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1354353

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of staffing levels at HMP Berwyn and required staffing levels as set by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	45891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Staffing levels at all public sector prisons are reviewed regularly. A full review of resourcing was undertaken for HMP Berwyn in 2019, and a follow-up review took place in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Additional operational resources were allocated to Berwyn in June 2020, introducing enhanced gate security and search capability, and in May 2021, by extending professional visits and use of video courts. Staffing levels at HMP Berwyn were most recently reviewed in August 2021 following the transition of former Interserve employees into Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. As with all reviews, these were agreed in accordance with HMPPS staffing procedures and signed off by the Governor and trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is working towards full staffing levels through continued recruitment, with HMPPS supporting by sending experienced staff on detached duty from other establishments, and offering opportunities for overtime. The prison is also looking forward to receiving the support from the network of experienced staff in the Standards Coaching Team when this is re-mobilised later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/09/2021 19:01:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1354355

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bullying-related complaints have been reported by staff at HMP Berwyn each year since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	45892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The number of complaints from staff related to bullying at HMP Berwyn in each year since 2018 is provided below. We do not hold data for 2017. When submitting a grievance, staff are able to select multiply reasons. The data below includes where bullying has been chosen as a reason for the grievance alongside other reasons. There has been a move to staff selecting multiple reasons for grievance in 2021. All grievance cases are fully investigated and acted upon as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of bullying-related grievances from staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>If a request is made for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the MoJ must consider whether this could lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018. We believe that the release of some of this information would risk identification of the individuals concerned. For this reason, MoJ has chosen not to provide an exact figure where the true number falls between one and five. However, it should not be assumed that the actual figure represented falls at any particular point within this scale; 'five or fewer' is used as a replacement value from which it would be difficult to isolate or extract any individual data.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/09/2021 16:53:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1354360

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of covid-19 have been recorded among inmates at each prison in Wales in each month since 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	45893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>We have worked closely with Public Health Wales throughout the pandemic and have well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks and infectious diseases. This means prisons and probation services are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified. These measures so far have included restricting regimes, minimising inter-prison transfers, compartmentalising our prisons into different units to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals, and introducing an extensive testing programme to test staff and prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting the NHS to deliver the vaccination programme to staff and prisoners to reduce transmission risks and to protect the population from serious illness and fatalities. Our plan for easing restrictions in prisons and probation (and re-introducing them where necessary) are and will be guided by public health.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/09/2021 19:18:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name 2021-09-14 PQ 45893 Data.xlsx title PQ 45893 Data
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1284192

registered interest
date	04/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison officers and (b) other staff members at (i) HMP Berwyn and (ii) other prisons in Wales are Welsh speaking.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	149308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>HMPPS do not gather official statistics about the number of Welsh speaking staff in prisons. The below local information was collected by Equalities Leads in Wales in Jan 2021, however, this is subject to staff declaring themselves to be Welsh speakers. There is also varying levels of fluency among staff.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Public Sector Prison</p></td><td><p>Number of operational Welsh speaking Staff</p></td><td><p>Number of non-operational Welsh speaking staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Berwyn</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Cardiff</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swansea</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk &amp; Prescoed</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>At HMP Parc, 32 operational staff and 26 non-operational staff are Welsh speakers.</p><p>We are working hard to increase the diversity of prison staff and making the recruitment process more accessible to new starters from a range of backgrounds, and we continue to welcome applications from Welsh speakers and in the Welsh language.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/02/2021 16:05:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1282693

