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418487

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any staff redundancies are planned as a result of the allocation of new contracts at Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	10090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Staff employed at Rainsbrook STC at the time of the transfer will transfer to the new provider, MTC Novo, under TUPE Regulations, unless they choose not to.</p><p>It is not appropriate to speculate or prejudge staffing requirements or the outcome of the transfer process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 13:46:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418490

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, why his Department did not award new five year contracts to run Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres at the time originally scheduled.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	10088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The award date was indicative only and it is not unusual for this to change. This has been a large and complex procurement that has involved extensive dialogue with all five bidders and a stringent governance process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 13:27:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416179

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
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 risks posed by unmanned drones to prison security; and what steps he is taking to protect against drones dropping contraband material into prisons.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service continues to assess the developing risk posed by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or ‘drones’. All prisons have local contingency plans to respond to incidents including drones.</p><p>The previous Government introduced legislation which prohibits the “projection” of any item into prison by any means, including by a drone. Prisons work with law enforcement to investigate and prosecute perpetrators, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/09/2015 11:07:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416202

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what implications the report of the unannounced visits by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to HMP Wandsworth will have for his policies on (a) making prisons safer, (b) protecting minority groups in prisons, (c) addressing staff shortages in prisons and (d) providing educational and vocational opportunities in prison.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth is implementing its action plan addressing the recommendations in the Inspectorate report. A new governor is in place who is focusing on delivering a safe, decent and secure regime. Additional resources have been identified within the establishment to support the safety and violence issues within the report and the prison is working hard to improve the issues identified in the report.</p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is committed to running safe prisons. Violence in prison is wholly unacceptable. NOMS has launched a new Violence Reduction Project, which has been created to gain better understanding of the causes of the current levels of violence in prisons and to make sure that there is strengthened handling of it, in terms of both prevention and response.</p><p> </p><p>A number of processes are in place to ensure that all black and minority ethnic prisoners are treated fairly with regards to the delivery of services in prisons, including monitoring and equality impact assessments, both of national policies and local implementation.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has undertaken a large scale recruitment to tackle shortfalls caused by the unexpected rise in the prison population and a higher turnover of staff. NOMS has recruited over 2,230 new Band 3 Officers in the 12 months to 30 June 2015 and is planning to recruit at a similar rate in 2015-16 to address outstanding vacancies and turnover of staff.</p><p> </p><p>Work is already in progress to improve the quality of learning and skills in prisons. Increasing numbers of prisoners are engaged in learning but Ofsted Inspections confirm that one in five prisons has an inadequate standard of education provision and another two fifths require improvement. Additionally, the Secretary of State has asked Dame Sally Coates to chair a review of the quality of education in prisons. The review will report in March 2016. Details can be found at the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/education-in-prison" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/speeches/education-in-prison</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/09/2015 12:51:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416206

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: Martin Narey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his permission was (a) sought and (b) granted for Sir Martin Narey's access to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Secretary of State discussed the Ofsted Rainsbrook inspection with Sir Martin Narey and fully supported his proposed visit to the Secure Training Centre. The Secretary of State discussed his assessment of the Centre when he visited Rainsbrook on 10 July.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 8758 question first answered 09/09/2015 11:19:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416207

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: Martin Narey
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 Sir Martin Narey on (a) his access to Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and (b) his subsequent report.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State discussed the Ofsted Rainsbrook inspection with Sir Martin Narey and fully supported his proposed visit to the Secure Training Centre. The Secretary of State discussed his assessment of the Centre when he visited Rainsbrook on 10 July.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 8757 question first answered 09/09/2015 11:19:34 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416211

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population of the UK was in each year since 2010; and whether it is his policy to reduce the prison population over the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the prison population in England and Wales from 2010 to 2015 can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website and is available in table A1.1 at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449241/prison-population-2015.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449241/prison-population-2015.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The prison population is determined by sentencing decisions made by the independent judiciary, according to law and after considering the circumstances of the individual case. The Government keeps the sentencing framework under review to make sure that the courts have the appropriate powers to deal with offenders in the most effective way possible.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 10:14:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391876

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales are serving imprisonment for public protection sentences.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is published as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication, and is available in Table 1.9 at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449240/prison-population-apr-jun-2015.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449240/prison-population-apr-jun-2015.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/09/2015 13:45:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391878

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of juveniles who reoffend within a year of their release from custody.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on juvenile re-offending are published in the Proven Re-offending Statistics, which is released quarterly. The most recent statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-quarterly-october-2012-to-september-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/proven-reoffending-statistics-quarterly-october-2012-to-september-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to make sure young offenders have the skills and self-discipline they need to turn their lives around and stop offending.</p><p>Crime is falling and fewer young people are entering the criminal justice system, but those who are need the right support. That is why we have taken steps to improve education and training for young people while in custody and on release.</p><p> </p><p>A proven re-offence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction or caution in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/09/2015 09:10:41 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

388305

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the lessons to be learned set out in the bulletin on new psychoactive substances, published in July 2015 by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman; and what steps he is taking to reduce deaths in prisons linked to the new psychoactive substances.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Every death in custody is a tragedy, and we are committed to reducing the number of deaths in prisons. We work hard to learn lessons from each death, and we have accepted and acted on the vast majority of recommendations from recent investigations by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, including those relating to new psychoactive substances brought together in the Ombudsman’s bulletin.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is aware of the increase of the use of these psychoactive substances across the prison estate and there is a wide-ranging programme of work being undertaken to counteract them. This includes joint work with the Home Office on legislation, the Psychoactive Substances Bill, to tackle the supply across the UK. This will allow governors to press for the prosecution of those supplying new psychoactive substances in prisons. Additionally, work is underway to develop new drug tests to detect these substances, and to train drug dogs to detect them, as well as to strengthen perimeter defences. NOMS is also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that there is as effective a response as possible to any new psychoactive substance being brought or thrown into prison. We will continue to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons such as new generation body scanners. We have also included a clause within the Serious Crime Bill, which with Parliaments agreement will create an offence of throwing or projecting any item over a prison perimeter so that it lands in a prison.</p><p> </p><p>There is a continuing campaign to ensure that all prisoners are aware of the very serious risks that new psychoactive substances bring, and NOMS is working with Public Health England on updating clinical guidance on the management of substance misuse in adult prisons and providing a new psychoactive substances toolkit specifically for prisons.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/07/2015 10:37:32 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn