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1537755

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Custody: Self Harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual self-harm incidents 1,2,3,4 by method, England and Wales, 2004-2021, how many self-harm incidents by (a) cutting and scratching, (b) hanging, (c) overdose, self-poisoning or swallowing, (d) Self-strangulation and (e) burning occurred in youth estates in (a) 2022 and (b) since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	74699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing everything possible to ensure the safety of children and young people in custody.</p><p>Between the quarters ending June 2021 and June 2022, the number of self-harm incidents across the whole of the Children and Young People Secure Estate decreased from 473 to 455, and the number of children and young people self-harming also decreased, from 104 to 79. As the average population during this time fell by 11 per cent – from 550 children and young people to 492 – the annualised rate of self-harm incidents per 100 children and young people per year rose by 8 per cent. As the figures have only recently been compiled and published, it has not yet been possible to make an assessment of the reasons for the increase.</p><p>The requested statistics can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Method(1)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2010 to March 2019(2)(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2019 to December 2021(3)(b)</strong></p></td><td><p>J<strong>anuary 2022 to June 2022(b)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cutting and scratching</p></td><td><p>6,655</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hanging(4)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overdose, self-poisoning or swallowing</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Self-strangulation(5)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burning(6)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asphyxiation(7)</p></td><td><p>2,547</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1)A Self-Harm incident may have included more than one method, so the overall number of incidents will be less than the sum of the methods used.</p><p>(2)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(3)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(4)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(5)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(6)Until March 2019, Burning was not reported separately.</p><p>(7)From April 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were reported separately.</p><p>We are rolling out psychological interventions for every child that needs it with counselling psychologists, forensic psychologist and family therapists.</p><p>We are also working with the NHS to deliver a framework which will ensure every child gets a full needs assessment and support plan encompassing education, health and behavioural problems.  Both of these measures will help protect young people and reduce violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74697 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:14:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1537742

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Accommodation: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the official statistics entitled Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to June 2022, published on 27 October 2022, for what reasons the annualised rate of self-harm incidents per 100 children and young people per year increased compared to the same period in the previous year.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	74697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing everything possible to ensure the safety of children and young people in custody.</p><p>Between the quarters ending June 2021 and June 2022, the number of self-harm incidents across the whole of the Children and Young People Secure Estate decreased from 473 to 455, and the number of children and young people self-harming also decreased, from 104 to 79. As the average population during this time fell by 11 per cent – from 550 children and young people to 492 – the annualised rate of self-harm incidents per 100 children and young people per year rose by 8 per cent. As the figures have only recently been compiled and published, it has not yet been possible to make an assessment of the reasons for the increase.</p><p>The requested statistics can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Method(1)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2010 to March 2019(2)(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>April 2019 to December 2021(3)(b)</strong></p></td><td><p>J<strong>anuary 2022 to June 2022(b)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cutting and scratching</p></td><td><p>6,655</p></td><td><p>1,347</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hanging(4)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overdose, self-poisoning or swallowing</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Self-strangulation(5)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,267</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burning(6)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asphyxiation(7)</p></td><td><p>2,547</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1)A Self-Harm incident may have included more than one method, so the overall number of incidents will be less than the sum of the methods used.</p><p>(2)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(3)Reporting of Self-Harm incidents changed in April 2019 from the Behaviour Management Toolkit bespoke return from establishments, to the Assaults and Self-Harm bespoke return for Secure Children’s Homes and Secure Training Centres, and NOMIS data capture for Youth Offender Institutes.</p><p>(4)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(5)Until March 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were grouped together as Asphyxiation.</p><p>(6)Until March 2019, Burning was not reported separately.</p><p>(7)From April 2019, Hanging and Self-Strangulation were reported separately.</p><p>We are rolling out psychological interventions for every child that needs it with counselling psychologists, forensic psychologist and family therapists.</p><p>We are also working with the NHS to deliver a framework which will ensure every child gets a full needs assessment and support plan encompassing education, health and behavioural problems.  Both of these measures will help protect young people and reduce violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74699 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:14:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1537441

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that probation services are adequately resourced.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74582 74583 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537443

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that probation services are adequately resourced.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service plays a critical role in protecting the public and reducing reoffending. The 2021 Spending Review provided an additional £155m per year to support probation reform. Future decisions on funding will be taken in the course of normal government business, at fiscal events.</p><p>The recruitment and retention of staff are key priorities for the Probation Service leadership team and me, and these are subjects of frequent discussion, covering career marketing and attraction, remuneration and benefits, career development paths, and other factors. The recently agreed three-year pay deal is important to our offer.</p><p>The Probation Service recruited over 1,000 trainees in 2020/21 financial year and 1,518 trainees in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74578 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:24:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537445

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage the creation of apprenticeships in probation services.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74580 74582 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537439

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the Probation Service on recruitment and retention of staff.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service plays a critical role in protecting the public and reducing reoffending. The 2021 Spending Review provided an additional £155m per year to support probation reform. Future decisions on funding will be taken in the course of normal government business, at fiscal events.</p><p>The recruitment and retention of staff are key priorities for the Probation Service leadership team and me, and these are subjects of frequent discussion, covering career marketing and attraction, remuneration and benefits, career development paths, and other factors. The recently agreed three-year pay deal is important to our offer.</p><p>The Probation Service recruited over 1,000 trainees in 2020/21 financial year and 1,518 trainees in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74581 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:24:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537444

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage people to enter careers in the probation services.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Probation Service has accelerated the recruitment of trainee Probation Officers over the last two years, recruiting 1007 trainees in 2020/21 and 1518 trainees in 2021/22. We have committed to recruiting a further 1500 trainee probation officers in the 2022/23 financial year.</p><p>To increase engagement, and reduce attrition, we are launching an engagement tool to target candidates at key stages of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) recruitment process.</p><p>We have increased local outreach to improve awareness of Probation and the roles available, as well as refreshing our marketing and website to ensure we are attracting sufficient applications. We are committed to widening our routes to achieve probation qualifications by developing pathways for existing staff, as well as creating routes for those without a graduate degree.</p><p>We have centralised recruitment in six priority regions to streamline and improve the process and speed up the time it takes to hire new staff.</p><p>We anticipate the recently agreed three-year pay deal for the Probation Service will improve retention prospects of experienced staff, and provide – particularly those at the top of their pay bands and therefore less likely to have seen increases to pay over the past years – a guaranteed increase to their salaries each year of the pay deal. We also anticipate that increases to the starting salary for all roles will have a positive impact on the attractiveness of the service to potential and new staff.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to offering apprenticeship programmes to new and existing staff at all grades. The apprenticeships are currently offered in a broad range of areas including Operational Delivery and Business Administration. The apprenticeships are also available to probation staff.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 74580 74583 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:27:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1537750

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Self Harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Safety in Custody Statistics: Self-harm annual tables, 2004 - 2021, what steps he is taking to reduce self-harming incidents in female establishments.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	74698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>We continue to do everything we can to address self-harm in the women’s estate.</p><p>We have implemented a strengthened case management approach to support women at risk of self-harm, as well as one to one key work support, tailored for the female estate.</p><p>In the Prisons Strategy White Paper, we set out our vision for prisons of the future, with a new approach to the women’s estate including smaller, trauma-responsive custodial environments for women on short sentences. We are also investing £37 million on measures to reduce levels of self-harm and violence, including in the women’s estate.</p><p>Alongside this, we have established a Women’s Self-Harm Taskforce to provide specialist support and an increased range of interventions across women’s prisons. This includes delivery of specialist training for new officers, recruitment of psychologists to support women with complex needs and piloting a compassion focussed therapy designed for women.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/11/2022 14:58:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1537462

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently at large having escaped from custody; and what that figure was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	74848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Data is available on the number of offenders still at large, who had escaped from custody as of 1st May of each year. Across the five years, 55 offenders escaped from custody.</p><p>Escapes from custody include where an offender flees during a court appearance, when being escorted from court to prison and, in extremely rare circumstances, directly from prison.</p><p>The vast majority were recaptured by police either immediately or within a matter of hours. Offenders who break the law will be punished and face extra time in jail when appropriate.</p><p>Please see the below table for a breakdown of these figures by year and whether the prisoner was still at large on 1st May of that year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of escapes</p></td><td><p>Of which, number still at large</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 (3)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 (4)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20 (5)</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21 (6)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22 (7)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) A prisoner escapes when they are able to pass beyond the perimeter of a secure prison or the control of escorting staff. This may involve overcoming physical security restraints such as a wall or fence; locks, bolts or bars; a secure vehicle; handcuffs; or the direct supervision of escorting staff.</p><p>(2) Includes escapes from establishments, HMPPS escorts and contractor escorts</p><p>(3) Still at large as at 1st May 2018</p><p>(4) Still at large as at 1st May 2019</p><p>(5) Still at large as at 1st May 2020</p><p>(6) Still at large as at 1st May 2021</p><p>(7) Still at large as at 1st May 2022</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/11/2022 15:52:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1537440

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the National Offender Management Service on recruitment and retention of staff.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	74579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Having experienced staff in our prisons is vital to ensuring prisons remain safe, secure and decent. Ministers receive regular briefings from Prison Service leadership on prison resourcing and proactive measures are being taken to improve recruitment and retention.</p><p>There are recruitment campaigns open for all prisons with vacancies and a tailored approach to recruitment advertising is being taken at sites where it is harder to recruit.</p><p>We made a significant investment in pay for prison staff through the 2022/23 pay award. This delivered an increase in base pay of at least 4% for all staff between bands 2 to 11, alongside further targeted pay rises for our lowest paid staff of up to £3,000.</p><p>Since April 2022, we have also invested in several new initiatives to improve the experience of our new joiners and increase retention. These include a new peer-to-peer learning scheme, the introduction of mentors for new prison officers, piloting additional staff support and supervision in two prisons, and new leadership training in prisons facing retention challenges.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/11/2022 17:29:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers