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657221

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: 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 extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places of safety and reform, and so it is right that offenders who break prison rules are properly punished. Where this amounts to a criminal offence, prisoners should expect to be investigated by the police and face more serious sanctions.</p><p>We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action. This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones, while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.</p><p>Information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners as a result of adjudications for assaults against staff and prisoners in each of the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 13:57:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 56955 - table.xlsx title assaults against staff & prisoners - adjudications previous answer version 26782 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758810

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) e-cigarettes and (b) tobacco products were sold in prison shops in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	9456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Numbers of units of e-cigarettes, vaping products and tobacco items sold in prisons in England and Wales in each month for the last year are as set out in the attached annex.</p><p>Prisons are rolling out the smoke free policy, subject to a series of assessments which will test the operational stability, readiness and health readiness of the prisons to implement the policy in a safe, decent and secure way. HMPPS’ health partners in England and Wales are fully involved in supporting prisoners with appropriate smoking cessation services in place.</p><p>The open estate across England and Wales has been smoke free indoors since October 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/09/2017 10:59:45 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2017 15:01:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons previous answer version 11646 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 9456 Annex A.docx title Number of Products Sold in Prisons
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

600746

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on an Inspection of Through the Gate Resettlement Services for Short-Term Prisoners, published in October 2016; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	48423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As with any major transition of public services we continually evaluate and review how those changes are operating, to support the achievement of our objectives.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we will not hesitate to take the necessary action to make sure our vital Transforming Rehabilitation reforms are being delivered to reduce reoffending, cut crime and prevent future victims.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/10/2016 08:56:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

600752

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what rehabilitation programmes are provided for people serving prison sentences of 12 months or less.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	48269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Prisons should be places of safety and reform. We are determined to make prisons work, so that offenders come out of prison better able to find work and support their families, and less likely to reoffend.</p><p>Those serving sentences of under 12 months in custody have access to education; work; offending behaviour programmes; health services, including help with drugs or alcohol problems; and resettlement support in custody and into the community. Our reforms to probation services mean that, for the first time in recent history, they also receive statutory support and supervision on release.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 19/10/2016 16:33:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

600753

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to undertake a full review of sentencing guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	48270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Sentencing Guidelines are issued by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, a body independent of Government.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/10/2016 13:37:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

600754

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans that a review of Through the Gate provision for offenders serving 12 months or less will begin; and when she plans to present the findings of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	48271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As with any major transition of public services we continually evaluate and review how those changes are operating, to support the achievement of our objectives.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our top priority and we will not hesitate to take the necessary action to make sure our vital Transforming Rehabilitation reforms are being delivered to reduce reoffending, cut crime and prevent future victims.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/10/2016 09:03:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

600755

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons are facilitating the Government's Through the Gate provision for offenders serving 12 months or less.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	48272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>As a result of the reforms to probation services, for the first time, adult offenders serving under 12 months in custody can access the Through the Gate resettlement service in prison and into the community. To support this unprecedented resettlement service we established a network of 89 Resettlement Prisons to facilitate the transition from custody into the community to enable the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to work with those prisoners returning to their local area. The contracts with CRCs also provide for such services even where a prisoner has not been transferred to a designated resettlement prison prior to release.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/10/2016 13:29:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

631217

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bedford Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) band 3-5 officers, (b) operational support grade officers and (c) other grades have been employed at HMP Bedford in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	52180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Information on staff in post within HMP Bedford requested for 31 March from 2010 to 2013 is contained in the attached table. Information from 2014 onwards is published in the NOMS Workforce Statistics Bulletin available on the gov.uk website.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NOMS Staff in Post By Grade at HMP Bedford, 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 3-5 Officers</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band 2 / Operational Support</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other grades</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>242</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/12/2016 11:24:51 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

631218

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bedford Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time spent out of cell each day for prisoners in HMP Bedford was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	52181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/11/2016 15:45:21 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

631219

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bedford Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults on staff (b) assaults on prisoners and (c) self-harm incidents occurred at HMP Bedford in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	52182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Safety in Custody statistics, including assaults on prison staff and prisoners and self-harm incidents, are published quarterly, and establishment level data are updated annually. The latest bulletin was published on 27 October 2016 and can be found on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/11/2016 11:31:58 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon