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919132

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made with its prisons building programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	151219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The government set out its ambition for a reformed prison estate in the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper. This included a commitment to build up to 10,000 modern prison places which will provide the conditions to enable governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.</p><p>The government has since announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability, to build six modern prisons in the following locations:</p><ul><li>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva (redevelopment of closed prison);</li><li>HM Prison Wellingborough (redevelopment of closed prison);</li><li>on land adjacent to HM Prison Full Sutton in Yorkshire;</li><li>Port Talbot in Neath;</li><li>to redevelop HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Rochester in Kent; and</li><li>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley in Greater Manchester.</li></ul><p>We have since received outline planning permission to build on land at Full Sutton and we are working with the relevant stakeholders to develop our proposals. We are in the process of applying for full planning permission to redevelop the former HM Prison Wellingborough and HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva. Contracts have been signed with construction partners and demolition work will begin in the near future.</p><p>We are also building a brand new houseblock at HM Prison Stocken, in Rutland, which will provide 206 modern places which we expect to be in operation by December this year</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/06/2018 16:31:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

919133

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
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 6 June 2018 to Question 148957, what processes are in place to manage the contractual performance of (a) STC Milton Keynes Ltd and (b) G4S at Oakhill Secure Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	151220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that performance at Oakhill needs to improve and we are robustly monitoring performance against the contract and are clear that all options remain on the table.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract for Oakhill STC is between the Secretary of State for Justice and STC Milton Keynes Ltd (the Contractor), of which G4S is their Operating Sub-Contractor. We therefore do not have information on the proportion of contractual obligations that G4S has met.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract does not include Improvement Notices as a contractual remedy. Other mechanisms are in place to manage the contractual performance.</p><p> </p><p>The contract requires the Secretary of State for Justice’s approval to a change in Operating Sub-Contractor. To date this approval process has not been triggered.</p><p> </p><p>There is no intention to publish any of the YCS Monitoring Team’s findings.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 151221 151222 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:32:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

919134

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of its contractual obligations in respect of Oakhill Secure Training Centre STC Milton Keynes Ltd has met in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	151221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that performance at Oakhill needs to improve and we are robustly monitoring performance against the contract and are clear that all options remain on the table.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract for Oakhill STC is between the Secretary of State for Justice and STC Milton Keynes Ltd (the Contractor), of which G4S is their Operating Sub-Contractor. We therefore do not have information on the proportion of contractual obligations that G4S has met.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract does not include Improvement Notices as a contractual remedy. Other mechanisms are in place to manage the contractual performance.</p><p> </p><p>The contract requires the Secretary of State for Justice’s approval to a change in Operating Sub-Contractor. To date this approval process has not been triggered.</p><p> </p><p>There is no intention to publish any of the YCS Monitoring Team’s findings.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 151220 151222 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:32:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

919135

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what metrics the contractual performance of (a) STC Milton Keynes Ltd and (b) G4S at Oakhill Secure Training Centre are measured.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	151222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>We have been clear that performance at Oakhill needs to improve and we are robustly monitoring performance against the contract and are clear that all options remain on the table.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract for Oakhill STC is between the Secretary of State for Justice and STC Milton Keynes Ltd (the Contractor), of which G4S is their Operating Sub-Contractor. We therefore do not have information on the proportion of contractual obligations that G4S has met.</p><p> </p><p>The Contract does not include Improvement Notices as a contractual remedy. Other mechanisms are in place to manage the contractual performance.</p><p> </p><p>The contract requires the Secretary of State for Justice’s approval to a change in Operating Sub-Contractor. To date this approval process has not been triggered.</p><p> </p><p>There is no intention to publish any of the YCS Monitoring Team’s findings.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 151220 151221 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:32:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

919136

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
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 6 June 2018 to Question 148956, for what reasons his Department has decided not to publish the findings of its Monitoring team into Oakhill Secure Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	151223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) are working with the contractor and its operator G4S to make sure they take immediate steps to improve performance at Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC).</p><p> </p><p>The YCS Monitoring team based at Oakhill STC produces a number of regular documents capturing the output of their work. These documents contain information that could be used to identify children and staff. They also capture soft intelligence which has not been triangulated and data that has not been verified to a standard necessary for publication. These are working documents feeding internal meetings and shaping the activities of the team and wider assurance. To ensure these documents are suitable for publication would require a change in working practices that may come at a detriment to the efficient delivery of their function.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/06/2018 16:30:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

919294

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who received a custodial sentence in the last five years for carrying a knife had been previously cautioned.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	151065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Between 2013 and 2017 there were 17,277 offenders who received a custodial sentence on their most recent sentencing occasion for carrying a knife.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 17,277, 413 had previously received a caution for carrying a knife prior to receiving a custodial sentence for carrying a knife on their latest sentencing occasion.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/06/2018 16:40:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

917068

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prison
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 17 May 2018 to Questions 142392, 142807, 142808, 142809, 142810, 142811, 142812, 142813, 142814, 142815 and 142816, on Re offenders: Alternatives to Prison, what the sentence listed as other was in each category.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	149635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>A sentence listed as 'other' is any disposal other than immediate custody, a suspended sentence, a community sentence, an absolute or conditional discharge, or a fine.</p><p> </p><p>The details of the ‘other’ sentences imposed were set out in Lucy Frazer’s response to Question 145563 at HC Deb, 29 May 2018, cW.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/06/2018 13:28:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

917114

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
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) violence and (b) disturbance there has been in each prison since the implementation of the smoking ban.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	149636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in 149636 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as the implementation of smoke-free prisons was rolled out at different times.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis was carried out earlier this year on the impact of the tobacco ban on Prison Safety and Security. There is no conclusive evidence of an increase in violence in prisons attributable to the tobacco ban. No additional security measures have been implemented in any prison following the implementation of the tobacco ban.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 149637 149638 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

917115

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
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 trends in the level of violence in prisons between (a) inmates and (b) inmates and prison staff since the implementation of the ban on tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	149637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in 149636 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as the implementation of smoke-free prisons was rolled out at different times.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis was carried out earlier this year on the impact of the tobacco ban on Prison Safety and Security. There is no conclusive evidence of an increase in violence in prisons attributable to the tobacco ban. No additional security measures have been implemented in any prison following the implementation of the tobacco ban.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 149636 149638 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

917116

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Smoking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons that have implemented a ban on smoking tobacco have put in place special measures including increased security to manage prisoners’ behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	149638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in 149636 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as the implementation of smoke-free prisons was rolled out at different times.</p><p> </p><p>An analysis was carried out earlier this year on the impact of the tobacco ban on Prison Safety and Security. There is no conclusive evidence of an increase in violence in prisons attributable to the tobacco ban. No additional security measures have been implemented in any prison following the implementation of the tobacco ban.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 149636 149637 question first answered 12/06/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies