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1674587

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Prison and Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2022-23, published on 30 November 2023, how many and what proportion of transgender prisoners held in (a) England and (b) Wales were convicted of a sexual offence.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	4852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>We have strengthened our policy so that no transgender woman convicted of either a sexual or violent offence, or who retains male genitalia, can be held in the general women’s estate, other than in truly exceptional circumstances, which must be signed off by a minister.</p><p>A total of 100 transgender prisoners had a sexual offence as a principal offence and were housed in prison establishments across England and Wales on 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>If a question is posed for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the MoJ must consider whether this would be likely to lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018. We believe that the release of some of this information would be likely to lead to identification of the individuals concerned.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, it is not possible to provide a split by legal gender (i.e., counts and percentages by legal gender male or legal gender female) or to provide a split by geography (i.e., counts and percentages in England and Wales).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4853 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:06:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1674589

registered interest
date	01/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Prison and Service Offender Equalities Annual Report 2022-23, published on 30 November 2023, how many and what proportion of transgender prisoners convicted of a sexual offence were registered as (a) male and (b) female at birth.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	4853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>We have strengthened our policy so that no transgender woman convicted of either a sexual or violent offence, or who retains male genitalia, can be held in the general women’s estate, other than in truly exceptional circumstances, which must be signed off by a minister.</p><p>A total of 100 transgender prisoners had a sexual offence as a principal offence and were housed in prison establishments across England and Wales on 31 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>If a question is posed for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the MoJ must consider whether this would be likely to lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018. We believe that the release of some of this information would be likely to lead to identification of the individuals concerned.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, it is not possible to provide a split by legal gender (i.e., counts and percentages by legal gender male or legal gender female) or to provide a split by geography (i.e., counts and percentages in England and Wales).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4852 question first answered 07/12/2023 12:06:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1674478

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a prison place in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>An average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p>Information on prison expenditure can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website that can be accessed on this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">Prison and Probation Performance Statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The average cost per prisoner place for the last five years is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average Cost Per Prisoner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£37,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£41,136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£42,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£48,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£47,434</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 2022/23 figures have not yet been published.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/12/2023 12:37:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1674029

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase retention levels of experienced prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	4563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>In late 2021, the Ministry of Justice launched a retention toolkit to help Senior Leaders across HMPPS including Governors/Directors to tackle the main drivers of attrition in their departments and improve retention levels. We are using the data from enhanced exit interviews to better understand why experienced Prison Officers are leaving.</p><p> </p><p>We made a significant investment in pay for prison staff through the 2023/24 pay award. This delivered an increase in base pay of at least 7% for all staff between bands 2 to 5 which includes Prison Officers.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2022, we have invested in several new initiatives to increase retention of our employees including Prison Officers. These include a new peer-to-peer learning scheme, the introduction of new staff mentors to support new Prison Officers in their roles, which takes the pressure off both experienced Prison Officers and managers, and a Career Pathways framework to enable staff to identify their development needs and career aspirations. We are also running supervision pilots in two prisons alongside the introduction of new leadership training, which will contribute to supporting career development and retention of experienced officers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/12/2023 14:14:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1674079

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Suspended Sentences: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates are for people given a suspended sentence order with a custodial period of (a) 14 days to less than one month, (b) one month to less than three months, (c) three months to less than six months, (d) six months to less than nine months, (e) nine months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2024 11:17:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674081

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rates were for people given an immediate prison sentence of (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months, (c) 3 months to less than 6 months, (d) 6 months to less than 9 months, (e) 9 months to less than 12 months and (f) 12 months in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	4373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/05/2024 11:16:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1674092

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Woodhill Prison: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of adjudications at HMP Woodhill have been outstanding in the each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	4403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The adjudication process, which is set out in Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 05/2018 Prison adjudications policy <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-adjudications-policy-psi-052018" target="_blank">Prison adjudications policy: PSI 05/2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> provides guidance to staff on prisoner discipline procedures including Minor Reports, and handling the recovery of monies from prisoners to pay for any damage they cause to prisons or prison property.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of outstanding adjudication in the each of the last 12 months at HMP Woodhill are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Outstanding Adjudications (running totals)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Adjudications (running totals)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Outstanding Adjudications (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>434</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>524</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To help reduce the number of outstanding adjudications at HMP Woodhill the following steps have been taken:</p><p> </p><p>The population has been reduced by 190 prisoners in order to relieve the pressure on the limited staffing resources at HMP Woodhill. The effect of this will also enable staffing levels to escort prisoners to adjudications, and release reporting officers and witnesses which will improve the level of completions. Many adjournments are caused by staff not being able to be released to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly ‘adjudication action days’ have been implemented, where wings are set up to simultaneously conduct remanded adjudications for prisoners across four units. This can conclude approximately 80 adjudications in a single day.</p><p> </p><p>With improved staffing comes improved use of sanctions within the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) process which allows staff credible alternatives to use the IEP system for prisoners on low level poor behaviour as set out in the Incentives Policy Framework: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incentives-policy-framework" target="_blank">Incentives Policy Framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been no requirement to suspend the operational running of the establishment to address the backlog of adjudications.</p><p> </p><p>The timeline for staff sickness has seen a significant reduction over the last 12 months at HMP Woodhill, with a 33% reduction since the same time last year. Additionally, staff morale can also be assessed through resignation rates which have also reduced significantly over the last 12 months, with a 43 % reduction since the previous quarter.</p><p> </p><p>Local data demonstrates a reduction in all incidents of indiscipline. Prisoner on prisoner assaults have reduced 23% from same time period in 2022/23 and assaults on staff are 34% lower than same time period in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The prison has already taken the following steps to drive improvement:</p><ul><li>Received support from the Standards Coaching Team, which provides prisons with advice to improve standards in priority locations.</li><li>Temporarily reduced capacity to free up resources and support stability</li><li>Been supported by a range of internal and external bodies to improve leadership and provide safety related training.</li><li>Employed two New Colleague Mentors, dedicated to helping new starters settle into working in a prison in their first weeks and months in post.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4404 4405 4406 question first answered 08/12/2023 14:36:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1674093

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Woodhill Prison: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of outstanding adjudications at HMP Woodhill.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	4404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The adjudication process, which is set out in Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 05/2018 Prison adjudications policy <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-adjudications-policy-psi-052018" target="_blank">Prison adjudications policy: PSI 05/2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> provides guidance to staff on prisoner discipline procedures including Minor Reports, and handling the recovery of monies from prisoners to pay for any damage they cause to prisons or prison property.</p><p> </p><p>The number and proportion of outstanding adjudication in the each of the last 12 months at HMP Woodhill are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Outstanding Adjudications (running totals)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Adjudications (running totals)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Outstanding Adjudications (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2022</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2022</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2023</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2023</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2023</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>434</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2023</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>524</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To help reduce the number of outstanding adjudications at HMP Woodhill the following steps have been taken:</p><p> </p><p>The population has been reduced by 190 prisoners in order to relieve the pressure on the limited staffing resources at HMP Woodhill. The effect of this will also enable staffing levels to escort prisoners to adjudications, and release reporting officers and witnesses which will improve the level of completions. Many adjournments are caused by staff not being able to be released to attend.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly ‘adjudication action days’ have been implemented, where wings are set up to simultaneously conduct remanded adjudications for prisoners across four units. This can conclude approximately 80 adjudications in a single day.</p><p> </p><p>With improved staffing comes improved use of sanctions within the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) process which allows staff credible alternatives to use the IEP system for prisoners on low level poor behaviour as set out in the Incentives Policy Framework: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/incentives-policy-framework" target="_blank">Incentives Policy Framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>There has been no requirement to suspend the operational running of the establishment to address the backlog of adjudications.</p><p> </p><p>The timeline for staff sickness has seen a significant reduction over the last 12 months at HMP Woodhill, with a 33% reduction since the same time last year. Additionally, staff morale can also be assessed through resignation rates which have also reduced significantly over the last 12 months, with a 43 % reduction since the previous quarter.</p><p> </p><p>Local data demonstrates a reduction in all incidents of indiscipline. Prisoner on prisoner assaults have reduced 23% from same time period in 2022/23 and assaults on staff are 34% lower than same time period in 2022/23.</p><p> </p><p>The prison has already taken the following steps to drive improvement:</p><ul><li>Received support from the Standards Coaching Team, which provides prisons with advice to improve standards in priority locations.</li><li>Temporarily reduced capacity to free up resources and support stability</li><li>Been supported by a range of internal and external bodies to improve leadership and provide safety related training.</li><li>Employed two New Colleague Mentors, dedicated to helping new starters settle into working in a prison in their first weeks and months in post.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 4403 4405 4406 question first answered 08/12/2023 14:36:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1674094

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are aged over 63 as of 29 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	4446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including number of staff in post by length of service and grade. The latest publication covers data for up to the period 30 September 2023. Information after this date has not yet been published and so data relating to any period after this date cannot be given.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of band 3-5 prison officers who were 63 or over as at 30 September 2023 is given as follows: there were 501 (headcount) band 3-5 prison officers in service within HM Prisons and Probation Service who were aged 63 or over as at 30 September 2023. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/12/2023 13:34:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1674096

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maintenance work is required at HMP Bedford as of 29 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	4447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>HMPPS is continuing to invest in the prison estate to ensure that prisons remain safe and secure. The following works at HMP Bedford are in delivery or have been approved for future delivery: replacement of the segregation unit, fire safety upgrades across the prison, installation of CCTV in all ‘hot spot’ areas, installation of anti-ligature cells, replacement of window frames where necessary, installation of electrical points in constant watch cells electric points, rerouting of cell call bells, and repairs to burst hot water main.</p><p>In addition to the projects listed above, the establishment is also in the process of seeking approval a number of further works including: replacement of diesel-powered generator, provision of safe access to plant areas, installation of CCTV into E wing, refurbishment of gym showers, renewal of A &amp; C Wing flooring., refurbishment of main kitchen, heating system replacement, and window replacement.</p><p>We will shortly publish an action plan responding to the Urgent Notification issued by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on 17 November. This will set out what further measures we’re implementing, including maintenance activity, to drive wider improvements at HMP Bedford.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/12/2023 17:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury