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1002115

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Death
	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 1 November 2018 to Question 184996 on Probation: Death, if he will provide that information for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	188194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table. As per the answer to PQ 184996, please note that offenders may appear both within the caseload figures of court orders (including community orders and suspended sentence orders), and post-release supervision.</p><p> </p><p>The National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies work closely with other agencies to support offenders in the community. When an offender being supervised by Probation dies, the Probation provider must examine the circumstances of the death and identify areas to improve practice. While we work extremely closely with each offender before and after release to help them find the support they need, we do not have sole responsibility for caring for these offenders. We are clear, however, that they should receive the same level of care as other members of the public.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 17:01:11 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 11:59:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 188194 - table.xlsx title PQ188194 - Table previous answer version 84891 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

1035028

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates on which each prison establishment last undertook full night-time fire contingencies exercises.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	205271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The dates on which public sector prisons in England and Wales last undertook night-time fire contingency exercises; whether a formal report from Fire and Rescue Services was provided; and whether additional staff were requested as a result of such exercises, is provided in the attached table. Arrangements are being made to ensure that prisons listed as not yet completing for the period to undertake a fire contingency exercise.</p><p>Prison Fire Safety leads engage regularly with Fire and Rescue Services to ensure contingency plans are fit for purpose, and any issues or concerns are highlighted as part of this ongoing engagement. Additionally, Fire and Rescue Service Senior Fire Officers are required to highlight significant problems or concerns to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Committee. The NFCC have confirmed that no reports on the outcomes of night-time fire contingency testing have been received.</p><p>Privately Managed Prisons (PMPs) are also obliged to follow Prison Service Instruction 11/2015, Fire Safety in Prison Establishments. This requires Directors of PMP’s to regularly test the fire contingency plans for both day and night state; contingency plans for fire must be tested at least annually.</p><p>Operators of PMPs hold data for their own contract sites. Each PMP has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators or any other concerns relating to the delivery of the contract are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS. Where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2019 19:20:31 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2019 12:21:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ205271,272,273 - Night time fire contingency testing.xlsx title Table for 205271, 205272, 205273 previous answer version 95757 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

428122

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Forests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of ancient woodland is located within (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty; and what proportion of that woodland has site of special scientific interest status.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	16224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Natural England estimates that 15% of ancient woodlandis located within national parks and 30% is located within areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs). In national parks, <del class="ministerial">41%</del> <ins class="ministerial">29%</ins>of this woodland has site of special scientific interest (SSSI) status; in AONBs, 13% of this woodland has SSSI status.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2015 17:06:49 question first ministerially corrected 24/11/2015 13:05:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 30723 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

437148

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2016 11:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 36488 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437150

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's 2014 Long Term Investment Scenarios recommended optimum overall investment in flood defences of £750m to £800m each year to 2019-20; and whether she expects that level of overall investment to be achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report represents the best currently available projections of potential long term costs to manage flood and coastal risk under a range of scenarios reflecting future uncertainties. It will be kept under review as any further evidence emerges.</p><br /><p>The report confirms that current Government investment plans to 2020, together with forecast local contributions, are in line with the level the Environment Agency’s assessment indicates is necessary to reduce overall flood risk <del class="ministerial">by 5%</del>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:36:34 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2015 16:15:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35407 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437153

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p></ins></p> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2015 11:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35561 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

637388

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to seek redress for the demolition by the government of Israel of structures in the Occupied Palestinian Territories which were built with assistance from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	907180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>No structures directly funded by the UK <ins class="ministerial">in recent years </ins>have been demolished. The UK regularly raises demolitions with the government of Israel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/11/2016 17:09:18 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2017 14:56:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 20797 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

638403

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Occupied Territories: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2016 to Question 907180, on occupied territories: demolition, how many structures built with some financial assistance from the UK have been demolished by the Israeli government; and how much UK funding was provided for those structures.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	53572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>As the answer to Question 907180 states, no structures directly funded by the UK <ins class="ministerial">in recent years </ins>have been demolished. Since 2009 approximately 180 structures funded by the European Union’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Office (ECHO) have been demolished or confiscated. The UK regularly raises its concerns about demolitions with the Government of Israel.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/11/2016 15:37:58 question first ministerially corrected 08/02/2017 14:56:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 21862 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

682389

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which persons not employed by her Department hold security passes entitling them to enter her Department's premises.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>Civil servants have to have the ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. Passes may also be issued to <ins class="ministerial">contractors or secondees</ins> where there is an identified business need for them to enter Department for International Development premises, subject to the usual security checks. For security reasons it would not be appropriate to provide details of individuals who hold such passes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/02/2017 15:46:14 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 17:17:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 34471 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

794360

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional days of imprisonment were imposed as punishment on prisoners at HM Prison Bedford during 2016?
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	115333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">During 2016, there were 26 instances of additional days awarded as a punishment following an adjudication at HM Prison Bedford, totalling 411 additional days.</ins><del class="ministerial">The number of additional days awarded to prisoners at HM Prison Bedford as a result of adjudications in 2016 was 26.</del></p><p> </p><p>Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and young offender institutions when necessary to hear those adjudication cases which are deemed to be sufficiently serious. Such cases may merit a punishment of additional days to a prisoner’s time spent in custody if the prisoner or young person is found guilty. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days as a punishment. The most serious offences will be referred to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2017 17:30:54 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2018 16:41:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 25575 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

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

846138

	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 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128833
	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 19:13:03 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 44281 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

846139

	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 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128834
	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 19:12:40 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 44282 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

846140

	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 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128835
	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 19:12:20 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 44283 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

894887

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	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, whether his Department has set a target for the net number of prison officers to be employed in the prison service in the next (a) 12 months and (b) three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	139558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs 13<ins class="ministerial">7</ins>608-10, given on 27 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As we focus on making our jails safe and decent places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March 2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/05/2018 15:40:33 question first ministerially corrected 04/05/2018 10:29:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 55954 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

932285

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offence or offences each current prisoner serving a sentence of 12 months or less was imprisoned.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	158712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/08/2018 answer text <p>The offence(s) for which each prisoner serving a sentence of less than 12 months was imprisoned, as at 31 March 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences of less than 12 months do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart previous answer version 68131 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart 72810 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table.xlsx title Table for PQ 158712 question first answered 17/08/2018 09:31:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/12/2018 13:36:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table (Revised 28 November).xlsx title Revised Table for PQ 158712
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

999677

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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 and Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) self harm, (b) violence against prisoners and (c) violence against prison staff per 100 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	186964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables show the numbers of self-harm incidents, assault incidents on prisoners, and assault incidents on staff, per 100 prisoners, for each prison from 2013 to 2017 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes. We have also introduced the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective challenge and support.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2018 14:48:47 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 15:58:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 186964 - Tables.xlsx title PQ 186964 - Tables previous answer version 84165 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1000222

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of closed-contact visits in prisons to prevent smuggling.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Visits play an important part of reducing reoffending as good relationships with family and friends is proved to reduce risk of reoffending.</p><p>The management and guidance for the use of closed visits is within Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 15/2011. The PSI specifies that closed visits should be imposed where there is an identified risk of smuggling prohibited items.</p><p>We recognise the benefits that Internet Based Video Services (IBVS) can provide in assisting prisoners with maintaining family ties. At present, however, prisoners are not allowed to use an IBVS as a way of communicating, due to operational concerns about the control measures available to safeguard the use of such communications. Work is currently underway to explore the options for the use of IBVS in establishments with strict safeguards in place, and the possibility of making greater use of such within prisons in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187327 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000223

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
	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 merits of using video technology to allow relatives and friends to speak to convicted prisoners at appointed times.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	187327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Visits play an important part of reducing reoffending as good relationships with family and friends is proved to reduce risk of reoffending.</p><p>The management and guidance for the use of closed visits is within Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 15/2011. The PSI specifies that closed visits should be imposed where there is an identified risk of smuggling prohibited items.</p><p>We recognise the benefits that Internet Based Video Services (IBVS) can provide in assisting prisoners with maintaining family ties. At present, however, prisoners are not allowed to use an IBVS as a way of communicating, due to operational concerns about the control measures available to safeguard the use of such communications. Work is currently underway to explore the options for the use of IBVS in establishments with strict safeguards in place, and the possibility of making greater use of such within prisons in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187326 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000236

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministry of Justice secures extra £52 million for targeted expenditure, published on 30 October 2018, how much of the £30 million allocated to prisons this financial year will be spent on (a) staff, (b) maintenance, (c) new equipment, (d) training and (e) other categories of spending.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	187363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The additional funding for targeted expenditure is intended to be spent on maintenance and safety in our prisons. The Department is currently working on allocating the exact split of funding across the prison service, and consequently, we do not have the funding broken down by the category of spend you have requested.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 16:57:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000237

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional funding allocated to his Department for capital expenditure in Budget 2018 was.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	187364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In Budget 2018, the Ministry of Justice received £52m additional funding, for which the allocation between resource and capital will be confirmed within the Supplementary Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>This will fund £30m of further improvements to safety, security and decency, £15 million on the maintenance and security of our court buildings, and another £6.5 million to be invested across the wider justice system, including a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury have also committed to funding the cost of building a new prison at Glen Parva in Leicestershire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187365 188116 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:32:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000238

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional funding allocated to his Department for resource expenditure in Budget 2018 was.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	187365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In Budget 2018, the Ministry of Justice received £52m additional funding, for which the allocation between resource and capital will be confirmed within the Supplementary Estimate.</p><p> </p><p>This will fund £30m of further improvements to safety, security and decency, £15 million on the maintenance and security of our court buildings, and another £6.5 million to be invested across the wider justice system, including a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury have also committed to funding the cost of building a new prison at Glen Parva in Leicestershire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187364 188116 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:32:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000240

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Secretary of State launches dedicated strategy to 'break the cycle' of female offending, published on 27 June 2018, how many of the bids received by his Department for the £3.5m grant competition for community services and multi-agency, whole system approaches have come from companies and organisations that are currently under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office for overcharging his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	187367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office is an independent Government organisation and as such the MoJ is not necessarily informed of ongoing investigations and has no control over any investigations or timescales of such</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for the MoJ to comment on any ongoing investigation by the Serious Fraud office or to prejudge any potential outcome in any award decisions as such activities are subject to the Public Contracts Regulations and are published in accordance with standard practice.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011 details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000, including details of suppliers to whom contracts have been awarded, are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:31:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000286

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in relation to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	187302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has not incurred any expenditure on consultancy related to EU Exit from July-16 to date.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/11/2018 17:19:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett