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registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prisoner safety at HM Prison Altcourse.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	215825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not tolerate violence of any kind within the prison estate, and prisoner safety is treated extremely seriously. Tackling violence in prisons is a priority for this Government, and steps are being taken to manage levels of violence within a complex and challenging prison population. We will be issuing new guidance to public sector and contracted prison providers on managing violence early next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The recently announced joint national protocol between National Offender Management Service (NOMS), the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on the appropriate handling of crimes in prison strengthens existing policy and requirements on the reporting of serious assaults or other serious crime occurring in custody so that this type of crime can be targeted. The protocol will be published before the end of the financial year following final consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>G4S, who manage HMP Altcourse, are preparing an action plan to address any strategic weaknesses, to be overseen by Phil Wheatley, formerly Director General of NOMS. They are in the process of revising HMP Altcourse’s local Incentive and Earned Privilege (IEP), Violence Reduction and Safer Custody strategies. They are also arranging for the provision of additional resources to support local management in security and residential functions.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS regularly carries out operational audits and assessments of all aspects of prisoner safety at all prisons and will continue to monitor HMP Altcourse’s progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/12/2014 16:34:56 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100502

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase gang-related intelligence for prison officers prior to prisoner arrivals in order to prevent mixed gang wings.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>On arrival in an establishment, the risk a prisoner presents to others and themselves, and their risk of harm from other prisoners will be assessed. Where appropriate, this will include a Cell Sharing Risk Assessment to assess a prisoner’s suitability to share accommodation. The risk assessment will consider information and intelligence from a number of sources, including known gang affiliations and conflicts if appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2014, NOMS completed the implementation of a nationally networked intelligence system - ‘Mercury’. Through the Mercury system staff are able to access intelligence linked to prisoners where a prisoner has previously been held in custody, on or in advance of a prisoner’s arrival (where a prisoner is being sent from another establishment). In addition where a prisoner has previously been held in custody, the National Offender Management Information System (NOMIS) will hold warnings to alert staff to particular risks and behaviours.</p><p> </p><p>A number of law enforcement agencies, including the police, regularly share information about prisoners to support the identification of risk. This includes prisoners with gang affiliations and conflicts.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that prisoners are held in safe, decent and secure conditions, the risks to and from prisoners remain constantly under review. Where risks become known, establishments take appropriate steps to mitigate these risks, which may include relocating a prisoner to another wing or establishment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:52:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100503

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many control and restraint techniques have been used in prisons in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A specialised system of restraint known as control and restraint (C&amp;R) has been developed over many years to ensure that prisoners can be controlled with minimum risk of injury to staff or prisoners. C&amp;R is a system of techniques used by a team of three officers as a last resort to bring a violent or unmanageable prisoner under control. Wherever possible staff are instructed to avoid use of force and de-escalate the situation by persuasion or negotiation. If the techniques are applied they are used for as short a time as possible.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons submit a central monthly return providing the number of times force has been used in the prison, and specifically the number of uses of C&amp;R. While this has been collated centrally since late 2009, to provide details since 2004 could only be achieved at disproportionate cost, as it would require contacting every prison individually and tracing data from prisons that have closed since 2004.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:50:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100505

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve first night accommodation for prisoners in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>There are no building projects planned or in delivery that are specifically intended to improve first night accommodation across the estate. Where individual first night accommodation has been identified as requiring improvement, this is taken forward locally by the Governor/Director.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Service Instruction 74/2011 Residential Services requires that prisoners have access to living accommodation, furnishings, fittings and equipment that are safe, decent and secure and which meet their individual needs, as far as practicable. Living accommodation and communal areas are also to be kept clean and maintained. Where a fault is reported residential prison staff are responsible for reporting the problem to the appropriate person for the issue to be resolved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:49:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100241

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	211252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:50:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93054

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to reform joint enterprise legislation in the 2010-15 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	210143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The law on joint enterprise means that if two or more people share an intention to commit an offence and the offence is subsequently committed, all parties involved can be prosecuted for that offence. They may also be liable for any collateral offences which they foresaw might be committed by other members of the group in the course of putting their plan into effect. But they would not be liable for any offences that were fundamentally different from anything they foresaw or if they had taken steps to withdraw from the enterprise before the plan was carried out.</p><p> </p><p>The law serves a useful purpose in bringing to justice all those who have been involved in the commission of an offence. We therefore have no plans to review or amend it during the life time of this Parliament or to meet with representatives of the campaign group Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210215 question first answered 16/10/2014 14:08:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93055

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association campaigners.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	210215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The law on joint enterprise means that if two or more people share an intention to commit an offence and the offence is subsequently committed, all parties involved can be prosecuted for that offence. They may also be liable for any collateral offences which they foresaw might be committed by other members of the group in the course of putting their plan into effect. But they would not be liable for any offences that were fundamentally different from anything they foresaw or if they had taken steps to withdraw from the enterprise before the plan was carried out.</p><p> </p><p>The law serves a useful purpose in bringing to justice all those who have been involved in the commission of an offence. We therefore have no plans to review or amend it during the life time of this Parliament or to meet with representatives of the campaign group Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210143 question first answered 16/10/2014 14:08:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90183

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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, how many staff are employed by the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Secretariat for the Independent Monitoring Boards employs 14 staff, all full time. One member of staff has previously been employed by the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207726 question first answered 04/09/2014 15:46:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90187

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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, how many staff of the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board have previously been employed by the police.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Secretariat for the Independent Monitoring Boards employs 14 staff, all full time. One member of staff has previously been employed by the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207790 question first answered 04/09/2014 15:46:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

89793

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions since May 2010 a Rule 43 ruling has been used in coronial verdicts.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	207456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice had responsibility for reports made under rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984 (as amended) until 31 March 2013 when responsibility was transferred to the Chief Coroner. In coroner reform legislation implemented on 25 July 2013 Rule 43 reports were superseded by reports to prevent future deaths. As set out in the table below, a total of 1,952 reports made under rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984 (as amended) and reports to prevent future deaths were issued by coroners between 1 April 2010 and 25 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>A summary of reports made from 17 July 2008 (when the 1984 Rules were amended) to 31 March 2013 is available at: <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/coroners-burial-cremation/coroners/rule-43" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/coroners-burial-cremation/coroners/rule-43</a>. A summary of reports made from 1 April to 30 September 2013 is available at <a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/office-chief-coroner/summary-of-reports-to-pfds/" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/office-chief-coroner/summary-of-reports-to-pfds/</a>, which is the website where the Chief Coroner will in due course publish information on the number of reports issued since 30 September 2013.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reporting period </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010 – 30 September 2010</p></td><td><p>175</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2010 – 31 March 2011</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 – 30 September 2011</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2011 – 31 March 2012</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 – 30 September 2012</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2012 – 31 March 2013</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 – 30 September 2013</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2013 to 25 July 2014 (not yet published by the Chief Coroner’s office)</p><p> </p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,952</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/09/2014 16:27:59 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram