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date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of housing an individual in (a) a probation hostel and (b) approved premises for 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	197611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>On release from custody, offenders who meet the referral criteria may be accommodated in an Approved Premises (AP). (APs were formerly known as Probation &amp; Bail Hostels.)There are 100 APs in England &amp; Wales, providing supervised accommodation for offenders under probation supervision. They also house a small number of defendants on bail.</p><p> </p><p>Most APs are managed by probation trusts and funded out of the total grant paid to the trust by the National Offender Management Service. The AP element is not separately identified. Because of this funding arrangement, it is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

49550

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Prison Service Gold Command has been opened in each of the last 36 months; and what the nature was of each incident that caused it to be opened.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	197468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A Gold Command Suite (GCS) is located at National Offender Management Service (NOMS) headquarters in London. It provides strategic assistance in the managing of serious prison incidents to the Governor of a prison in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reason</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hostage</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Concerted indiscipline</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Escape</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Industrial Action</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Barricade</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Disturbances</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>At Height</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Barricade</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miscellaneous</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Although there has been an increase in the number of times the GCS was opened, the number of callouts of Tornado staff (a mutual aid arrangement between prisons who respond to the most serious incidents that cannot be managed locally) is half of what it was in 2007. There has been no rise in the number of serious incidents being attended.</p><p> </p><p>A large part of the increase in the number of times the GCS was opened was for hostage incidents. Many incidents that we manage as “hostage” we believe to be acts of collusion between the alleged perpetrator and victim(s) in attempts to have their demands met. NOMS National Tactical Response Group, which has the specialist skills required to deal with such incidents, is frequently called to attend as a precautionary measure. Many of these incidents are dealt with very quickly with minimal disruption to the prison.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander