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101665

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
	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 19 June 2014 to Question 200960, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Coventry South to provide the information he omitted to provide in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I wrote to the Honourable Member on 3 November with the information he requested in his Question 200960, and apologising for the delay in writing to him.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 17:21:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90357

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category D long-sentenced prisoners who have more than two years left to serve to earliest release date are currently in open conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>As at 30 June 2014, there were 24 determinate sentence prisoners held in open conditions with more than two years left to serve before their earliest release date and 18 indeterminate sentence prisoners in open conditions with more than two years left to serve before their tariff expiry[1].</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Those prisoners with at least two more years left before their earliest release will either be serving a determinate sentence of four years or more, or an indeterminate sentence with a minimum tariff of two years or more. The earliest date on which an indeterminate sentence prisoner (ISP) may be released from custody is on completion of “tariff” – that is, the minimum period to be served in custody, as determined by the Court, for the purposes of retribution and deterrence.</p><p>Progression to open conditions is never automatic and only follows a satisfactory assessment of the prisoner’s reduction in risk to a level that is manageable in conditions of lower security. The assessment will take account of issues including successful completion of any offending behaviour programmes identified as essential to the risk reduction process and any security intelligence or other information that provides evidence of the prisoner’s trustworthiness for open conditions. For determinate sentence prisoners, this assessment is carried out by an operational manager in the holding prison. For ISPs, it generally involves a recommendation by the independent Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>Once allocated to open prison, prisoners continue to be monitored and are returned to closed prison immediately if there are any concerns about their suitability for such conditions.</p><p> </p><p>When a prisoner moves to the less rigid structure of open conditions an assessment of how the prisoner will adapt to increasing responsibility. For many prisoners, in particular those such as life sentence prisoners, who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these can be important components for successful reintegration in the community and therefore a mechanism to help protect the public by reducing the likelihood of reoffending.</p><br /><p>[1] Please note that these figures do not include prisoners held in open conditions in non-predominant function open prisons, nor those held in open sites that are part of multi-site establishments performing different functions, nor those held in small (under 50 place) open units at predominant function closed prisons. Women and young adults are included in the figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/11/2014 14:00:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100495

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Counselling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to provide emotional support for inmates of young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to providing emotional support to young people and young adults in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs). All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support offenders in need of emotional support or at risk of harming themselves.</p><p> </p><p>These procedures include the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process which is an offender-centred, flexible care planning system designed to ensure that offenders at risk are managed in a way that is responsive to individual needs, including those related to age. A recent review of the ACCT process for young people made a number of recommendations that are being taken forward by the National Offender Management Service.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England provide a commissioned healthcare service to all YOIs which includes GPs, nurses and mental health professionals to support those with an identified physical or mental health need in custody. Support services provided under contract are equitable with those provided in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare services are supported by the chaplaincy team which offers a range of pastoral support services and by the Samaritans who provide free helpline access and train young offenders aged 18 and over to act as ‘Listeners’, that is, peer supporters for other young offenders who are in crisis.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:11:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

102062

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	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 19 June 2014 to Question 200962, on mobile telephones, how many mobile telephones and SIM cards were found in each prison in England and Wales in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of finds in each prison establishment for the calendar year 2013 is shown in the table below. Please note that one find may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is clamping down on the use of mobile phones in prisons, and seizures have increased. Prisons use a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband such intelligence-led searches, body searches, use of x-ray machines, metal detectors and CCTV surveillance cameras, as well as body orifice scanners.</p><p> </p><p>The Offender Management Act 2007 made it a criminal offence to convey specific items, including mobile phones and associated equipment into or out of a prison or to transmit sounds or images from within a prison. In March 2012, the Crime and Security Act 2010 also made it an offence, with a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine, to possess an unauthorised mobile phone or other electronic equipment or component element that can receive or transmit information electronically within a prison.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON</p></td><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,451</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALTCOURSE</p></td><td><p><strong>290</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASHWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ASKHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AYLESBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEDFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BELMARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>126</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIRMINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>133</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLANTYRE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLUNDESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRINSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRISTOL</p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRIXTON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRONZEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUCKLEY HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLINGDON</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BULLWOOD HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BURE</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANTERBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARDIFF</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHANNINGS WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>39</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHELMSFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLDINGLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COOKHAM WOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DARTMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEERBOLT</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DONCASTER</p></td><td><p><strong>182</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DORCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVEGATE</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOVER</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DOWNVIEW</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DRAKE HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DURHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST SUTTON PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EASTWOOD PARK</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ELMLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ERLESTOKE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERTHORPE</p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EXETER</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FEATHERSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FELTHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FORD</p></td><td><p><strong>202</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOREST BANK</p></td><td><p><strong>165</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FOSTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRANKLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FULL SUTTON</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTH</p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GARTREE</p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLEN PARVA</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOUCESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GRENDON/SPRING HILL</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>GRENDON</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>SPRINGHILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>117</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GUYS MARSH</p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HATFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HASLAR</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HAVERIGG</p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP HEWELL</p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGH DOWN</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIGHPOINT</p></td><td><p><strong>203</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HINDLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLESLEY BAY</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLLOWAY</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HOLME HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HULL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HUNTERCOMBE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISIS HMP/YOI</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ISLE OF WIGHT</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>ALBANY</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>0</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>CAMP HILL</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>1</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>PARKHURST</em></p></td><td><p><strong><em>16</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KENNET</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KINGSTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>488</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER CASTLE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANCASTER FARMS</p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LATCHMERE HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEEDS</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEWES</p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEYHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINCOLN</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LINDHOLME</p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LITTLEHEY</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LIVERPOOL</p></td><td><p><strong>65</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONG LARTIN</p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOWDHAM GRANGE</p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOW NEWTON</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MAIDSTONE</p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MANCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOORLAND CLOSED</p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MORTON HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MOUNT</p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEW HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH SEA CAMP</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHALLERTON</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTHUMBERLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORWICH</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NOTTINGHAM</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OAKWOOD</p></td><td><p><strong>194</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARC</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PENTONVILLE</p></td><td><p><strong>149</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PETERBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PORTLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESTON</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RANBY</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING</p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RISLEY</p></td><td><p><strong>84</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RYE HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEND</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHEPTON MALLET</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SHREWSBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STAFFORD</p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STANDFORD HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOCKEN</p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STOKE HEATH</p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>STYAL</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SUDBURY</p></td><td><p><strong>134</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWALESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWANSEA</p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWINFEN HALL</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THAMESIDE</p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THORN CROSS</p></td><td><p><strong>109</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USK</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRESCOED</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VERNE</p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAKEFIELD</p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WANDSWORTH</p></td><td><p><strong>119</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WARREN HILL</p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WAYLAND</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEALSTUN</p></td><td><p><strong>120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WELLINGBOROUGH</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WERRINGTON HOUSE</p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WETHERBY</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHATTON</p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WHITEMOOR</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINCHESTER</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOLDS</p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOODHILL</p></td><td><p><strong>64</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORMWOOD SCRUBS</p></td><td><p><strong>128</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WYMOTT</p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/11/2014 17:38:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100497

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent young people with mental illnesses and depression from being sentenced to custody in young offenders institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	211572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>When sentencing a child or young person under the age 18, courts have a duty to have regard to the welfare of the offender, which includes their mental health.</p><p> </p><p>Youth Offending Teams provide courts with a pre-sentence report for each young person, including information about their mental health and any self-harming or risk taking behaviour. Where emotional and mental health issues have been identified, a referral to the mental health specialist worker should be made for completion of a Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool which will provide details about the support and type of intervention programme needed, tailored to their needs. The pre-sentence report should assess the potential impact of any custodial sentence imposed by the court (including the impact on mental health).</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, the Government announced £25 million of funding for the Liaison and Diversion Programme, which will join up police and courts with mental health services and to fund the provision of mental health professionals to give prompt and appropriate treatment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Programme, commissioned by NHS England, identifies, assesses and refers people of all ages with a wide range of mental health and other issues on first contact with the criminal justice system. A person assessed with single or multiple vulnerabilities will be referred to the appropriate treatment or support service and care and/or support will be instigated.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/10/2014 16:33:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham