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893031

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total real terms change in his Department's expenditure on HM Prison and Probation Service was between (a) 2017-18 to 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 to 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139010 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

893033

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change in his Department's expenditure on the Youth Justice Board was between (a) 2017-18 and 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 and 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139008 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892192

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Chelmsford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff resigned from HMP Chelmsford in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>There were 25 individuals who resigned from HMP Chelmsford in the year ending 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we pledged to recruit 2,500 more prison officers. We recently announced that we have reached this target seven months ahead of schedule, and frontline staffing numbers are now at their highest for five years.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with individual prison governors, including HMP Chelmsford, to address local staff retention issues. Across the estate we have also given governors more freedom to innovate and make the best decisions for their prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/05/2018 16:12:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890415

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136378, whether it is planned to review the legal aid means test threshold as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The government evaluates the civil and criminal means tests thresholds on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p><p>The post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, will assess the impact of the relevant changes to the legal aid means test that were implemented as part of the reforms and inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/05/2018 16:08:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890416

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890418

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's female offender strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>Considering how we can best address the needs of female offenders, to improve outcomes for them, their families and their communities, is a complex issue that we want to get right.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to develop the Female Offender Strategy and we will publish in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:07 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890425

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure is for recording (a) births and (b) stillbirths in women's prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>It is a requirement for mothers (or fathers) to register births (and still births) within 42 days and prison staff will arrange for registrars to come into the establishment to do this where necessary.</p><p>While there is no requirement for prisons to keep a central record of women who give birth (or suffer a still birth) whilst in prison, the issues pertinent to prisoners, their management and care will be noted on their individual case record. This will include details of whether the woman is pregnant and the outcome of that pregnancy, should it occur whilst they are in custody.</p><p>We currently do not record the number of women who give birth in prisons centrally but consideration will be given on recording this information locally on prison systems.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:07:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890435

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department records the (a) number of members, (b) number of vacancies or (c) quorum of each Independent Monitoring Board.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As of 25 April 2018, there were 1,394 IMB members in post and 691 vacancies. The quorum for each Board meeting should be no fewer than three, as set out in Prison Rule 1999 76(2), Young Offender Institution Rule 2000 80(2) and Detention Centre Rule 2001 60(2).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/05/2018 16:10:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890449

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Chelmsford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff have resigned from HMP Chelmsford since 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The data requested is not currently available as the latest set of HMPPS workforce statistics covers the period up to 31 December 2017. The next set of data for the period to 31 March 2018 is due to be published in the HMPPS Quarterly Workforce Statistics Bulletin on 17 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/05/2018 16:11:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890450

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Chelmsford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner on prisoner assaults have occurred at HMP Chelmsford since 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Data about assaults by prisoners, including those on staff and on other prisoners, is published in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. The figures for January to March 2018 are scheduled to be published on 26 July.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent statistics were published on 26 April and cover assaults to December 2017. Figures for individual prisons can be found in the data tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/702356/assaults-data-tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/702356/assaults-data-tool.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our hardworking staff will never be tolerated. We are ensuring that prison officers have the tools they need to do their jobs by rolling out body worn cameras, 'police-style' handcuffs and restraints, and trialling PAVA incapacitant spray.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137618 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:12:00 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon