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1689021

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date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison officers have involved razors in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of assaults on prison officers involving razors in each of the last 24 months, and subsequently how many of those have resulted in (a) hospitalisation or (b) prison officers leaving the service could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors could also only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognise the risks associated with the current wet shave razor provision. In the 2021 Prison Safety White Paper, we committed to trial alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons to test whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023 six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one carried out in the female estate.</p><p>Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation will consider outcomes, learning and positive practice from across all pilot sites and will be measured against the impact they have had on violence and/or self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will be completed by the end of March 2024. This evaluation will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14001 14002 14003 14004 question first answered 21/02/2024 15:54:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689022

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison officers involving razors have resulted in (a) hospitalisation and (b) prison officers leaving the service in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of assaults on prison officers involving razors in each of the last 24 months, and subsequently how many of those have resulted in (a) hospitalisation or (b) prison officers leaving the service could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors could also only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognise the risks associated with the current wet shave razor provision. In the 2021 Prison Safety White Paper, we committed to trial alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons to test whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023 six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one carried out in the female estate.</p><p>Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation will consider outcomes, learning and positive practice from across all pilot sites and will be measured against the impact they have had on violence and/or self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will be completed by the end of March 2024. This evaluation will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14000 14002 14003 14004 question first answered 21/02/2024 15:54:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689023

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of assaults on prison officers involving razors in each of the last 24 months, and subsequently how many of those have resulted in (a) hospitalisation or (b) prison officers leaving the service could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors could also only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognise the risks associated with the current wet shave razor provision. In the 2021 Prison Safety White Paper, we committed to trial alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons to test whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023 six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one carried out in the female estate.</p><p>Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation will consider outcomes, learning and positive practice from across all pilot sites and will be measured against the impact they have had on violence and/or self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will be completed by the end of March 2024. This evaluation will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14000 14001 14003 14004 question first answered 21/02/2024 15:54:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689024

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of assaults on prison officers involving razors.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of assaults on prison officers involving razors in each of the last 24 months, and subsequently how many of those have resulted in (a) hospitalisation or (b) prison officers leaving the service could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors could also only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognise the risks associated with the current wet shave razor provision. In the 2021 Prison Safety White Paper, we committed to trial alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons to test whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023 six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one carried out in the female estate.</p><p>Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation will consider outcomes, learning and positive practice from across all pilot sites and will be measured against the impact they have had on violence and/or self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will be completed by the end of March 2024. This evaluation will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14000 14001 14002 14004 question first answered 21/02/2024 15:54:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689025

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the supply of razors to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The number of assaults on prison officers involving razors in each of the last 24 months, and subsequently how many of those have resulted in (a) hospitalisation or (b) prison officers leaving the service could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many prisoners have been successfully prosecuted for attacks on prison officers with razors could also only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognise the risks associated with the current wet shave razor provision. In the 2021 Prison Safety White Paper, we committed to trial alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons to test whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023 six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one carried out in the female estate.</p><p>Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation will consider outcomes, learning and positive practice from across all pilot sites and will be measured against the impact they have had on violence and/or self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>The evaluation will be completed by the end of March 2024. This evaluation will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14000 14001 14002 14003 question first answered 21/02/2024 15:54:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689195

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Reoffenders
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 18 January 2024 to Question 9527 on Burglary: Reoffenders, whether the re-offending rate for people serving a custodial sentence for burglary has changed since that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling reoffending, and we are investing in the areas which the evidence suggests can help an individual turn their back on crime, including accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatment.</p><p>We are delivering a new Prison Education Service, we are supporting ex-offenders into housing, we have changed the law so prisoners can take up apprenticeships and we are introducing Incentivised Substance-Free living wings for drug recovery.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders who had an index offence of burglary and served a custodial sentence for this offence has been updated since the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527. The rate for the latest period available, the January – March 2022 cohort, now stands at 45.6%. This is a decrease of 2.7 percentage points.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of shop lifting (“theft from shops”) and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 80.7%.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of robbery and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 21.7%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate for the January – March 2022 cohort was 25.5%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14123 14124 question first answered 04/03/2024 14:54:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689196

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate is for people serving a custodial sentence for shop lifting.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling reoffending, and we are investing in the areas which the evidence suggests can help an individual turn their back on crime, including accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatment.</p><p>We are delivering a new Prison Education Service, we are supporting ex-offenders into housing, we have changed the law so prisoners can take up apprenticeships and we are introducing Incentivised Substance-Free living wings for drug recovery.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders who had an index offence of burglary and served a custodial sentence for this offence has been updated since the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527. The rate for the latest period available, the January – March 2022 cohort, now stands at 45.6%. This is a decrease of 2.7 percentage points.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of shop lifting (“theft from shops”) and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 80.7%.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of robbery and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 21.7%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate for the January – March 2022 cohort was 25.5%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14122 14124 question first answered 04/03/2024 14:54:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689197

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Robbery: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate is for people serving a custodial sentence for robbery.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling reoffending, and we are investing in the areas which the evidence suggests can help an individual turn their back on crime, including accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatment.</p><p>We are delivering a new Prison Education Service, we are supporting ex-offenders into housing, we have changed the law so prisoners can take up apprenticeships and we are introducing Incentivised Substance-Free living wings for drug recovery.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders who had an index offence of burglary and served a custodial sentence for this offence has been updated since the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527. The rate for the latest period available, the January – March 2022 cohort, now stands at 45.6%. This is a decrease of 2.7 percentage points.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of shop lifting (“theft from shops”) and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 80.7%.</p><p>The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of robbery and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 21.7%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate for the January – March 2022 cohort was 25.5%.</p><p>The overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 14122 14123 question first answered 04/03/2024 14:54:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689198

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stress-related sick day absences were recorded for probation staff in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>In the year to 31 December 2023, there were 2,603 separate instances of sickness for Probation Service staff where the main sickness reason given was 'stress'. Over the same period, there were 20,083 staff on average working in the probation service.</p><p>HMPPS is focused on reducing its sickness absence rates through the support currently offered to staff and managers, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides the workforce with access to confidential support &amp; counselling services. This is in addition to the organisation’s Occupational Health Service that supports staff &amp; management with medical advice, and HMPPS’ multitude of staff networks that are part of HMPPS’ commitment to ensuring our staff feel supported in their roles.</p><p>HMPPS is actively reviewing its approach to staff wellbeing to strengthen the wellbeing offer. Managers support employees who are unwell and are provided HR casework support to appropriately manage employee absence in line with established policies &amp; procedures.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/03/2024 14:08:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1689209

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Labour Turnover
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 1 February 2024 to Question 11801 on Prison Officers: Labour Turnover, how many and what proportion of prison officers recruited at Wandsworth Prison in 2023 had left the prison service on 9 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	14136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including leavers, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 December 2023. Figures covering data up to 31 March 2024 are due for publication on 16 May 2024 and therefore this information cannot be released.</p><p>In the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, there were 113 band 3-5 prison officers who joined HMP Wandsworth. Details of the number and proportion who have left HMPPS as of 31 December 2023 are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Status of band 3-5 prison officers (1) who joined (2) HMP Wandsworth between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 - as of 31 December 2023</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Remained or left</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working in public sector prisons (including YCS)</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>93.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Left HMPPS altogether</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes to table 1:</p><p>(1) Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>(2) New recruits joining HMPPS - does not include internal transfers or conversions.</p><p> </p><p>Across HMPPS, retention continues to be a priority. Exit interviews have been in place since 2021 to determine the reasons for leaving and appropriate action needed. Retention strategies and toolkits based around drivers of attrition, such as leadership and career progression, have been in place since 2021 to determine appropriate national and local interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2024 16:20:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan