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786966

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
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 prison staff have completed suicide awareness training in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	112208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>All staff in contact with prisoners are required to receive training on suicide and self-harm prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently revised the content of the training, and we are now rolling out a new ‘Introduction to Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention’ course, comprising six modules, including mental health awareness training. The course is provided as part of the entry level training for new prison officers, and as refresher training for existing staff.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2017 over 1,000 new prison officers have received the training, and over 9,000 existing staff (around 25%) have been trained in at least one of the six modules, with just under 3,000 (8%) completing all six modules.</p><p> </p><p>We have set Governors the challenging but achievable target of ensuring that all staff who have contact with prisoners complete all the modules by April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the completion of the previous version of the training were not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/11/2017 16:30:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

786967

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Riot Control Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the use of the PAVA incapacitant spray in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	112209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>PAVA spray is currently available to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) National Tactical Response Group (NTRG - specialist national resources) to use <strong><em>tactically</em></strong> during planned interventions to aid the restoration of order and control.</p><p> </p><p>In four prisons HMPPS have developed operational pilots to test the impact of issuing PAVA spay to general uniformed prison staff to use <strong><em>reactively</em></strong> when judged necessary. A methodology to test the impact of the introduction of PAVA has been developed.</p><p> </p><p>The current NTRG policy and the pilot operational guidance will inform any future policy.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/11/2017 16:32:07 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

786968

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to review the prison maintenance contracts with GEOAmey and Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	112210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>We are currently engaged in a joint review with providers and key stakeholders, to consider what changes in the current FM contract arrangements are required to deliver an improved service to HMPPS. Detailed design solutions are being reviewed by a Steering Group, composed of senior managers from the organisations involved, with a view to implementing changes which should result in a more responsive reactive maintenance provision, as well as improvements to the systems and processes required to manage the contracts effectively.</p><p> </p><p>In the interim we continue to manage and monitor performance closely through the current contractual processes.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/11/2017 17:12:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778839

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
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 different prison officer to prisoner ratio targets for different categories of prison; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	110036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Every prison has an agreed safe, decent and secure operating level (SDSOL) which reflects the category of prison and the types of prisoners held. The SDSOL is central to the delivery of the regime in every prison. In addition, this Government is on target to recruit an additional 2500 Prison Officers by December 2018 to improve safety and offender management in custody. Since April 2017 Governors have been empowered to manage workforce planning locally and use this flexibility to set their own staffing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/11/2017 17:35:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778840

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the roll-out of body-worn cameras for prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	110050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The roll out of Body Worn Video Cameras was completed in June 2017 and there are currently nearly 6,000 in use across the estate. Body worn cameras will considerably aid safety in prisons, acting as a visible deterrent against violence and assisting in prosecutions against those who commit crimes in jails.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/11/2017 13:03:37 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778263

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of instances of drone use in smuggling in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	109993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the member to PQ 4436, answered on 17 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/11/2017 14:42:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778265

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) longest time for a new recruit to receive a full security check and begin work in prison.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	110006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The average time for a new prison officer recruit to receive a full security check in 2017 is 46 calendar days. This is for new officer recruits who are recorded as starting work in a Prison (data up to the end of September 2017), who applied between the 1<sup>st</sup> January and 30<sup>th</sup> September 2017.</p><p>The longest time for a new prison officer recruit to receive a full security check in 2017 is 141 calendar days. This is for new officer recruits who are recorded as starting work in a Prison (data up to the end of September 2017), who applied between the 1<sup>st</sup> January and 30<sup>th</sup> September 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/11/2017 14:49:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778268

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce a dementia strategy for older prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	110004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>I recognise the challenges to prisons presented by the continuing rise in the number of older prisoners. My Department has established a working group to consider, with our partners in health and social care, how we can best meet the needs of this group, including those who have needs related to dementia.</p><p> </p><p>Prison staff already have the benefit of operational guidance to assist them in identifying and caring for men and women in prison with dementia.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to enhance our knowledge about the health and social needs of older prisoners. Our work will include taking on expert advice and considering what changes we might need to make to the prison estate or to the regimes within prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 03/11/2017 14:42:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778269

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, will reference to his Department's press release, Increased security measures to give prison officers right tools for job, published on 22 October 2017, how many police-style handcuffs and restraints will be provided to prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	109983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure the safety of our staff in our prisons. We are therefore issuing the rigid bar handcuffs to all front line staff who currently carry a baton. As part of the roll out, staff will be required to be trained in the use of the handcuffs which will be carried out during their annual control and restraint refresher training. We have begun the procurement of the new handcuffs and will deliver these, alongside the necessary training, to all frontline staff as quickly as practicable.</p><p>We are fully committed to addressing violence and assaults by increasing staffing levels and improving prisoner-staff relationships. We are making swift progress in strengthening the frontline, with 20,003 individual prison officers in post at the end of August – an increase of 1,290 since October 2016. Alongside this, we are moving to a new key worker model which will mean every residential prison officer supporting a caseload of around 6 prisoners. This will mean prisoners have a consistent, named officer to challenge and support them away from violence and reoffending.</p><p>We have also invested in 5,600 body-worn cameras across the prison estate, rolled out alongside training in staff interaction with prisoners, to support better relationships and give high-quality evidence to support prosecutions where assaults do take place.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 109982 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:43:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

778270

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the roll-out of police-style handcuffs and restraints to prison officers will (a) begin and (b) be completed.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	109982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>We are determined to ensure the safety of our staff in our prisons. We are therefore issuing the rigid bar handcuffs to all front line staff who currently carry a baton. As part of the roll out, staff will be required to be trained in the use of the handcuffs which will be carried out during their annual control and restraint refresher training. We have begun the procurement of the new handcuffs and will deliver these, alongside the necessary training, to all frontline staff as quickly as practicable.</p><p>We are fully committed to addressing violence and assaults by increasing staffing levels and improving prisoner-staff relationships. We are making swift progress in strengthening the frontline, with 20,003 individual prison officers in post at the end of August – an increase of 1,290 since October 2016. Alongside this, we are moving to a new key worker model which will mean every residential prison officer supporting a caseload of around 6 prisoners. This will mean prisoners have a consistent, named officer to challenge and support them away from violence and reoffending.</p><p>We have also invested in 5,600 body-worn cameras across the prison estate, rolled out alongside training in staff interaction with prisoners, to support better relationships and give high-quality evidence to support prosecutions where assaults do take place.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 109983 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:43:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain