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1170524

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reading Prison: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department has made on the sale of HMP Reading.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	900165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>We have marketed the former HMP&amp;YOI Reading site. We are considering all the bids received carefully.</p><p>We will always seek best value for the taxpayer when disposing of surplus property assets. The number of bids, the identity of any bidders and the nature of the bids are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2020 17:35:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1170526

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to increase the use of electronic tagging.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	900167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm to the Hon Gentleman that my Department completed the national roll-out across England and Wales of location monitoring GPS tags for adults in September last year. They have been well received by courts as an important additional tool to manage offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Building on this success, in November we began the phased roll out of GPS tags to under 18s. This will complete nationally in March this year.</p><p> </p><p>To tackle offending fuelled by alcohol, we are introducing sobriety tags, increasing our electronic monitoring capabilities and our ability to manage offenders in the community effectively.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2020 17:04:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1170528

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of crime in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	900172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Our prisons face a range of security challenges including supply of drugs and psychoactive substances and use of illicit phones. This fuels crime both behind and beyond the prison walls.</p><p>We are investing £100 million across the estate on airport-style security, including X-ray scanners, to stop drugs and phones from getting in.</p><p>Our previous investment in staff means prisons are making greater use body, property, cell and area searches to find contraband that gets in, aided by dedicated search teams and drug detection dogs.</p><p>And we are working closely with law enforcement to detect, disrupt and pursue the organised crime groups who drive significant amount of this criminal activity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2020 17:08:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1169928

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	900155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Our hard-working officers play a crucial role in keeping prisons safe and transforming offenders’ lives, and ultimately make sure the public is protected.</p><p>We recognise the need to recruit and retain staff to keep our prisons secure. We have invested significantly in increasing staff numbers, recruiting an additional 4,581 (full time equivalent) prison officers between October 2016 and September 2019, surpassing our original target of 2,500. We will continue to recruit officers to ensure prisons are safe and decent.</p><p>We are giving staff the tools they need to do the job safely – rolling out PAVA incapacitant spray, and investing £100 million, as part of a wider £2.75 billion package, to fund tough airport-style security that will clamp down on the illicit items which fuel violence and hinder rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2020 17:27:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1169724

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Street Cleaning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of funding allocated to local government on the ability of local authorities to maintain street cleaning services.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Street cleaning is delivered through the Local Governance Finance Settlement, however responsibility for the policy is owned by DEFRA. Funding is delivered on a non-ringfenced basis through the Settlement, which gives local authorities maximum flexibility to deliver services as they see fit according to local needs. We recognise the vital role Local Government plays and this is why they will receive an additional £2.9 billion next year, the largest increase in spending power in almost a decade.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/01/2020 17:42:29 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 976 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1169725

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that gay and bisexual men in York Central constituency have access to places on the PrEP Impact Trial.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not had discussions with Monkgate Health Centre on participation in the pre-exposure prophylasis (PrEP) Impact Trial.</p><p>Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The PrEP Impact Trial website includes a map showing the distribution of the 154 clinics level 3 Sexual Health Services participating in the trial at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk" target="_blank">www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 1769 question first answered 14/01/2020 17:16:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1169728

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	HIV Infection: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with YorSexualHealth, Monkgate Health Centre that is not currently recruiting gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not had discussions with Monkgate Health Centre on participation in the pre-exposure prophylasis (PrEP) Impact Trial.</p><p>Participation in the trial is on a voluntary basis and it is for clinics and local authorities to decide the number of allocated places they can accept. The PrEP Impact Trial website includes a map showing the distribution of the 154 clinics level 3 Sexual Health Services participating in the trial at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk" target="_blank">www.prepimpacttrial.org.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 1768 question first answered 14/01/2020 17:16:25 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1169732

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the secondary cancer diagnosis rate was for (a) Leeds and (b) England in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The following table lists finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of cancer in Leeds and England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Leeds</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cancer</p></td><td><p>Secondary cancer</p></td><td><p>Cancer</p></td><td><p>Secondary cancer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>14,280</p></td><td><p>4,835</p></td><td><p>1,924,381</p></td><td><p>575,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>14,795</p></td><td><p>5,245</p></td><td><p>1,999,218</p></td><td><p>623,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,725</p></td><td><p>5,185</p></td><td><p>2,077,837</p></td><td><p>654,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,580</p></td><td><p>5,005</p></td><td><p>2,131,848</p></td><td><p>700,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>14,795</p></td><td><p>4,715</p></td><td><p>2,220,501</p></td><td><p>742,844</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 14/01/2020 17:19:34 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1169743

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on (a) reducing the level of prison violence and (b) improving the delivery of education and rehabilitation services.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>We are taking urgent action to improve prison safety and security, alongside reforms to overhaul the system to focus on the rehabilitation of offenders. As a part of our £2.75 billion plan to transform the prison estate, we are investing £100 million to bolster security and tackle the supply of illicit items which drive prison violence and are rolling out our key worker model to provide individual support to each prisoner from a dedicated officer.</p><p>Up to £2.5 billion will be spent on creating 10,000 additional modern prison places to crack down on crime. Modern prisons provide better opportunities to reform criminals and cut the £18 billion cost of reoffending to society each year. Newer prisons are also more efficient to run and benefit the taxpayer in the longer term.</p><p>We publish quarterly statistics on violence in prisons, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a></p><p>We have made important improvements to education which will boost prisoners’ chances of gaining employment on release, and reduce their likelihood of reoffending.</p><p>On 1 April 2019, new prison education contracts commenced delivering services designed by Governors and their staff to best meet the specific needs of their prisoners and local labour markets. Governors can commission innovative short-term provision through a new education system. Additionally, the new Prison Education Service will build on this further by improving the range of training available to prisoners which is directly linked to real jobs on release.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2020 18:00:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1169759

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Members Estimate Committee
answering dept id	91
answering dept short name	Members Estimate Committee
answering dept sort name	Members Estimate Committee
hansard heading	Representative Money
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much (a) was paid between the 2015 and 2019 general elections and (b) is scheduled to be paid between 12 December 2019 and 12 December 2020 in Representative Monies to parties whose Members had not taken the oath.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Under a resolution of the House, Representative Money is provided to opposition parties represented by Members who have chosen not to take the Oath.</p><p>Budget allocations for Representative Money since 2005-06 are published in Appendix 4 of the following document:<br>https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN01663</p><p>Since 2016-17 it has been a requirement to publish the amounts paid for the financial year and these can be found on the Parliament website via the following link:<br>https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/foi/transparency-publications/hoc-transparency-publications/financial-information/financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/<br>previous-financial-assistance-to-opposition-parties/</p><p>The Representative Money scheduled to be paid following the General Election on 12 December 2019 to the end of the current financial year (31 March 2020) will be published in due course on the above page, as will amounts relating to subsequent financial years.</p> answering member constituency Mole Valley answering member printed Sir Paul Beresford question first answered 14/01/2020 19:03:15 answering member 103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell