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828316

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	903499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>All prisoners are assessed by clinical staff when they arrive in prison. If mental health needs are identified, prisoners are referred for treatment or follow up assessment.</p><p>Safety and security are crucial to supporting better mental health in prisons. We committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018, and have recruited 1,255 to date, putting us on track.</p><p>Additional staff will enable us to provide dedicated officers for offenders who will be better placed to recognise and react to changes in behaviour or mental well-being.</p><p>All staff in prisons will receive revised mental health awareness training and, so far, 11,000 have started this training.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 903502 question first answered 23/01/2018 17:23:42 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

827996

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department is making on implementation of the recommendations of the Corston Report on women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, published in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	123956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government accepted 40 out of the 43 recommendations of Baroness Corston’s Review of Women with Particular Vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System and progress has been made in part or fully against these.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody. This will build on the principles set out in Baroness Corston’s report.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 25/01/2018 17:59:20 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

827998

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders received an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last seven years; and what the percentage change in that number was for each police force area in England and Wales in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	123958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of female offenders sentenced to immediate custody in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2010 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data, including sentencing outcomes, for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the distinct needs of female offenders, we are developing a female offender strategy to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Female offenders sentenced to immediate custody, England and Wales, by Police Force Area, 2010 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Force</strong></p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>1,822</p></td><td><p>1,566</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon and Somerset</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,196</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,418</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,138</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,525</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,323</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,313</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) The sentence shown is the most severe sentence given for the principal offence (i.e. the principal sentence), secondary sentences given for the principal offence and sentences for non-principal offences are not counted in the tables.</p><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>(3) Includes the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Areas.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 29/01/2018 15:27:22 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

827999

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of (a) community supervision and (b) custodial prison sentences for female prisoners in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	123959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) does not calculate separately the average cost of community supervision by gender. Additionally, the information recorded on the HMPPS central accounting system does not allow the identification of such costs.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of information for average cost for female prisoners serving custodial prison sentences, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the female estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prison expenditure for previous financial years can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial year 2016-17 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic%20s/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic s/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 30/01/2018 13:51:12 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

828000

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of women who have received a custodial prison sentence have had children under the age of 18 at the time of their sentencing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	123960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the impact that imprisonment has on the offender and their families, particularly children.</p><p> </p><p>Work is ongoing to improve the quality of information that sentencers receive about community sentencing options and to ensure that sentencers are made aware and can take account of whether an offender is a primary carer or has been pregnant or given birth within the last 6 months.</p><p> </p><p>We will shortly be setting out our strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes for women in the community and in custody. This will include women with young children, babies and other caring responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 25/01/2018 16:28:04 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

828073

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121252, on Coroners, whether he has made an assessment of whether the actions of the Coroner for Inner North London are in line with that guidance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	124033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders. As such, it would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 30/01/2018 13:24:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

828159

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have joined the victim contact scheme in each of the last four years; and what proportion of eligible people that number represents in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested by the hon Member for Ashfield, Gloria De Piero, is not available. The current national victim’s database was only introduced in April 2016 and data migration of active cases from previous databases was not fully completed until February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data currently held on the national victim’s database indicates that the proportion of eligible victims who have opted into the Victim Contact Scheme is approximately 46%.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 25/01/2018 16:27:17 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

828165

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime have been recorded since its introduction in 2006.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Victims’ Code is a statutory code of practice, which sets out the services that must by law be provided to victims of crime in England and Wales by criminal justice agencies. The Ministry of Justice does not collate breaches of the Code by criminal justice agencies..</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 124126 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:12:57 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

828166

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many breaches of the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime have been recorded since its revision in December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Victims’ Code is a statutory code of practice, which sets out the services that must by law be provided to victims of crime in England and Wales by criminal justice agencies. The Ministry of Justice does not collate breaches of the Code by criminal justice agencies..</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 124125 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:12:57 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

825760

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Former Members
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	123827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no former Conservative Members of Parliament, who lost their seats at the 2017 General Election, working within the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 29/01/2018 15:17:38 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard