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1190621

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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, what plans the Government has to (a) conduct covid-19 testing among prison staff and prisoners and to (b) reduce transfer of staff and prisoners between sites during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	40678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>On 24 April, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the rollout of COVID-19 testing for all essential workers and symptomatic members of their household, including prison and probation staff in England. To date, we have referred more than 2,000 staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service for testing.</p><p>As healthcare is devolved in Wales, testing for prison and probation staff, and symptomatic members of their household, is being delivered through local resilience forum arrangements and local health boards.</p><p>Tests will be conducted on symptomatic prisoners on site and are carried out by qualified healthcare practitioners. Those who are well enough to be safely managed by prison healthcare teams will remain in prisons, and those requiring hospital care will be transferred to the appropriate medical facility.</p><p>The testing capacity and availability can vary between establishments, depending on local circumstances at the time. This means that the total number of potential cases at any establishment can include clinically diagnosed but untested cases, as well as those who have a confirmed COVID-19 positive result. Outbreak control teams monitor and take account of these matters in their advice on the management of prison cases.</p><p>Routine transfers of both staff and prisoners are being minimised to reduce opportunities for transmission of COVID-19 between prisons and prevent the introduction of infection into prisons where there is no outbreak.</p><p>Some controlled prisoner movements between establishments have been authorised in order to utilise the headroom created by population control measures. All such moves require COVID-19 Gold Command authorisation and only take place once the receiving prison has a Reverse Cohorting Unit established to receive incoming prisoners.</p><p>Staff detached duty has been minimised and used only in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/05/2020 16:51:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1190622

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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, what his policy is on protecting prisoners with underlying health conditions from covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	40679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>To protect those most vulnerable to COVID-19 and reduce transmission of infection, new cohorting strategies were developed by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service advised by the Public Health Authorities and implemented from March 31. As a result, prisons are in the process of implementing units to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable (including those with underlying health conditions) and cohort new arrivals to reduce risk.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, prisoners identified as ‘extremely vulnerable’ as defined in the NHS guidelines will merit consideration for Release on Temporary License (ROTL). Any prisoners released on temporary license must abide by the provisions of that licence; the licence can be revoked for breach of a condition or for any other reason. All prisoners released under ROTL will be returned to prison once the justification for temporary compassionate release ends, provided they are still serving the custodial element of their sentence at that point.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Prison Service is creating extra cells, restricting regimes, limiting prisoner movement and releasing some prisoners early. The strong measures the Prison Service is taking are successfully limiting the transmission of the virus.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/05/2020 13:24:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

1144223

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what use his Department has made of mindfulness-based therapy techniques in (a) improving well-being and (b) reducing recidivism in the prison population.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	286125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mindfulness-based therapy techniques are used in prisons in England and Wales. A summary of evidence relating to the impact of mindfulness on people in prison and on probation has been published and can be found at the following link; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mindfulness-in-prison-and-probation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mindfulness-in-prison-and-probation</a> In addition to this, HMPPS Wales commissioned 2 studies in 2016 evaluating the impact of a mindfulness intervention at HMP Parc, Wales and within the National Probation Service Wales. Both staff and offenders took part in these studies. The research was led by Swansea University and the full reports, alongside a report from findings in the community, will be published later this year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our work on mindfulness is just part of our efforts to reduce recidivism and improve the prison estate. Over the past 3 years, we have invested £100m to provide additional Prison Officers to improve frontline safety, security and rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 286131 question first answered 09/09/2019 13:35:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1144225

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what use his Department has made of mindfulness-based techniques for (a) reducing stress and (b) improving well-being among prison staff.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	286127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Mindfulness workshops forms part of a range of mental and physical health wellbeing workshops on offer to prison staff, with over 200 wellbeing days provided to prison establishments over the last two years. The workshops are also available on request through the HMPPS bespoke wellbeing initiative, <em>Wellness Together</em> programme which provides a series of workshops to selected prison establishments over a 12-week period.</p><p> </p><p>Some prisons also provide local independently organised staff mindfulness training sessions for instance, at lunch times.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, confidential counselling, wellbeing/lifestyle advice, wellbeing workshops, training and coaching to prison staff are also available to prison staff.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 13:51:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1144229

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice and Prisons: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of any pilot projects undertaken by his Department on the use of mindfulness-based therapies in prisons and the justice system.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	286131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mindfulness-based therapy techniques are used in prisons in England and Wales. A summary of evidence relating to the impact of mindfulness on people in prison and on probation has been published and can be found at the following link; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mindfulness-in-prison-and-probation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mindfulness-in-prison-and-probation</a> In addition to this, HMPPS Wales commissioned 2 studies in 2016 evaluating the impact of a mindfulness intervention at HMP Parc, Wales and within the National Probation Service Wales. Both staff and offenders took part in these studies. The research was led by Swansea University and the full reports, alongside a report from findings in the community, will be published later this year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our work on mindfulness is just part of our efforts to reduce recidivism and improve the prison estate. Over the past 3 years, we have invested £100m to provide additional Prison Officers to improve frontline safety, security and rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 286125 question first answered 09/09/2019 13:35:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124382

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	249914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff seconded to either a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last 3 years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Department for Exiting the European Union</p><p>2019 – 1</p><p>2018 – 0</p><p>2017 – 0</p><p> </p><p>Department for International Trade</p><p>2019 – 0</p><p>2018 – 0</p><p>2017 - 0</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2019 17:07:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038938

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes of people granted legal aid in welfare benefits cases is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. The latest figures (to September 2018) of Legal Help matter starts (from table 5.1) and Civil Representation granted certificates (from table 6.2) in welfare benefits cases are outlined in the below table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Legal Help Matter Starts</p></td><td><p>Civil Representation Granted Certificates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>135,751</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>141,625</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>116,081</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>102,920</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>82,554</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has spent several months conducting a wide-ranging review of the reforms to legal aid and engaged with more than 100 organisations and individuals as part of the evidence-gathering phase.</p><p> </p><p>Having finalised this engagement at the end of November, the review is now near completion and will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2019 17:54:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1027388

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of personal independence payment cases appealed to HM Courts and Tribunal Service in each quarter since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	202716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, for instance by introducing case management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 202717 question first answered 21/12/2018 14:36:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 93299 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1027390

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his department has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of personal independence payment cases that have been (i) upheld and (ii) overturned by HM Courts and Tribunal Service at appeal stage in each quarter since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	202717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p> </p><p>We are also taking forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, for instance by introducing case management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 202716 question first answered 21/12/2018 14:36:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 93301 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999680

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Automatic Number Plate Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful (a) fines and (b) prosecutions have been made as a result of evidence obtained from ANPR cameras in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/11/2018 14:43:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane