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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

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

887087

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many security staff were employed in each year since 2010, and if he will make a statement .
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	136654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has one of the largest estates within government comprising courts, prisons, probation offices and administrative offices. Outsourced service providers employ security staff as required to provide security guarding services. The guarding levels for individual sites will depend on the risks posed for each site and will fluctuate in response to specific threats.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information requested in relation to outsourced providers.</p><p> </p><p>The department directly employs security staff working at the Royal Courts of Justice only.</p><p>The number of directly employed security and enforcement staff in each of the last five years was as follows:</p><p> </p><p>March 2014: 60</p><p>March 2015: 62</p><p>March 2016: 61</p><p>December 2016: 60</p><p>March 2018: 56</p><p>Note: data not available for March 2017</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 26/04/2018 14:30:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 53908 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

882640

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>In line with the Government’s commitment given in the budget, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will continue to ensure staff are paid at or above the statutory National Living Wage which is currently £7.83 per hour.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 December 2017, 8.7% of employees within the Ministry of Justice and its agencies excluding Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) on which there is reliable data were paid below the ‘Real’ Living Wage (RLW) as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.”</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 December 2017, 1.1% of direct employees in HMPPS were paid below the RLW.</p><p> </p><p>As of April 2018, 24.6% of agency and outsourced staff within the Ministry of Justice are paid less than the RLW.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 25/04/2018 09:33:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 53592 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

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

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

844121

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

806625

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	County Courts: Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of county court judgements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	119701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>The Registry Trust which maintains the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines collates and publishes quarterly reports including analysis and commentary on County Court Judgments on behalf of the Lord Chancellor. The statistics are available at <a href="http://www.trustonline.org.uk" target="_blank">www.trustonline.org.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly statistics available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/01/2018 09:37:47 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 32534 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

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