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1717651

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the £100m Security Investment Programme in preventing drugs being smuggled into prisons since March 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s £100m Security Investment Programme, aimed at reducing the conveyance of illicit items such as drugs, was completed in March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This investment delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners resulting in full coverage across the closed adult male estate. As of October 2023, we have recorded 46,925 positive indications, helping to tackle the smuggling of drugs and other illicit items into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The investment also funded Enhanced Gate Security at 42 high-risk sites, enhancing our routine searching of staff and visitors. Over 140 new staff were recruited into the Counter-Corruption Unit through the Security Investment Programme. This includes regional Prevent teams dedicated to building staff resilience through training, awareness raising and individual support, as well as 20 Police Investigators dedicated to investigating corruption within HMPPS.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this investment, we are undertaking a full evaluation for the Security Investment Programme. The evaluation explores whether the programme has achieved its intended outcomes, how the programme has been delivered, whether it has been delivered as intended and to identify factors which further strengthen its effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/05/2024 13:57:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1696152

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to receive the report of HM Chief Inspector of Probation’s thematic review of probation recall culture and practice.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The report of the Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) thematic review titled 'A thematic review of probation recall culture and practice' was published in November 2020. This was the second part of the review which the Secretary of State had asked the Chief Inspector of Probation to undertake, following the conviction of Joseph McCann for a series of sexual offences committed in 2019. A link to the report is here: <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/inspections/recallthematic/" target="_blank">A thematic review of probation recall culture and practice (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>In December 2023, following a commission by the Secretary of State to the Inspectorate in response to the Justice Select Committee IPP inquiry report, HMIP published a report titled ‘A thematic inspection of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) recall decisions’. A link to this report is here: <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/inspections/ipp-recall-thematic/" target="_blank">A thematic inspection of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) recall decisions (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk).</a></p><p>In both reports, the Inspectorate found that the Probation Service were taking proportionate and necessary decisions to recall offenders on licence for public protection.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/03/2024 16:45:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1694091

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was for the Ministry of Justice Language Service Contract in (a) 2018 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	17313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The total cost to the public purse for the Ministry of Justice Language Service Contract was £26,774,286.01 in 2018, and £24,992,225.55 in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/03/2024 17:09:10 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1693023

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	16451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders convicted for offences relating to assault on emergency worker, covering the period requested. The latest data available, up to the year ending June 2023, can be obtained with the following data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence tool: June 2023</a>.</p><p>In the data tool, navigate to ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab and select ‘8.22 Assault of an emergency worker’ in the ‘Offence’ filter.</p><p>The pivot table will present the total number of offenders convicted for assaulting an emergency worker since year ending June 2011, including the requested last two years.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 06/03/2024 15:36:20 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1691573

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing income received by his Department from confiscation orders to charitable organisations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	15584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>Confiscation orders are the principal means by which the government carries out its policy to deprive criminals of the proceeds of their crime. They are used with the intent to disrupt and deter criminality. Receipts from confiscation orders, excluding any compensation amounts, are paid to the Home Office by agreement with HM Treasury. The Home Office remain the lead department on confiscation orders, and each financial year distribute a proportion of the funds they collected to partner agencies (including the Ministry of Justice). This funding is provided by the Home Office to respective partner agencies with a primary purpose of investing in asset recovery capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 29/02/2024 16:40:56 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684750

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
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 trends in the average length of referral orders in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2023 to Question 927: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/927</a>).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/01/2024 10:48:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1682883

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pet owners (a) have been convicted of and (b) served prison sentences for offences against their pets under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions, convictions and sentence outcomes in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e44aed27ca001327b161/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2023</a> including offences as set out in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a7e16aed27ca000d27b149/offence_group_classification_june_2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Offence Group Classification</a>. The total number of individuals convicted and sentence outcomes for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, can be obtained by selecting the following HO codes: 10829, 10830, 10831, 10832, 10833, 10834, 10835, 10836, 10837, 10838, 10839, 09701, 09702, 09703, 09704, 09705.</p><p>However, whether the offence was committed by a pet owner against their pet is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings Database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 22/01/2024 14:36:02 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1680765

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for (a) selling and (b) supplying knives to those aged under 18 in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of convictions in England and Wales for the following offences:</p><ul><li>19522 - Selling a blade to a person aged under 18 years</li><li>19520 - Summary offences under Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and Criminal Justice Act 1988</li></ul><p>These can be accessed by navigating to the ‘<em>Prosecutions and convictions</em>’ tab and using the <em>HO Offence Code</em> filter to select the above offences in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>.</p><p>19520 - Summary offences under the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988’ includes offences related to supplying offensive weapons. However, information on whether these relate to supplying knives specifically or whether they are sold to those aged under 18 is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 15/01/2024 13:02:51 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1680327

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199877 on Probation Service: Recruitment, whether 843 full time equivalent staff were recruited by 31 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>We are unable to answer this question currently. This is because the data that contains workforce statistics up to 31 December 2023 will not be published until 15 February 2024 in the HM Prison and Probation Service Workforce Statistics release. Providing these figures ahead of time would be a breach of pre-release procedures for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/01/2024 15:52:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1679323

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198320 on Ipsos MORI: Prisons, when he expects to receive the results of the research project on the retributive benefit of prison.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	7797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is working with Ipsos Mori to finalise the research design and ensure it is analytically robust. The survey has not yet been conducted but the expectation is that results will be available later this year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2024 16:26:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell