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1123961

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
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 bands three to five in each prison have less than three years' experience.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	249324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers in post, as at 31 December 2018, with less than three years’ experience in each prison can be found in the accompanying excel table.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold staffing numbers for privately managed prisons and, as such, their workforce statistics are not published. Every privately contracted prison is robustly scrutinised by an on-site Prison Service Controller who monitors their performance, including staffing levels. Some privately run prisons are among the best across the estate, and we are able to take rapid action if standards drop.</p><p> </p><p>We commend our hard-working prison officers who do a vital job in protecting the public every day, often in challenging and difficult circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/05/2019 16:45:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 249324_final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1123963

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
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 bands three to five in each prison have three or more years' experience.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	249325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers in post, as at 31 December 2018, with three or more years’ experience in each prison can be found in the accompanying excel table.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold staffing numbers for privately managed prisons and, as such, their workforce statistics are not published. Every privately contracted prison is robustly scrutinised by an on-site Prison Service Controller who monitors their performance, including staffing levels. Some privately run prisons are among the best across the estate, and we are able to take rapid action if standards drop.</p><p> </p><p>We commend our hard-working prison officers who do a vital job in protecting the public every day, often in challenging and difficult circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/05/2019 16:37:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 249325_final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122654

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officers in bands three to five in each prison operated by HMPPS have less than three years' experience.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers in post, as at 31 December 2018, with less than three years’ experience in each prison can be found in the accompanying excel table.</p><p> </p><p>We commend our hard-working prison officers who do a vital job in protecting the public every day, often in challenging and difficult circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:54:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 247088_final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122655

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officers in bands three to five in each prison operated by HMPPS have three or more years' experience.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	247089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers in post, as at 31 December 2018, with three or more years’ experience in each prison can be found in the accompanying excel table.</p><p> </p><p>We commend our hard-working prison officers who do a vital job in protecting the public every day, often in challenging and difficult circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We want prison officers to stay and progress their careers. We’ve improved induction processes to ease transition into the job, provide care and support for our staff and offer additional training. These measures are part of the work we are doing directly with Governors to address local issues and ensure experienced staff and new recruits remain in the service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:56:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ 247089_final table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1122851

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April to Question 239207 on Reoffenders: Community Orders, how many offences of each type were committed by those offenders.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	246971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of reoffences for each reoffence type committed by offenders who had started a community order in January to December 2016 and reoffended can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>The time period covered is the calendar year rather than the financial year as was previously provided in response to Question 239207.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2019 17:06:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 246971 table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122855

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
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 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 on prison sentences, how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	246975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Answer of 19 March 2019 to Questions 230698-230707 and 231412-231416 was on the highest number of previous offences committed, for different offence items, before being given an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last three years. Pursuant to this, the answer regarding how many community orders each of those offenders had previously been given before being sent to prison can be found in the table attached. As benefit fraud offences are not prosecuted by the police, it is not possible to answer Question 230707.</p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p>However, sentences should also rehabilitate. There is persuasive evidence showing community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences, community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015 involved around 350,000 sentencing occasions over 4 years and used 130 different variables to construct matched groups of offenders and examine the effect of short sentences relative to community sentences. This study found a reduction of around 3 percentage points in proven reoffences if offenders receiving sentences of less than 12 months were to get a community order instead. This is statistically significant and equates to around 30,000 proven reoffences in total over a one-year period. This means fewer victims of crime.</p><p>Unless we tackle the underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of the wider community.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:52:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of 20190426 - PQ246975 - Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1122858

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders who were given a community order in each of the last three years breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a different disposal.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	246978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of offenders who were given a community order in each of the last three years who breached their order and (a) the order was allowed to continue, (b) were re-sentenced to immediate custody, (c) were re-sentenced to a suspended sentence and (d) were re-sentenced to a new community order can be found in the table attached.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/05/2019 13:50:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 246978 response table Breach.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1064739

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Styal Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women whose home address is in North Wales served sentences of (a) less than six months and (b) six months or more at HMP Styal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	224300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The department is unable to identify the total number of women in each year as the information is not centrally held. Table 1 in the attached instead sets out the number of women with a home address in North Wales held at HMP Styal who were serving less than/more than 6 months at quarterly intervals over the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 attached, shows the number of women remanded to HMP Styal by a court in North Wales since 2014.</p><p> </p><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. We will therefore be looking at what more we can do to emphasise that short custodial sentences should be viewed as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p>In June we published our female offender strategy which makes clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 224301 question first answered 01/03/2019 15:34:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 224300 and 224301 - Women from North Wales in HMP Styal1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1064740

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Styal Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were on remand at HMP Styal from courts in North Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	224301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The department is unable to identify the total number of women in each year as the information is not centrally held. Table 1 in the attached instead sets out the number of women with a home address in North Wales held at HMP Styal who were serving less than/more than 6 months at quarterly intervals over the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 attached, shows the number of women remanded to HMP Styal by a court in North Wales since 2014.</p><p> </p><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. We will therefore be looking at what more we can do to emphasise that short custodial sentences should be viewed as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p>In June we published our female offender strategy which makes clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 224300 question first answered 01/03/2019 15:34:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 224300 and 224301 - Women from North Wales in HMP Styal1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1060579

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Compensation
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 successful child sexual abuse prosecutions that resulted in a criminal compensation order in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
uin	220844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions, convictions, sentences, compensation orders and average compensation amount for child sex abuse offences in 2017 can be viewed in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>Court statistics on prosecutions and convictions for 2018 will be published in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 220845 question first answered 18/02/2019 17:20:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of Copy of PQ220844 220845 table1.xlsx title Table
tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths