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897206

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in young offender institutions were locked in their cells for (a) 22 hours a day and (b) more than 22 hours a day in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	141024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of young people held in custody is one of our highest priorities and is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system. We are committed to reforming youth custody so that it is safer for both young people and staff, as well as being better equipped to help young people turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>There are some occasions when young people in custody are putting themselves or others at risk, during which segregation can be used as a last resort for limited periods of time when no other form of intervention is suitable. Any decision to remove a young person from association is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be removed from association without review of the decision to remove. <br /> <br /> Please see the number of hours of segregation that young people have been placed on, broken down via each Young Offender Institute (YOI) within each of the past five years. Please note that the data collected below is classified by the number of hours young people in total have been on segregation in each current YOI establishment. We do not have a breakdown via the number of young people that have been in segregation and nor the number of hours spent per segregation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>No. of Hours young people in 'Segregation' for</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2392</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>2576</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>10431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td><td><p>1229</p></td><td><p>1286</p></td><td><p>1139</p></td><td><p>1274</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>7439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYIO Parc</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>1003</p></td><td><p>1185</p></td><td><p>1732</p></td><td><p>2045</p></td><td><p>1765</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>8013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Wetherby</p></td><td><p>1578</p></td><td><p>1400</p></td><td><p>1592</p></td><td><p>1589</p></td><td><p>1394</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>7816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Sub-Total</em></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2581</del><ins class="ministerial">5557</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2585</del><ins class="ministerial">5823</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3324</del><ins class="ministerial">7002</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3634</del><ins class="ministerial">6773</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3159</del><ins class="ministerial">7009</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">546</del><ins class="ministerial">1535</ins></p></td><td><p><strong><del class="ministerial">15829</del><ins class="ministerial">33699</ins></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ul><li>This is unpublished data that is not in the public domain.</li><li>2018 figures only apply to the months from January to March 2018.</li><li>We have not included data for HMYOI Ashfield, HMYOI Hindley and HMYOI Warren Hill. These establishments also held young people at times during the period requested but were all decommissioned.</li><li>The data from HMYOI Parc is not comparable as it relates to single separation data – not time on segregation.</li><li>This data includes some 18 year olds who remain in the under 18 secure estate.</li><li>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 14/05/2018 16:30:49 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2018 11:54:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 57759 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

679781

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	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 and what proportion of offenders from Pakistan have been transferred to prisons in Pakistan from the UK in each year of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Pakistan signed a bilateral voluntary prisoner transfer agreement on 24 August 2007. It entered into force 19 August 2008. Four prisoners were transferred to from England and Wales to Pakistan on a voluntary basis in 2010. Transfers to Pakistan have been suspended by the Pakistani Government<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">following the unlawful release there of prisoners transferred from the United Kingdom and other countries.</del> No further transfers have taken place since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of Foreign National Offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 13:50:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/02/2017 10:32:14 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 34022 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

679771

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what agreements the Government has with the Government of Pakistan relating to the transfer of prisoners; and what effect those agreements have had on the number of prisoners exchanged with that country.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	62018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and Pakistan signed a bilateral voluntary prisoner transfer agreement on 24 August 2007. It entered into force 19 August 2008. Four prisoners were transferred to from England and Wales to Pakistan on a voluntary basis in 2010. Transfers to Pakistan have been suspended by the Pakistani Government<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">following the unlawful release there of prisoners transferred from the United Kingdom and other countries.</del> No further transfers have taken place since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to increasing the number of Foreign National offenders removed from our prisons, whether they are removed through Prisoner Transfer Agreements or the Early Removal Scheme. In 2015/16 we removed the highest number of Foreign National Offenders since records began with a total of 5,810 offenders removed from prisons, immigration removal centres and the community.</p><p> </p><p>The transfer of prisoners from Scotland and from Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the relevant devolved authority.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/02/2017 13:50:51 question first ministerially corrected 06/02/2017 10:32:14 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 34022 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

890416

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

746750

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims have been rejected by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, by the reason for refusal, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	1962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) received 533 complaints about their service in the financial year 2015-16. This represents 1.3% of CICA’s live caseload. 49% of complaints were closed within 10 days.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Where complaints took longer to close this was due to the number of enquiries required to fully investigate the complaint. In other cases, CICA were asked by the complainer not to close the complaint until a final decision was issued on the claim. The average time CICA took to deal with those complaints was 23.75 days.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The most common complaint received by CICA related to delays in finalising claims. CICA aims to make compensation payments as quickly as possible, however, they have a duty to the taxpayer to fully investigate claims to make sure that the applicant gets the level of compensation they deserve.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The 10 most common reasons for complaining about CICA’s service in 2015/16 were:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Reason given for complaint</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Percentage of overall complaints</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Delays</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68.95%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Lack of updates on case progression</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11.33%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Claim handling</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.77%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to respond to letters</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4.10%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Applicant provided with conflicting information</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.93%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to provide timescales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.76%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Failure to return phone calls</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.59%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Errors when recording telephone application information</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Impolite staff member</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Poor customer service</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0.20%</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The total number of complaints the CICA received in each of the last five years, including those cases (a) escalated to stage 2 and (b) progressed to stage 3, are as follows:</del></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Complaints received</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Escalated to Stage 2</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Escalated to Stage 3</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016-17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1122</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">120</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2015-16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">533</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014-15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">491</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013-14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">204</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012-13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">284</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Over half of complaints received in 2016/17 were from paid representatives. A significant portion of these were from firms of solicitors who lodged block complaints for their CICA caseload with a view to influencing the speed of the decision making process.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">During the course of 2016/17 the CICA revised their operating model and increased staff numbers following an extensive recruitment exercise. They have also recently introduced measures that develop and streamline digital processes, which have reduced the claim processing time by 30 days. The new online service, which will be introduced later this financial year, will allow applicants and their representatives to view the progress of their case online. It is expected that these measures will reduce the time taken to finalise claims and lead to a reduction in complaints.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) publishes data about the reasons claims are rejected in its annual reports at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The figures published in the annual reports show the number of times each rejection reason was used. For some applications there may have been more than one reason for rejection. This means that the total number of reasons for rejection is higher than the actual number of claims refused. The accurate total of rejected claims for the years specified is as follows:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Financial year</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rejected cases</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24,411</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23,803</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20,066</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015/16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,243</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016/17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,411</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Information about the time CICA has taken to reach decisions on claims over the past few years can also be found in its annual reports (see link above).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of full time equivalent staff employed in CICA as at 31 March 2017 was 291.2. The table below shows the number of staff CICA has employed in managerial positions over the past 5 years:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Date</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Band D (first line manager) to Senior Civil Service (SCS)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Band B (senior manager) to SCS only</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">156 (plus 2 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">112 (plus 7 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">132 (plus 14 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 1 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">136 (plus 15 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 5 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">March 2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">145 (plus 19 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">24 (plus 9 on temporary promotion)</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Complaints in CICA are registered by two staff within the Corporate Services team and then allocated to the relevant team to deal with the complaint in line with CICA’s complaints process. CICA teams have staff members assigned to the role of complaints champion in addition to their day to day duties. The number of complaints champions fluctuates depending on demand and staff movement. Complaints champions are responsible for handling complaints and team managers oversee the complaints process in each of their respective areas. This group regularly meets to look at improvements to our complaints handling processes. CICA does not have a record of the number of complaint champions for the last five years due to the fluctuating nature of this work. </ins></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 06/07/2017 10:43:33 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2017 14:21:18 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 2253 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

847790

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Voyeurism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice , what support the Government is offering to women who have been the victims of up-skirting.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	129466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that victims of crime have access to a broad range of support services, to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. We are spending £96m in 2017/18 to fund support services for victims of crime. Around £68m of this has been allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners to locally commission or provide support services for victims of crime, including for victims of offences related to up-skirting.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/03/2018 14:57:56 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43942 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

802089

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on voting rights for prisoners with short sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	117776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Our policy on prisoner voting is well established – this Government will not allow convicted offenders behind bars to vote.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, we are addressing an anomaly which allows those offenders on Home Detention Curfew to vote but not offenders who are released on temporary licence.</p><p> </p><p>Under the changes, up to a hundred offenders on short sentences, released on temporary licence into the community within twelve months of sentencing will be eligible to vote if an election is called during that period.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/12/2017 11:15:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 30114 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

846914

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
	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 suicides which took place in prisons were by people who were not on the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork programme in prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	129088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on deaths in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. They can be viewed at gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Self-inflicted deaths<sup>1</sup> where prisoners were not on an open ACCT<sup>2</sup>, England and Wales, 2010 to 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>proportion</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1 Because of the number of deaths that remain unclassified (awaiting further information) in more recent years, caution should be used when comparing with earlier periods.</p><p>2 If a prisoner was not subject to the ACCT (Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork) process at the time of the incident that resulted in death, the prisoner is described as not being on an open ACCT.</p><p> </p><p>Every death in custody is a tragedy. The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe. We have established a prison safety programme that includes a comprehensive set of actions, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners; improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and funding the Samaritans to provide their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:49 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43501 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

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	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	128461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>There is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. The service levels are strict and high to make sure value for money is achieved for the taxpayer. This includes tighter turnaround times for the delivery of occupational health services and financial penalties for poor performance.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/03/2018 10:17:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43705 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844127

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what date will standard service level agreements for occupational health services for personnel of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service come into effect with its third party service provider.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	128467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>4 October 2017 was the date when the new occupational health services contract standard service level agreement for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service came in to effect with OH Assist.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/03/2018 10:19:04 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43691 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara