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106046

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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 who have taken voluntary early departure since 2010 have been re-recruited.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up to 30 June 2014, which was the date of the latest published staffing figures, there had been five or fewer prison officers who had taken voluntary early departure since 2010 and since returned to work for the National Offender Management Service.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 16:24:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106051

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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 taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	213140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 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 and getting time added onto their sentence and may be referred to the police for prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>The number of mandatory drug tests that have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010 is shown in the table below. We are committed to focussing our efforts on preventing drugs from entering custody, 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><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Mandatory Drug Tests Since May 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8231</p></td><td><p>8236</p></td><td><p>7820</p></td><td><p>7179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7944</p></td><td><p>7911</p></td><td><p>7295</p></td><td><p>6786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8717</p></td><td><p>8330</p></td><td><p>7596</p></td><td><p>7001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7878</p></td><td><p>7846</p></td><td><p>7495</p></td><td><p>6737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>8181</p></td><td><p>8310</p></td><td><p>8263</p></td><td><p>8071</p></td><td><p>6831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>8053</p></td><td><p>8136</p></td><td><p>7689</p></td><td><p>7172</p></td><td><p>6572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>7833</p></td><td><p>8160</p></td><td><p>7855</p></td><td><p>7191</p></td><td><p>6532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>7678</p></td><td><p>8187</p></td><td><p>7851</p></td><td><p>6885</p></td><td><p>6400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>7809</p></td><td><p>8137</p></td><td><p>7607</p></td><td><p>6885</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>7784</p></td><td><p>8322</p></td><td><p>8069</p></td><td><p>7000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>8079</p></td><td><p>8332</p></td><td><p>7894</p></td><td><p>6670</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>7812</p></td><td><p>7926</p></td><td><p>7505</p></td><td><p>6624</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures in this answer 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 06/11/2014 16:24:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

102061

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
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 officer vacancies at each grade there were in each prison in each month since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Prison Officer vacancies are defined as a deficit of staff in post compared to benchmark staffing level. Benchmarks have now been agreed for most public sector Prison Service establishments which allow the reporting of staffing levels against benchmarks at prison level. Prior to the agreement of staffing benchmarks the inconsistency and uncertainty in the data held by the centre meant it was not possible to provide an accurate prison by prison breakdown of vacancies. The first set of verified data using agreed benchmarks was for 30 June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is aiming to recruit approx 1,700 Prison Officers in 2014/15, into post or onto merit lists. Some of these are already in post. This would be sufficient to fill all current vacancies and those created by attrition by March 2015. Detached duty is being used in the short term to fill vacancies.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Band 3 to 5 Officers in Post at 30 June 2014 and Benchmark Target</strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff in Post (30th June 2014)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Benchmark Target</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Difference</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>-27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>-11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>-36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>-11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>-5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>492</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>-9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>-44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>-8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>-11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>-8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>-8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>-2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntercombe</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>-8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leyhill</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>-4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk/Prescoed</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>-32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>-8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewell</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>-7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>-34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1) Although benchmarks are agreed they are still subject to review and can therefore change if necessary to meet the requirements at the establishment to ensure a safe, decent and secure environment.</p><p>2) Benchmark figures do not include transition staff at establishments.</p><p>3) Only establishments with a finalised benchmark are included within the table. Benchmarks have not been set for the four Immigration removal Centres which NOMS runs for the Home Office, Buckley Hall which was benchmarked in the first competition and the five establishments commissioned by the Youth Justice Board. Benchmarks for women’s establishments are being finalised and are planned to be concluded by December 2014.</p><p>4) NOMS manages vacancies through the use of payment plus for officer grades, overtime, agency staff and through the use of temporary detached duty.</p><p>5) New capacity opening at Hull and Chelmsford has recently increased the benchmark requirement for which recruitment will be required.</p><p>6) Staff in Post figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time to ensure consistency of reporting. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty with which information is held. However, it does mean that the level of shortfalls presented here is the difference of the benchmark to the rounded staff numbers and will therefore differ slightly from the unrounded figures which are used internally.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/11/2014 17:31:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101486

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he sought the approval of the European Commission for pension proposals in the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the National Agreement on Staff Transfer, all probation employees who transferred to the new probation structures on 1 June 2014 retained their membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. This applied to probation employees in both Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS).</p><p> </p><p>On 2 July 2014, a Written Ministerial statement was laid before the House, setting out the Secretary of State's guarantee that the Department will meet any contributions due to the Local Government Pension Scheme in relation to probation employees who have transferred to the CRCs whilst in Government ownership in the event of CRC insolvency. This facilitated continued pension provision under the Local Government Pension Scheme for these probation employees. The Written Ministerial statement can be accessed via:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has engaged as appropriate with the European Commission and other relevant parties regarding the pension proposals for probation employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 212314 question first answered 03/11/2014 15:05:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101490

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds his Department's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms provide a guarantee to the administering authority of the Local Government Pension Scheme in respect of past service liabilities that will become the responsibility of community rehabilitation companies, and future accrual of benefits for transferring staff in the event of a failure by those companies to pay those contributions or amounts.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the National Agreement on Staff Transfer, all probation employees who transferred to the new probation structures on 1 June 2014 retained their membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. This applied to probation employees in both Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS).</p><p> </p><p>On 2 July 2014, a Written Ministerial statement was laid before the House, setting out the Secretary of State's guarantee that the Department will meet any contributions due to the Local Government Pension Scheme in relation to probation employees who have transferred to the CRCs whilst in Government ownership in the event of CRC insolvency. This facilitated continued pension provision under the Local Government Pension Scheme for these probation employees. The Written Ministerial statement can be accessed via:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has engaged as appropriate with the European Commission and other relevant parties regarding the pension proposals for probation employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 212311 question first answered 03/11/2014 15:05:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101492

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:23:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25520 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101493

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:29:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25521 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101196

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have received copies of the books that supporters of the Books for Prisoners campaign have sent to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Several dozen donated books have been passed to the library at HMP Pentonville. Officials are arranging for a further batch of donated books (around 120, as of the end of October 2014) to be sent to HMP East Sutton Park.</p><p> </p><p>This is on an exceptional basis, and all of the books are searched before being made available to the library service. The books will be available for any prisoner at the two establishments to borrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211986 211987 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:26:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101197

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prisons Service spent on taxis to transport prisoners in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort Custody Service (PECS), which is part of the National Offender Management Service, is responsible for the movement of prisoners between prisons, police stations and courts and their care and security while in court custody. PECS manages the secure escort contracts covering all those sent to custody in the prison estate, apart from Category A prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are occasions when the prison service may make use of taxis to provide prisons with a cost-effective, flexible way of fulfilling transport requirements for prisoners where there is a strong operational justification for doing so. This is an economical mode of transport (particularly in comparison with using cellular vehicles or purchasing cars). It reduces potential overhead costs for prisons, such as maintenance and cleaning, which have an impact on staff time. Prisons are able to access this form of transport at short notice, in response to urgent requirements</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total amount of cost of hiring transport, including taxis, for prisoners for financial year 2013-14 for public sector prisons in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Transport Hire Costs for Prisoners </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£3,417,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>To note within the table:</em></p><p>1. It is important to note that the charges for Taxis used for medical escorts are reimbursed by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). PCTs have the commissioning and funding responsibility for all medical escorts and bedwatches for prisons but exclude Open prisons, Immigration Remand Centres and prisons in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figure for financial year 2013-14 is extracted from our central accounting code and include costs of hiring transport e.g. taxis, coaches, mini-buses etc. for taking prisoners to court and for all other escorts including bedwatches, funeral escorts and regime activities not in official vehicles. Also, the figure has been drawn from NOMS central accounting records, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>3. Private Prisons are excluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 30/10/2014 17:06:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101198

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many books his Department received from supporters of the Books for Prisoners campaign.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Several dozen donated books have been passed to the library at HMP Pentonville. Officials are arranging for a further batch of donated books (around 120, as of the end of October 2014) to be sent to HMP East Sutton Park.</p><p> </p><p>This is on an exceptional basis, and all of the books are searched before being made available to the library service. The books will be available for any prisoner at the two establishments to borrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211987 211988 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:26:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan