Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1612927

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises in England house (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	182035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.</p><p> </p><p>We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.</p><p> </p><p>When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182036 182037 182038 question first answered 25/04/2023 10:29:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1612928

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales are housed in Approved Premises.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	182036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.</p><p> </p><p>We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.</p><p> </p><p>When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182035 182037 182038 question first answered 25/04/2023 10:29:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1612930

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average distance between the Approved Premises and home address for (a) women and (b) men currently housed in Approved Premises in England with a home address in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	182037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.</p><p> </p><p>We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.</p><p> </p><p>When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182035 182036 182038 question first answered 25/04/2023 10:29:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1612931

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Approved Premises: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the capacity of each Approved Premises in Wales; and how much of this capacity is in use as of 20 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	182038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.</p><p> </p><p>We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.</p><p> </p><p>When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182035 182036 182037 question first answered 25/04/2023 10:29:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1623939

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the protection of women's rights on the female prison estate.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	904642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>In January we published our Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan, including commitments on delivering both better outcomes and better physical conditions for women in custody. The Delivery Plan emphasises the importance of a trauma informed and responsive approach to effectively meet the needs of women in the female prison estate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/04/2023 14:11:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1612470

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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, with reference to recommendation eight of HM Inspectorate of Probation's report entitled The use of electronic monitoring as a tool for the Probation Service in reducing reoffending and managing risk, published in January 2022, in how many and what proportion of probation cases HM Prison and Probation Service conducted domestic abuse and safeguarding checks before recommending a sentence or release on electronically monitored curfew in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	181760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held for the period specified. HM Prison and Probation Service mandated that enquiries to police and children’s services should be made in all cases where there is a recommendation for an electronically monitored curfew from April 2022 (in addition to those cases where they were already required).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/04/2023 07:24:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1612471

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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, with reference to the policy paper entitled Thematic inspection on electronic monitoring, published on 22 January 2023, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation that Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service work with the police and children’s social care at a national level to ensure that probation practitioners in every region are provided with domestic abuse and safeguarding checks in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	181761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are investing an extra £5.5 million a year to recruit probation staff who are specifically responsible for accessing domestic abuse information held by police forces and children’s safeguarding information held by local authorities. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has worked with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, the Department for Education and the National Police Chiefs’ Council leads for Domestic Abuse and Public Protection to provide support at national level to Probation Regions to access information from police and children’s services. The then Chief Probation Officer also wrote to all Children’s Services Directors and Chief Constables to alert them to the introduction of mandatory checks for domestic abuse and in relation to child safeguarding in electronic monitoring cases. The Chief Probation Officer highlighted the additional investment and placed the new mandatory checks in the context of the shared priority of the safety and welfare of adults and children who may be at risk.</p><p>HM Inspectorate of Probation published the Thematic Inspection on Electronic Monitoring in January 2022. HMPPS mandated that enquiries to police forces and children’s services should be made in all cases where there is a recommendation for an electronically monitored curfew from April 2022 (in addition to those cases where they were already required). The then Chief Probation Officer and the Executive Director for HMPPS Wales and Public Protection held an all staff event to reinforce the importance of making enquiries. The new Chief Probation Officer has been clear with all staff that this is one of her top priorities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 181765 question first answered 24/04/2023 09:46:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1612475

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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, with reference to HM Inspectorate of Prison and Probation Service's report on Thematic inspection on electronic monitoring, published 22 January 2023, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendation that HMPPS mandate the requirement to make domestic abuse and safeguarding checks before recommending a sentence or release on electronically monitored curfew.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	181765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We are investing an extra £5.5 million a year to recruit probation staff who are specifically responsible for accessing domestic abuse information held by police forces and children’s safeguarding information held by local authorities. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has worked with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, the Department for Education and the National Police Chiefs’ Council leads for Domestic Abuse and Public Protection to provide support at national level to Probation Regions to access information from police and children’s services. The then Chief Probation Officer also wrote to all Children’s Services Directors and Chief Constables to alert them to the introduction of mandatory checks for domestic abuse and in relation to child safeguarding in electronic monitoring cases. The Chief Probation Officer highlighted the additional investment and placed the new mandatory checks in the context of the shared priority of the safety and welfare of adults and children who may be at risk.</p><p>HM Inspectorate of Probation published the Thematic Inspection on Electronic Monitoring in January 2022. HMPPS mandated that enquiries to police forces and children’s services should be made in all cases where there is a recommendation for an electronically monitored curfew from April 2022 (in addition to those cases where they were already required). The then Chief Probation Officer and the Executive Director for HMPPS Wales and Public Protection held an all staff event to reinforce the importance of making enquiries. The new Chief Probation Officer has been clear with all staff that this is one of her top priorities.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 181761 question first answered 24/04/2023 09:46:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1611908

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Norwich Prison: Prisoners' Release
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 effectiveness of HMP Norwich’s Employment Advisory Board in developing links with private sector employers.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. The Boards are part of our plans to improve prison leavers’ employment outcomes and build stronger links with employers.</p><p>I am grateful to James Timpson for his support in setting up the Boards, as well as to business leaders from household names such as Lotus Cars at HMP Norwich, Greggs at HMP Kirklevington Grange and TalkTalk at HMP Thorn Cross for stepping up to the challenge of chairing them.</p><p>I understand that the Board at HMP Norwich has brought new employer partnerships to the prison and supported events such as an employer’s open day for employers and prisoners, as well as providing valuable links with the Chamber of Commerce and the High Sherriff, who attend the Board’s meetings.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/04/2023 15:58:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1611316

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Neurodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of providing therapeutic placements instead of prison sentences for people with mental health, neurodiversity or learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	180944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to continuing to work closely with health and justice partners to increase the use of therapeutic alternatives to custody, to better address the underlying causes of offending behaviour and divert people from prison, where appropriate. This includes supporting health partners to scale up the availability of primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements, which provide a vital non-custodial pathway for those with mental health needs. NHS England are on track to achieve 100% coverage across every court in England by 2024. Specialist input has also been provided to ensure that all Community Sentence Treatment Requirements are accessible and appropriate for individuals with neurodiverse needs.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation of MHTRs is ongoing which will explore the benefits of this approach, the latest report was published on 31 March 2023 and can be found here: https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/publications/community-sentence-treatment-requirement-multisite-report-july-20-5.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England provide a flagship Liaison and Diversion service, which helps to identify and support people who have mental health, substance misuse or neurodiverse needs when they first come into contact with the criminal justice system. This service is available in police custody suites and courts across England, to support people to access health or social care in the community and enable them to be diverted away from the criminal justice system into a more therapeutic setting, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/04/2023 14:25:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell