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1487339

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to implement the deferred prosecution model trialled by Operation Turning Point for adult and youth offenders.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	32548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice, partnering with two police forces, have co-ordinated two policing pilots under the title ‘Chance to Change’, one of which was Turning Point in the Metropolitan police boroughs of Barnet and Brent for adults and under 18s, and the other in the West Yorkshire police force area for under 18s.</p><p>Pilot areas have been asked to assess the effectiveness of their schemes. We are supporting the qualitative research study being undertaken by Manchester Metropolitan University, which aims to examine participant and practitioner experience of the pilots. These findings are expected to be published later this year.</p><p>The use and implementation of deferred prosecution schemes are an operational decision for individual police forces. We continue to work closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on the appropriate use of these schemes, supporting local forces who wish to take these up.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/07/2022 14:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1486655

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle drug use in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	31210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling drug misuse in prisons is a priority for the department. All prisons must have a zero-tolerance approach to drugs.</p><p>The Government’s £100m Security Investment Programme to reduce crime and prevent drugs entering prisons completed in March 2022. This funded a range of security measures, including X-ray body scanners across the entire closed male estate. Since July 2020, these have resulted in over 10,000 positive scans, many finding multiple contraband items, preventing drugs and mobile phones and other illicit items from entering prisons. We are going further this year with £25m investment to restrict drug supply into prisons, including installing x-ray baggage scanners at 42 high priority sites, and enhancing our mobile blocking technology.</p><p>Alongside this, the Ministry of Justice is investing £120m over the next three years to get more offenders engaged in treatment, and support them towards abstinence. With this investment, we will enhance testing regimes in prison, expand the use of Drug Recovery Wings where prisoners commit to remain drug-free and undergo regular voluntary drug tests, support prisoners to engage with community treatment ahead of their release and increase the use of intensive drug rehabilitation requirements for those on community sentences.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/07/2022 11:47:38 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1485971

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department’s plan for the HMPPS Race Action Programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to actively tackling the impact of race disparities in the Criminal Justice System. As part of this commitment, in December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme (RAP), which builds on the MoJ Race Action Plan. The RAP will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system. This will also help to reduce reoffending and enhance rehabilitative practices.</p><p>The programme has worked to establish a network of stakeholders, internally and externally, to ensure all interventions are sustainable. A range of initiatives have successfully been implemented across HMPPS which has included: a successful pilot of enhanced training for staff to improve the quality of pre-sentencing reports on ethnic minority individuals; the launch of a Race Allyship charter to build a community of staff who proactively support ethnic minority individuals; introducing a series of inclusive policy consultations sessions with expert third sector organisations; and piloting healing events to create safe spaces for staff to manage and overcome racial trauma.</p><p>HMPPS are also leading an External Advice and Scrutiny Panel (EASP) which includes a wide range of expert stakeholders to review, assure, and challenge our plans and implementation accordingly. The RAP Strategic Case has also been shared with external and internal stakeholders setting out the background for the programme, including an evidence summary and the deliverables and outcomes of the five priority projects. It also outlines our approach to evaluation and a summary of the headline benefits. There are no current plans for official publication of this document, however, all key stakeholders will continue to be updated on the progress of the programme throughout the Programme lifecycle.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30102 question first answered 12/07/2022 14:48:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485972

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing its Race Action Programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to actively tackling the impact of race disparities in the Criminal Justice System. As part of this commitment, in December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme (RAP), which builds on the MoJ Race Action Plan. The RAP will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system. This will also help to reduce reoffending and enhance rehabilitative practices.</p><p>The programme has worked to establish a network of stakeholders, internally and externally, to ensure all interventions are sustainable. A range of initiatives have successfully been implemented across HMPPS which has included: a successful pilot of enhanced training for staff to improve the quality of pre-sentencing reports on ethnic minority individuals; the launch of a Race Allyship charter to build a community of staff who proactively support ethnic minority individuals; introducing a series of inclusive policy consultations sessions with expert third sector organisations; and piloting healing events to create safe spaces for staff to manage and overcome racial trauma.</p><p>HMPPS are also leading an External Advice and Scrutiny Panel (EASP) which includes a wide range of expert stakeholders to review, assure, and challenge our plans and implementation accordingly. The RAP Strategic Case has also been shared with external and internal stakeholders setting out the background for the programme, including an evidence summary and the deliverables and outcomes of the five priority projects. It also outlines our approach to evaluation and a summary of the headline benefits. There are no current plans for official publication of this document, however, all key stakeholders will continue to be updated on the progress of the programme throughout the Programme lifecycle.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30101 question first answered 12/07/2022 14:48:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485973

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the collection of data on prisoners' (a) gender, (b) ethnic group, (c) age and (d) religion.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Data on prisoners’ gender, ethnicity, age and religion is obtained through self-declaration by prisoners on reception into custody. Declaration rates across Sex, Age, Ethnicity &amp; Religion are high and present no barrier to publishing of prison population data.</p><p>We are currently developing a new service to improve the creation of prisoner records and collection of data which will include protected characteristics. This will reduce duplication and improve storage of information by redesigning the way we ask questions about these characteristics.</p><p>There are no current plans to change the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication which provide regular data on sex, ethnicity, age and religion within the prison population.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30104 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:41:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485974

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the publication of disaggregated data on prisoners’ demographics and protected characteristics including (a) gender, (b) ethnic group, (c) age and (d) religion.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Data on prisoners’ gender, ethnicity, age and religion is obtained through self-declaration by prisoners on reception into custody. Declaration rates across Sex, Age, Ethnicity &amp; Religion are high and present no barrier to publishing of prison population data.</p><p>We are currently developing a new service to improve the creation of prisoner records and collection of data which will include protected characteristics. This will reduce duplication and improve storage of information by redesigning the way we ask questions about these characteristics.</p><p>There are no current plans to change the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication which provide regular data on sex, ethnicity, age and religion within the prison population.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30103 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:41:15 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485985

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking in response to the survey of Black, Asian and minority ethnic women in prison published by the Independent Monitoring Boards and Criminal Justice Alliance in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS are considering the findings of the IMB / CRA reports and will act accordingly. We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p><p>The Female Offender Strategy also included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority and non-British national women can be better addressed. This is being taken forward by the Female Offender Minority Ethnic working group, which brings together officials and stakeholders to work together to improve outcomes for this cohort of women.</p><p>There is no place for racial abuse in prisons, which should be safe, orderly and decent places for both prisoners and staff. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper we are introducing training for staff in women’s prisons to address the diverse needs of all women in their care. This will include cultural competence training to equip our staff with an increased knowledge of the effects of culture, faith and sustaining family relationships for ethnically diverse communities, increasing their confidence and skills in supporting all offenders, including those subjected to racial abuse.</p><p>Information on the number, grade and allocated duties of equality staff is not held centrally. The majority of HMPPS PGDs have a dedicated Regional Equality Lead (Band 8 &amp; Full Time) who coordinate activity and drive a regional strategy designed to best represent the unique situations arising in that part of the country, representative of the staff and prisoner population. Profiles for equalities work are decided at a local level to ensure they best fit the nature of individual establishments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30116 30117 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:43:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485986

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to women prisoners who have been victims of racial abuse in prison.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS are considering the findings of the IMB / CRA reports and will act accordingly. We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p><p>The Female Offender Strategy also included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority and non-British national women can be better addressed. This is being taken forward by the Female Offender Minority Ethnic working group, which brings together officials and stakeholders to work together to improve outcomes for this cohort of women.</p><p>There is no place for racial abuse in prisons, which should be safe, orderly and decent places for both prisoners and staff. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper we are introducing training for staff in women’s prisons to address the diverse needs of all women in their care. This will include cultural competence training to equip our staff with an increased knowledge of the effects of culture, faith and sustaining family relationships for ethnically diverse communities, increasing their confidence and skills in supporting all offenders, including those subjected to racial abuse.</p><p>Information on the number, grade and allocated duties of equality staff is not held centrally. The majority of HMPPS PGDs have a dedicated Regional Equality Lead (Band 8 &amp; Full Time) who coordinate activity and drive a regional strategy designed to best represent the unique situations arising in that part of the country, representative of the staff and prisoner population. Profiles for equalities work are decided at a local level to ensure they best fit the nature of individual establishments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30115 30117 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:43:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1485987

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equality staff work in prisons holding (a) men and (b) women by (i) their grade and (ii) the time allocated to their equalities work.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	30117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMPPS are considering the findings of the IMB / CRA reports and will act accordingly. We recognise that race disparities persist in the Criminal Justice System, and we are committed to actively tackling the impact of this across MoJ. In December 2020 HMPPS launched the Race Action Programme, which will increase the diversity of our workforce, address the risk of bias in our policies and tackle disparity in outcomes for prisoners, people on probation and children in our system.</p><p>The Female Offender Strategy also included a clear commitment to look at how the distinct needs of ethnic minority and non-British national women can be better addressed. This is being taken forward by the Female Offender Minority Ethnic working group, which brings together officials and stakeholders to work together to improve outcomes for this cohort of women.</p><p>There is no place for racial abuse in prisons, which should be safe, orderly and decent places for both prisoners and staff. As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper we are introducing training for staff in women’s prisons to address the diverse needs of all women in their care. This will include cultural competence training to equip our staff with an increased knowledge of the effects of culture, faith and sustaining family relationships for ethnically diverse communities, increasing their confidence and skills in supporting all offenders, including those subjected to racial abuse.</p><p>Information on the number, grade and allocated duties of equality staff is not held centrally. The majority of HMPPS PGDs have a dedicated Regional Equality Lead (Band 8 &amp; Full Time) who coordinate activity and drive a regional strategy designed to best represent the unique situations arising in that part of the country, representative of the staff and prisoner population. Profiles for equalities work are decided at a local level to ensure they best fit the nature of individual establishments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 30115 30116 question first answered 12/07/2022 11:43:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1486155

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	The Mount 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 Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP The Mount, published in May 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) staffing levels and (b) prisoner welfare at HMP The Mount.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	30155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) provides invaluable independent scrutiny and found that despite some improvements in core functioning, officer shortages were an ongoing issue predominantly due to high volumes of COVID related absences and that 40% of staff at that time could not be deployed to operational duties. This directly impacted upon the regime offer for prisoners.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) are currently supporting the prison through the Operational Stability Panel by offering incentivised payments to staff to cover existing shortfalls. Recruitment of prison officers remains a focus and campaigns continue to be advertised to attract new staff.</p><p>Prisoner welfare is monitored by residential officers, with systems in place to ensure the most vulnerable prisoners are offered support through keywork and assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) processes. Prisoner safety and welfare is a top priority of the Governor and Prison Group Director. HMIP found that outcomes in terms of prisoner safety had improved since the last inspection in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/07/2022 11:45:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper