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1685260

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
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 assaults against prison staff took place in England in 2023, broken down by prison.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	11640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>We publish the number of assaults against prison staff, broken down by prison, as part of our Safety in Custody statistics, in Table 8e of the summary tables, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>Figures up until September 2023 have been published at the above link, however figures for the whole of 2023 are not due for publication until April 2024 and cannot be released at this time.</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 are continuing to roll 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><p>The new Body Worn Video Camera system will be fully networked and accessible via current prison IT improving access to footage and the ability to share it with other agencies, with the overall aim of increasing use and transparency. The cameras will provide high-quality evidence to support prosecutions against prisoners who commit assaults.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/01/2024 16:24:46 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1685261

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days of time off in lieu are prison officers at Wandsworth Prison owed in total as of 25 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	11641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>Time off in lieu is given in respect of additional duties performed in excess of an officer’s weekly hours, where such duties cannot be covered effectively by other means.</p><p>At HMP Wandsworth, as of 25 January 2024, an average of 13.4 hours was owed per Band 3 prison officer.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/01/2024 16:25:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1682172

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prisoners were given tents to live in when leaving prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	9590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>There is no official policy to issue tents as part of releasing people from prison, therefore the Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of tents issued. As such no information can be provided.</p><p>Our Prisons Strategy White Paper set out our plans to reduce reoffending, including improving prison leavers’ access to accommodation. This includes delivering our transitional accommodation service, known as Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3 (CAS-3), which provides up to 84 nights of basic temporary accommodation for prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless.</p><p>CAS-3 launched in five initial probation regions in July 2021. The service was expanded to Wales in June 2022, with expansion to the remaining six probation regions in England by the end of last year, to support the thousands of offenders who leave prison homeless.</p><p>Between 01 July 2021 and 31 March 2023 5,796 individuals, who would have otherwise been homeless, were accepted on to CAS-3.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/01/2024 16:29:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1680860

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison officers have been recruited at HMP Wandsworth since 7 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	8794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including joiners. The latest publication covers data for up to the period 30 September 2023.</p><p>Workforce statistics after 30 September 2023 is unpublished and cannot be released.</p><p>In the period from 7 September 2023 to 30 September 2023, there have been a total of three Band 3 Prison Officers recruited to HMP Wandsworth. These are new starters only and do not include transfers from other prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:38:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1680861

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates have been transferred from HMP Wandsworth due to re-categorisation since 7 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	8795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>HMP Wandsworth’s main function is to hold unsentenced prisoners while their cases progress through the courts. Once prisoners are sentenced, they are categorised and transferred to a prison with an appropriate security category. Prisoner movement records indicate there have been a total of 568 transfers out of Wandsworth since 7 September 2023. The number of these which were solely due to re-categorisation is not centrally collated.</p><p>There are complex and wide-ranging issues involved in transferring and locating prisoners, and allocation decisions must reflect both the specific needs and circumstances of the prisoner, including their security assessment, as well as the operating environment and range of services at the receiving prison. How these considerations apply in individual cases is not recorded in centrally collated data.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:37:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1680868

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings he has had with the senior leadership team at HMP Wandsworth since 7 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	8796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s most recent meeting with the senior leadership team at HMP Wandsworth was a virtual meeting with the Governor on 6 September.</p><p>Ministers and senior government officials continue to work and engage closely with leaders responsible for HMP Wandsworth in a variety of ways beyond in-person meetings and site visits.</p><p>The Area Executive Director (AED) for Prisons and Probation in London is significantly active in the response to the escape at HMP Wandsworth. The Prison Group Director for London, along with their own team, frequently visits HMP Wandsworth and reports back the AED. The AED is in close contact with the Director General of Operations and the Chief Executive of HMPPS via formal governance, and with Ministers via the Ministerial Performance meeting.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:36:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1680870

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers' Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings his Department has held with the Prison Officers Association since 7 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	8797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Prison Officers Association (POA), as a recognised trade union, has regular engagement meetings with HM Prison &amp; Probation Service.</p><p> </p><p>In the three months since 7 September, more than 50 meetings have taken place at national level. POA branch committees have also met regularly with local management in every public sector prison during this period.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:35:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1680871

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staff safety at prisons operated by HM Prison Service.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	8798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Prison Officers are some of our finest public servants, and we do not underestimate the challenges faced by everyone working in prisons. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers – staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment.</p><p> </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.   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> </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. The cameras will provide high-quality evidence to support prosecutions against prisoners who commit assaults.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to take action to strengthen the frontline. Between the end of December 2022 to the end of September 2023, the number of prison officers has increased from 21,632, to 23,058 FTE an extra 1,426 additional Full Time Equivalent (FTE) band 3-5 prison officers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/01/2024 14:34:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1471461

registered interest
date	17/06/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls have been made to the NHS staff mental health hotline in each month since July 2021 for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	20282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of calls made to the National Health Service staff helpline, which is managed by Samaritans on behalf of NHS England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of calls</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2021</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2021</p></td><td><p>367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2021</p></td><td><p>641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2021</p></td><td><p>830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2021</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2021</p></td><td><p>494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>728</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/06/2022 16:35:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1419064

registered interest
date	02/02/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what race equality training is provided to mental health professionals employed by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	117015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The training of staff on equality and diversity is a matter for individual National Health Service organisations. Many organisations include race equality in mandatory training sessions as part of their governance arrangements.</p><p>NHS staff are encouraged to refer to and read good practice guidance online. Training programmes, such as the Workforce Race Equality Standards experts programme, are nationally funded. NHS England and NHS Improvement also provide webinars on equality, diversity and inclusion which can be accessed by NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/03/2022 14:03:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan