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registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in an open prison have previously breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	199722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Keeping the public safe is our priority. That is why this Government has taken action on both releases on temporary licence (ROTL) and absconds from prison.</p><p> </p><p>We commissioned a fundamental review of ROTL policy and practice last year and, in March, announced a package of measures to ensure that the public was properly protected. We have brought forward some of those measures so that they take effect immediately; particularly with more serious offenders, where the review concluded that an enhanced risk assessment approach should be taken.</p><p> </p><p>Absconds have reached record lows under this Government but each incident is taken seriously. Immediate changes have already been ordered to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners will no longer be transferred to open conditions or allowed out on temporary release if they have previously absconded.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course. </ins></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/06/2014 16:59:29 question first ministerially corrected 09/10/2014 13:55:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 1732 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

48867

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what books are banned from being kept in prison libraries.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prison Service Instruction 45/2011 states that censorship will not usually be exercised except in the case of offensive or illegal material. Some materials may be banned by the prison governor on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Custodial Public Protection Manual contains a list of publications that prisoners are not allowed to possess. It focuses on child sex offending. No books on the list are obtainable through prison libraries. Apart from this, the Ministry of Justice does not maintain a list of books which are not allowed to be kept in prison libraries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8223 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48868

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for sending illicit or unauthorised items through the post to prisoners in establishments in England and Wales in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of illicit items into prisons. Any contraband detected coming into the prison will be recorded on a central incident reporting system. However, to identify the manner in which the contraband entered the prison and any subsequent referral to the police would require a manual interrogation of incident reports. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prosecutions and convictions for these offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained by asking each prison to source information locally. This, again, could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8222 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48870

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for receiving each type of illicit or unauthorised items into prison through the post in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of illicit items into prisons. Any contraband detected coming into the prison will be recorded on a central incident reporting system. However, to identify the manner in which the contraband entered the prison and any subsequent referral to the police would require a manual interrogation of incident reports. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prosecutions and convictions for these offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained by asking each prison to source information locally. This, again, could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8219 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48871

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were charged with receiving illicit or unauthorised items through the post in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of illicit items into prisons. Any contraband detected coming into the prison will be recorded on a central incident reporting system. However, to identify the manner in which the contraband entered the prison and any subsequent referral to the police would require a manual interrogation of incident reports. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on prosecutions and convictions for these offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained by asking each prison to source information locally. This, again, could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8220 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48628

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were kept in solitary confinement at (a) HMP Lincoln and (b) nationally in each month of each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	196752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>In instances where prisoners are removed from normal location they are not left in isolation for extended periods of time and are never, therefore, held in conditions of solitary confinement.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners may, be held in segregation for reasons of good order and discipline or for their own protection. They may also be segregated to await adjudication or as a punishment of cellular confinement for offences against prison discipline. Prisoners are only segregated where it is proportionate to the risk posed by or to the prisoner in question and where there are no practical alternatives. Segregation is only in circumstances that are lawful, safe and decent.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of prisoners held in segregation during the period specified are not recorded centrally and could only be provided by collating the relevant information from records held at (a) Lincoln prison and (b) all prisons. In either case this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 7998 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

48641

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under the Government's Transforming Rehabilitation proposals, what the outcome would be if one of the tier one providers in the Community Rehabilitation Companies under Transforming Rehabilitation was to (a) go into receivership and (b) be taken over by another organisation which failed to meet the Government's suitability criteria.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>We have a robust and diverse market. During the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage of the competition, we tested providers rigorously against a number of criteria, including Economic and Financial Standing, to determine Potential Bidders' ability to fund a proposed contract. In mid December 2013, the bidders who passed this eligibility test were announced. The list includes a mix of private and voluntary sector partnerships with more than 50 organisations represented – from charities experienced in tackling a range of issues affecting offenders, to small and large British businesses and experienced multinationals. All of these Tier One bidders have experience in working with offenders or across the wider Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>We do not anticipate supplier failure, butcontracts will have the full range of remedies in the case of failure; up to and including contract termination in the case of insolvency, default or persistent breach. NOMS will be able to exercise step–in rights, for example in the case of a breach that materially affects the performance or services, and the NPS will ensure we retain this expertise in the public sector. The contract allows for discussions with another CRC provider to be brought in as provider of last resort in the event that the initial provider fails. No change of ownership may occur without the prior written consent of the Authority, and we would exercise those rights to ensure our stringent suitability criteria are met before the initial provider was taken over.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8003 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48647

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many packages containing books were received by prisoners in each of the last four years; and what proportion of such packages contained contraband.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the revised Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) national policy framework in November 2013, prisoners are not allowed to receive parcels sent to them. Prisoners are not allowed to receive parcels sent to them. Prisoners are able to order books from reputable suppliers which they can receive via the prison shop, or they can borrow books from the prison library. This limits the opportunity for contraband to be sent into the prison and reduces the operational resource required to search all packages received in the prison.</p><p> </p><p>The number of packages received by prisoners, prior to the introduction of the revised IEP national policy framework, is not recorded centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8006 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48648

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons had operative libraries in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners in all prisons in England and Wales have access to libraries and have had access in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Service Instruction 45/2011 requires every prison to provide a library; to allow every prisoner to borrow and exchange library books; and to ensure that prisoners have access to mandatory publications.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8005 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

48652

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many books were bought by prisoners through the earned privileges scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	196680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of books bought by prisoners is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at each prison in England and Wales. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 8004 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan