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169882

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which companies Capita are sub-contracting under its electronic monitoring contract with his Department.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Capita is currently providing electronic monitoring services under an interim contract while the new contracts are mobilised. Capita subcontracts with a number of companies to deliver these services; namely, G4S, Serco, Lex Autolease, Nacro, Vodafone and TNT Express.</p><p> </p><p>Under these transitional arrangements, Capita is responsible for managing the electronic monitoring service using the equipment and systems inherited from G4S and Serco. The involvement of the former suppliers will come to an end once the new contracts have been fully mobilised.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/01/2015 15:14:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170008

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times officials and Ministers in his Department have had meetings with companies that were interested in bidding for the electronic monitoring contract.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a comprehensive record of how many such meetings took place.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the competition for replacement electronic monitoring services we engaged the market widely, meeting interested parties in a series of sessions to consider the opportunities presented by emerging technology.</p><p> </p><p>Once the competition was under way, following publication of the OJEU contract notice in February 2012, the Department held various meetings with suppliers selected as bidders and preferred bidders, including negotiations as part of the competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/01/2015 17:10:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

169581

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by (a) escaped or (b) absconded prisoners in each year since 2010; and what those offences were.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison population. Absconds have reached record lows under this Government, falling by more than 80 per cent in the last 10 years, but we have not been complacent. We have made major changes to tighten the system. Offenders who escape or abscond are an extremely small proportion of the almost 86,000 offenders in the prison system at the moment.</p><p> </p><p>To establish what offences were committed by escaped or absconded prisoners would require the examination of core records for each prisoner that had escaped or absconded since 2010. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the details of escapes occurring from prison escort vans between April 2010 and March 2014. The offence and sentence length is that recorded at the time of the escape. All prisoners who escaped from prison vans have subsequently been arrested and returned to custody. The table includes escorts conducted by contractors under the Prison Escort and Custody Services contract and HM Prison Service staff.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Escapes from prison vans between April 2010 and March 2014, by year.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sentence at time of escape</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>Assault/arson</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>IPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Possession of a firearm</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Possession of a firearm</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Assault</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>54 Months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Supply class a drugs</p></td><td><p>Convicted Unsentenced</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>7 years 10 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>14 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Aggravated burglary</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218048 question first answered 22/01/2015 17:16:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

169582

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from prison vans in each year since 2010; how many such prisoners remain on the run; of what offences each such prisoner was convicted; and what length of custodial sentence each such prisoner was given.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison population. Absconds have reached record lows under this Government, falling by more than 80 per cent in the last 10 years, but we have not been complacent. We have made major changes to tighten the system. Offenders who escape or abscond are an extremely small proportion of the almost 86,000 offenders in the prison system at the moment.</p><p> </p><p>To establish what offences were committed by escaped or absconded prisoners would require the examination of core records for each prisoner that had escaped or absconded since 2010. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the details of escapes occurring from prison escort vans between April 2010 and March 2014. The offence and sentence length is that recorded at the time of the escape. All prisoners who escaped from prison vans have subsequently been arrested and returned to custody. The table includes escorts conducted by contractors under the Prison Escort and Custody Services contract and HM Prison Service staff.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Escapes from prison vans between April 2010 and March 2014, by year.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sentence at time of escape</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>Assault/arson</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>IPP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Possession of a firearm</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Possession of a firearm</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Assault</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>54 Months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>Supply class a drugs</p></td><td><p>Convicted Unsentenced</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>7 years 10 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>14 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Aggravated burglary</p></td><td><p>Uncategorised</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>Remand</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218047 question first answered 22/01/2015 17:16:28 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

169013

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been for the offence of prison mutiny in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	217818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Disruptive behaviour has no place in prison and we take swift and robust action against anyone who attempts any kind of disorder. All serious incidents are referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of offences related to prison mutiny in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Defendants proceeded against at magistartes courts and found guilty at all courts of offences relating to prison mutiny<sup>(1)</sup>, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Outcome</td><td>2009</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded against</td><td>#</td><td>#</td><td>-</td><td>7</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Found guilty</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">'#' - prosecution statistics for this offence for these years collected as part of a miscellaneous grouping and can only be separately identified at dispropotionate cost</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(1) An offence under S1 Prison Security Act 1992</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQ 217818</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note, however, that proceedings data for 2009 and 2010 are part of a miscellaneous grouping, which can only be separately identified at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/01/2015 09:16:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

168698

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies were contracted by his Department to provide training for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years; and what his Department's expenditure on companies contracted to train (i) prisoners and (ii) prison staff has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>Private Prisons:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The price paid for running private prisons does not include a breakdown of costs for training. Private prison contractors are required to provide training for both prisoners and staff in line with Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) and Prison Service Orders (PSOs) as part of their contracts.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Public Prisons:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for prisoners in the last five years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ST GILES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE FOUNDATION TRAINING COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE CLINK RESTAURANT COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SERCO GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORKING LINKS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MERSEYSIDE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTERSHIRE &amp; RUTLAND PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRIBAL GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A4E CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MERSEYSIDE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE WEST YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE DERBYSHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for staff in the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Fire Service College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roffey park Institute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashbourne assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QA Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common Purpose UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Bristol College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire Consultancy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learn Direct (was JHP Group Ltd)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Construction College (CITB-ConstructionSkills)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RTW Training Services Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds College of Building</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Behavioural Measures UK Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CQM Learning Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for prisoners training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</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></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£40,852,860.56</p></td><td><p>£28,545,826.02</p></td><td><p>£26,224,572.48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for staff training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</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></tr><tr><td><p>£1,196,652.55</p></td><td><p>£1,201,946.52</p></td><td><p>£3,278,174.07</p></td><td><p>£3,100,465.41</p></td><td><p>£2,360,469.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend above includes all spend with each of the suppliers listed above so may include some elements that are not purely training. There is a reduction in the amount spent on prisoners training between 2011 and 2014. The majority of the money for prisoner training comes from European Social funding (ESF). There was an overlap in 11/12 of two rounds of ESF funding which is reflected as a higher amount in the annual totals. NOMS funding remained relatively stable throughout the period at around £5m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of much education in prisons falls to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 217498 question first answered 22/01/2015 17:24:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168352

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies were contracted by his Department to provide training for (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years; and what his Department's expenditure on companies contracted to train (i) prisoners and (ii) prison staff has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong>Private Prisons:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The price paid for running private prisons does not include a breakdown of costs for training. Private prison contractors are required to provide training for both prisoners and staff in line with Prison Service Instructions (PSIs) and Prison Service Orders (PSOs) as part of their contracts.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Public Prisons:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for prisoners in the last five years are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ST GILES TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE FOUNDATION TRAINING COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE CLINK RESTAURANT COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SERCO GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PERTEMPS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WORKING LINKS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MERSEYSIDE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEICESTERSHIRE &amp; RUTLAND PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRIBAL GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A4E CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH YORKSHIRE PROBATION TRUST</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE MERSEYSIDE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE WEST YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE DERBYSHIRE LEICESTERSHIRE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND RUTLAND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION COMPANY</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The companies that were contracted to provide training for staff in the last five years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Fire Service College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roffey park Institute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashbourne assessments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QA Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Common Purpose UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Bristol College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire Consultancy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learn Direct (was JHP Group Ltd)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Construction College (CITB-ConstructionSkills)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RTW Training Services Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds College of Building</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Behavioural Measures UK Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CQM Learning Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for prisoners training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</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></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£40,852,860.56</p></td><td><p>£28,545,826.02</p></td><td><p>£26,224,572.48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend for staff training:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009 / 10</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></tr><tr><td><p>£1,196,652.55</p></td><td><p>£1,201,946.52</p></td><td><p>£3,278,174.07</p></td><td><p>£3,100,465.41</p></td><td><p>£2,360,469.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend above includes all spend with each of the suppliers listed above so may include some elements that are not purely training. There is a reduction in the amount spent on prisoners training between 2011 and 2014. The majority of the money for prisoner training comes from European Social funding (ESF). There was an overlap in 11/12 of two rounds of ESF funding which is reflected as a higher amount in the annual totals. NOMS funding remained relatively stable throughout the period at around £5m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost of much education in prisons falls to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 217613 question first answered 22/01/2015 17:24:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

166393

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have been performed in each prison in each quarter since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	216064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to contraband in prison and use a range of robust security measures to find them, including searches and specially trained dogs. Prisoners who are found with contraband face tough punishments including having their privileges removed, getting time added onto their sentence and may be referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to focussing our efforts on preventing drugs from entering custody and an intelligence led approach to using MDT tests most effectively and programmes and support to ensure that prisoners can stay free from drugs in custody. The national positive rate of MDT samples has remained reasonably static since April 2010, with the rate between 7.0% and 7.4%, down from 24.4% in 1996.</p><p> </p><p>A table showing the number of mandatory drug tests that have taken place in each prison in each quarter since 2006 has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>All figures used in providing this document have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/01/2015 13:12:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 216064 - Table.xls title drug tests in each prison in each quarter since 06
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

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registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: 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 convicted of terrorist-related offences have been released on temporary licence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Release on temporary licence is not an entitlement and each prisoner is rigorously risk-assessed before they are allowed to be released on ROTL. All prisoners must wait until the latter part of their sentence for resettlement ROTL, and those convicted of terrorism-related offences are subject to the tougher, Restricted ROTL process that the Government introduced last year.</p><p>In the period January 2010 to 14 November 2014 15 prisoners convicted of a Terrorism Act offence or of an offence that was terrorism-related, where the motivation stemmed from an extreme ideology, were released on temporary licence.</p><p>The 15 prisoners represent a range of ideologies and contain a number of animal rights activists.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/01/2015 10:01:22 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156058

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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 proportion of all recalls to prison have been fixed term recalls in each year since their introduction.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A fixed-term recall is one where an offender on licence is recalled for a 28 day period before being automatically re-released. It is available only to those offenders on licence who are not assessed as presenting a high risk of harm to the public. Offenders who are assessed as presenting a high risk of harm are not eligible to receive a fixed-term recall and will be given a standard recall, under which they can remain in custody, potentially, until the end of their sentence. They will be released before the end of their sentence only if the Parole Board or Secretary of State is satisfied they no longer need to be detained to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory provisions for fixed-term recalls were included in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and commenced in July 2008. The provisions were amended by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and commenced in December 2012. The amendments were designed to provide offender managers with additional flexibility to determine whether a fixed-term recall was the appropriate way to respond to an offender’s breach of his licence conditions, notwithstanding that he had been given a fixed-term recall on a previous occasion.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is introducing a new test, in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, which must be applied to determine the type of recall given to an offender and to decide whether to re-release a recalled offender. The new test will ensure that any offender who has abused a fixed-term recall previously and persistently and wilfully refused to comply with his licence conditions will not receive a further fixed-term recall. The test will guide offender managers, so that all relevant considerations are taken into account before a decision is taken on the type of recall appropriate to deal with the breach of licence conditions. It will also ensure that a fixed-term recall is given only where we can be satisfied that the offender can be effectively managed when released after 28 days.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of all recalls to prison that were fixed term given in the calendar years from 2008 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Fixed Term Recall (FTR)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of Total Recalls which were FTRs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to June)</p></td><td><p>8412</p></td><td><p>3569</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17330</p></td><td><p>7280</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>16481</p></td><td><p>5124</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>16227</p></td><td><p>4532</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15479<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>4293<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,719<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>3,979<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>13,554<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1,722<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> denotes data that has not been published. It has been taken from a live database and as such, it is subject to change.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup> the proportion of recalls which were FTRs in 2008 reflects that the FTR was available only from July 2008.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 19/01/2015 18:11:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies