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1093453

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	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 assessment has been made of the Supreme Court Judgment given on 30 January 2019 entitled 'In the matter of an application by Lorraine Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) R (on the application of P, G and W) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Appellants) R (on the application of P) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others (Respondents)' on the feasibility of implementing Recommendation 34 of the Lammy Review.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	235745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Following the recent Supreme Court judgment on criminal records disclosure, we are considering outstanding recommendations for reform of the criminal records system, including those made by David Lammy MP. We are working through the detail of the Supreme Court’s judgment alongside these recommendations, and will be able to update further in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 16:47:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1104691

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has (a) conducted or (b) commissioned on whether the correct legal procedures are being followed in relation to adjudications in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	236493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service conduct regular audits of prisons which include examining whether staff employed on adjudication duties are properly trained and competent to carry out these procedures. It also reviews whether or not governors are reviewing the conduct of adjudications to ensure that they are fair, lawful and just, that punishments are normally within locally published guidelines and proportionate, and that no prisoner is charged or punished for any other reason than their disciplinary behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Any deficiencies feature in the audit report and contribute to the overall audit rating for the establishment. Prison Group Directors also use the audit report to monitor any remedial action and challenge poor practice.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 16:58:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1104748

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults took place in each prison in the 12 months to September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	236506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Figures showing the number of assault incidents at each prison in England and Wales between October 2017 and September 2018 are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. The Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan case management process for prisoners at risk of violence has been mandated for all prisons and will be fully in place by the end of April 2019. We are improving perimeter security and using other equipment such as body scanners to address the supply of drugs. We are confident that these initiatives, together with the many other measures that we are taking to protect our staff, will reduce the level of violence in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 236506 Richard Burgon MP table (002).xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1104762

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current number of vacancies is in each community rehabilitation company.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	236510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. CRCs have the authority to manage staff numbers as per their business and operating models. Robust assurance of performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits, and Internal Audit activity as required. There is regular monitoring of service delivery, including a focus on validating published performance management information. CRC performance information showing services levels against a range of measures is released quarterly as part of the Community Performance Quarterly Management Information.</p><p> </p><p>We take seriously concerns raised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) and others over staffing levels, particularly for resettlement work with prisoners nearing the end of their custodial term. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs last year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019. We are currently proposing further changes to probation after the existing CRC contracts come to an end in 2020. The proposed changes include measures to ensure the probation workforce is better supported to build their careers and deliver a high-quality service to offenders, such as introducing a standard training framework for staff and a national professional register to recognise the specialism and value of probation work.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 16:56:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1104768

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers worked at over 110% capacity at some point during 2018 in each community rehabilitation company.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	236516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Figures on the caseloads of probation officers are not collected centrally. A probation worker’s tasks are not based solely on the number of cases they are managing, but the level of supervision each case requires.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 18:39:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1092095

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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, what the maximum number of offenders is who can be tagged and monitored at any one time under the new national GPS tagging of offenders scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	234706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The current national rollout of new GPS technology, will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind.</p><p> </p><p>Legislative and policy guidelines determine which offenders and subjects on bail are eligible to be tagged. Within this framework, decision makers will apply normal, reasonableness, proportionality and necessity tests, along with consideration of the practical outcome that the imposition of the tag is aiming to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Department’s GPS pilot indicates that in steady state there will be approx 4000 location monitoring starts a year with a maximum of approx 1000 subjects on a GPS tag at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234709 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:53:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1092097

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily number of offenders on Home Detention Curfew has been in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	234707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to be released early and work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the average daily number of offenders on HDC without incurring disproportionate costs. However, to give an indication, the table attached provides the number of offenders on HDC each week for the last 12 months. This is taken from the prison population statistics, which are published weekly and can be found on Gov.uk</p><p><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>All offenders released on HDC are required to wear a tag for 24 hours a day. They are subject to a curfew, which is electronically monitored through the tag. Legislation requires that the curfew period(s) must not total less than nine hours during any one day, but the general expectation is that the curfew should be set for 12 hours a day.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234708 question first answered 28/03/2019 17:12:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 234707_.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1092098

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all offenders on the Home Detention Curfew scheme are required to wear a tag 24 hours a day.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	234708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a robust scheme which allows prisoners to be released early and work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the average daily number of offenders on HDC without incurring disproportionate costs. However, to give an indication, the table attached provides the number of offenders on HDC each week for the last 12 months. This is taken from the prison population statistics, which are published weekly and can be found on Gov.uk</p><p><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>All offenders released on HDC are required to wear a tag for 24 hours a day. They are subject to a curfew, which is electronically monitored through the tag. Legislation requires that the curfew period(s) must not total less than nine hours during any one day, but the general expectation is that the curfew should be set for 12 hours a day.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234707 question first answered 28/03/2019 17:12:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 234707_.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1092099

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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, what criteria will be used to determine which offenders are required to wear (a) a new GPS tag and (b) the older type of location tag.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	234709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The current national rollout of new GPS technology, will help strengthen supervision, enforce exclusion zones and give victims greater peace of mind.</p><p> </p><p>Legislative and policy guidelines determine which offenders and subjects on bail are eligible to be tagged. Within this framework, decision makers will apply normal, reasonableness, proportionality and necessity tests, along with consideration of the practical outcome that the imposition of the tag is aiming to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Department’s GPS pilot indicates that in steady state there will be approx 4000 location monitoring starts a year with a maximum of approx 1000 subjects on a GPS tag at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234706 question first answered 28/03/2019 16:53:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1104787

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people working on developing the NOMS Digital Transformation Programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	236285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The NOMS Digital Transformation Programme (actually known as the NOMS Digital and Change Programme) constituted of a number of parts, the final one of which, Digital Prisons, was officially confirmed as closed down by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) in February 2019. There are no staff currently working on this programme.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 17:27:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett