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1718015

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lewes Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons entitled Report on an announced inspection of HMP Lewes by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 5–16 February 2024, published on 14 May 2024, what discussions he has had on conditions in HMP Lewes in the last six months; when did these discussions take place; and what estimate he has made of the amount of investment required to tackle rising levels of (a) violence, (b) self-harm, (c) drug misuse, (d) ageing infrastructure and (e) staffing shortfalls at the prison.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials continue to engage closely with leaders responsible for HMP Lewes in a variety of ways, not limited to in-person meetings and site visits.</p><p>The Prison Group Director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex frequently visits HMP Lewes, and his assessment of conditions at the prison informs consideration by Ministers and senior officials.</p><p>HMP Lewes is subject to estate-wide, nationally-led, security and safety improvement programmes. These include the installation of security features such as body scanners and other technology to stop illicit substances, weapons, and mobile telephones from entering prisons. Additionally, we have invested to incentivise drug-free living, and to continue work that is already under way in removing potential ligature points in cells.</p><p>A range of ongoing and planned projects to improve the infrastructure at HMP Lewes includes refurbishing showers, upgrading heating systems, replacing windows, and installing more decency features.</p><p>As these programmes and projects are funded from a variety of budgets, some of which are estate-wide, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs.</p><p>Our staffing position has greatly improved across the estate. At prisons where recruitment challenges remain, we will continue to offer an additional supplement to attract new Prison Officers.</p><p>More information is available in the Prisons White Paper, which can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-strategy-white-paper" target="_blank">Prisons Strategy White Paper - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/05/2024 08:00:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1718016

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lewes Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in HMP Lewes were (a) released as street homeless and (b) released and recalled (i) once and (ii) multiple times in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data on street homelessness beyond 31 March 2023 as that data is a subset of data due for future publication and releasing it at this time would breach official statistics publication rules, as outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Data for the latest six-month period, October 2022-March 2023, is available is provided in table 1 below.</p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong> <strong>Number not housed on the first night of release from HMP Lewes, with an accommodation status at release recorded as Homeless - Rough Sleeping by month of release,</strong><strong> October 2022 to March 2023</strong>.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month of Release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. These figures are drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent.</p><p>2. Data is consistent with metric CU150 Housed on the first night of custodial release, contained within the latest Performance Ratings publication, 2022-2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2022-to-2023</p><p>3. In order to be counted in measure CU150, the release event must be found in both Prison-NOMIS and nDelius. Unmatched release events are excluded. (I.e., the figures provided might not include all cases).</p><p>4. Release events with a missing or obsolete status are treated as &quot;negative&quot; in this measure, as are release events with multiple statuses.</p><p>Data source: National Delius and Prison NOMIS</p><p>We are unable to provide data on releases and recall of offenders beyond 31 December 2023 as that data is a subset of data due for future publication and releasing it at this time would breach official statistics publication rules, as outlined in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Data for the latest six-month period, July 2023 - December 2023, is available is provided in table 2 below.</p><p><strong>Table 2:</strong> <strong>The number of first-time releases from HMP Lewes from July- December 2023, and subsequent recalls by 31 December 2023 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month of </strong> <strong>release</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of </strong> <strong>releases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong> <strong>recalled once</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong> <strong>recalled more than once</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Offenders are counted once in each month of release. There could be a handful of offenders counted twice across different months where they were released for the first time on different sentences.</p><p>2. Recalls are counted from date of release up to 31 December 2023. Where further recalls have occurred beyond 31 December 2023, these recalls are not included.</p><p>3. Given releases in later months have a shorter time for recalls to occur, direct comparisons across months are biased. The months have different lengths of time for recalls to occur.</p><p>4. Disclosure control: An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of one or two. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further suppression may be applied where needed.</p><p>5. Data quality: The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>Data source: P-NOMIS and Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</p><p>We know that having a safe place to stay helps cut crime which is why we are investing in our transitional accommodation service so prison leavers can have a guaranteed 12 weeks of basic, temporary accommodation to provide a stable base on release.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/05/2024 08:01:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1519121

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September to Question 45769 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Aramco, what criteria are used to determine whether engagements are listed as hospitality or meetings in transparency data; and if he will make it his policy that all types of ministerial meeting must be declared as meetings in departmental transparency releases.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Departments declare all meetings with external organisations and individuals on a quarterly basis. An external organisation means any group, company, organisation or individual person external to Government. Departments also declare all hospitality in accordance with these criteria on a quarterly basis. Where hospitality is provided as part of a meeting both elements should be declared.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/10/2022 12:20:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1504965

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Boris Johnson
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Ministerial Direction was issued in regards to the decision to award a contract to Peters and Peters in relation to the opinion published regarding the Committee of Privileges' inquiry into the Rt. hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	47506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>As the Privileges Committee inquiry relates to the conduct of the now former Prime Minister making statements at the despatch box on behalf of the Government as a Minister, the Government is supporting his response to Parliament, as with any Minister, and has instructed legal support. No Ministerial Direction was issued.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/09/2022 08:46:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1503643

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Sir Brian Langstaff’s interim report on the Infected Blood Inquiry, if he will make it his policy to adopt the report’s recommendation that interim payments should be immediately made to those infected and affected by contaminated blood.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-07-21/42184" target="_blank">42184</a> on 6 September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/09/2022 15:46:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458372

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Nurses: Parkinson's Disease
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 and what proportion of the 50,000 additional NHS nurses committed by the Government to be recruited by 2024 will be Parkinson's nurse specialists.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. There have been no specific targets for recruiting Parkinson’s nurse specialists. Information on the number of specialist nurses working in the National Health Service is not held centrally, including nurses treating patients with Parkinson’s.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 155684 question first answered 25/04/2022 12:02:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458373

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	Nurses: Parkinson's Disease
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 and what proportion of new nurses who have joined the NHS since September 2019 are Parkinson's nurse specialists.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held in the format requested. There have been no specific targets for recruiting Parkinson’s nurse specialists. Information on the number of specialist nurses working in the National Health Service is not held centrally, including nurses treating patients with Parkinson’s.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 155683 question first answered 25/04/2022 12:02:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458479

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 138173, on General Practitioners: Pensions, whether the (a) report undertaken by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) into the performance of Primary Care Support England (PCSE), delivered by Capita, in respect of Capita's contract to deliver the administration of NHS pension records and (b) findings from task and finish groups established by NHSEI to consider the performance of PCSE’s administration of the NHS Pension Scheme have been discussed at the monthly governance board in place to monitor and assure the delivery of PCSE’s service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority is the scheme manager for NHS Pensions, with NHS England and NHS Improvement acting as the host board for general practitioners (GPs) and holding responsibility for the local pension administration for GPs, provided through the Primary Care Support England (PCSE) contract.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement and the NHS Business Services Authority routinely meet with PCSE monthly to discuss and consider the performance of the pension administration service, operational priorities and changes which will impact on pension administration. The task and finish group oversees developments and improvements to the service and provides updates to NHS England and NHS Improvement’s Pensions Governance Board.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2022 12:27:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458480

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what key performance indicator targets have been set by NHS England and NHS Improvement for the administration of the NHS Pension Scheme by Primary Care Support England, delivered by Capita; what estimate his Department has made of the length of time a GP contacting PCSE with a query related to their pension administration waits for a reply; how many GP NHS Pension Scheme records, as administered by PCSE, are currently not up-to-date; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the performance and quality targets set by NHS England and NHS Improvement for the delivery of the pensions service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Target</p></td><td><p>Description</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>97%</p></td><td><p>General practitioner (GP) locum and solo pension contributions are validated and submitted to NHS Shared Business Services Wakefield within 25 working days after receipt of BACS/cheques.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>All type one and type two pension certificates received are processed within 61 calendar days of receipt.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99%</p></td><td><p>Requests for estimates application for retirement benefits are notified to the NHS Pensions Agency within three working days of receipt by Primary Care Support England (PCSE).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>The NHS pensions compliance assurance statement submitted to the customer before the annual cut-off date.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>All GP pension contribution payments data is submitted on time at least five working days before the payment due date.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>All type one and two pension certificates processed in Pensions Online by Total Reward Statement cut-off date (measured three times a year).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>All pension estimates are processed within 45 working days.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows pension related quality measures:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Target</p></td><td><p>Description</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>95.78%</p></td><td><p>All GP pension contribution payments data is submitted on time at least five working days before the payment due date.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>95.74%</p></td><td><p>All type one and two pension certificates processed in Pensions Online by Total Reward Statement cut-off date (measured three times a year).</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The PCSE pension service relates to work conducted for NHS England and NHS Improvement in a primary care setting. Last year, PCSE received 33,700 End of Year Certificates for 2019/20 and processed 91%, with the remaining 9% requiring further action due to missing or inaccurate information.</p><p>The processing of the 2020/21 certificates is underway in line with the normal annual process. Of the 2020/21 certificates, 20% were submitted using the new Pensions Online system, which ensures that submissions are more accurate and allows records to be updated more efficiently. While ‘offline’ options currently remain, these are less reliable with approximately 50% of certificates returned to the member for correction.</p><p>PCSE aim to respond to most types of GP pension queries within 10 working days, though some queries are currently taking longer to resolve given the increased volumes currently being experienced. No estimate has been made on the average response time.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2022 14:32:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1458481

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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	General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions
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 and what proportion of GPs wait over (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 18 months to receive their NHS Pension scheme pension after submitting their AW8 form to Primary Care Support England, delivered by Capita.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	155688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>NHS Pensions rules prevent an AW8 form from being processed earlier than 105 days before the retirement date. However, it is not unusual for AW8s to be submitted to Primary Care Support England (PCSE) at an earlier date. General practitioners (GPs) and non-GP partners are responsible for ensuring all pension administration for the duration of their NHS Pension membership is updated before AW8 forms are submitted.</p><p>Every GP now has access to PCSE Online. This provides transparency and allows all information to be checked before AW8 forms are submitted. PCSE is developing a retirement guide with the British Medical Association and NHS Pensions to assist GPs with this process.</p><p>Within six months of PCSE being permitted to process an application upon receipt of an AW8 form, 78% of retirements are processed. The remaining 22% processed after six months are either awaiting more information from the GP or approval from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). If a GP wishes to retire from the National Performers List, notification can be given through PCSE Online. The Performers List Regulations requests three months’ notice of the intention to retire. GP partners and principals require approval from the CCG.</p><p>Upon receipt of the AW8 form and once 105 calendar days before the retirement date has been reached, the entirety of the pension scheme member’s administration is checked for completeness and accuracy. Approximately 11% of applications require further information from the member to ensure their record is correct before it can be progressed and all applications require approval either by the CCG or GP practice.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 155689 question first answered 25/04/2022 12:43:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas