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1362269

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date	21/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population in England and Wales was for the most recent date for which information is available; and how many of those prisoners were formerly members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes a yearly snapshot which estimates the number of former service personnel in the prison population. This takes place in June each year and is published as part of the Offender Management Quarterly series. The next set of figures is due to be released 28 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 June 2020, there were 1,575 prisoners who stated they were ex-service personnel, meaning that around 3% of those asked identified as such. The MoJ publishes weekly prison population and capacity information through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 2015 all new prisoners coming into custody have been asked if they have a military background as part of the basic custody screening (BCS) interview. Declaring a military background is not obligatory and, anecdotally, there are reports that some offenders may be reluctant to disclose having served in the armed forces. HMPPS Co-Financing Organisation is helping to support prisons to increase identification of veterans through an ex-armed service personnel action plan.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring appropriate support is in place for veterans and their families and are working with charities such as the Forces in Mind Trust to consider what more we can do to enable veterans’ families to engage with services in the Criminal Justice System.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 60481 question first answered 26/10/2021 17:02:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1362270

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of former service personnel sent to prison who do not identify as former members of the armed forces; and what information he holds on the reasons for such non-disclosure.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes a yearly snapshot which estimates the number of former service personnel in the prison population. This takes place in June each year and is published as part of the Offender Management Quarterly series. The next set of figures is due to be released 28 October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 June 2020, there were 1,575 prisoners who stated they were ex-service personnel, meaning that around 3% of those asked identified as such. The MoJ publishes weekly prison population and capacity information through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Since 2015 all new prisoners coming into custody have been asked if they have a military background as part of the basic custody screening (BCS) interview. Declaring a military background is not obligatory and, anecdotally, there are reports that some offenders may be reluctant to disclose having served in the armed forces. HMPPS Co-Financing Organisation is helping to support prisons to increase identification of veterans through an ex-armed service personnel action plan.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring appropriate support is in place for veterans and their families and are working with charities such as the Forces in Mind Trust to consider what more we can do to enable veterans’ families to engage with services in the Criminal Justice System.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 60480 question first answered 26/10/2021 17:02:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1362276

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remote Hearings: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the participation by child defendants in virtual proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the (a) needs of those children, including learning and communication needs, are accurately assessed and (b) provisions necessary to ensure their effective participation are in place.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	60409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>In deciding whether a live video and audio link is appropriate, and in operating these, we have ensured clear support and guidance are in place. This sets out that courts must have regard to the welfare of the child, must be satisfied that the mode of a hearing is compatible with the defendant’s right to a fair trial, and that the child is able to participate effectively. This is set out in criminal procedure rules and criminal practice directions. Effective use of virtual proceedings is also covered in ‘Good Practice for Remote Hearings’ guidance issued by the Judicial College, in the Equal Treatment Bench Book, as well as guidance by HM Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS). The ways in which video technology is used in criminal proceedings are also kept under regular review by HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 17:03:46 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1361989

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Terrorism
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 the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's report on terrorism in prisons.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	59838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has received the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on Counter Terrorism in Prisons and it will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 17:10:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1361995

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for bringing to the UK unaccompanied Afghanistan refugee children currently in temporary camps in Qatar who have relatives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	59911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of a group of unaccompanied Afghan minors with family links to the UK in Qatar and officials are working closely with UNICEF, the UNHCR and the US State Department to ensure the most appropriate outcomes for these children. Our priority is to ensure that the children will be safe and well cared for and to ensure any outcome is in the best interests of the children.</p><p>We are working with the utmost urgency to ensure that, where appropriate, these children are brought to the UK. However, we need to conduct assessments of the relatives the children will be living with to ensure the children’s safety, and that moving to the UK is in their best interests. As soon as these assessments are made, and we are content moving to the UK is in the best interests of the children, arrangements will be made to bring them to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2021 17:19:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 27211 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1361233

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Frankland Prison: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date will in-cell telephony be fully installed in HMP Frankland.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	59055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>BT conducted a site survey at HMP Frankland on 14<sup>th</sup> October 2021 and we expect to receive an estimated cost from them in the coming weeks. This is the initial stage in the delivery of in-cell telephony, however, we will not be able to proceed until funding is made available. That position is expected to be known by the end of the financial year and if favourable the project team will engage in more detailed discussion with the prison on a detailed installation plan.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/10/2021 16:26:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1361244

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) referrals, (b) prosecutions and (c) successful prosecutions relating to crimes allegedly committed by prisoners have taken place in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	58816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not able to provide data on (a) referrals, (b) prosecutions and (c) successful prosecutions relating to crimes allegedly committed by prisoners as this information is not held centrally on the court proceedings database.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to identify in our data whether individual offenders are prisoners or not, nor whether offences have taken place in prisons. I have commissioned work on how this this data can be captured.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 13:02:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1361363

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those women known to be pregnant in HMP Bronzefield from March 2019 to September 2020 were under Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) monitoring for risks of self-harm and/or suicide.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	58722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women. As part of the new policy, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We are also publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication, covering July 2020-April 2021, shows that on average 26 women self-declared as pregnant across the women’s estate each week.</p><p>Whilst Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) is a national policy used across both privately managed prisons (PMPs) and public sector prisons, information within each PMP in relation to how, who, how many and why people are on an ACCT is held solely by providers and is not routinely held or collected by HM Prison and Probation Service Controllers’ Office/MoJ.</p><p>The number of pregnant women in HMP Bronzefield in each quarter, between January 2019 and December 2020, is provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count of Women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan - Mar 2019</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr - Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul - Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct - Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan - Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr - Jun 2020</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul - Sep 2020</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct - Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is not possible for the weekly snapshots published in the HMPPS Annual Digest to be accurately converted into quarters.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 58723 question first answered 26/10/2021 17:09:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1361364

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were known to be pregnant in HMP Bronzefield in each quarter from September 2020 to June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	58723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women. As part of the new policy, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We are also publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication, covering July 2020-April 2021, shows that on average 26 women self-declared as pregnant across the women’s estate each week.</p><p>Whilst Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) is a national policy used across both privately managed prisons (PMPs) and public sector prisons, information within each PMP in relation to how, who, how many and why people are on an ACCT is held solely by providers and is not routinely held or collected by HM Prison and Probation Service Controllers’ Office/MoJ.</p><p>The number of pregnant women in HMP Bronzefield in each quarter, between January 2019 and December 2020, is provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count of Women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan - Mar 2019</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr - Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul - Sep 2019</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct - Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan - Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr - Jun 2020</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul - Sep 2020</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct - Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is not possible for the weekly snapshots published in the HMPPS Annual Digest to be accurately converted into quarters.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 58722 question first answered 26/10/2021 17:09:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1361414

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retention and Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Prison Service Pay Review Body 2021 report on England and Wales, published on 19 October 2021, what assessment he has made of the impact on prison officer (a) morale, (b) retention, and (c) recruitment of his decision not to respond to Recommendations (i) one and (ii) five.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	58802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>As announced in 2020 by the former Chancellor, the Government imposed a temporary pay pause for the majority of the public sector for the 2021/22 pay round. This has assisted Government in protecting public sector jobs and investment in public services as Covid-19 continues to have an impact. The Prison Service Pay Review Body’s (PSPRB) remit for the 2021/22 pay round was restricted in line with the pay pause.</p><p> </p><p>The Government response to the PSPRB was announced on 19 October, stating that recommendations made by the review body for implementation in this financial year have been accepted in full. For clarity, these are recommendations 2, 3 and 4.</p><p> </p><p>Recommendations 1 and 5 concern matters which were considered to be outside of the PSPRB’s remit for the 2021/22 pay round, and therefore there is no obligation on Government to formally respond.</p><p> </p><p>I value the independence and contribution of the PSPRB and will consider the totality of their expert advice as we move into the next pay round.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/10/2021 16:44:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown