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1148259

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	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 steps he is taking to reduce costs across the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	294218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/10/2019 15:43:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1149543

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mobile Phones and Social Media
	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 prevent prisoners uploading footage and accessing YouTube and other social media channels in prison; and if he will provide prison officers with enhanced (a) powers and (b) technology to find and seize mobile phones hidden inside prisoners' bodies.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is taking decisive action to stop mobile phones from entering prison and, where they do get in, finding them and stopping them from working.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS already has significant powers to search people on entry to prison. We are investing £100 million in prison security with tough airport-style security and X-ray body scanners to detect contraband such as mobile phones, hidden inside prisoners’ bodies</p><p> </p><p>During a prisoner’s period of detention HMPPS may conduct searches of the person, property, cell and area searches, aided by dedicated search teams, metal-detecting scanners and phone detection technology.</p><p> </p><p>To strengthen HMPPS’ ability to find mobile phones and stop them from working, last year amendments were made to the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy Act) 2012. These amendments would enable public communications providers, such as a mobile phone network operator, to be authorised to interfere with wireless telegraphy in prisons. Working with mobile network operators, as industry experts, will place HMPPS in a better position to develop future-proofed solutions. In addition, Telecommunication Restriction Orders have allowed HMPPS to block the use of specific mobile phones in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, HMPPS’ award winning Digital Investigations Unit works with prisons to identify offenders accessing websites and shuts their access down quickly. In 2018, over 594 social media profiles were removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/10/2019 15:12:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1150209

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to make whole-life orders mandatory when sentencing people found guilty of the murder of a child; and how many child murderers were released into Hampshire in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	1072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Whole-life orders are the most severe form of punishment that the courts can impose, as such they are reserved for the most heinous cases of murder.</p><p>Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets out that a whole life order is currently the appropriate starting point for the murder of a child involving the abduction of a child or sexual or sadistic motivation. As part of a forthcoming Sentencing Bill, we will look at extending the range of circumstances where the starting point, in cases of murder, is a whole life order. We do not publish information on the areas that offenders are released to for operational security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/10/2019 17:02:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1151428

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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 steps he is taking to reduce costs across the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	3793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>It remains the case that we are investing in our prisons to deliver value for the taxpayer but, more importantly, rehabilitate offenders to reduce their likelihood of reoffending – which costs society around £18 billion each year.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s wider law and order agenda we have committed to:</p><ul><li>Creating an additional 10,000 modern, efficient prison places, to crack down on crime behind bars. This investment means prison places will become cheaper per place, per year.</li><li>Investing £100 million to bolster security in jails, introducing tough airport-style security scanners, mobile phone detection and prevention technology, and anti-corruption and intelligence operations. This investment will help to reduce drugs and violence across the estate, leading to an overall reduction in costs for other public sector agencies associated with prisons, such as the police and the NHS.</li><li>Spending an additional £156 million on maintenance of the prison estate, to update critical infrastructure such as fire systems and boilers, refurbish cells and showers and improve conditions for those living and working in prisons requiring the most urgent attention.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Although we are significantly investing in prisons, we are continuing with efforts to drive efficiencies across the estate to ensure as much money as possible goes back into keeping our prisons safe, decent and secure. This includes empowering Governors to make local decisions on how to spend their budget in a way that creates the most value for money and efficiency, and through better use of technology including video conferencing; facial recognition technology; and kiosks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we want to support Governors in reaching out into communities to ensure that we join up across our system and work with others to address the needs of offenders to stop them coming into or returning to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/10/2019 14:40:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1177386

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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 steps he is taking to reduce costs across the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	14772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my previous response given to PQ 3793 on 30 October 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:51:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1177857

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the findings of the study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology on 29 January 2020, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of drinking alcohol during pregnancy on children's (a) intelligence and (b) weight; and if he will take steps to criminalise excessive drinking of alcohol during a known pregnancy.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>No discussions have taken place between the Justice Secretary and Health Secretary on this matter. Any decision on whether to criminalise excessive drinking of alcohol during a known pregnancy would be a matter for the Department for Health and Social Care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/02/2020 16:04:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1184856

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Transgender People
	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 effect on the number of custodial sentences imposed of the requirement for Gender Recognition Certificates when imposing a custodial prison sentence.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	29248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>There is no requirement for Gender Recognition Certificates (GRCs) when imposing a custodial prison sentence. The Government’s policy in relation to the care and management of individuals who are transgender in custody, including those holding a GRC, was published in July 2019 and is available on Govt.UK. The number of transgender offenders in custody is published annually as part of the HMPPS Equality Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/03/2020 14:52:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1649786

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on flying flags other than the Union flag on court buildings.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	192124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for issuing guidance on the flying of flags on Government buildings, including the Union flag and other flags. Any guidance shared with the courts on flag flying by HMCTS has been issued by DCMS.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has not shared any guidance on flying flags other than the Union flag in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 10/07/2023 13:35:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1716386

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what service level agreements his Department has in place for the operation of the probate office within HM Courts and Tribunal Service.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	25290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS has several internal service standards which have been set as a result of the action plan to recover performance in the probate service.</p><p>This includes the overall interim target of reducing average waiting times to 8 weeks for a grant of probate from the receipt of the documentation needed to process the application.</p><p>Management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly) shows the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, from receipt of documentation, reduced by 3 weeks in March 2024 to 9 weeks.</p><p>The digitisation of the probate service has enabled HMCTS to significantly increase the range of performance data which is available publicly by both MoJ and HMCTS and can now include more granular data on types of application received and grants issued. In addition, average grant processing time (timeliness) is published and can be interrogated using a range of filters.</p><p>A full time series of Official Statistics back to Q3 2019 is published in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a> and currently covers the period up to December 2023.</p><p>More recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly) provides waiting time information up to March 2023 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/05/2024 14:00:29 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena