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999115

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Suffolk
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 effect of court closures in (a) Bury St Edmunds and (b) Lowestoft on access to justice in Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	186295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>In deciding that the underused magistrates’ courts in Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft should close, the Lord Chancellor was satisfied that effective access to justice would be maintained in Suffolk with an alternative provision arrangement in place in Bury St Edmunds. This continues to be our assessment now that the courts have closed.</p><p> </p><p>The alternative provision allows non-imprisonable magistrates’ cases and family proceedings to continue to be heard in the Bury St Edmunds County Court and Tribunal building (Triton House) and videoconferencing facilities are also available for the use of parties in criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>The workload of Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court not suitable for the alternative provision facility has primarily moved to Ipswich, with some work heard in Norwich. Family hearings can also be accommodated at Cambridge Magistrates’ and Family Court.</p><p> </p><p>The workload of Lowestoft Magistrates’ Court, County Court and Family Court has been relocated to Ipswich, Great Yarmouth and Norwich.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2018 14:50:13 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

997553

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
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 cost per prison place of a prison built with (a) with private finance and (b) funds from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget 2018 it was announced that we now intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva through public capital. This will enable the prison to open earlier than originally planned to meet the needs of the growing and complex prison population. The redevelopment will be subject to value for money and affordability tests. While we cannot comment at this stage on the anticipated cost, the newest prison in the estate, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, cost £220 million when it was built in 2015-16. Only PF2 is being retired. We will continue to explore funding routes for the delivery of the remainder of the new places, including through private investment.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing tens of millions extra in prisons to ensure they remain places of rehabilitation and safe for prisoners and staff. A breakdown on cost details per prison place in respect of public sector prisons and those operated under contract (which includes privately financed prisons) can be found within the link under the file named: Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner 2017-18: supplementary information. Our investment includes the recruitment and training of over 3,500 new prison officers in the last two years which has increased our spending on prisons. This investment ensures prisoners have a genuine chance to turn their lives around and ultimately protects the public from crime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 185677 185685 185686 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997554

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's contracts which are open for tender have been subject to bids from companies that are under Serious Fraud Office investigation for overcharging his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The tendering of any new requirement, or retender of an existing contract, are subject to the Public Contracts Regulations and will be published in accordance with standard practice.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011 details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000, including details of suppliers to whom contracts have been awarded, are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search”.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/11/2018 17:04:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997569

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Glen Parva Prison
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 cost to the public purse of building the new prison at Glen Parva.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget 2018 it was announced that we now intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva through public capital. This will enable the prison to open earlier than originally planned to meet the needs of the growing and complex prison population. The redevelopment will be subject to value for money and affordability tests. While we cannot comment at this stage on the anticipated cost, the newest prison in the estate, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, cost £220 million when it was built in 2015-16. Only PF2 is being retired. We will continue to explore funding routes for the delivery of the remainder of the new places, including through private investment.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing tens of millions extra in prisons to ensure they remain places of rehabilitation and safe for prisoners and staff. A breakdown on cost details per prison place in respect of public sector prisons and those operated under contract (which includes privately financed prisons) can be found within the link under the file named: Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner 2017-18: supplementary information. Our investment includes the recruitment and training of over 3,500 new prison officers in the last two years which has increased our spending on prisons. This investment ensures prisoners have a genuine chance to turn their lives around and ultimately protects the public from crime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 185675 185685 185686 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997576

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
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 his Department's annual spend on legal representation for prisons and probation staff at inquests on deaths in prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The sums spent on legal representation for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) at inquests into deaths in prison custody in each of the last five calendar years are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£2,826,566.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£2,734,183.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£2,874,906.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£3,591,634.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£4,198,893.32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are the costs of representation for both HMPPS and its staff. In the vast majority of cases the legal representatives are acting for both the agency and all members of its staff called as witnesses, and the respective costs cannot therefore be separated. In a very small number of cases separate representation is provided for one or more members of staff.</p><p> </p><p>These costs relate to the representation provided for public-sector prisons and their staff, and, since its creation in April 2014, the National Probation Service and its staff. The costs of representation for contracted prisons and their staff are met by the provider. Before April 2014 each Probation Trust met its own representation costs, and since then each Community Rehabilitation Company has done likewise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/11/2018 16:54:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997584

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Glen Parva Prison
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 16 October 2018 to Question 178349 on Prisons: Private Sector and with reference to paragraph 5.28 of the Budget 2018 setting out the allocation of Government funding for the building of HMP Glen Parva, how the construction of that prison will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget 2018 it was announced that we now intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva through public capital. This will enable the prison to open earlier than originally planned to meet the needs of the growing and complex prison population. The redevelopment will be subject to value for money and affordability tests. While we cannot comment at this stage on the anticipated cost, the newest prison in the estate, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, cost £220 million when it was built in 2015-16. Only PF2 is being retired. We will continue to explore funding routes for the delivery of the remainder of the new places, including through private investment.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing tens of millions extra in prisons to ensure they remain places of rehabilitation and safe for prisoners and staff. A breakdown on cost details per prison place in respect of public sector prisons and those operated under contract (which includes privately financed prisons) can be found within the link under the file named: Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner 2017-18: supplementary information. Our investment includes the recruitment and training of over 3,500 new prison officers in the last two years which has increased our spending on prisons. This investment ensures prisoners have a genuine chance to turn their lives around and ultimately protects the public from crime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 185675 185677 185686 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997585

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.51 of the Budget 2018, whether his Department plans to build new prisons using private finance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget 2018 it was announced that we now intend to build the second prison at Glen Parva through public capital. This will enable the prison to open earlier than originally planned to meet the needs of the growing and complex prison population. The redevelopment will be subject to value for money and affordability tests. While we cannot comment at this stage on the anticipated cost, the newest prison in the estate, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, cost £220 million when it was built in 2015-16. Only PF2 is being retired. We will continue to explore funding routes for the delivery of the remainder of the new places, including through private investment.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing tens of millions extra in prisons to ensure they remain places of rehabilitation and safe for prisoners and staff. A breakdown on cost details per prison place in respect of public sector prisons and those operated under contract (which includes privately financed prisons) can be found within the link under the file named: Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner 2017-18: supplementary information. Our investment includes the recruitment and training of over 3,500 new prison officers in the last two years which has increased our spending on prisons. This investment ensures prisoners have a genuine chance to turn their lives around and ultimately protects the public from crime.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 185675 185677 185685 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997620

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
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 released from prison in error in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on releases in error are published as part of the HM Prison and Probation Service Annual Digest. The latest publication can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018. Data for 2010 - 2018 is included within the Chapter 1 table: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729465/01-escapes-absconds.xlsx' in table 1.22</p><p>Releases in error are rare and in the vast majority of cases offenders are returned to custody very quickly</p><p>We work closely with the police to recapture those at large and investigate each incident thoroughly to see what lessons can be learned.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/11/2018 12:10:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997659

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) the change in his Department's budget in real terms in each year since 2010; and what the projected change will be in real terms in each year to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the annual change in the Ministry of Justice’s available funding from HM Treasury and Income in real terms to 2019/20. Budgets for the years 2020/21 and 2021/22 will be set in the next Spending Review. The figures below represent actual funding received for 2010/11 – 2017/18, and forecast figures for 2018/19 – 2019/20.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/ 11</p></td><td><p>2011/ 12</p></td><td><p>2012/ 13</p></td><td><p>2013/ 14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/ 18</p></td><td><p>2018/ 19<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2019/ 20<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiscal Resource DEL Funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding (restated in 2018/19 prices)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Annual real terms increase/(decrease)</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-6%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>-10%</p></td><td><p>-3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cumulative real terms decrease</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td><td><p>-6%</p></td><td><p>-12%</p></td><td><p>-16%</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td><td><p>-19%</p></td><td><p>-19%</p></td><td><p>-27%</p></td><td><p>-29%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><sup>1</sup> Includes funding from HM Treasury and Income (inc. fees, fines and income from OGDs). Excludes depreciation and capital spend. <sup>2 </sup>Based on the SR15 Settlement, with revisions as agreed at AS16. The Ministry continues to engage with HM Treasury on the department’s funding requirements ahead of the Spending Review in 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997141

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per prisoner in England and Wales has been in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	184896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>An average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year. Information on prison expenditure can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document titled Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment under the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab. The most recent published figures for financial year 2017-18 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018</a> We are investing tens of millions of pounds extra in prisons to ensure they remain places of rehabilitation and safe for prisoners and staff. This includes the recruitment and training of over 3,500 new prison officers in the last two years which has increased our spending on prisons. This investment ensures prisoners have a genuine chance to turn their lives around and ultimately protects the public from crime.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 01/11/2018 10:53:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell