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752762

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	G4S: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract with G4S for electronic tagging.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As previously advised, G4S is our preferred Bidder for the Electronic Monitoring Hardware and the contract is currently being finalised. Once agreed and signed a redacted version, which will not contain commercially sensitive information, will be published on Contracts Finder in accordance with current transparency regulations.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:58:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752763

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the weight of drugs recovered in prisons was in each year since 2010 broken down (a) by suspected drug type and (b) by (i) class A, (ii) class B and (iii) class C.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	5383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The attached table shows all drug finds by type since 2010. The data is not recorded in a way that allows direct comparison with Schedules of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Drug finds in prisons are recorded in broad categories of drug type, which would not take into account any differences in classifications for drugs of a similar type.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the weight of drugs found has been available since October 2015, when an enhanced reporting system was introduced. This enabled the selection of psychoactive substances categories. Please note that the data records the weight of all drugs found in an incident, but not separately for each individual drug type.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:59:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 5383 Luciana Berger 18 07 17 Drug seizures (final).xlsx title Drug Finds by Type since 2010
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

752991

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pilot Schemes
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 pilot prisons and additional powers for governors; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>A process evaluation is underway on the pilot prisons and this learning has informed the development of the additional powers for governors announced in the white paper. Work is underway to develop an evaluation strategy for the full Prison Reform programme, which will incorporate the additional powers for governors.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:58:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

752992

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish proposals on the future of the prison estate in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	5433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>On 3 November 2016, the then Secretary of State for Justice published a White Paper on Prison Safety and Reform outlining the Ministry of Justice’s plans for radical reform of the prison system.</p><p> </p><p>This included an ambitious agenda to modernise the prison estate, improve education and empower governors, to help tackle violence, reduce reoffending and keep staff and prisoners safe.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our wholescale reforms, we are investing £1.3bn to modernise the estate. This will include closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose, and creating in their place high-quality, modern establishments</p><p> </p><p>On 22 March 2017, we announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability, to build four modern prisons: adjacent to HM Prison Full Sutton in Yorkshire (with a pre-planning consultation event held on 11 and 12 April 2017), Port Talbot in Neath, and redevelop HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Rochester in Kent and HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley, in Greater Manchester. This is in addition to the plans previously announced for new sites at former HMP Wellingborough and HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva.</p><p> </p><p>On the 19 July 2017 we announced that we still plan to redevelop the prisons at Rochester and Hindley as part of our prison modernisation programme. However, cells at these sites will be kept in use for now, as part of forward-planning for the estate.</p><p> </p><p>No further decisions have been made beyond those that have already been announced.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 14:40:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

753003

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 15648, and to the Answer of 17 July 2017 to Question 4436, for what reasons the policy on the disclosure of data on the seizures of drones in prisons has changed.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	5535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The risks presented by the illicit use of drones in prisons are significant, as is the profound impact on prison safety and security. We rightly take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure those caught are prosecuted. To date, there has been a total of 35 arrests and 11 convictions of criminals involved in drone activity – resulting in those convicted are sentenced to a total of more than 40 years in jail.</p><p> </p><p>I consider that there are risks presented by the publication of the data requested, which have the potential to cause further instability and increase violence and disorder in prisons, prejudicing the safe running of our institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested would be likely to be used by some to subvert the effectiveness of our current counter measures. This is because the information is likely to prove invaluable to those engaged in criminality within prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Disclosure of this information could also prejudice any ongoing investigation of a drone incident and risk alerting possible suspects as well as weaken the possibilities of future arrests.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 14:42:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

751829

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish Part 2 of its response to the consultation entitled Reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	4929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will publish Part 2 of its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 14:42:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

751425

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sex Offender Treatment Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's report, Impact evaluation of the prison-based Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme, published on 30 June 2017, when the decision was made to halt that programme.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	4604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The HM Prison and Probation Service Executive Committee took the operational decision to cease delivery of the Core and Extended Sex Offender Treatment Programmes and accelerate transition to the Horizon and Kaizen programmes in February 2017 following receipt of the peer reviewed evaluation report and advice from the independent Correctional Services Accreditation and Advisory Panel.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:57:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

751426

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sex Offender Treatment Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the report, entitled Impact evaluation of the prison-based Core Sex Offender Treatment Programme, published on 30 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	4605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers were informed of the outcomes of the evaluation and the planned operational response in February 2017. The report was published on 30 June, shortly after the pre-election period.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 16:57:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

751431

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adequate (a) funding and (b) other support is allocated to female prisoners on release from custodial sentences to assist with their reintegration into society.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	4573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Community Rehabilitation Companies are contracted to provide ‘through-the-gate’ support to all female offenders on release from custody, and we are engaging with providers about how we can do more to improve the delivery of resettlement services.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that the complex needs of this vulnerable cohort of offenders are met as they are released from custody, and will provide more details in our strategy for female offenders, which we will publish later this year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/07/2017 17:00:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

751436

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library his Department's estimates and evidence base for the potential amount of savings to motorists to accrue from proposed reforms to the whiplash claims process.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	4491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>A consultation stage impact assessment was published in November 2016 and is available at https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/reforming-soft-tissue-injury-claims/. A validated impact assessment detailing the estimated savings to motor insurance premiums arising from the Government’s whiplash reforms, including the data sources and evidence used, will be published alongside the Civil Liability Bill which was announced in the Queen’s Speech.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/07/2017 14:43:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon