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1644716

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of dogs used across HM Prison and Probation Service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	189567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The attached table represents approximate HMPPS dog numbers by year;</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Approximate HMPPS dogs by year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>721</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>891</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/06/2023 15:59:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1643604

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Justice Grant.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	188958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Youth Justice Grant is distributed to Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) by the Youth Justice Board (YJB), on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, for the operation and provision of youth justice services. Though varying by YOT, on average the grant makes up around a third of the funding YOTs receive. Local authorities and partner agencies provide the rest of their funding.</p><p>The youth justice system works to prevent offending and reoffending by children (those aged 10-17) and this Government has driven and overseen a number of achievements. In the year ending March 2022, the number of first time entrants was 8,000, which is a 78% fall from the year ending March 2012. Over the same period, the average youth custody population fell by 77% to an average of 450, and the proven reoffending rate fell to 31.2%.</p><p>We want to go further still to drive and oversee the youth justice system. The MoJ introduced a new set of Key Performance Indicators in April 2023 so as to provide greater insight of how the youth justice system is operating.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2023 11:20:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1643824

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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, how many multi-agency public protection arrangements lay advisers there are in post.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	188813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 63 Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Lay Advisers in post across England and Wales. Details of their role can be found in the MAPPA Guidance at <a href="https://mappa.justice.gov.uk/MAPPA/view?objectID=403300" target="_blank">https://mappa.justice.gov.uk/MAPPA/view?objectID=403300</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2023 11:19:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

1643373

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were (a) in remand in prison under s24, s25 and s25A of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) in remand under the Act and subject to an age dispute in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	188726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The number of prisoners on remand under s24, s25 and s25A of the Immigration Act 1971, for each of the last 12 months, is included in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Data regarding the number of prisoners on remand under the Immigration Act 197 and subject to an age dispute is not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2023 15:04:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 2023-06-14 PQ 188726 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1643457

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the training provided to prison staff on the prevention of (a) unconscious bias and (b) discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	188773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>MoJ Learning and Development for HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) provides operational training, predominantly for newly recruited prison officers and other prison staff. This training covers discrimination, which includes diversity and inclusion, procedural justice perceptions and rehabilitative culture. All HMPPS D&amp;I learning has a common thread of conscious inclusion. The content of the prison officer training programme has been designed in consultation with organisational policy leads.</p><p> </p><p>All HMPPS staff have access to an online e-learning platform called MyLearning. This platform enables staff to continue their professional development journey and offers additional learning which includes workplace adjustments, developing cultural intelligence, diversity and inclusion and respect in the workplace. The Civil Service Expectations training package is also included on this platform which covers discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Race Action Programme has a Learning and Development Project which has ambitions to address racial discrimination by improving our staff learning offer. This work began with a review of our existing learning provisions to assess quality and relevance. The project is now working to create an open learning culture for all; with better coordinated and more dynamic learning activity which will embed inclusivity across our organisation. This includes establishing a Learning Gateway Board to quality assure new learning, developing an interactive learning platform and setting up a central hub for all diversity and inclusion learning materials.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2023 15:07:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1643484

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has made of the total number of prisoners in England and Wales that come from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller backgrounds in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	188800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The number of prisoners self-designating as Gypsy and Traveller are published as part of a more detailed data set, which are released annually as part of the series ‘Offender Management Statistics Quarterly’. The most recent publication of this data was in July 2022.</p><p>The requested information can be found in Table A1.9ii of the ‘Annual Prison Population 2022’ publication:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1094517/Population_30June2022_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_‌data/file/1094517/Population_30June2022_Annual.ods</a>.</p><p>This showed that on 30 June 2022 1,459 prisoners self-designated as Irish Traveller or Gypsy.</p><p>We do not record separate figures for those declaring as ‘Roma’. They may self-declare in the category ‘White: Irish Traveller or Gypsy’, or as ‘White: Other background’.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2023 15:09:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1643494

registered interest
date	09/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost to the public purse of recruitment processes for Prison Officers in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	188757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>The delivery model for prison officer recruitment in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and formerly, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), has changed several times since 2013 to align with business need. This has spanned local, regional, and centralised management of campaigns, as well as the current blended approach of central and local management, with recruitment costs delegated across roles in individual prisons, regional delivery areas, centralised teams, and contracted suppliers.</p><p>Therefore, we do not hold complete figures in each year since 2013 as this information is held in a number of different areas and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost to recruit and train a new Band 3 Prison Officer is around £13,000 as published in the Prison Service Pay Review Body 2021 report. Further information can be found on page 55 at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1026641/PSPRB_2021_report_-_web_accessible_verison.pdf" target="_blank">Prison Service Pay Review Body - Twentieth Report on England and Wales 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please be aware that the figures contained in the document are subject to regular change due to a number of variables and assumptions used to calculate the figures.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2023 15:04:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1642511

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of drug-dealing offences in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on individuals convicted of drug offences on a principal offence, principal disposal basis, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1158218/outcomes-by-offence-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals convicted of drug offences at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab. In the ‘Offence’ filter, select the below offences for the main four offences related to drug dealing:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>‘92A.09 Production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class A'</p></li><li><p>'92A.10 Production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class B'</p></li><li><p>'92A.11 Production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - Class C'</p></li><li><p>'92A.12 Production, supply and possession with intent to supply a controlled drug - unknown class'</p></li></ul> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/06/2023 15:54:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1642560

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders who have been found guilty at all courts for (a) the supply of drugs, (b) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (c) importation of drugs and (d) drug production in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	188300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on individuals convicted of drug offences on a principal offence, principal disposal basis, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1158218/outcomes-by-offence-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals convicted of drug offences at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and filtering for the desired offences in the offence and HO offence code field.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 188301 question first answered 12/06/2023 16:05:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1642561

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals convicted for the supply of (a) drugs, (b) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (c) importation of drugs and (d) drug production in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	188301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on individuals convicted of drug offences on a principal offence, principal disposal basis, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed in <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1158218/outcomes-by-offence-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals convicted of drug offences at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and filtering for the desired offences in the offence and HO offence code field.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 188300 question first answered 12/06/2023 16:05:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed