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1136212

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) probation services and (b) community rehabilitation companies on the use of algorithms in relation to recall decisions following a breach of licence conditions.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	272181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>All probation providers must adhere to the published Policy Framework on Recall, Review and Re-Release of Recalled Prisoners, including on the steps Responsible Officers must take to satisfy themselves that a recall request is appropriate. The Policy Framework also contains the ‘Recall Best Practice Guide: Working with Recalled Prisoners’ for use by all probation and prison staff involved in the recall process.</p><p>The Policy Framework is available online here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recall-review-and-re-release-of-recalled-prisoners</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 15:44:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1136214

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the sharing of information between the two Departments to inform decisions on recall following breach of licence conditions.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	272182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Probation services supervise offenders on licence and, if offenders breach their conditions, the Offender Manager will assess their level of risk and, if the conclusion is that the offender cannot be safely managed in the community, will recall the offender to prison. Officials in the Public Protection Casework Section in HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) will then formally revoke the offender’s licence. Public protection is our priority.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS engagement about information sharing is primarily with the Police as it is the Chief Constable of each police force who is responsible for operational policing decisions. Police officers will sometimes receive or obtain information about an offender on licence which is relevant for the purposes of determining whether the offender has breached his licence conditions. I have asked my officials to work with the Police to ensure that police officers have a sound understanding of the system of licensed supervision and of the importance of sharing information with probation services as soon as possible whenever an offender on licence comes to their attention.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:54:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1136215

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process is used by his Department to monitor the use of algorithms by community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	272183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice assesses the quality of alternative risk assessment tools proposed by Community Rehabilitation Companies and sets a number of conditions for approval including a requirement for ongoing research and evaluation to ensure the tool is fit for purpose. Under our proposals for future probation arrangements responsibility for undertaking risk assessment processes will sit with staff in the National Probation Service.</p><p>We are still at the early stages of using algorithms in the criminal justice system, primarily as decision support tools to aid professional judgement. We have internal process in place to ensure we develop and roll-out algorithmic models appropriately and responsibly and are working with The Alan Turing Institute to make sure use of these models is ethical, safe and fair</p><p>These tools are one element of a number of measures for assessing the risk of re-offending: offender managers make robust risk assessments based on their professional expertise. The most complex cases, and those with the highest assessed risk of re-offending or causing harm, will attract the most intensive intervention. In all cases, the professional judgement of the offender manager is a key factor in deciding what measures are needed to manage an offender and prevent re-offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 15:43:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1136226

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for an offender convicted for domestic burglary for offenders for which this was their (a) first, (b) second, (c) third, (d) fourth, (e) fifth, (f) sixth, (g) seventh or (h) eighth or more conviction for that offence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	272235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data on:</p><ul><li>The average custodial sentence length for offenders sentenced for domestic burglary, broken down by the order of sentence occasion, covering the period 2014 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li><li>The proportion of offenders sentenced for domestic burglary for more than the third time, broken down by sentence type and sentence length, covering the period 2000 – 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated queries of the Police National Computer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 272237 question first answered 09/07/2019 15:53:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQs 272235 and 272237 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1136348

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 June 2019 to Question 263187 on Prisons: Contracts, what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) staffing and (b) external advice required to (i) develop and (ii) run the prison operator competition.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Prison Operator Framework Competition will increase the diversity and resilience of the custodial services market in England and Wales, by creating a pool of prison operators who can provide high quality, value for money, custodial and maintenance services and enable us to effectively and efficiently manage a pipeline of competition over the next six years.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated projected cost to run the Prison Operator Services Framework Competition and mini-competition for Wellingborough (including costs to date) of £5.5m is estimated to be £2.4m for external support and £3.1m for internal staffing. Estimated costs relating to the development of the competition were minimal and cannot be disaggregated from other costs incurred at that time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:51:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136349

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of exposure to prison violence on re-offending rates.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>We know that the evidence suggests that if prisoners feel safe and supported they are more likely to have the time and headspace to take positive steps to address the causes of their offending. In addition, we know that access to rehabilitative services such as purposeful activity is an important protective factor for preventing violence and self-harm.</p><p> </p><p>This is why are taking urgent action to improve prison safety and security, alongside reforms to overhaul the system to focus on the rehabilitation of offenders. We are tackling the supply and demand of drugs, drones and phones, which drive prison violence and undermine safety.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:46:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136354

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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, what the average number of prison officers in post was in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons, including recruiting over 4700 officers since October 2016, and investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency. As a result, we have 1,500 more prison officers in post than this time last year. The table below provides figures for the average number of prison officers in post in the each of the prisons from the 10 Prisons Project between July and December 2017, and July and December 2018.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average<sup>1</sup> number of band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup> in post in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average number of Prison officers in post</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Average of monthly snapshots, taken at the end of the month.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p> </p><p>These prisons are also part of the 10 Prisons Project, which aims to reduce violence in 10 of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:35:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136355

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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, what the average level of prison population above Certified Normal Accommodation capacity was in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <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>The table below shows the average level of prison population above Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) capacity in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in the last six months of 2017 and 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Jul-Dec17</p></td><td><p>Jul-Dec18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>There are no prisons operating above their operational capacity in England and Wales. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Director on the basis of operational judgement and experience.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to a reduction in the national prison population, reductions in CNA have been seen across many prisons in England and Wales for a range of reasons, including</p><p>enabling maintenance to be performed and other operational reasons, such as part of the response to Urgent Notifications triggered by the Chief Inspector.</p><p> </p><p>The 10 Prisons Project aims to reduce violence in ten of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 15:36:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136356

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional capital spend was on physical security in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The 10 Prisons Project was launched in August 2018 with an aim to reduce violence in 10 of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.</p><p> </p><p>As capital expenditure is usually accounted for in the last quarter of the financial year, we have provided figures for capital spend<sup>1</sup> on physical security in the last six months of both the 17/18 and 18/19 financial years (table a) and the 2017 and 2018 calendar years (table b).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table a - Last 6 months of the<strong> financial</strong> year (Oct-Mar):</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Spend (£k)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018/19 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>508</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>119 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,756 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table B - Last 6 months of the <strong>calendar</strong> year (Jul-Dec)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Spend (£k)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Figures exclude resource expenditure.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:31:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136390

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners released from (a) prison and (b) HMP Northumberland have had temporary accommodation to go to on their release in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	272305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>Data on the accommodation status of released prisoners for 2017/18 is published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018</a>. Data for 2018/19 is due to be published on 25 July, at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live. Having somewhere stable to live acts as a platform for ex-offenders to be able to access the services and support needed to turn their back on crime for good. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are working collaboratively with other government departments and interested parties to ensure that we meet the accommodation needs for prisoners on their release.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 272304 272306 question first answered 09/07/2019 19:40:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan