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1002115

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Death
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 November 2018 to Question 184996 on Probation: Death, if he will provide that information for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	188194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table. As per the answer to PQ 184996, please note that offenders may appear both within the caseload figures of court orders (including community orders and suspended sentence orders), and post-release supervision.</p><p> </p><p>The National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies work closely with other agencies to support offenders in the community. When an offender being supervised by Probation dies, the Probation provider must examine the circumstances of the death and identify areas to improve practice. While we work extremely closely with each offender before and after release to help them find the support they need, we do not have sole responsibility for caring for these offenders. We are clear, however, that they should receive the same level of care as other members of the public.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 17:01:11 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 11:59:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 188194 - table.xlsx title PQ188194 - Table previous answer version 84891 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

999677

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) self harm, (b) violence against prisoners and (c) violence against prison staff per 100 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables show the numbers of self-harm incidents, assault incidents on prisoners, and assault incidents on staff, per 100 prisoners, for each prison from 2013 to 2017 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes. We have also introduced the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective challenge and support.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2018 14:48:47 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 15:58:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 186964 - Tables.xlsx title PQ 186964 - Tables previous answer version 84165 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

971774

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	173648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff recorded on a leave of absence from work for mental health reasons in each 12-month period of the last eight years is tabled below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sickness absence in MOJ staff due to mental and behavioural disorders<sup>1</sup>, 12 months to March 2013 to 12 months to 31 March 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date: </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total working days<sup>2</sup> lost due to mental &amp; behavioural disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2011<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2012<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>41,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>47,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>43,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>41,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2017<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>36,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>38,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Includes stress related absences.</p><ol><li>Working days lost are calculated by taking the number of working days only between the start and the end of the sick leave within the 12-month period stated. Additional adjustments are made to take account of annual leave and bank holidays.</li><li>Data between 01/04/2010 to 31/03/2012 is not available as file types are no longer supported. So far, no technical solution found. Manual sickness records for MoJ are not held beyond this point.</li><li>Between January and March 2017, during migration of data to the Single Operating Platform, an under-recording of sickness absence records occurred. There is therefore likely to be an undercount of working days lost for the 12 months to 31 March 2017 and subsequent under-estimate of average working days lost.</li></ol><p> </p><p>This data includes staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Headquarters, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and Office of the Public Guardian. Individuals are included if they were absent for any part of the month. Where an absence straddles more than one month, it is included in each.</p><p>The MoJ is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of all of its employees and to reducing sickness absence levels. The department’s wellbeing strategy is designed specifically to reflect the primary causes of sickness absence including mental health, and highlights support available to both employees and managers.</p><p>To support the strategy, Directors General in HMPPS and HMCTS were appointed as senior advocates for attendance management and wellbeing in MoJ. In addition, an MoJ Mental Health Allies Network has been initiated to offer support and signposting to staff on mental health issues.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/09/2018 16:58:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 76436 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971367

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five prisons in the Male Category C estate reported the highest number of (a) assaults and (b) self-harm incidents occurring in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	172526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>Reducing levels of assault and self-harm in prisons is a top priority for the Ministry of Justice. We are investing across the prison estate in extra staff, training and security measures so that we can provide full and purposeful regimes, improve staff-prisoner relationships and reduce the impact of drugs.</p><p>Prisons with a high absolute number of incidents might not necessarily have the highest relative number or rate of incidents, because the number of prisoners and the nature of the population will vary between establishments. Because of this point, we have provided a list of the top 5 prisons with the highest rate of assault as a better means of comparing across prisons.</p><p>The five prisons in the Male Category C estate with the highest rate of assaults during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP/YOI Portland – (626 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Parc – (546 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Hindley – (541 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Swinfen Hall - (500 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Isis - (441 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p>The five prisons in the Male Category C estate with the highest rate of self-harm during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP &amp; YOI Parc (913 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Haverigg (691 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Swinfen Hall (668 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Moorland (604 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Buckley Hall (603 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p>Note:</p><p>HMP &amp; YOI Parc’s assault and self-harm incident numbers include incidents which occurred in the designated places for young people (aged 15-18 years old): this data cannot currently be separated from data attributable to adults.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/09/2018 16:56:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 76441 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

971368

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five prisons in the male local estate reported the highest number of (a) assaults and (b) self-harm incidents occurring in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	172527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>Reducing levels of assault and self-harm in prisons is a top priority for the Ministry of Justice. We are investing across the prison estate in extra staff, training and security measures so that we can provide full and purposeful regimes, improve staff-prisoner relationships and reduce the impact of drugs.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons with a high absolute number of incidents might not necessarily have the highest relative number or rate of incidents, because the number of prisoners and the nature of the population will vary between establishments. Because of this point, we have provided a list of the top 5 prisons with the highest rate of assault as a better means of comparing across prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The five prisons in the male local estate with the highest reported rate of assaults during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP Birmingham – (928 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bristol – (841 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Leicester – (772 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bedford – (756 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford – (727 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p> </p><p>The five prisons in the male local estate with the highest rate of self-harm incidents during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP Exeter – (1041 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Woodhill – (945 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Peterborough Male – (893 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Leicester – (892 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bristol – (820 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/09/2018 16:57:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 76442 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

939990

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a personal independence payments appeal to be heard.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	163628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not planning to set a target for the maximum time limit for people to wait for a Personal Independence Payment appeal to be heard. This is because waiting times fluctuate geographically owing to a number of factors including venue capacity, the volumes of benefit decisions made locally, the complexity of the case and the availability of panel members. Furthermore, the listing of appeals, including consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited, is a function of the Tribunal’s judiciary. We are however working on measures to improve the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including the appointment of additional judges and panel members.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2018 14:06:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 70869 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

938528

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Justice, what the average waiting time was from plea and trial preparation hearing to the first day of trial for sexual offences against children for each Crown Court in England and Wales in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	162990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold data on the average waiting time from plea and trial preparation hearing (PTPH) to the first day of trial at Crown Court. Published statistics on timeliness of criminal proceedings set out the average number of days taken from sending to the Crown Court to main hearing in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides the average number of days taken from sending to the Crown Court to main hearing for Crown Court Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) offences in England and Wales for 2016 and 2017. CSA offences include both contact cases and image cases.</p><p>This table contains information for each Crown Court centre in England and Wales, including Manchester’s Crown Court centres (Crown Square and Minshull Street)</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 162991 question first answered 20/07/2018 14:09:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 162990 162991 PC.xlsx title Table previous answer version 70876 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

938533

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary for Justice, what the average waiting time was from plea and trial preparation hearing to the first day of trial for sexual offences against children for each Crown Court in Manchester in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	162991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold data on the average waiting time from plea and trial preparation hearing (PTPH) to the first day of trial at Crown Court. Published statistics on timeliness of criminal proceedings set out the average number of days taken from sending to the Crown Court to main hearing in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides the average number of days taken from sending to the Crown Court to main hearing for Crown Court Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) offences in England and Wales for 2016 and 2017. CSA offences include both contact cases and image cases.</p><p>This table contains information for each Crown Court centre in England and Wales, including Manchester’s Crown Court centres (Crown Square and Minshull Street)</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 162990 question first answered 20/07/2018 14:09:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Table PQ 162990 162991 PC.xlsx title Table previous answer version 70885 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

935296

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) community or (b) equivalent orders each offender sent to prison in each of the last three years for less than 12 months had previously been given.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	161527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>There is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not work in terms of rehabilitation and that community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective in reducing reoffending, and therefore keeping the public safe. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended having been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of under 12 months without supervision on release than other similar people given community orders (around 3 percentage points).</p><p> </p><p>From centrally held data it is not possible to separately identify how many community or equivalent orders each offender sent to prison in each of the last three years for less than 12 months had previously been given, without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/07/2018 13:55:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 69801 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

932225

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in England and Wales left the Prison Service more than 18 months after the commencement of their employment in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	158780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of band 3-5 prison officers who left the Prison Service with more than 18 months service at leaving is shown in table 1 below.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup> (headcount) who left the Prison Service with more than 18 months service<sup>2</sup>, 2010/11 to 2017/18</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>More than 18 months service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total band 3-5 officer leavers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,052</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,475</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,919</p></td><td><p>2,942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,182</p></td><td><p>1,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>1,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td><td><p>2,073</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 06/07/2018 14:54:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 68140 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts