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1092083

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans are in place to support local authorities to work closely with Community Rehabilitation Companies and the National Probation Service in identifying homeless ex-offenders.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) are required to facilitate access to housing for the offenders that they are managing. This includes working together with local partners to help offenders find and maintain accommodation as part of a package of support tailored to meet their individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>We know that Through The Gate provision is not currently meeting the standard we require. That is why we are investing an additional £22m per annum over the remaining life of the CRC contracts to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through The Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This investment will support approximately 500 additional CRC staff to deliver Through The Gate in prisons. Alongside this investment there will be a new specification, to be introduced shortly, which will ensure that CRCs complete specific tasks, including to help every prisoner to secure and maintain settled accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing £6m as part of the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy in pilot schemes bringing together prisons, local authorities, probation providers and others to plan, secure and sustain accommodation for offenders on release.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly publish the performance of CRCs, including measures showing the percentage of offenders who have settled accommodation on release from custody. The latest information can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: update to June 2018’ on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234670 question first answered 27/03/2019 09:26:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092084

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any targets are in place for Community Rehabilitation Companies and the National Probation Service to reduce the number of ex-offenders that are homeless.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) are required to facilitate access to housing for the offenders that they are managing. This includes working together with local partners to help offenders find and maintain accommodation as part of a package of support tailored to meet their individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>We know that Through The Gate provision is not currently meeting the standard we require. That is why we are investing an additional £22m per annum over the remaining life of the CRC contracts to ensure that CRCs deliver an enhanced Through The Gate service to offenders leaving prison. This investment will support approximately 500 additional CRC staff to deliver Through The Gate in prisons. Alongside this investment there will be a new specification, to be introduced shortly, which will ensure that CRCs complete specific tasks, including to help every prisoner to secure and maintain settled accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing £6m as part of the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy in pilot schemes bringing together prisons, local authorities, probation providers and others to plan, secure and sustain accommodation for offenders on release.</p><p> </p><p>We regularly publish the performance of CRCs, including measures showing the percentage of offenders who have settled accommodation on release from custody. The latest information can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: update to June 2018’ on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 234669 question first answered 27/03/2019 09:26:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092085

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) released from each prison and (b) recorded as homeless on release from each prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The exact information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost, but we have closely related data, detailed below. <br> <br> It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live. Having somewhere stable to live acts as a platform for ex-offenders to be able to access the services and support needed to turn their back on crime for good. Published statistics for 2017/18 showing the accommodation status for all offenders can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018</a> <br> Published statistics on releases by prison can be found here: <strong><br> </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>As part of the Government initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England, we are investing up to £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders into accommodation from three prisons, namely Bristol, Pentonville and Leeds. The pilots will focus on male prisoners who have served shorter sentences, who have been identified as having a risk of homelessness. We have launched our Invitation to Tender, to secure suppliers in the three pilot areas. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/03/2019 09:29:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092086

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he has held with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to discuss homelessness of ex-offenders.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe, stable and secure to live. Overcoming the many barriers offenders face to securing suitable accommodation is something that Ministry of Justice cannot do in isolation.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government are both members of the cross-Government Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Taskforce and the Reducing Reoffending Board. Homelessness of ex-offenders is a key issue that is discussed at these meetings.</p><p>Through this work, we are investing up to £6.4m in a joint pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons, namely Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. We have now launched our Invitation to Tender, to secure suppliers in the three pilot areas. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/03/2019 09:27:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092088

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been assessed by Community Rehabilitation Companies and National Probation Services for a resettlement plan in the 12 weeks prior to release from prison in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department regularly publishes data showing the percentage of offenders who have had a resettlement plan written by Community Rehabilitation Companies (SLM013). The latest release can be found via the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe, stable and secure to live. Overcoming the many barriers offenders face to securing suitable accommodation is something that Ministry of Justice cannot do in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government are both members of the cross-Government Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Taskforce and the Reducing Reoffending Board. Homelessness of ex-offenders is a key issue that is discussed at these meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Through this work, we are investing up to £6.4m in a joint pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons, namely Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. We have now launched our Invitation to Tender, to secure suppliers in the three pilot areas. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 16:59:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092089

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
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 effectiveness of Community Rehabilitation Companies in delivering resettlement plans.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest performance statistics can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: update to September 2018’ on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-update-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These figures show that CRC performance against target for completion of resettlement plans was at 95.5% for this period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has acted decisively in response to issues with CRC performance by bringing forward the end of CRC contracts and consulting on a range of proposals to better integrate probation provision. The contract changes we agreed with CRCs last year include £22m per year in additional funding for Through The Gate services, which will mean approximately 500 more staff working with offenders in prison after April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched a consultation on proposals to introduce more effective future delivery arrangements. We want to learn from what has worked well and what hasn’t and better integrate public, private and third sector providers in future arrangements. Our changes will put in place a more stable and resilient probation system, which works effectively to protect the public and tackle reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/03/2019 17:10:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 110846 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1092090

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prisoners who have had support via the resettlement plan were (a) sleeping rough, (b) other homeless and (c) in unsettled accommodation after (i) four, (ii) 12 and (iii) 26 weeks in each year since introduction of Community Rehabilitation Companies.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	234675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe, stable and secure to live. Overcoming the many barriers offenders face to securing suitable accommodation is something that Ministry of Justice cannot do in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Justice and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government are both members of the cross-Government Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Taskforce and the Reducing Reoffending Board. Homelessness of ex-offenders is a key issue that is discussed at these meetings.</p><p> </p><p>Through this work, we are investing up to £6.4m in a joint pilot scheme to support individuals released from three prisons, namely Bristol, Leeds and Pentonville. We have now launched our Invitation to Tender, to secure suppliers in the three pilot areas. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2019 14:37:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson