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810213

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions wings of publicly-owned prisons have been closed due to insufficient staff levels in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to making our prisons safe and is actively taking the measures necessary to ensure that. We are boosting the number of prison officers by 2,500 and we have already reached the halfway mark over the past year with a further 1,211 candidates who have received job offers. In addition to that, we are also giving officers the tools they need to manage violent offenders – investing in body-worn cameras, new style handcuffs and piloting PAVA incapacitant spray.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:25:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 33813 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846136

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from January to June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:13:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44279 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846137

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money was spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month from July to December 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to cover resourcing pressures and ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons as well as being able to respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 the former Secretary of State announced HMPPS would be recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers by December 2018. Good progress is being made to hit this target, with 1,970 additional officers recruited by 31<sup>st</sup> December 2017. These new staff will reduce the need for Detached Duty.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings made through Redfern Travel Ltd <strong>only</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Please see table attached for data from 2013 – 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/03/2018 17:36:01 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2018 19:13:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 128831-128837.press cleared (002).xlsx title Table previous answer version 44280 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

805320

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
	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 of violence against prison officers on the retention of prisoner officers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The safety and security of our prisons must always take priority and action to address retention rates are being taken forward as part of the government’s plan to increase the number of prison officers by 2,500, to improve safety and security. We have already recruited 1,255 extra prison officers over the past year. Exit interviews and qualitative analysis has helped to build an understanding of why prison officers leave the Service.</p><p> </p><p>We are actively working with our prisons to drive positive change in the prisons with the highest attrition rates. This includes the appointment of 75 additional prison officer mentors to support our new staff alongside working proactively with Governors to take local action based on the common themes identified.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested in in 5,600 body-worn cameras to help protect our prison staff, alongside training to improve interactions with prisoners. These will provide high-quality evidence to support prosecutions brought against prisoners. In October, we also launched a new case management model to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those identified as posing a raised risk of being violent.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 17:47:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806040

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings. Please see table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Hotel Bookings</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost Hotels</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. Rail Bookings</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost Rail</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec 2016 </strong></p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>£152,215.55</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>£17,336.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>751</p></td><td><p>£190,440.04</p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>£25,827.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>602</p></td><td><p>£179,890.49</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>£23,212.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>£208,199.35</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>£26.340.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>£190,137.31</p></td><td><p>621</p></td><td><p>£21,957.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>£196,172.76</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>£20,666.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>£185,084.90</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>£21,249.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>671</p></td><td><p>£230,523.78</p></td><td><p>499</p></td><td><p>£22,496.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>857</p></td><td><p>£289,386.37</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>£20,727.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>767</p></td><td><p>£279.052.29</p></td><td><p>516</p></td><td><p>£24,143.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>837</p></td><td><p>£320,363.26</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>£26,363.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>£267,479.50</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>£23,858.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8129</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2,409,893.31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6699</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£247,838.95</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 17:47:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806042

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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 much has been paid in compensation from the public purse to prison staff as a result of injuries suffered in a violent attack on the prison estate in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	119251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>£450,000 was paid in damages to prison staff in 2016/17 who had brought personal injury claims following alleged assaults.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 17:48:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

816693

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	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 20 December 2017 to Question 119037, how many Category B prisoners were held in Category C prisons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	121120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed as to their risk of escape or abscond, as well as their risk of harm to the public should they escape or abscond. This ensures allocation of prisoners to a prison that provides appropriate levels of security.</p><p> </p><p>Category B prisoners are not routinely held in category C prisons. Small numbers of prisoners that have recently been recategorised to B can be held in category C prisons for short periods pending transfer to a more appropriate location. The number of such prisoners as of 31 December for the last five years are set out in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 18:12:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

816968

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to prioritise imprisonment for public protection cases; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	121395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Listing of cases for hearings is a matter for the independent Parole Board. The Board is committed to ensuring that all of those entitled to parole hearings are dealt with in a timely fashion and has been focused on reducing excessive delays for all those entitled to parole hearings including indeterminate sentenced prisoners.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 18:10:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

816969

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to increase the transparency of Parole Board decisions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	121396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that there is a strong argument for reviewing the case for transparency in the process for parole decisions and how victims are appropriately engaged in that process.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Justice made a statement on this matter on 9 January in the House and has spoken to Nick Hardwick, the Parole Board Chair and Baroness Newlove, the Victims’ Commissioner to discuss what changes might be made.</p><p> </p><p>The review, which will be led by the Ministry of Justice, is being accorded priority so that decisions can be taken by Easter and I will share more information on this and the terms of reference shortly.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 18:10:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

816986

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sex Offender Treatment Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of its sex offender treatment programmes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	121413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to reducing reoffending and addressing the needs of those individuals convicted of a sexual offence. We keep treatment programmes under constant review to reduce reoffending and protect the public. The new programmes for sex offenders which we have introduced over the past two years, Horizon and Kaizen, draw on the latest international evidence on effective treatment for this cohort of offenders.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2018 18:09:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon