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1669627

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to update his Department's action plan on Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	1594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The IPP sentence was introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and abolished in late 2012 by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act. This abolition was not applied retrospectively, as the Government at the time took the view it would not be right to alter sentences that had been lawfully imposed prior to their abolition.</p><p>However, the Government continues to focus on the rehabilitation of those serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) through a refreshed and updated Action Plan, published on 26 April 2023.</p><p>We are committed to reviewing the Plan’s scope and objectives every six months to ensure that the current actions remain appropriate and deliverable, having regard to HMPPS’s resources and wider responsibilities. The outcomes of the review will be shared as part of the promised IPP Annual Report, which will be published by the end of March 2024.</p><p>The actions we are taking are working; the number of prisoners serving the IPP sentence who have never been released now stands at 1,269 as of September 2023, down from more than 6000 in 2012.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 09:16:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1668869

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to make all parole board hearings available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	1101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Any Parole Board hearing may be heard in public if the Chair of the Parole Board decides it is in the interests of justice to do so. Applications for public hearings can be made by anyone directly to the Parole Board. The criteria used by the Chair to decide public hearing applications has been published by the Parole Board on its website and the individual decisions are also published.</p><p> </p><p>Not all cases will be suitable to be heard in public due, for example, to particularly sensitive evidence or the concerns of the victims, and the government believes it is right that the Parole Board has the discretion to decide which cases should be heard in public.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 12:15:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1668902

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answers of 25 October 2023 to Question 203245 on Probation Service: Red Snapper Recruitment and 26 October 2023 to Question 203246 on Probation Service: Service Care Solutions, for what reason there is a difference between the pro rata levels of payment specified in those answers of £2,357.69 per month worked by staff provided under the Red Snapper contract and £112.24 per hour worked by staff provided under the Service Care Solutions contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to provide a reason for the difference in the pro rata levels of payments specified in the above question as:</p><ul><li>The values specified in your question are not the pro rata level of payment for either of the suppliers.</li><li>The figures provided within our response to your question 203245 regarding Red Snapper and question 203246 regarding Service Care Solutions were:</li></ul><p>o The total payments made to the suppliers between May 2022 and October 2023</p><p>o The average number of hours worked per week (Service Care Solutions)</p><p>o The number of months worked during the period (Red Snapper)</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 12:13:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668903

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answers of 25 October 2023 to Question 203245 on Probation Service: Red Snapper Recruitment and 26 October 2023 to Question 203246 on Probation Service: Service Care Solutions, how many temporary (a) probation and (b) probation service officers were assigned to roles within the Probation Service other than those provided under the terms of the contracts with Red Snapper and Service Care Solutions in the period between 1 June 2022 to 18 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	1073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>In order to confirm that no staff were assigned to roles other than those provided under the terms of the contracts with Red Snapper and Service Care Solutions, it would be necessary to make detailed enquiries at local level across England and Wales, and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 12:14:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1668925

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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, what guidance his Department issues on the rights of staff being compulsorily transferred to a new provider under the Prisoner Education Service procurement process to remain as a member of the public sector pensions scheme.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	1246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The pension protection for staff, who are currently members of a public sector pension scheme, and who may be compulsorily transferred, is subject to HM Treasury’s (HMT) review of the New Fair Deal guidance as set out in the Invitation to Tender ITT 7790 PES (Core Education) Contract Notice <a href="https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027125-2023" target="_blank">Prisoner Education Services Panel (Inc. Core Education) - Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)</a>. The Secretary of State for Justice, will act in accordance with HMT position and any updated guidance issued, as set out in the Invitation to Tender.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 12:16:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1669110

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have been re-locked since 2015; how much was spent on each re-locking process; and for what reason each prison required re-locking.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	1146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below shows which prisons have been re-locked since 2015, the amount spent on each re-locking occurrence and the reason(s) the re-locking was required. Re-locking is rare and all incidents are fully investigated to ensure the safety and security of our prisons.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reason</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>£117,211.50</p></td><td><p>Full set of keys missing and unaccounted for.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>£422,477.46</p></td><td><p>Several key/lock incidents reported within a short period of time.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>£438,525.29</p></td><td><p>Gate to a yard was found open and re-lock undertaken.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£441,649.00</p></td><td><p>key compromise, which necessitated changing all the prison locks.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>£21,304.70</p></td><td><p>Compromise to lever mechanism locks for offices and storerooms.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£324,486.39</p></td><td><p>Full set of keys taken by a member of staff. Full re-lock undertaken.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>£2,821.40</p></td><td><p>Member of staff left the establishment with keys to an inner perimeter inaccessible to prisoners. Partial re-lock was undertaken.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>£313,139.66</p></td><td><p>Full set of keys were taken by prisoner during an incident with a member of staff.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>£28,650.00</p></td><td><p>Service cupboard keys for cell electrics and plumbing on wings went missing. Decision made to re-lock service cupboards only.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2023 12:09:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1668599

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year is published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1157767/out-of-court-disposals-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Out of court disposals data tool</a> which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022</a>. To view the total number of YCCs issued in each year and by age, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Cautions’ tab. The breakdown by youth conditional cautions is available from 2019. Data for earlier years is not routinely published and is included below.</p><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p>3,952</p></td><td><p>3,819</p></td><td><p>3,663</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year, by age:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10-11</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12-14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,427</p></td><td><p>1,375</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15-17</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1,519</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td><td><p>2,325</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data in the published out of court disposals tool (linked above) may show youth cautions for ages 18 and above, these should be considered 'unknown age' as the age in these cases will not have been recorded accurately on the PNC. YCCs can only be issued to an offender aged 10 to 17 years old. Offenders aged 18 and above irrespective of their age when the offence was committed should be given a conditional caution.</p><p>The sharp increase in the use of YCCs from 2012 to 2013 is due to amendments introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This abolished reprimands and final warnings and replaced them with a new system of youth cautions and youth conditional cautions which came into force on 8 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 924 question first answered 17/11/2023 09:15:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668602

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued by age in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year is published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1157767/out-of-court-disposals-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Out of court disposals data tool</a> which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022</a>. To view the total number of YCCs issued in each year and by age, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Cautions’ tab. The breakdown by youth conditional cautions is available from 2019. Data for earlier years is not routinely published and is included below.</p><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>3,601</p></td><td><p>3,952</p></td><td><p>3,819</p></td><td><p>3,663</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Amount of Youth Conditional Cautions issued per year, by age:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10-11</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12-14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,427</p></td><td><p>1,375</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15-17</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1,519</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td><td><p>2,325</p></td><td><p>2,142</p></td><td><p>1,889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data in the published out of court disposals tool (linked above) may show youth cautions for ages 18 and above, these should be considered 'unknown age' as the age in these cases will not have been recorded accurately on the PNC. YCCs can only be issued to an offender aged 10 to 17 years old. Offenders aged 18 and above irrespective of their age when the offence was committed should be given a conditional caution.</p><p>The sharp increase in the use of YCCs from 2012 to 2013 is due to amendments introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. This abolished reprimands and final warnings and replaced them with a new system of youth cautions and youth conditional cautions which came into force on 8 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 921 question first answered 17/11/2023 09:15:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668604

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Referral Orders issued, in each year since 2010 on principal disposal basis in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>. This includes data on the age of offenders at the point they received a Referral Order.</p><p> </p><p>To view the total number of Referral Orders issued in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the length of Referral Orders is only available from 2013/14 and can be found in the table below: Unpublished data: Average length of Referral Orders given to 10 to 17 year olds in England and Wales, years ending March 2014 to 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Length of Referral Order (<em>In months)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Bespoke analysis of Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF)</p><p> </p><p>PQ 928-To view total number of Referral Orders issued by age in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. Inside the PivotTable Fields Box, drag ‘Age range’ into the ‘rows’ box. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, by age range, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 927 928 question first answered 17/11/2023 11:51:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1668605

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of Referral Orders was in each reporting year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Referral Orders issued, in each year since 2010 on principal disposal basis in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>. This includes data on the age of offenders at the point they received a Referral Order.</p><p> </p><p>To view the total number of Referral Orders issued in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the length of Referral Orders is only available from 2013/14 and can be found in the table below: Unpublished data: Average length of Referral Orders given to 10 to 17 year olds in England and Wales, years ending March 2014 to 2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Length of Referral Order (<em>In months)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Bespoke analysis of Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF)</p><p> </p><p>PQ 928-To view total number of Referral Orders issued by age in each year, in the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Using ‘Detailed Sentence’ filter, select ‘07: Referral Order’. Inside the PivotTable Fields Box, drag ‘Age range’ into the ‘rows’ box. The pivot table will now present the total number of Referral Orders issued, by age range, at all courts, from 2010 to 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 926 928 question first answered 17/11/2023 11:51:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby