published in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>No other Tailored Reviews, which are reviews of Arms Length Bodies, are currently underway and there are no plans to conduct any other reviews as part of the current programme which concludes at the end of 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a central record of reviews commissioned by the department. Reviews that have been carried out by the department can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130675

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 253551 on Ministry of Justice: telephone services, on what date that helpline was set up; how many calls that helpline received in each month from the date it was set up to 30 April 2019; what promotional material was used to advertise that helpline's use; and whether that helpline is still in use.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	261502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of calls received by each telephone line, these go back as far as data is available.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA phoneline was set up in 2007/2008. HMCTS centralised its telephone service to go through their Loughborough Contact Centre in 2011. The LAA phonelines have existed in various formats for the past 17 years. OPG do not have the exact date that the phone line was set up. All phonelines are still in use.</p><p> </p><p>All numbers are advertised on relevant department websites and some are included on letterheads and corporate literature.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:42:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of Table for PQ 261502.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1130685

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, what the overall budget for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	261492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the overall budget (excluding capital) for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11. This comprises the budget received from the Ministry of Justice, income received from Scottish Government and income received through the victim surcharge.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms in 2012 and the current review are focused on protecting payments to those most seriously affected by their injuries, and ensuring the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is affordable and sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£305,323,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£462,445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£316,734,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£192,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£151,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£136,650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£138,073,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£160,778,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/07/2019 16:49:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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

1132595

	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	Youth Justice Board: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of the Youth Justice Board grant to each local authority in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Table A attached sets out the total funding the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has given to local authorities in each year from 2009/10 to 2017/18 as published in the 2017/18 annual youth justice statistics (published totals for 2018/19 are not yet available). Table B breaks this down by local authority. The majority of this funding helps support the day-to-day business of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs), but it also includes some discrete additional grants for specific projects or initiatives, for example funding for restorative justice. The annual recorded value of the additional grants is set out in Table C.</p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in reporting processes the additional grants given in 2014/15 and 2015/16 were not included in the published totals in the 2017/18 youth justice statistics. The totals for these years therefore differ between Table A (where the additional grants are not included) and Table B (where they are included).</p><p> </p><p>Reductions in the grant over the past decade have been made alongside a decrease in statutory caseloads and as part of wider savings.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 15:42:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Tables A, B and C.docx title Tables A, B and C
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1133622

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody
	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 the potential merits of requiring young people entering the secure system to undertake an individual assessment to ensure that (a) vulnerabilities and (b) trigger points are (i) identified and (ii) regularly reviewed in an individual care plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	267214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Professionals undertake a number of assessments on Children and Young People (CYP) when they enter the Youth Secure Estate in order to identify and review any vulnerabilities they have.</p><p> </p><p>The Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) provides screening and assessment for all CYP across the youth justice system, allowing for early identification of needs and requirements to support their care. An initial assessment is made before the first night in custody to assess any immediate needs or requirements, with a wide range of vulnerabilities and triggers screened for. This is followed by further physical and mental health assessments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Youth Custody Service use information provided by the Youth Offending Team to determine suitability for a particular placement into either a Secure Children’s Home, a Secure Training Centre or a Young Offender Institution. When making this determination a wide range of factors are considered, including, but not limited to, risk of harm to self and others, welfare, and medical history, including mental health.</p><p> </p><p>As well as this we are working closely with the NHS on ‘Secure Stairs’, an integrated approach to strengthen the provision of health care to address the needs of young people holistically and co-ordinates services through a coherent, joined up approach. This will ensure CYP receive a full needs assessment and a tailored care and support plan.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:24:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1133904

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Manchester Arena
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether businesses that have been adversely affected by the Manchester bombing of 22 May 2017 are entitled to support through the victim's compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	267752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the statutory Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is to make compensatory awards to individual persons who have sustained a serious physical and/or mental injury as a direct result of a violent crime, and to family members of those killed. Businesses impacted by the Manchester Bombing of 22 May 2017 do not fall under the ambit of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Crimes of violence for the purposes of the Scheme include physical and sexual assault, acts of a violent nature that cause physical injury, and threats against a person causing fear of immediate violence (in circumstances which would cause a person of reasonable firmness to be put in such fear).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme provides for awards based upon a tariff of serious physical and mental injuries. Only injuries which are listed on the tariff can be compensated.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:25:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1134236

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Private Prosecutions
	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 24 June 2019 to Question 266816 on Offences against Children: Compensation, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private prosecutions brought by victims of child sexual abuse in the week commencing 2 January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	268452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Centrally held information does not identify whether or not prosecutions were brought forward privately by victims of child sex abuse. To identify whether the relevant cases would require manual searching of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Officials within my Department would be happy to extend an invitation to my Honourable Friend, the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter, to discuss what data is available and its limitations.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/07/2019 17:13:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

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

1135194

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
	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 people in South Wales that are unable to travel to a housing legal aid provider.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	270393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) keeps availability of legal aid providers under constant review, and takes urgent action whenever it has concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA has recently tendered for new face-to-face housing contracts across the 134 housing and debt procurement areas across England and Wales. Contracts commenced on 1 September 2018. As of 31 May 2019, there is at least one provider offering housing and debt services in all but 4 procurement areas. Legal advice is still available in these areas through the Civil Legal Advice telephone service, and the LAA is considering how to secure provision in these areas and will set out next steps shortly.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the Civil Legal Advice telephone service offering legal services in a range of issues to those who need it, we are investing £5m in innovative new technologies to help people access legal support wherever they are in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:54:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1135218

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will sign his Department up to the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will sign the Charter. The MoJ supports the Charter where this is relevant to our commercial activities and only where consistent with the relevant procurement regulations that require fair and open competition.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to Secretary of State for Justice on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270362 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:32:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135222

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	270362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will sign the Charter. The MoJ supports the Charter where this is relevant to our commercial activities and only where consistent with the relevant procurement regulations that require fair and open competition.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to Secretary of State for Justice on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270358 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:32:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135845

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	271405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>For possession or threatening with an offensive weapon or possession of an article with a blade or point offences, offenders are now more likely to receive an immediate custodial sentence for a knife and offensive weapon offence and to go to prison for longer than at any point over the past 10 years. In the year ending March 2019 over a third (37%) of offences resulted in immediate custody, compared to 22% in the year ending March 2009. The average length of immediate custodial sentences has increased from 5.5 months in the year ending March 2009 to 8.1 months in the year ending March 2019. This is the highest since the series began.</p><p>There are a range of offences available to prosecute knife crime and Parliament has set penalties that are proportionate to the nature of these serious offences.</p><p> </p><p>Unlawful possession of a knife or offensive weapon in public is a serious criminal offence with a maximum penalty of four years’ imprisonment. Since 2015, adults convicted of threatening with a knife in public, or for second or subsequent knife possession face a minimum sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment and young people aged 16 or 17 face a minimum sentence of a 4 month Detention and Training Order. Courts can only depart from minimum sentencing if the court considers would be unjust in all the circumstances to impose these terms.</p><p> </p><p>Where someone is physically injured by a knife or offensive weapon there are a range of other offences, such as causing grievous bodily harm, that the person may be charged with. These can result in lengthy determinate sentences or life imprisonment. In England and Wales, all murder convictions for adults must result in a life sentence, and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out a starting point of a minimum term in prison of 25 years for offenders aged 18 and over who bring a knife or another weapon to the scene of a murder with the intention of using it.</p><p> </p><p>It is already the case that for offences where the possession or use of a knife or offensive weapon is not inherent to the offence or charged separately, possession will be treated as an aggravating factor, which increases the seriousness of the offence. This is outlined in several sentencing guidelines produced by the independent Sentencing Council.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 16:32:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1135901

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions offenders had in each year since 2007 before being sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271594 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135905

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of and anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud, (n) vehicle taking in each year since 2007 had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more convictions and cautions for an offence.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The average number of previous convictions and cautions of offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for specified offence types.</li><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediate custody for a specified offence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 271593 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:50:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 271593 and 271594 Response Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135912

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon in each year since 2007; and of those people how many had (a) no, (b) one to four, (c) five to 10 and (d) 11 or more previous cautions or sentences for carrying an offensive weapon.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	271595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that 2007 data has not been included as the time series data on the number of possession of offensive weapon offences used in the knife possession bulletin is only available from quarter 4 in 2007, so a full year’s data is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> given immediate custody for a possession of an offensive weapon offence by year and number of previous<sup>2,3</sup> convictions or cautions for the same offence, England and Wales<sup>4</sup>, 2008 to 2018.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of offenders</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of previous convictions and cautions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 to 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5 to 10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11 or more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>509</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,552</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,195</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,543</p></td><td><p>534</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>1) Each offender is counted only once in each year they were given an immediate custodial sentence for possession of an offensive weapon, but may appear in multiple years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2) Previous occasions on which the offences for which the offender was cautioned or convicted included possession of an offensive weapon, as counted on the last occasion in each year that the offender was given an immediate custodial sentence for offences including possession of an offensive weapon.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>3) Previous sentencing occasions may have resulted in an immediate custodial sentence.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 13:48:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1135979

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	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 many of the funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison were filled as of the dates those figures relate to.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	271529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As we have stated previously, all staffing matters, including the responsibility of ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, sit with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. We do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 16:28:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136010

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Powers of Attorney: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the susceptibility of the lasting power of attorney process to fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	271548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>OPG are aware of 2 cases of the fraudulent creation of LPAs in the last 6 months – out of over 890,000 registered in 2018/19. We are not aware of any concerns of fraud being raised with the OPG in relation to the process of creating LPAs in the previous 5 years. Both cases have been thoroughly investigated and a lessons learned exercise conducted – part of which was an assessment of the process of registering an LPA. We have extremely good working relationships with the financial and legal sectors – and work closely with them to ensure that our processes together do all they can to eliminate fraud.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> March 2019, OPG had 3,906,416 powers of attorney and deputyship orders on its register and in the financial year 2018/19 we undertook 2,883 investigations covering a whole range of issues. This represented 0.07% of the total powers on the register. And only in 25% of those cases was there any need for court action in relation to the deputy or attorney albeit not all court applications were for removal of an attorney or deputy, some applications relate to requests for information or clarifying a person’s capacity. Where, as a result of an investigation, OPG has evidence that fraud may have taken place we will make a referral to the relevant police authority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 16:35:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1136035

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not offer the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:02:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136190

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 5 September 2017, Official Report, Column 19, whether protocols his Department were developing with the Department of Health in 2017 on mental health and prisoner access to healthcare have been implemented; and what those protocols are.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	272231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ is committed to working in collaboration with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England (NHSE), Public Health England (PHE) and HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to deliver safe, decent, effective healthcare for offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Over 4,000 new prison staff are now in post, enabling us to implement initiatives like the key worker role, which allows staff to dedicate time to support individual prisoners. These initiatives and others mean that we will be able to better support individuals with mental health needs in prison.</p><p> </p><p>We have also agreed a Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) protocol to support the greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements, including Mental Health Treatment Requirements helping to improve access to treatment for offenders who need it and divert vulnerable offenders away from custody where appropriate. The protocol is currently being piloted at five sites and last month we announced the extension of the programme to include Greater Manchester and London.</p><p> </p><p>The context of how health and justice partners work together to improve mental health provision, and indeed other health issues that that might impact on an individual’s ability to engage with rehabilitation, in both custody and the community, will be set out further in the joint MoJ/ DHSC Health and Justice Plan, which was announced on 20<sup>th</sup> June.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 16:43:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1136198

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days in courts were presided over by a recorder in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Greater Manchester in (i) each of the last three financial years and (ii) the 2019-20 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	272170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The number of sittings days sat by recorders in the last three financial years in the requested locations are set out in the table below. These figures cover sitting days by recorders in County, Family and Crown Courts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>30,769</p></td><td><p>30,459</p></td><td><p>16,801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>9,578</p></td><td><p>8,907</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1,522</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Note these figures are only for nine months as opposed to the twelve months in the columns for 2016/17 and 2017/18. This is because the latest published data only runs to December 2018 and under the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we cannot provide any more recent data until that data (covering 2019) has been published. The data for 2019 will be published in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data is available here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Table 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge)</p><p> </p><p>The data source for these figures are a number of operational systems and as such are liable to change and may not reflect previously published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Last year Crown Court trial waiting times were at their lowest since 2014, with this year’s allocation of sitting days reflecting this.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:31:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136294

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests have been undertaken following a person taking their own life while in the care of (a) the NHS and (b) private mental health facilities in each of the last 10 years; how many of those inquests resulted in a change of leadership at the facility in question; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	272209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collects and publishes annual data on coroners’ inquest conclusions including the number of suicide conclusions but it does not collect data about the location of suicides or any follow up action. The annual coroner statistics are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 15:37:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1136344

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques
	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 reduce the level of the use of restraint on children in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	272273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of children in custody is our highest priority. Restraint is only ever used as a last resort, where there is a risk of harm and no other form of intervention is possible or appropriate. However, we recognise that there are still high levels of restraint.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, we began to implement a comprehensive reform programme with the aim of improving levels of safety in the youth custodial estate. The programme is underpinned a new evidence-based positive behaviour strategy and significant reform of the workforce. We are also taking specific actions to reduce the number of incidents of restraint, including:</p><ul><li>introducing the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint framework in all secure training centres (STCs) and under-18 young offender institutions (YOIs). This has been specifically developed to avoid physical restraint as far as possible by using a range of de-escalation, diversion and behaviour management techniques;</li><li>requiring each public STC and YOI to implement a “Restraint Minimisation Strategy”;</li><li>reviewing data on use of force to improve recording and reporting and to improve practice; and</li><li>undertaking a safeguarding review across the youth secure estate.</li></ul><p>In addition, we have recently responded positively to the recommendations on restraint made by the Joint Committee for Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 16:41:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136347

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of children in custody have special education needs.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	272276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Information on children in custody with special educational needs is collected on entry into custody by Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) and submitted to the Youth Custody Service (YCS) to inform placement decisions. Comprehensive screening and assessment is conducted for all Children and Young People across the youth justice system, allowing for early identification of needs and requirements to support their care. An initial assessment is made before the first night in custody to assess any immediate needs or requirements, this is then followed by further physical and mental health assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Of those children entering custody during 2018/19, 30% were assessed as having special educational needs or disabilities. The data presented should be considered as an indication of the needs and risks of young people as they enter the secure estate, rather than formal clinical assessment. Further assessment of the educational needs of all children continues on induction using a screening tool, and throughout their time in custody.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 15:42:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136352

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was between an application for an employment tribunal and the date of first hearing in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018 by employment tribunal office.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	272281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The longest time between an application for an employment tribunal and the date of first hearing in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018 can be found in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Maximum waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 12- December 12 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 15- December 15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 18- December 18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p><strong>629</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>387</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p><strong>238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>243</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>138</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>183</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p><strong>595</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>231</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p><strong>198</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p><strong>475</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>450</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p><strong>573</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>407</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</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="6" rowspan="3"><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the maximum listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Timeliness is impacted by the complexity of a case, each one would be dealt with on it’s own merits and as such, some cases can take longer to progress than others. Claims such as equal pay and discrimination are types of jurisdictions which require longer hearing time and additional case management.</p><p> </p><p>A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>All data were taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication.</p><p> </p><p>95% of multiple claims are stayed awaiting decision from a lead claim, as these are usually complex claims involving jurisdiction such as equal pay, holiday pay and pensions and it can take some time for these claims to be dealt with. This explains why the oldest claims in the table exceed ten years in length as they spend the majority of this period as a stayed claim.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to appoint additional judges to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. 58 (or 51.5 full time equivalent) salaried employment judges took up positions in England and Wales from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:34:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136388

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Northumberland Prison: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Independent Monitoring Board annual report on HMP Northumberland, what the timeframe for prisoners accessing inpatient psychiatric treatment will be; and what improvements that prison is working towards.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	272303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>People who are sentenced by a court to imprisonment after conviction may be assessed by a psychiatrist in prison if it is thought that their mental disorder is of a nature or degree that requires treatment in hospital. Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is considered when transferring prisoners. Proposed changes are being made to the way in which inpatient secure beds are commissioned with the aim of improving timely allocation. Time scales are monitored by NHS England and include an expectation of 14-day prison transfers. The transfer time starts on completion of the first medical assessment and stops once the prisoner has been admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Northumberland has a professional and supportive Mental Health team engaged in supporting men with both mental health and complex needs. The Mental Health team, delivered by Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust are actively engaged with men who are subject to Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) procedures and those who reside within the Separation and Care (SCU), as well as other men across the site, with a variety of needs.</p><p> </p><p>Through The Gate (TTG) services have created an opportunity for early identification of individuals who may have complex mental health needs and gives a framework for cooperation and joined up working, as well as release planning. A new complex Case Manager has been appointed by G4S (Healthcare provider) with whom the mental health team at HMP Northumberland will work closely with to co-ordinate needs, and ensure the support for individuals is comprehensive.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 15:46:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1136560

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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, whether a cap is placed on compensation for lost earnings paid as part of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	272846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Awards available to applicants under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), can comprise injury, loss of earnings, special expenses, bereavement, funeral, child and dependency payments.</p><p> </p><p>Where an applicant is eligible for an injury payment under the Scheme, they may also be eligible for a loss of earnings payment, where the applicant has no or very limited capacity for paid work as a direct result of that injury. Loss of earnings payments are calculated at statutory sick pay rate, beginning on the first day of the 29th week in which the applicant satisfies the conditions, and ending on whichever is earliest of the day on which the applicant no longer satisfies the condition, the day on which the applicant will reach state pension age, or where the criminal injury has resulted in a life expectancy below the state pension age, the expected end of the applicant’s life.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum award which may be made under this Scheme, inclusive of any payment in respect of loss of earnings, is £500,000.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:05:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1136584

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the pay award for prison officers following the recommendations made by the Public Sector Pay Review Board.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	272768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>At this time I am unable to confirm when the response to the Prison Service Pay Review Body recommendations will be published.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:45:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1136586

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Females: Prisoners
	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 trends in the level of training for prison officers working with women with a mental health need.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	272741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>All Prison Officers complete the Prison Officer Entry Level Training which includes sessions on mental heallth, self-harm and suicide and personality disorder. There has very recently been the development of a new course specifically for the female estate called POWER – Positive Outcomes for Women: Empowerment &amp; Rehabilition. This is a two-day programme and is due to be rolled out shortly across the estate. One of the modules specifically refers to mental health in the female estate, with an aim to ensure delegates gain an overview of the mental health needs of female offenders and how this impacts on offending – including understanding the main disorders found in women in prison; the challenges caused by psychosis and schizophrenia; and explores the personality disorder pathway and personality disorder services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/07/2019 16:45:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1136938

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Veterans
	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 27 June 2019 to Question 267162, whether he has made additional funding available to support new alliances with military charities to help offenders who are veterans of the armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	273306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed £5.7 million to support programmes targeted at former service personnel in the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service advertise grant opportunities for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations for innovative projects and pilots, that reflect priorities of the agency. All grant funding to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, including those wishing to support former members of the Armed Forces, is competed openly and these opportunities are published on the Government contract finder website.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that those who have served in the Armed Forces and who find themselves in the Criminal Justice System are able to access support in custody and the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 14:07:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136967

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government report entitled Process evaluation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Electronic Monitoring Pilot: Qualitative findings, published 16 February 2019 whether the research in that report covers both male and female offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	273385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Process evaluation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Electronic Monitoring Pilot: Qualitative findings included both male and female offenders and defendants. A forthcoming quantitative process evaluation of the GPS Pilot will contain analysis of Management Information gathered over the course of the pilot, including by gender. During the pilot, there were 586 tagging instances involving 20 female wearers and 566 male wearers.</p><p>Location monitoring can robustly monitor male and female offenders and defendants in the community, and provide an effective alternative to custody. If used as an alternative to custody the tags can be particularly effective in mitigating the disruptive impact of imprisonment on women with children. This is emphasised in our guidance to stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:46:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1136969

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to (a) disseminate and (b) monitor the implementation of the police guidance entitled Managing vulnerability: women, fact pack.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	273386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018, the Government published its Female Offender Strategy which set out the vision 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. To support these aims, the Government, together with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), also published guidance for the police on working with vulnerable women.</p><p> </p><p>The NPCC shared the police guidance with chief officers, for dissemination within their forces and the APCC have circulated the guidance to all Police and Crime Commissioners. The MoJ will work with the APCC and NPCC to evaluate the impact of the guidance and consider any next steps.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/07/2019 12:53:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1136970

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	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 safeguard 16 and 17 year-olds from being groomed by adults in a position of power and influence.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
	uin	273504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>I recognise that there are concerns about those who might abuse their position of power over a 16 or 17-year-old to pressure them into engaging in a sexual relationship. Such behaviour is very likely to be caught by the robust laws we already have in place. Any sexual activity with a child under 16 is a criminal offence, regardless of whether consent is given. Any non-consensual sexual activity is also a crime, whatever the age of the victim and whatever the relationship between the victim and perpetrator.</p><p> </p><p>However, we remain absolutely committed to protecting children and young people from sexual abuse and we want to ensure that existing offences are being used effectively to tackle this behaviour, and that those working with young people understand their responsibilities and act appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>My department, working closely with colleagues across government, is taking forward a review of the existing law, to check that that it is working effectively and ensuring young people are protected.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:43:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1137038

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of procuring services for prisons in the private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The annual cost for private sector operated prisons that have been procured by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Operator</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>Fazakerley Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£48,425,005.16</p></td><td><p>£51,970,141.05</p></td><td><p>£54,556,862.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>G4S Care &amp; Justice Services (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£29,625,016.19</p></td><td><p>£21,301,059.54</p></td><td><p>£26,107,663.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>G4S Care &amp; Justice Services (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£18,224,143.75</p></td><td><p>£30,129,179.72</p></td><td><p>£22,320,715.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>Bridgend Custodial Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£59,834,123.90</p></td><td><p>£50,307,689.96</p></td><td><p>£56,896,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>Onley Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£21,936,086.30</p></td><td><p>£23,219,028.52</p></td><td><p>£24,643,663.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>Pucklechurch Custodial Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£13,991,939.98</p></td><td><p>£17,424,228.98</p></td><td><p>£12,524,092.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>Serco Group plc</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£14,035,689.44</p></td><td><p>17,581,044.61</p></td><td><p>£18,390,805.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>Moreton Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£37,334,239.19</p></td><td><p>£40,414,432.72</p></td><td><p>£40,385,837.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>Lowdham Grange Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£25,647,285.74</p></td><td><p>£26,419,233.30</p></td><td><p>£26,231,479.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>BWP Project Services Limited</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£34,430,177.00</p></td><td><p>£36,692,427.64</p></td><td><p>£36,458,230.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>Ashford Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£30,863,063.19</p></td><td><p>£39,674,207.43</p></td><td><p>£34,689,221.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>Agecroft Prison Management Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£40,925,828.04</p></td><td><p>£34,217,521.34</p></td><td><p>£40,888,128.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Sodexo Limited</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£24,975,506.05</p></td><td><p>£18,223,623.78</p></td><td><p>£19,634,565.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Peterborough Prison Management Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£ 38,626,224.48</p></td><td><p>£43,423,742.08</p></td><td><p>£44,867,246.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Monthly invoices are submitted for each contract and are verified by the Department in accordance with their respective payment terms.</p><p> </p><p>We continually monitor each privately managed prison and a full-time on-site Controller is employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators. The Controllers undertake a number of compliance checks to ensure that the Contractors are discharging their contractual obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to a role for the private sector in operating custodial services. The sector has an important role to play, and currently runs some high-performing prisons, as part of a decent and secure prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>A balanced approach to custodial services provision, which includes a mix of public, voluntary and private sector involvement has been shown to introduce improvements and deliver value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:47:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137043

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistics his Department holds on trends in the proportion of people who receive a custodial sentence as a child and then go on to receive a custodial sentence as an adult in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of adult offenders given a custodial sentence who had previously received a custodial sentence as a child (2010 to 2018) can be viewed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Proportion of adult<sup>1</sup> offenders given a custodial sentence<sup>2</sup> who had previously received a custodial sentence as a child<sup>3</sup>, England and Wales<sup>4</sup>, 2010 to 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><em>17</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Source: </strong>Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1 - Aged 18 or over at time of sentence</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>2 - Immediate custody or suspended sentence for adults, immediate custody only for children (as suspended sentences are not available for under-18s)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>3 - Aged between 10 and 17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>4 - England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Government is clear that reoffending rates among children in the criminal justice system are too high. That is why we are working to reform youth custodial provision through the development of secure schools, a new type of secure provision for children, and delivering a wide-ranging change programme in existing youth custody sites including workforce reform, infrastructure changes and a new approach to behaviour management and education and healthcare delivery. Alongside this we are driving forward reform of the criminal records regime, considering how we can improve youth sentencing and working to explain or address disproportionality across the youth justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/07/2019 14:11:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137046

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269813, for what reason information is not collated in relation to children.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the previous answer information is collected locally on a young person’s entry into custody, and may be updated over the course of their custodial episode. This information helps to inform staff in relation to the children in their immediate care.</p><p>As part of their assessment Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) record a child’s accommodation status and seek to address any issues relating to this. The Youth Justice Board is currently undertaking work to improve its own data collection and a child’s accommodation status will be included in this. The Ministry of Justice, however, does not hold a national coordinating role in this regard, so there is currently no essential business reason to collate this centrally. It is the general duty of every local authority to safeguard and promote the welfare of children within their area who are in need by providing a range and level of services, including accommodation, appropriate to those children’s needs.</p><p>We believe that 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> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 15:39:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137048

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of sexual abuse have had their applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme rejected because they had an unspent criminal conviction in the first six months of 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme), which was approved by Parliament, sets out that awards will be withheld where the applicant has an unspent conviction of a kind specifically identified by the Scheme. This includes custodial sentences and community orders.</p><p> </p><p>In the first six months of 2019 (1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019), the number of finalised applications refused because of unspent convictions where the application was made as a result of sexual assault or abuse was 97. It should be noted that unspent criminal convictions may not be the only reason these cases were refused.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently announced a review of the Scheme which will include consideration of the rule relating to unspent criminal convictions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 16:35:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137050

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prisoners in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project was in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average level of prison population in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in the last six months of 2017 and 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July-Dec 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July- Dec18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>1025</p></td><td><p>990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td><td><p>1005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>1113</p></td><td><p>1027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>1002</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>1000</p></td><td><p>959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>1058</p></td><td><p>1008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>1218</p></td><td><p>1147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The reduction in population in these prisons follows the national trend for England and Wales. In addition, several prisons across the estate have been operating with reduced capacity. This is due to a range of reasons, such as enabling maintenance to be performed and action taken in response to Urgent Notifications triggered by the Chief Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>The 10 Prisons Project aims to reduce violence in ten of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:49:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137051

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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 the average amount above Certified Normal Accommodation was in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average amount above Certified Normal Accommodation in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td><td><p>-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of prisoners in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>1400</p></td><td><p>1054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>1002</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1082</p></td><td><p>686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>896</p></td><td><p>847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1553</p></td><td><p>1431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>1218</p></td><td><p>1147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.</p><p>There are no prisons operating above their operational capacity in England and Wales. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Director on the basis of operational judgement and experience.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to a reduction in the national prison population, reductions in CNA have been seen across many prisons in England and Wales for a range of reasons, including</p><p>enabling maintenance to be performed and other operational reasons, such as part of the response to Urgent Notifications triggered by the Chief Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS operates a Performance Assurance Framework to identify and support prisons where performance is of concern.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 273445 question first answered 12/07/2019 11:51:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137052

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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 the average number of prisoners was in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average amount above Certified Normal Accommodation in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td><td><p>-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of prisoners in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>1400</p></td><td><p>1054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>1002</p></td><td><p>902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1082</p></td><td><p>686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>896</p></td><td><p>847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1553</p></td><td><p>1431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>1218</p></td><td><p>1147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.</p><p>There are no prisons operating above their operational capacity in England and Wales. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Director on the basis of operational judgement and experience.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to a reduction in the national prison population, reductions in CNA have been seen across many prisons in England and Wales for a range of reasons, including</p><p>enabling maintenance to be performed and other operational reasons, such as part of the response to Urgent Notifications triggered by the Chief Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS operates a Performance Assurance Framework to identify and support prisons where performance is of concern.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 273444 question first answered 12/07/2019 11:51:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137053

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prison officers in post was in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in the last six months of (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out average numbers of prison officers in each prison where prison was found to be of serious concern during 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average<sup>1</sup> number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup> in post in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18<sup>3</sup>.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average number of Prison officers in post…</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Average of monthly snapshots, taken at the end of the month.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Includes Public Sector Prisons only. Excludes Birmingham and Peterborough which are private prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Every public sector prison has an agreed safe, decent and secure operating level (SDSOL) which reflects the category of prison and the types of prisoners held. The SDSOL is central to the delivery of the regime in every prison. Since April 2017 Governors have been empowered to manage workforce planning locally and use this flexibility to set their own staffing arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We are recruiting more prison officers across England and Wales as part of the Offender Management in Custody model (OMiC) and to support Youth Justice Reform. The majority of newly recruited Prison Officers are already on the landings, joining our officers who play a vital role in making sure prisons are safe, secure and decent.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:52:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137054

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional capital spend on physical security was in each of the prisons where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017/18 in the last six months of (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service operates a Performance and Assurance Framework to identify and support prisons where performance is of concern.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below provide figures for the total additional capital spend on physical security in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017/18. Figures are provided for capital spend on physical security in the last six months of both the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years (Table A) and the 2017 and 2018 calendar years (Table B).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table A – Total capital expenditure on physical security</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Oct-Mar Spend (£k)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018/19 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>213.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>355.2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>99.7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>112.8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough*</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>44.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>108.1</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>782.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350.3</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* privately run prisons 2017/18</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table B – Total capital expenditure on physical security</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Jul-Dec Spend (£k)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42.3</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* privately run prisons 2017/18</p><p> </p><p>Note that the figures represent expenditure on items above the capitalisation threshold of £10,000 recorded against capital budgets. Figures are subject to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:53:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137136

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, purusuant to the Answer of to Question 252552, where the difference between the Victims Surcharge collected and the Victims Surcharge contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget is allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	273770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Victim and Witness Budget, which is used to fund support service for victims and witnesses, is set each year and includes funding from a number of different sources. This includes a forecasted contribution from the revenue raised by the Victim Surcharge.</p><p> </p><p>The Victim and Witness Budget for funding victim support services increased to £96m in 2018/19 and has near-doubled funding for victim support services since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015/16 and 2017/18 the revenue raised from the Surcharge surpassed the forecasted contribution, so the excess was put towards compensating victims of violent crime through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. However, we have now changed our procedures so that from this financial year, all revenue raised will be included in the Surcharge contribution to Victim and Witness Budget.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 273771 question first answered 10/07/2019 15:39:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1137137

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
	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 17 May 2019 to Question 252552, for what reasons the Government is not contributing the full amount raised from the victims surcharge to the victim and witness budget.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	273771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The Victim and Witness Budget, which is used to fund support service for victims and witnesses, is set each year and includes funding from a number of different sources. This includes a forecasted contribution from the revenue raised by the Victim Surcharge.</p><p> </p><p>The Victim and Witness Budget for funding victim support services increased to £96m in 2018/19 and has near-doubled funding for victim support services since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015/16 and 2017/18 the revenue raised from the Surcharge surpassed the forecasted contribution, so the excess was put towards compensating victims of violent crime through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. However, we have now changed our procedures so that from this financial year, all revenue raised will be included in the Surcharge contribution to Victim and Witness Budget.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 273770 question first answered 10/07/2019 15:39:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1137178

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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 1 July 2019 to Question 269807 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff, if he will publish the information for March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of agency staff in HMCTS was 2,623 as of March 2019, which was 14.15%. The earliest held comparable data is from 2016 and shows 1,569, which was 8.5% of the staffing numbers. This is an increase of 1,054 over this period (or 5.65% of total staffing numbers). However, this is a 0.45 percentage point decrease from the previous year (March 2018). The following tables show 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><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-19</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>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band A</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band B</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band C</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E</p></td><td><p>2358</p></td><td><p>22.34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band F</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>10.63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.15%</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 Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 16:50:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137713

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether he plans to allocate additional funding to youth offending teams.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	911816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We value the vital work Youth Offending Teams do with children who have offended, and the work they do to prevent offending. The Youth Justice Board’s total funding this year for frontline services including Youth Offending Teams is £72.2m. This is greater than last year’s funding, which was £71.6m.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of the £72.2m, £70.7m has been allocated to the core grant for Youth Offending Teams and £1.5m to frontline service improvement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 16:01:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1137805

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Schools: Medway
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding will be allocated to Oasis Charitable Trust to operate Medway secure school for the next academic year, which Government budget line that funding will come from; and what the duration of the contract will be.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	275208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Earlier this month we were delighted to announce that Oasis, which runs 52 Academies with 30,000 students across England, have been selected to operate the first secure school in Medway. They have been appointed to preopening, and we will now work with Oasis to develop the operating model for the secure school, and subject to progress, will then agree the arrangements to operate the secure school next year.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing c. £5m investment to repurpose the existing site, which will include extensive refurbishment of classrooms and residential areas. The provider will be awarded an annual budget of c. £9m to operate it. Both capital and revenue costs will be funded by MOJ.</p><p> </p><p>Medway Secure Training Centre will close in early 2020 so that it can be re-purposed to allow the first secure school to open.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 275210 question first answered 15/07/2019 16:49:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1137806

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he (a) received and (b) plans to publish Charlie Taylor’s report on the use of pain-inducing restraint on children.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	275209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Charlie Taylor undertook to submit his findings and recommendations on the use of pain-inducing techniques in the restraint of children in the secure estate by the Summer, and I expect to receive his report shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will of course need to consider Charlie Taylor’s findings and recommendations carefully and we will publish both the report and the Government response as soon as we have done so.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/07/2019 11:02:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck