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1203612

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date	15/06/2020
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, how many and what proportion of prison staff (a) in administrative grades and (b) employed as instructional officers have received (i) a financial incentive or (ii) extra pay since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, by grade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	59617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We are making special payments to our hardworking prison staff who continue to go above and beyond the call of duty during these exceptional times.</p><p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> May 2020, 1,843 (33%) of administrative staff and 1,032 (79%) of Instructional Officers working in prisons have received a financial incentive and extra pay.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:14:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1203796

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women serving sentences of one year or less have been recalled to prison since 31 March 2020; and, of those, how many have been recalled for failure to comply with licence provisions only.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	59537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision. When an offender breaches a condition of their licence, their probation officer will undertake a thorough risk assessment to determine whether it is necessary, for the protection of the public, to recall that offender to prison.</p><p>The requested data are not available at this time. Licence recalls data covering April – June 2020 are planned for publication in October 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 13:45:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1203339

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individual legal professionals participated in the pilot of flexible operating hours in civil and family courts in Brentford.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>. Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Data on the number of legal professionals who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59219 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:16:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1203340

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individual legal professionals participated in the pilot of flexible operating hours in civil and family courts in Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>. Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Data on the number of legal professionals who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59218 question first answered 18/06/2020 14:16:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1203355

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	59243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.</p><p>As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.</p><p>As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2020 15:50:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1203009

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on 15 May 2020 to introduce video calling in the absence of family visits to prisons, when his Department plans to roll out video calling to the remainder of prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	58630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced temporary emergency video calling in recognition of the<br> importance of maintaining family contact while social visits have been temporarily suspended in<br> prisons in England and Wales. We have published information regarding the provision of video<br> calls on GOV.UK and made clear we will continue to expand secure video calling to more establishments during this time. Details of which prisons are operating live services for families and friends can be accessed via the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call</a><br> <br> At the appropriate time, we will consider future options for video calling beyond<br> Covid-19 restrictions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:15:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1203038

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm and Suicide
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 instances in prisons of (a) self-harm and (b) suicide by (i) region, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Please see the attached tables showing the number of instances of (a) self-harm and (b) self-inflicted deaths in prisons by (i) region, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender for each of the last five years. Our condolences are with the family and friends of the prisoners who have died.</p><p>The figures on self-harm have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level. The figures on self-inflicted deaths are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new information emerges, numbers may change from time to time.</p><p>Far too many prisoners are self-harming or taking their own lives and it is one of the reasons we introduced the key worker scheme in 2018, supported by the recruitment of extra prison officers, so that every offender can get dedicated support and have someone to talk to.</p><p>We have also given over 25,000 staff better training to spot and prevent self-harm and are investing an extra £2.75 billion to modernise prisons, combat drug use and improve the environment in which offenders live.</p><p>As well as this, we have refreshed our partnership with the Samaritans, awarding a grant of £500k each year for the next three years. This supports the excellent Listeners scheme, through which selected prisoners are trained to provide emotional support to their fellow prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:13:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 58603.xlsx title Table
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203039

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary and Prisons
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 (a) judges, (b) magistrates, (c) prison officers, (d) probation officers and (e) prison governors employed in 2020 and for each of the last five years broken down by (i) ethnicity and (ii) gender.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Following the recommendations of the Lammy Review, we have appointed a Senior BAME Staff Recruitment and Progression Lead to the MoJ Resourcing Team working closely with four BAME Progression Leads in HMPPS.</p><p>We have implemented improvements to our recruitment processes to reduce time and cost to hire, increase the diversity of new recruits and ensure we attract the right people with the right skills.</p><p>The number of court and tribunal judges and magistrates as at 1 April in the five years from 2015 to 2019 is shown in the tables, based on data held by Judicial Office. Data for April 2020 is scheduled for publication in September 2020.</p><p><strong>Table 1a: Court judges in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>882</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>1013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,421</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td><td><p>2,244</p></td><td><p>2,103</p></td><td><p>2,197</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>2,527</p></td><td><p>2,506</p></td><td><p>2,438</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td><td><p>2,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,202</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b: Tribunal judges in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>846</p></td><td><p>806</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>993</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,485</p></td><td><p>1,404</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,894</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,786</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,703</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,854</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Serving magistrates in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>10,413</p></td><td><p>9,299</p></td><td><p>8,712</p></td><td><p>8,220</p></td><td><p>8,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9,221</p></td><td><p>8,253</p></td><td><p>7,417</p></td><td><p>6,783</p></td><td><p>6,329</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>1,686</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>1,653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>17,803</p></td><td><p>15,662</p></td><td><p>13,958</p></td><td><p>12,726</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>872</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,552</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,129</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,348</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes to tables 1-2</strong></p><ol><li>Figures relate to primary appointments i.e. each individual is counted once, and not for each appointment held</li><li>Ethnicity is a non-mandatory fields collected by self-declaration at point of entry, and is not always declared</li></ol><p>Source: Judicial Office e-HR system</p><p> </p><p>The number of prison officers, probation officers and prison governors employed in HMPPS as at 31 March 2015 to 2020 are provided in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: Band 3-5 prison officers<sup>1</sup> in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>4,553</p></td><td><p>4,716</p></td><td><p>4,897</p></td><td><p>5,836</p></td><td><p>6,495</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>14,405</p></td><td><p>14,373</p></td><td><p>14,277</p></td><td><p>15,985</p></td><td><p>16,963</p></td><td><p>16,314</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>1,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>206</em></p></td><td><p><em>206</em></p></td><td><p><em>204</em></p></td><td><p><em>182</em></p></td><td><p><em>262</em></p></td><td><p><em>338</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>401</em></p></td><td><p><em>396</em></p></td><td><p><em>410</em></p></td><td><p><em>387</em></p></td><td><p><em>505</em></p></td><td><p><em>628</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>199</em></p></td><td><p><em>213</em></p></td><td><p><em>214</em></p></td><td><p><em>190</em></p></td><td><p><em>275</em></p></td><td><p><em>363</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>121</em></p></td><td><p><em>108</em></p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p><em>83</em></p></td><td><p><em>96</em></p></td><td><p><em>102</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>16,180</p></td><td><p>15,525</p></td><td><p>14,992</p></td><td><p>13,661</p></td><td><p>15,267</p></td><td><p>17,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td><td><p>2,641</p></td><td><p>3,254</p></td><td><p>7,318</p></td><td><p>7,053</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,458</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,801</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 4: Band 4 probation officers in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,651</p></td><td><p>2,951</p></td><td><p>2,836</p></td><td><p>2,802</p></td><td><p>2,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>964</p></td><td><p>893</p></td><td><p>847</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>23</em></p></td><td><p><em>52</em></p></td><td><p><em>85</em></p></td><td><p><em>86</em></p></td><td><p><em>118</em></p></td><td><p><em>133</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>27</em></p></td><td><p><em>55</em></p></td><td><p><em>85</em></p></td><td><p><em>97</em></p></td><td><p><em>162</em></p></td><td><p><em>191</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>34</em></p></td><td><p><em>56</em></p></td><td><p><em>60</em></p></td><td><p><em>84</em></p></td><td><p><em>94</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>4</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>11</em></p></td><td><p><em>11</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td><td><p>1,936</p></td><td><p>1,896</p></td><td><p>2,421</p></td><td><p>2,762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>2,754</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,745</p></td><td><p>1,582</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>552</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,508</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,587</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,915</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,649</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,743</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 5: Band 10-11 Governing Governors<sup>3</sup> in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>4</em></p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>9</em></p></td><td><p><em>9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes to tables 3-5</strong></p><p>1. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2. All staff have gender assigned but ethnicity is a self-declared field and is optional to complete.</p><p>3. Includes Governing Governors working in prison establishments and excludes those based in HQ. Figures do not include deputy governors or those acting up as a Governing Governor on a temporary promotion basis.</p><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/06/2020 11:56:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

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registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many court hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have (1) included the virtual presence of an interpreter, and (2) been rescheduled because an interpreter was needed but not available. [T]
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL5587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Information on how many hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for spoken and non-spoken interpretation is provided below. The difference in start dates reflect the fact that thebigword’s system did not start recording any remote bookings until 30<sup>th</sup> March. We expect that very few took place before this date.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dates</p></td><td><p>Number of telephone interpreting hearings</p></td><td><p>Number of video remote interpreting hearings</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>thebigword – spoken interpretation</p></td><td><p>30.3.2020 – 12.6.2020</p></td><td><p>2769</p></td><td><p>1470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clarion uk – Non- spoken interpretation</p></td><td><p>23.3.2020 – 12.6.2020</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on all hearings that have been rescheduled because an interpreter was unavailable. HMCTS performance data, including ineffective trial rates due to interpreter availability, is currently not available for this period.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/06/2020 15:10:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

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registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service document entitled, COVID-19: National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services, published on 2 June 2020, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of personal protective equipment for (a) representatives of monitoring bodies and (b) members of voluntary and community sector organisations visiting prisons as part of those organisation's work.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	57932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to maintaining social distancing to protect staff and prisoners from COVID-19.</p><p>Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used in line with public health advice to mitigate risk where there is a need for sustained, essential and unavoidable contact.</p><p>All visitors to prisons, including representatives of monitoring boards and volunteer organisations, are expected to follow the latest public health guidelines for those situations.</p><p>We are making continued preparations and keeping demand for PPE under regular review as we move into the next phase of managing the outbreak.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 13:51:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown