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1000222

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
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 potential merits of increasing the number of closed-contact visits in prisons to prevent smuggling.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Visits play an important part of reducing reoffending as good relationships with family and friends is proved to reduce risk of reoffending.</p><p>The management and guidance for the use of closed visits is within Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 15/2011. The PSI specifies that closed visits should be imposed where there is an identified risk of smuggling prohibited items.</p><p>We recognise the benefits that Internet Based Video Services (IBVS) can provide in assisting prisoners with maintaining family ties. At present, however, prisoners are not allowed to use an IBVS as a way of communicating, due to operational concerns about the control measures available to safeguard the use of such communications. Work is currently underway to explore the options for the use of IBVS in establishments with strict safeguards in place, and the possibility of making greater use of such within prisons in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187327 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000223

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
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 the merits of using video technology to allow relatives and friends to speak to convicted prisoners at appointed times.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Visits play an important part of reducing reoffending as good relationships with family and friends is proved to reduce risk of reoffending.</p><p>The management and guidance for the use of closed visits is within Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 15/2011. The PSI specifies that closed visits should be imposed where there is an identified risk of smuggling prohibited items.</p><p>We recognise the benefits that Internet Based Video Services (IBVS) can provide in assisting prisoners with maintaining family ties. At present, however, prisoners are not allowed to use an IBVS as a way of communicating, due to operational concerns about the control measures available to safeguard the use of such communications. Work is currently underway to explore the options for the use of IBVS in establishments with strict safeguards in place, and the possibility of making greater use of such within prisons in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187326 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000239

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the number places in residential women's centres that were funded by the Government in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	187366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The publication of the female offender strategy on 27 June is the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system. It sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, and a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully.</p><p> </p><p>Our vision for the ‘residential women’s centres’ pilot is the provision of an intensive residential support package in the community for women at risk of, or having served, short custodial sentences. The intention is to divert them from custody where appropriate and support them to address the underlying causes of their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We are not aware of any past or existing provision that fully accords with this, therefore we are unable to provide any information about how many places in women’s residential centres were funded by the Government in each year since 2010. However, there are several similar small-scale models such as Willowdene Farm, Anawim and Threshold Housing First, whose experiences and knowledge will be used to inform the work undertaken in the residential women’s centres pilot.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:22:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000286

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in relation to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	187302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not incurred any expenditure on consultancy related to EU Exit from July-16 to date.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:19:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1001928

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish its map of women's centres and rape crisis centres.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	188123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Women’s centres and rape support centres are independent organisations. The MoJ has provided funding to both, but does not oversee their work and bears no responsibility for maintaining records of them. Maps have been produced in the past showing snapshots of their number and location at that point in time. The women’s centres map was published in guidance for the police on working with vulnerable women, alongside the female offender strategy in June 2018; the rape support centres map has been shared with various stakeholders, but has not been published and there are no plans at present to publish it.</p><p>Our female offender’s strategy sets out a programme of work to improve outcomes for female offenders, based on our vision of seeing fewer women entering the justice system and serving short custodial sentences, and better conditions for those women in custody. We are keen to work in partnership with women’s centres and other local organisations to deliver this vision.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:20:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1001987

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the allocation of funds to the probation service since the probation service was combined with the prison service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	188253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) is responsible for the delivery of prison and probation services in England and Wales. These services were first brought together with the creation of the National Offender Management Service in 2004, which became HMPPS in 2017.</p><p>In respect of determining how much money is spent and how funding is determined for prisons/probation, it should be noted that annual budget allocations are set as part of the Ministry of Justice’s annual budget allocation process and subject to any in year movements or organisation restructure changes. These allocations are made on the basis of need and according to Departmental priorities. The allocation of funds for the services provided by HMPPS is carefully planned and prioritised on a regular basis in order to ensure HMPPS is able to continue to deliver its services for all offenders sentenced by the courts for either supervision in the community or custody.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:12:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1002005

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each police force area in each year between 2007 and 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	188015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2007 to 2012, can be viewed in the table below: <strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences under Section 8 Animal Welfare Act 2006, by police force area, England and Wales, 2007 to 2012 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong> <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Police Force Area</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2007</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2008 <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>Found guilty</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</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><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</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><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</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><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>'-'= Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>(3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:17:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1002006

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dog Fighting: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against under and (b) convicted of dog fighting offences in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	188016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 11 prosecutions and 2 convictions in 2016, and 2 prosecutions and 0 convictions in 2017 in England and Wales for dog fighting offences.</p><p>This information was obtained from a manual review of court case files that centrally held data indicated may be relevant, and as such has not been through the same quality assurance processes as for routinely published data.</p><p>These figures relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:15:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1002165

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
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 30 October to Question 183925 and with reference to the announcement of 22 April, by what date his Department expects to have employed the final 500 additional prison staff.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	188211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Prison Officer recruitment has continued since the 22 April announcement. According to the latest published workforce statistics, from October 2016 to June 2018 there was a net increase of 3,653 full time equivalent Prison Officers.</p><p>The 3,000 additional officers figure was passed in March 2018. A precise date is not available as our statistics use end of month data snapshots.</p><p>We met our public target of recruiting 2,500 extra prison officers 7 months ahead of schedule.</p><p>The latest set of HMPPS (formerly NOMS) workforce statistics covering the period to 30 June 2018 is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2018</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:19:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1002166

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October to Question 183925, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners in the early days in custody.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	188212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths and self-harm incidents across the estate. We know that prisoners are at increased risk during the early days in custody and in the period following a transfer between prisons. This is why, as part of our prison safety programme, we are continuing our efforts to support prisoners by:<br>• improving staff knowledge and understanding of the factors known to increase risk of self-harm, to help them to identify and respond appropriately to prisoners at risk. Our revised introduction to suicide and self-harm prevention training has already reached over 17,000 staff;<br>• improving the flow, quality and use of risk information about people coming into our prisons, to support effective decision-making about risk;<br>• renewing our partnership with Samaritans by confirming a further three years’ funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme, and working with them to share learning from the ‘Coping with Life in Prisons’ project, a successful pilot initiative in which Samaritans-trained ex-prisoners delivered emotional resilience training to groups of newly-arrived prisoners;<br>• producing an early days toolkit to help staff enhance their support for prisoners during their first few days and weeks in custody; and<br>• improving the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those identified as at risk of self-harm or suicide.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:11:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger