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169881

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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department has awarded to Just Solutions International in each of the last five years; what the value and length of each such contract is; and with whom in his Department each such contract was signed.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	218418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>No contracts have been awarded to Just Solutions International in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:41:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

169579

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	Durham Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contraband and illegal substances of each type entered HM Prison Durham in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	218039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service takes the importation of drugs and all other items of contraband into prisons extremely seriously. Prisons deploy a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect such items at the point of entry to the prison. The data below refers to items of contraband and illegal substances discovered having entered HMP Durham.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons are required to centrally report all seizures of drugs, mobile phones and firearms/ammunition. Seizures of drugs and mobile phones reported by HMP Durham for the period May 2010 to September 2014, are provided in the table below. No firearms or ammunition were discovered to have entered HMP Durham during this period. Specific records of other items of contraband are not centrally collected in a way which allows statistically accurate data to be provided.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Seizures of drugs and mobile phones at HMP Durham May 2010 to September 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Drugs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Phone</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Many drugs are similar in appearance and in many cases drugs seized are not categorically identified by scientific analysis. Some will have been identified using indicative reagent or Marquis tests. Many will have been identified by appearance only.</p><p> </p><p>One ‘mobile phone’ find may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.</p><p> </p><p>All figures 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.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/12/2014 17:59:40 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

169588

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	Altcourse Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take HM Prison Altcourse back into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to return HMP Altcourse to public ownership. As a contracted-out prison, Altcourse has generally been a high-performing establishment. In the most recent performance ratings (published 31 July 2014), it was rated Level 3 (out of four levels, of which Level 4 is the highest). The National Offender Management Service is working closely with the contractor to ensure that issues in relation to recent events at the prison are fully and swiftly addressed, and will continue to monitor the prison’s progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2014 15:41:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169589

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	Altcourse Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the contract with G4S to manage HM Prison Altcourse.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The contract for HM Prison Altcourse is available in the House of Commons Library. In addition the contract will be published on Contracts Finder on or before the end of January 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2014 15:35:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169590

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	Altcourse Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number was of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at HM Prison Altcourse in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained within the timescale. I will write to the hon Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218221 question first answered 15/12/2014 16:29:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169591

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	Altcourse Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff vacancies there are at HM Prison Altcourse; and for how long each position has been vacant.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained within the timescale. I will write to the hon Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218222 question first answered 15/12/2014 16:29:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170518

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	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of crimes committed by ex-prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	906635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Despite investment, reoffending rates have remained stubbornly high. We are fundamentally reforming rehabilitation services by opening up the market to new providers and incentivising them to focus relentlessly on reducing reoffending. For the first time in recent history virtually every offender released from custody will receive statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the community. We remain on track to deliver these key reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:38:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

170586

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	Prisoners' Release: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what opportunities there are for people in prison to prepare themselves for the job market on release.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	906653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There are significant opportunities in prison to help prisoners gain employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>These include education, vocational training, experience of work and support to deal with barriers to employment such as accommodation or substance addiction.</p><p> </p><p>The National Careers Service also operates in prisons in England.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:45:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

170587

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	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	906654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Despite investment, reoffending rates remain stubbornly high. We are fundamentally reforming rehabilitation services by opening up the market to new providers and incentivising them to focus relentlessly on reducing reoffending. For the first time in recent history virtually every offender released from custody will receive statutory supervision and rehabilitation in the community. We remain on track to deliver these key reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 16:57:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

170588

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	Young Offenders: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to promote early intervention to reduce reoffending by 16 to 18 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Allen
uin	906652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Reducing reoffending by young people is a key priority for the Ministry of Justice. We are committed to working across Government on early and preventive interventions, including the Troubled Families programme, the Youth Engagement Fund and the Ending Gangs and Youth Violence programme.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/12/2014 17:54:22 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	364 label Biography information for Mr Graham Allen