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Incentives and Earned Privileges warnings have been issued for use of the Welsh language in HMP Berwyn since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	146978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>No IEP warnings have been issued at HMP Berwyn for use of the Welsh Language since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Incentives and Earned Privilege policy at HMP Berwyn aims to incentivise residents to abide with community rules and engage in the prison regime to support rehabilitation and help prepare prisoners to lead crime-free lives on release, whilst allowing the establishment to consistently and fairly tackle poor behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is committed to supporting its prisoners, which includes meeting the expectations of the Welsh Language Commissioner and helping encourage Welsh speaking at the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Every prison in Wales, including HMP Berwyn, has a Welsh Language Action plan and HMP Berwyn has a dedicated Welsh Language Lead who provide updates to their Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee, chaired by the Governor.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/02/2021 15:48:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1282709

registered interest
date	01/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cases of covid-19 and (b) covid-19 related deaths there have been in each prison in Wales as at 1 February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	146979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>COVID statistics relating to prisoners are published every month. The latest published data covers the time period up until 31<sup>st</sup> Dec 2020 is provided below. The next monthly publication will cover data up to the end of Jan 2021 and will be published on 12<sup>th</sup> Feb here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics-monthly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics-monthly</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The below cumulative positive cases of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related deaths have been confirmed for prisoners in prisons in Wales. All deaths listed have either had a laboratory confirmed positive test within 28 days of passing, a laboratory confirmed positive test within 60 days of passing or COVID 19 has appeared on the death certificate.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoner Cases as at 31<sup>st</sup> Dec 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoner Deaths as at 1<sup>st</sup> Feb 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Berwyn</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Cardiff</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Parc</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swansea</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk/Prescoed</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>536</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>COVID statistics relating to staff are published every quarter. The latest published data covers the time period up until 31<sup>st</sup> Oct 2020 and is provided below. The next statistical release will cover the time period up until the end of January 2021 and will be published on 18<sup>th</sup> February here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a>.</p><p>The below cumulative positive cases of COVID-19 and COVID-19 related deaths have been confirmed for staff in prisons in Wales:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Cases as at 31<sup>st</sup> Oct 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Deaths as at 31<sup>st</sup> Oct 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Berwyn</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Cardiff</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Parc</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swansea</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk/Prescoed</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>163</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include both directly and non-directly employed staff. Data on positive cases is self-reported with staff members notifying their manager of a positive test result. Staff deaths related to COVID-19 includes deaths where HMPPS staff have died having tested positive for COVID-19 or where there was a clinical assessment that COVID-19 was a contributory factor in their death.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. Much of the data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has been done at pace, with recording practices evolving as we understand more about the requirements and conditions we are facing. In order to present the timeliest information, the data presented has not been subjected to the usual standard of quality assurance associated with official statistics.</p><p>The safety of our staff and all those under our supervision remains our top priority. We have taken quick and decisive action – backed by Public Health England and Wales – to limit the spread of the virus.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/02/2021 17:29:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1281843

registered interest
date	28/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment has he made of the compliance of (a) HMP Berwyn (b) other prisons in Wales with Welsh language equality legislation.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	145084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service’s published the new Welsh Language Scheme for 2020-2023 in October 2020. The scheme covers both Wales and England and sets out how, in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales, it will treat the Welsh and English languages on a basis of equality. Compliance with the Scheme will be monitored throughout the life of the Scheme, with progress reports submitted to the Commissioner annually. The Welsh language has also been added to the revamped Equality Analysis process, meaning that all matters of policy and procedural change should be considering any impact on the Welsh language.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS Wales is fully committed to ensuring that the scheme is an intrinsic part of their work. The scheme has been promoted to staff and service users via a series of presentations and briefing sessions. In addition, an Intranet page has been created to provide resources to support implementation.</p><p> </p><p>Every prison in Wales, including HMP Berwyn, has a Welsh Language Action plan which has been renewed in line with the new requirements and is owned by a member of the prison’s Senior Management Team. In addition, HMP Berwyn has a dedicated Welsh Language Lead who provide updates to their Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee, chaired by the Governor.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/02/2021 17:58:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1253771

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release of 4 November 2020, Coronavirus preparedness in prisons, whether classroom-based education is permitted in the adult estate under the new guidance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	118061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to limit the spread of the virus and to protect the lives of those who live and work in our prisons. Throughout the pandemic we have acted on public health advice, and we will continue to do so. The nature of prisons as closed environments and the demographics of the prison population pose particular challenges in managing the risk of outbreaks and heightened transmission. As a result, classroom-based education provision is currently not available across the adult prison estate. We have, though, been working with all Prison Education Framework (PEF) and Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) providers in England to support prisons, which has allowed learning to continue via in cell activity, distraction material and learning packs.</p><p>The Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) directs staff responsible for education, provider staff, key workers and prison staff, such as the Learning and Skills Managers, to engage with learners. The EDM structure is in place to take a risk-based approach to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections being introduced and spread. Under the EDM guidance, provider staff are able to access wings with the aim of enabling in cell learning and facilitating one to one activities. This includes the pick up and drop off of in cell learning packs and also completion of learner enrolment.</p><p>Within the Youth Secure Estate the delivery of education remains a particular priority as we seek to mirror the position taken for vulnerable children in the community, where it is possible to do so. It is our desire to continue to provide ‘face to face’ classroom-based education, notwithstanding local variations and the impact of potential outbreaks amongst staff or children.</p><p>We recognise the impact restrictions brought in to control the spread of infection have on services in prisons and that these restrictions must be proportionate to the risk posed. We will continue to keep them under active review. Our plan for easing restrictions in prisons, or re-introducing them where necessary, continues to be guided by public health advice alongside an operational assessment of what can be safely implemented, ensuring that we can keep staff and prisoners safe.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 118062 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:42:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1253772

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's guidance, COVID-19: National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services, which prisons are permitted to run classroom-based education while operating under Exceptional Delivery Model level 3; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	118062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Our priority is to limit the spread of the virus and to protect the lives of those who live and work in our prisons. Throughout the pandemic we have acted on public health advice, and we will continue to do so. The nature of prisons as closed environments and the demographics of the prison population pose particular challenges in managing the risk of outbreaks and heightened transmission. As a result, classroom-based education provision is currently not available across the adult prison estate. We have, though, been working with all Prison Education Framework (PEF) and Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) providers in England to support prisons, which has allowed learning to continue via in cell activity, distraction material and learning packs.</p><p>The Exceptional Delivery Model (EDM) directs staff responsible for education, provider staff, key workers and prison staff, such as the Learning and Skills Managers, to engage with learners. The EDM structure is in place to take a risk-based approach to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections being introduced and spread. Under the EDM guidance, provider staff are able to access wings with the aim of enabling in cell learning and facilitating one to one activities. This includes the pick up and drop off of in cell learning packs and also completion of learner enrolment.</p><p>Within the Youth Secure Estate the delivery of education remains a particular priority as we seek to mirror the position taken for vulnerable children in the community, where it is possible to do so. It is our desire to continue to provide ‘face to face’ classroom-based education, notwithstanding local variations and the impact of potential outbreaks amongst staff or children.</p><p>We recognise the impact restrictions brought in to control the spread of infection have on services in prisons and that these restrictions must be proportionate to the risk posed. We will continue to keep them under active review. Our plan for easing restrictions in prisons, or re-introducing them where necessary, continues to be guided by public health advice alongside an operational assessment of what can be safely implemented, ensuring that we can keep staff and prisoners safe.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 118061 question first answered 24/11/2020 14:42:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1248965

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) are currently on remand and (b) have been remanded into custody in each of the last six months for breach of community orders, by (i) ethnicity and (ii) nationality.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	111584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>A Community Order (CO) is a sentence of the court and is made up of one or more requirements to be carried out in the community instead of prison. A Community Order can run for up to three years and is made up of 12 requirements that can be applied.</p><p> </p><p>Effective enforcement of any sentence of the court is essential in ensuring sentencer and public confidence in the management of offenders. We are committed to ensuring that the enforcement of Community Orders is both appropriate and timely.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders who fail to comply with the requirements of their orders can be returned to court for breach of their community orders. As a sanction, the courts can then amend the CO so as to impose more onerous requirements or revoke the order and resentence.</p><p> </p><p>In some instances, where an offender has breached his community order, a magistrate’s court may commit him to custody until he can be brought or appear before the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to the number of offenders who are committed to custody for breaching a CO could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/11/2020 16:32:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts