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1700965

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	21513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of incidents of a prisoner assault leading to a prison staff member requiring hospital treatment 2018-2022 can be found in the attached table. Data on staff assaults for the calendar year 2023 is subject to future publication on 25 April, in ‘Safety in custody: quarterly update to December 2023’.</p><p>Changes were made to the recording of assaults in April 2017 that affects the reporting of hospitalisation. This change means that a comparable time series for this question can only be provided from 2018 onwards.</p><p>Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers, and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.</p><p>We are committed to making prisons a safe place to work and providing prison officers with the right support, training and tools to empower them to do their jobs.</p><p>To protect staff and prisoners in very serious assaults, we have rolled out PAVA – a synthetic pepper spray – for use by prison officers in the adult male estate. Staff are able to use the PAVA spray where there is serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it.</p><p>We have rolled out a new Body Worn Video Camera system which has increased the overall number of cameras across public sector prisons to over 13,000. This enables every operational band 3-5 officer on shift to wear a camera. They are supported by a new Policy Framework which mandates the wearing of the cameras.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 15:57:18 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 09:41:07 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-23 PQ 21513 Table.xlsx title PQ_21513_table previous answer version 29376 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1689470

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
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 there were in England on 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	14369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>We are doing more than ever to attract and retain the best staff, including boosting salaries and launching our first-ever nationwide advertising campaign. These efforts are working - we have over 4,800 FTE additional officers between March 2017 and December 2023 and retention rates for prison staff are improving.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In December 2023, across the whole of the Public Sector Prison estate in England for Band 3-5 Prison Officers, Staff in Post was 40 FTE below the Target Staffing level. </ins></p><p>This figure is a combination of indicative vacancies at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level and the indicative number of surplus staff at other prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level. Prisons with surplus staff are likely to be sending those staff to work on Detached Duty at prisons with vacancies, and therefore netting vacancies against surpluses is a reasonable reflection of the overall national position.</p><p>At times, we have intentionally over-recruited in certain prisons or regions to give the system wider resilience and where prisons are not at their Target Staffing level. Use of Detached Duty, a long-standing mechanism to deploy staff from one prison or region to support another, is also not reflected in the indicative vacancies number.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>All data is taken from Workforce Planning Tool returns and shows the average position across the month, adjusted for joiners and leavers in the month.</li><li>Data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and will not reflect any Band 3 – 5 Prison Officers who are working in headquarters establishments (e.g. area offices), Public Sector Prisons in Wales or Privately Managed Prisons.</li><li>Workforce Planning Tool returns are manually completed by staff in prisons each month and, as with any manual returns, are subject to human error.</li><li>Indicative vacancies are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons with Staff in Post below their Target Staffing level. Indicative surpluses are the difference between Target Staffing levels and Staff in Post across the entire Public Sector Prison estate in England at prisons where Staff in Post is above their Target Staffing level.</li><li>Target Staffing level is the number of staff required to run an optimal regime in each prison. This level is greater than the minimum number of staff required for a prison to operate safely, and includes allowances for staff taking leave, being off sick or being on training.</li><li>The Target Staffing Figures are set on a site-specific basis and vary in size.</li><li>Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Target Staffing levels are established based on a 39-hour working week. Staff in Post (FTE) is set at 1.0 FTE for those on a 39-hour contract / 1.05 FTE for those on a 41-hour contract and 0.95 FTE for those on a 37-hour contract.</li><li>Target Staffing levels cannot be used to directly calculate vacancies due to the discretion governors have to change establishment level staffing requirements through Governors' Freedoms. As a result, the MoJ does not currently regularly present vacancy data and the data presented should be treated as indicative.</li><li>Staff in Post data used to calculate an indicative number of vacancies does not take into account those on long-term absences (e.g. career breaks) / loans / secondments / agency staff or other forms of overtime.</li></ol> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/02/2024 14:39:41 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2024 15:57:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 18636 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1680319

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of each ethnicity are serving a determinate prison sentence of 20 years or more.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	8446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The data requested are in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447a.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447b.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity question first answered 16/01/2024 11:07:04 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 16:37:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 11323 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #1.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #2.xlsx title Table 2 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1680320

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of what religion from each ethnic group were in prison on 30 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	8447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The data requested are in the tables attached.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447a.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447b.xlsx title Total prison population by religion and ethnicity question first answered 16/01/2024 11:07:04 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 16:36:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 11334 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #1.xlsx title Table 1 2 file name 2024-01-16 PQ 8446 8447 #2.xlsx title Table 2 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1679590

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
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 were on detached duty in 2023; and what the additional cost to the public purse was for the provision of prison officers on detached duty in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>As the length of deployment for prison officers on national detached duty varies, we have provided data based on average deployment rates.</p><p>On average 332.35 staff per week were deployed on National Detached Duty in 2023. <ins class="ministerial">We estimate that the</ins><del class="ministerial">The</del> average additional cost associated with this deployment is £313,093.04 per week: this includes travel and subsistence, accommodation and incentivisation costs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2024 15:51:18 question first ministerially corrected 05/02/2024 17:23:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 10440 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1678074

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the country through a prison transfer agreement each year since 2010; and if he will list which countries were they removed to.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Where appropriate, the Government will also seek to permanently remove foreign criminals from the UK via the Early Removal Scheme once they have served the minimum required of their sentence. This is our best performing removal scheme with 5,262 Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) having been removed between January 2019 and June 2022.</p><p>The Home Office removed 16,676 foreign national offenders since January 2019 to September 2023. Published figures show that FNO returns have increased in the latest 12-month period (ending September 2023) by 19% when compared to previous 12-month period.</p><p>Our new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Albania entered into force in May 2023 and we have signed a new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Philippines. We are looking to negotiate new Prisoner Transfer Agreements with key EU Member States and wider-world countries</p><p>Foreign national offender removals via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year:</p></td><td><p>Removals:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Countries or Territories we have removed foreign national offenders to via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>Macedonia</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>St Helena</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman</p></td><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>Ukraine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>Vietnam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Iraq</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Saudi</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 16:11:26 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2024 09:48:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 8649 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1651766

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188259 on Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review, what the average sentence was for people convicted of grievous bodily harm with intent by (a) Crown Court and (b) the defendant’s (i) gender, (ii) ethnicity, and (iii) age in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	193167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information from 2010 to 2022 on the number of defendants <del class="ministerial">prosecuted </del><ins class="ministerial">prosecuted, convicted and sentenced</ins> for offences under Section 18 of Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (offence code 00501), in the ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool.</p><p>The attached tables provide a breakdown of <ins class="ministerial">average custodial sentence length (ACSL) for defendants sentenced</ins> <del class="ministerial">convictions</del> for the offence contrary to Section 18 of the Offences Against Person Act 1861 (causing grievous bodily harm with intent) within the last three years, where it has been treated as a principal offence by Crown Court (table 1), and in all courts by information on gender (table 2), ethnicity (table 3), and age (table 4).</p><p>Detailed offence data at Crown Court are only available in the Court Proceedings Database from 2020 onwards. Therefore, figures for all tables have been limited to 2020 onwards in order to give a complete view of each year presented.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/07/2023 11:24:42 question first ministerially corrected 04/09/2023 14:26:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ_193167_final_revision.xlsx title Table (revised) previous answer version 87381 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-07-13 PQ 193167 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1125650

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have been decided within 12 months from initial submission in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	252545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of applications received since 2010-11 which were decided (at first decision) within 12 months of submission.</p><p> </p><p>If an applicant is dissatisfied with their first decision, they have the right to request that this is reviewed. If they remain dissatisfied following review, they can appeal to the independent First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation).</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Proportion of applications decided at 1<sup>st</sup> decision within 12 months of submission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/05/2019 16:45:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 118007 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1123684

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent each year since 2010-11 on ensuring that Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme claimaints have been able to obtain the evidence required for their claim.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	248641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme), the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) will meet the reasonable cost of obtaining medical evidence incurred in connection with an application when certain criteria are satisfied.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the CICA’s expenditure on medical evidence per financial year. Medical evidence includes doctor reports, dental reports, and special reports commissioned on behalf of CICA.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18, CICA directly employed a number of clinical psychologists which contributed to a reduction in expenditure on special reports and reduced the need for some victims to attend face-to-face medical examinations.</p><p> </p><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) 2008 was superseded by the CICS 2012 from 27 November 2012. The new Scheme changed the eligibility criteria to receive an award of compensation. Under this Scheme, applicants are expected to meet the costs of providing initial medical evidence up to a maximum cost of £50, unless they cannot afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The data is unavailable for 2011-12 due a change in how this type of expenditure was recorded in CICA’s annual report and accounts.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,917,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£3,003,441.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£2,517,233.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,630,262.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,379,128.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£1,644,390.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£660,907.80</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/05/2019 16:26:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 117001 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1123256

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
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 in response to the findings and recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s investigation into child custodial institutions.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	247716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The findings in the Inquiry’s report are shocking. The safety and welfare of children across all aspects of the youth justice system is a priority for government. We are already conducting an urgent review into safeguarding in the youth custodial estate and we have commissioned an independent review of pain inducing restraint techniques. We are also rolling out new specialist training and a specific qualification for staff working in the secure estate as part of a wide programme of reform, but we recognise further action is needed. We will carefully consider all the report’s recommendations and respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 01/05/2019 10:15:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 115888 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck