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1697938

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs and Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the smuggling of (a) drugs and (b) communication devices into prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	19817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling the smuggling of all illicit items into prisons, including drugs and communication devices such as mobile phones.</p><p>We completed the £100 million Security Investment Programme in March 2022, which included funding to bolster physical security measures. This investment delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners, resulting in full coverage across the closed adult male estate. As of October 2023, we had recorded 46,925 positive indications, helping to tackle the supply of drugs and mobile phones into prisons. We also deployed Enhanced Gate Security to 42 high-risk prisons under this investment, implementing routine searching of staff and visitors. This included 659 dedicated staff, 154 drug sniffing dogs and over 200 pieces of equipment.</p><p>We have 165 drug trace detection machines across the prison estate to prevent the smuggling of drugs, such as psychoactive substances, through the mail. The rollout of an additional 20 next-generation devices was completed in March 2024, meaning every public section prison now has this next-generation equipment.</p><p>X-ray baggage scanners have been installed at 49 sites (45 prisons and 4 learning centres) building on the rollout of our X-ray body scanners, gate security and drug trace detection machines.</p><p>New airspace restrictions took effect on 25 January 2024 to create 400 metre flight restriction zones around all closed prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales. These will ensure swift action is taken against criminal drone activity, including the smuggling of illicit items.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/03/2024 15:32:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1655881

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to help ensure parity in sentencing for assaults on (a) police and (b) prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>When deciding what sentence to impose the courts take into account the circumstances of the offence, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any aggravating and mitigating factors in line with any relevant sentencing guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council. The guidelines are designed to increase consistency and transparency in sentencing.</p><p>The Council’s Totality guideline sets out that offences committed within a prison context should generally run consecutively to any sentence currently being served.</p><p>The Government does not tolerate assaults against our emergency workers, including police and prison officers. That is why we doubled the penalty for assault of an emergency worker through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 from 12 months to two years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/09/2023 10:17:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1655894

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Animals: Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has held with the Sentencing Council on the adequacy of sentencing guidelines for people who have purchased online videos of the graphic torture of animals abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	195771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Ministers have not discussed the topic raised in this question with the Sentencing Council.</p><p>Sentencing guidelines are developed by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so. Where behaviours constitute a criminal offence, it is open to the Council to issue guidelines on factors that should be considered which may affect the sentence given. The Government cannot require the Council to develop or review particular guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/09/2023 15:30:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1563505

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last undertook a review of the sentencing guidelines for murder.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	114548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>Murder convictions must attract a mandatory life sentence. Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (now Schedule 21 of the Sentencing Act 2020) introduced statutory guidance to be applied by the independent courts when setting the minimum term of imprisonment, which is followed by release on licence.</p><p>The Government regularly reviews Schedule 21, most recently as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 which expanded the list of whole life order (WLO) starting points to include the premediated murder of a child and enabled judges to impose a WLO on those aged 18-20 in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>Furthermore, in 2021 the Government commissioned an independent expert, Clare Wade KC, to undertake a review of domestic homicide sentencing. The review was delivered to the department in June 2022 and the Government is carefully considering its recommendations and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2023 09:26:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1563507

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on what the average custodial sentence for a person convicted of murder was in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	114549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on the average length of the minimum term (sometimes known as a ‘tariff’) for life sentences for murder convictions, as is set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of Sentence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Tariff (years)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Tariff (months)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p>Note that the minimum term is the time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date. The figures do not include whole-life orders. The numbers are subject to revision as more data become available; any changes in the numbers since the last publication of this information is as a result of more sentencing data becoming available.</p><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p><strong>Source: Public Protection Unit Database. </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1523541

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Havering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	65654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Spending Review 2021 provided councils with £1.6 billion of new grant funding in each year between 2022-23 and 2024-25 to meet pressures in social care and other local services, resulting in £4.8 billion of additional grant in total over the three years. This represents the largest annual increases in core funding for local authorities in over a decade.</p><p>The 2022-23 Local Government Finance Settlement makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils in total, including funding for adult social care reform. Funding allocations for future years will be confirmed by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/10/2022 11:16:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463709

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: Havering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a medical procedure in the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	3494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2022 10:34:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463710

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times at Queen’s Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department in the context of the finding of the Care Quality Commission's recent report that those services are in need of improvement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	3495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement have advised that processes have been streamlined in the urgent treatment centre and emergency department at Queen’s Hospital to reduce waiting times. The Partnership of East London Co-operatives is reviewing how patients are received on arrival and how joint working with general practitioners will improve patient safety and assessments.</p><p>An area has been created in the emergency department to reduce the number of patients requiring admission, which has allowed an approximate a 13% reduction in the average waiting time. An ambulance receiving centre and a short stay medical ward have also been established to improve patient flow through the hospital and reduce waiting times.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/05/2022 13:06:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1463711

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group area.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	3496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>London Ambulance Service is working with Ambulance Receiving Centres (ARCs) in the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group (NELCCG) area to improve capacity and reduce ambulance handover times, to allow ambulances to respond to incoming calls. The ARCs provide additional space within the emergency departments for patients to be assessed for the appropriate treatment or potential admission. In addition, NELCCG operates an Emergency Care Hub with London Ambulance Service to facilitate support between sites through the redirection of ambulances during surges in demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/06/2022 15:33:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1452849

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish an update to the NHS Long Term Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	143598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England intend to publish an update to the NHS Long Term Plan later this year, taking account of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/03/2022 13:53:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell