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1692764

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Health Services
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 of the level of use of the new healthcare facility at HMP Wandsworth.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The new healthcare unit is in the process of completion, at which point it will be handed over to the healthcare provider, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The new building will be used to accommodate outpatient clinics and healthcare office space. The inpatient unit will remain in the existing healthcare building.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/03/2024 16:40:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692765

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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 prison officers were off sick at HMP Wandsworth on the first Monday of each month in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the tables below.</p><p>Number of Prison Officers at HMP Wandsworth on short-term sick leave, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers on short-term sick leave</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Number of Prison Officers at HMP Wandsworth on long-term sick leave, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers on long-term sick leave</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>Long-term sickness is defined as a period of sickness consisting of 29 or more calendar days.</p><p>HMP Wandsworth has robust weekly absence management processes in place to ensure that those who are absent because of sickness are being appropriately managed. This includes a review of all sickness absence (short and long-term), the reason for absences and ensuring appropriate support is being provided where required.</p><p>Those on continuing long-term sickness absence will be managed through a Formal Absence Review Meeting with the Governor, to explore whether they are fit to remain employed or if they can return to work in a different role.</p><p>HMPPS is focused on reducing its sickness absence rates through the support currently offered to staff and managers, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme that provides the workforce with access to confidential support and counselling services. This is in addition to the organisation’s Occupational Health Service that supports staff and management with medical advice, and HMPPS’ multitude of staff networks that are part of HMPPS’ commitment to ensuring our staff feel supported in their roles.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 16362 question first answered 05/03/2024 17:48:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692766

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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 prison officers were in (a) training or (b) probation at HMP Wandsworth on the first Monday of each month in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the tables below.</p><p>Number of Prison Officers in initial training at HMP Wandsworth, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers in initial training</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Number of Prison Officers on probation at HMP Wandsworth, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers on probation</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The officers in the above table are those on probation during their first 12 months in post. Ensuring prisons are sufficiently resourced and that we retain levels of experience are fundamental to delivering quality outcomes in prisons. That is why we are targeting the drivers of staff resignations and taking steps to improve recruitment levels through innovative approaches such as support under the national HMPPS Brand campaign and our use of incentives scheme to target prisons where there is the greatest need, which HMP Wandsworth benefit from.</p><p>Despite a challenging labour market, the Ministry of Justice has seen an improving national staffing picture within prisons. The number of frontline (Band 3-5) prison officers increased by 1,634 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (7.6 per cent) in the year to December 2023, to 23,266 FTE. Over the same period, there was a fall in the resignation rate among Band 3-5 officers of 2.4 percentage points. At HMP Wandsworth, there has been an increase of 21 FTE Band 3-5 prison officers in the most recent quarterly statistics (September 2023 - December 2023).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/03/2024 16:54:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692767

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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 prison officers were on long-term sick leave at HMP Wandsworth on the first Monday of each month in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the tables below.</p><p>Number of Prison Officers at HMP Wandsworth on short-term sick leave, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers on short-term sick leave</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Number of Prison Officers at HMP Wandsworth on long-term sick leave, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of Prison Officers on long-term sick leave</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note:</p><p>Long-term sickness is defined as a period of sickness consisting of 29 or more calendar days.</p><p>HMP Wandsworth has robust weekly absence management processes in place to ensure that those who are absent because of sickness are being appropriately managed. This includes a review of all sickness absence (short and long-term), the reason for absences and ensuring appropriate support is being provided where required.</p><p>Those on continuing long-term sickness absence will be managed through a Formal Absence Review Meeting with the Governor, to explore whether they are fit to remain employed or if they can return to work in a different role.</p><p>HMPPS is focused on reducing its sickness absence rates through the support currently offered to staff and managers, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme that provides the workforce with access to confidential support and counselling services. This is in addition to the organisation’s Occupational Health Service that supports staff and management with medical advice, and HMPPS’ multitude of staff networks that are part of HMPPS’ commitment to ensuring our staff feel supported in their roles.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 16360 question first answered 05/03/2024 17:48:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1692768

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
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 prison officers were on restricted duties at HMP Wandsworth on the first Monday of each month in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	16363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is shown in the table below.</p><p><strong>Number of Prison Officers on restricted duties at HMP Wandsworth, Mar 2023 – Feb 2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p>6 Mar</p></td><td><p>3 Apr</p></td><td><p>1 May</p></td><td><p>5 Jun</p></td><td><p>3 Jul</p></td><td><p>7 Aug</p></td><td><p>4 Sep</p></td><td><p>2 Oct</p></td><td><p>6 Nov</p></td><td><p>4 Dec</p></td><td><p>1 Jan</p></td><td><p>5 Feb</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Prison Officers on restricted duties</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Restricted duties are where a member of staff is limited from their regular duties (this can be with regards to tasks or time), due to injury, illness or other reason, applied at the discretion of the line manager.</p><p>To ensure we support staff welfare, we have in place an Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme to improve wellbeing, as well as Care Teams, who are trained to provide support to any member of staff involved in an incident within the prison or when conducting official duties, present in all public sector prisons. Other services available include reflective sessions, access to online wellbeing services, 24-hour counselling, and a trauma-focused peer support system.</p><p>Alongside schemes to improve welfare, we continue to take steps to ensure that all prisons are sufficiently resourced through focusing efforts on recruitment, seeking to bolster our applicant pipelines through our use of incentives scheme to target prisons where there is the greatest need.</p><p>Despite a challenging labour market, the Ministry of Justice has seen an improving national staffing picture within prisons. The number of frontline (Band 3-5) prison officers increased by 1,634 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (7.6 per cent) in the year to December 2023, to 23,266 FTE. Over the same period, there was a fall in the resignation rate among Band 3-5 officers of 2.4 percentage points.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/03/2024 16:17:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1691727

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Wandsworth Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to prison officers at HMP Wandsworth as Payment Plus in each year since 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	15714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>“Payment Plus” is a form of overtime, used to cover any vacancies and ensure that the minimum staffing level required by the Regime Management Plan is met, and that a safe and decent regime can be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Wandsworth is being provided with continuing support through local detached duty staff and allocated “Payment Plus” hours. The prison regularly reviews the level of regime it is able safely to deliver and will continue to receive support as required.</p><p> </p><p>The money spent on “Payment Plus” at HMP Wandsworth since 1 January 2020 is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Payment Plus (£)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 2020 – 31 Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>330,917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2020 – 31 Mar 2021</p></td><td><p>975,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2021 – 31 Mar 2022</p></td><td><p>860,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023</p></td><td><p>1,261,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Apr 2023 – 31 Jan 2024</p></td><td><p>1,209,806</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>These are provisional figures, which may include work at other establishments by staff based at HMP Wandsworth.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to recruiting up to 5,000 additional prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a fall in the resignation rate among Band 3-5 officers, of 2.4 percentage points in the year up to 30 December 2023 compared to the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/02/2024 16:50:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1689209

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	Wandsworth Prison: Labour Turnover
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 1 February 2024 to Question 11801 on Prison Officers: Labour Turnover, how many and what proportion of prison officers recruited at Wandsworth Prison in 2023 had left the prison service on 9 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	14136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The quarterly HMPPS workforce statistics publication covers staffing information, including leavers, and the latest publication covers data up to 31 December 2023. Figures covering data up to 31 March 2024 are due for publication on 16 May 2024 and therefore this information cannot be released.</p><p>In the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, there were 113 band 3-5 prison officers who joined HMP Wandsworth. Details of the number and proportion who have left HMPPS as of 31 December 2023 are given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Status of band 3-5 prison officers (1) who joined (2) HMP Wandsworth between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2023 - as of 31 December 2023</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Remained or left</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Percentage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working in public sector prisons (including YCS)</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>93.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Left HMPPS altogether</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes to table 1:</p><p>(1) Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>(2) New recruits joining HMPPS - does not include internal transfers or conversions.</p><p> </p><p>Across HMPPS, retention continues to be a priority. Exit interviews have been in place since 2021 to determine the reasons for leaving and appropriate action needed. Retention strategies and toolkits based around drivers of attrition, such as leadership and career progression, have been in place since 2021 to determine appropriate national and local interventions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2024 16:20:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1689269

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	Wandsworth Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days HMP Wandsworth has been at a (a) red, (b) amber-red and (c) amber-green operating state since 1 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	14191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>During the period since 1 Feb 2023, the regime at the prison has been at Green-Amber status for three weeks, and at Amber-Red for 51 weeks. Amber-Red confers that a safe, decent, secure, resilient and sustainable regime is being delivered, including purposeful activities, showers and exercise, and all essential services.</p><p>To improve regime delivery there has been significant focus on the recruitment of staff at HMP Wandsworth, with 66 new prison officers currently in training and being deployed to the prison in the coming weeks. In the meantime, HMP Wandsworth is being provided with continuing support through additional “Payment Plus” hours, equivalent to 39 additional prison officers. The Prison will continue to receive support as required and regularly reviews the level of regime it is able safely to deliver.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/02/2024 16:21:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

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