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1678073

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date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
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 foreign national offenders were categorised as non-criminal prisoners in each of the last years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Information on the number of Foreign National prisoners by custody type (including ‘non-criminal) is routinely published in the department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly release. This data can be found in Table A1.11 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c045751e10bf000e17ce89/Population_30June2023_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c045751e10bf000e17ce89/Population_30June2023_Annual.ods.</a></p><p>The proportion of ‘non-criminals’ as a percentage of the total Foreign National prison population can be calculated from the figures in the linked table.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:03:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1678074

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the country through a prison transfer agreement each year since 2010; and if he will list which countries were they removed to.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Where appropriate, the Government will also seek to permanently remove foreign criminals from the UK via the Early Removal Scheme once they have served the minimum required of their sentence. This is our best performing removal scheme with 5,262 Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) having been removed between January 2019 and June 2022.</p><p>The Home Office removed 16,676 foreign national offenders since January 2019 to September 2023. Published figures show that FNO returns have increased in the latest 12-month period (ending September 2023) by 19% when compared to previous 12-month period.</p><p>Our new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Albania entered into force in May 2023 and we have signed a new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Philippines. We are looking to negotiate new Prisoner Transfer Agreements with key EU Member States and wider-world countries</p><p>Foreign national offender removals via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year:</p></td><td><p>Removals:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Countries or Territories we have removed foreign national offenders to via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>Slovakia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>Slovenia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>Macedonia</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>St Helena</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>Sweden</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman</p></td><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>Ukraine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>Vietnam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Iraq</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>Saudi</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 16:11:26 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2024 09:48:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 8649 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1678123

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Health Services
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 13 December 2023 to Question 5546 what the (a) original projected cost and (b) final cost of the new medical centre at HMP Wandsworth was.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The construction cost for the new healthcare centre at HMP Wandsworth was projected to be £9.8m plus VAT in April 2020. The final outturn cost is £10.4m plus VAT. The 6% increase in outturn costs was a result of inflation and some risk items materialising during delivery, though these were within the 10% risk contingency allowed for in the original business case.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:07:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1678124

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maintenance work is required at HMP Wandsworth as of 14 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	7050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>A project to replace CCTV across the whole prison is due to complete in April 2025. A site-wide programme of fire safety improvements and refurbishment of showers is due to commence in January 2024. A further programme of window replacements is planned to commence in April 2024. Two further projects are currently in development in HMP Wandsworth: one to replace the chapel roof and another to refurbish or replace the recycling centre. Those will be considered for funding in future financial years.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:09:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1678190

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Women
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 13 December 2023 to Question 5303 on Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Females, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of girls who are accommodated in all-male young offender institutions.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	7116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Females within the Youth Estate can be placed at Oakhill Secure Training Centre and seven out of the eight available Secure Children’s Homes, as well as HMYOI Wetherby. Females will also be placed at the new Oasis Restore Secure School that is set to open in Spring 2024. Whilst all of these sites accommodate both males and females, they are contained within their own units and only mix with each other in supervised education and social settings.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is considering future provision for all children via an internal assessment of the role and purpose of each sector to ensure sufficient capacity and suitable environments. This will inform the longer-term, strategic direction of provision for children in the YCS.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:05:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1677360

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community work supervisors his Department has recruited since 2021.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	6549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Between 1 January 2021 and 30 September 2023 inclusive, circa 382 community work supervisors have been recruited into the MoJ.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/12/2023 15:00:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury