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	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Smuggling
	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 commissioned on the routes which are used to bring contraband into prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Our national, regional and prison-level intelligence teams and our Security Risk Unit build a picture of how various forms of contraband, including drugs and mobile phones, enter our prisons. In March last year we further augmented this capability by investing £14 million in intelligence teams and new serious and organised crime teams to work closely with the Home Office, National Crime Agency and police forces.</p><p> </p><p>The research paper <em>The Demand for and Use of Illicit Phones in Prisons </em>published in 2018 also explains that illicit mobile phones can enter prisons in a number of ways. This can be viewed <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/726874/The_demand_for_and_use_of_illicit_phones_in_prison_web_.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our security counter-measures then assist us to stop contraband from entering prisons, retrieve it and thereby frustrate illicit trade and further criminal activity within the prison. Most recently we have moved to draft specialist search teams into prisons across England and Wales, and invested £7 million to enhance security through scanners, improved searching techniques and phone blocking technology.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:56:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 96840 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

1041291

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims were won by prisoners for loss or damage to their property held by the prison service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years can be found in the table below. This is in respect of litigation claims made against public sector prisons in England and Wales and does not include contracted out establishments.</p><p>The information requested for the period prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of successful litigation claims by prisoners for loss or damage to property 2016-17 and 2017-18 - Public Sector Prisons, England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of successful claims</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Successful litigation claims are defined as those which were won by the prisoner and those in which HMPPS (and previously NOMS) agreed to settle.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/01/2019 18:24:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon