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1151082

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) key performance indicators are for the Legal Aid Agency and (b) average annual performance of the agency has been against those indicators.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	2862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency publishes a Business Plan on an annual basis, which looks forward and sets out its performance measures for the coming year. The most recent Business Plan (for the 2019/20 financial year) was published on GOV.UK on 13 June 2019 and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-agency-business-plan-2019-to-2020</p><p>The Legal Aid Agency also publishes its Annual Report and Accounts, which look back retrospectively on performance from the previous year and reviews how it has performed. The most recent Annual Report and Accounts (for the 2018/19 financial year) was published on 4<sup>th</sup> July 2019 and can be accessed at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-agency-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 24/10/2019 15:22:49 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151084

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of offender work placement hours spent on maintenance tasks was in each year for which information is available, by prison.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	2864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Records of the hours of work done by prisoners are not centrally held, and individual prisons will keep their own records in relation to this. This is due to the fact that this information relates to the rehabilitation of prisoners, which is within the operational remit of prison governors. Gathering this information would represent disproportionate cost, and not be achievable within this timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>Prison work programmes may vary, and be organised though schemes operated by facilities management providers or organised by individual prison governors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:22:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151086

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reactive repair in-month completion rate was for each prison in (a) 2010 (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	2866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the reactive repairs completed each month. Faults are reported on the facilities management system online, or via a telephone help desk.</p><p>Local maintenance teams then create a work order and assign an appropriate tradesperson to complete the work. Following completion, the work order is closed on the facilities management system. Contractor performance is monitored closely.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:27:50 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2019 18:12:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ - completed work orders (002).xlsx title Work order previous answer version 1452 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151087

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reactive repair limit is under the prison maintenance contract with Amey.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	2867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The reactive repair limit under the prison maintenance contact held with Amey is £750 (excluding VAT).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:23:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151088

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) key performance indicators are for Amey under the prison maintenance contracts and (b) average annual performance of Amey has been against those indicators.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	2868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the KPI regime for the facilities management contract HMPPS holds with Amey, as well as the recorded performance against these KPI’s averaged across the last 12 months for which this data is available (June 2017- May 2018). Contractor performance is robustly monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:03:41 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 16:56:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Amey KPI's and 12 monthly average performance.xlsx title Amey KPIs and 12 Monthly Average performance previous answer version 1434 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150354

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 produce a Green Paper on a presumption against shorter sentences.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	1740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Protecting the public will always be our priority. Community sentences will continue to be an important part of punishing and rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Following the urgent internal review of sentencing, the Government has recently announced a Sentencing Bill. This Bill will contain a range of measures targeted at serious violent and sexual offenders, but will also contain proposals for community penalties that offer an appropriate level of punishment, while tackling the underlying drivers of re-offending. Before the Sentencing Bill is introduced the Government intends to publish a White Paper setting out proposals for reform.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 13:49:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150360

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
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 reduce the level of outstanding prison repairs over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	1745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>We acknowledge there is a significant need for maintenance investment in the existing prison estate and are committed to reducing the level of outstanding prison repairs.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore providing additional funding to improve the condition of the estate. In 2020/21 we have secured an additional £156m on top of existing funding, which will be targeted at addressing the most urgent maintenance needs including health &amp; safety, fire safety, and critical prison capacity issues.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are aware that even this enhanced level of funding will not, on its own, be sufficient to manage the existing backlog and so we will also be seeking further maintenance funding in future spending rounds.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1746 question first answered 24/10/2019 14:13:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150361

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
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 cost of prison repair work over the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	1746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>We acknowledge there is a significant need for maintenance investment in the existing prison estate and are committed to reducing the level of outstanding prison repairs.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore providing additional funding to improve the condition of the estate. In 2020/21 we have secured an additional £156m on top of existing funding, which will be targeted at addressing the most urgent maintenance needs including health &amp; safety, fire safety, and critical prison capacity issues.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are aware that even this enhanced level of funding will not, on its own, be sufficient to manage the existing backlog and so we will also be seeking further maintenance funding in future spending rounds.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 1745 question first answered 24/10/2019 14:13:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150477

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a rape charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	1748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials where the defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a rape charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:21:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1748 Annex A.XLSX title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1150478

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times were in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a burglary charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	1749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about the waiting times for trials were a defendant has entered a not guilty plea for a burglary charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached Excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the small number of defendants pleading not guilty to these offences at individual Crown Courts, we have not supplied the average waiting times for courts where fewer than five defendants pleaded not guilty. Basing an average on such small numbers can skew the mean and result in the figures being unrepresentative.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resource they require.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/10/2019 16:15:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ 1749 Annex A.XLSX title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon