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date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
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 prisoners were released without a fixed address from each prison in financial year 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
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answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Government has now decided that because of public health and public protection considerations, there is a need to provide accommodation for prison leavers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Justice has secured appropriate funding for a time-limited period to support the provision of accommodation for all individuals released from prison during this period, who are at risk of homelessness. The temporary accommodation scheme will run until 26th June at which point it will be reviewed, taking account of the situation at that time. This is an exceptional measure reflecting the current challenges. Additionally, we are also working in collaboration with other government departments and interested parties to help to secure a range of accommodation options for prisoners on their release.</p><p>Whilst our immediate concern is to support those individuals released from prison into suitable accommodation, in the long-term we will analyse the lessons learned during this period, to further develop how we can improve the accommodation offer for those with a history of offending.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2020 16:14:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

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date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of Prisons and Young Offender Institutions have (i) been tested, (ii) tested positive and (iii) died of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	58753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put robust measures in place to protect staff and offenders from COVID-19 and introduce ‘compartmentalisation’, to isolate those prisoners with symptoms, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care is solely responsible for testing for COVID-19 both in the community and in secure settings. As such, we do not hold data on the total number of prisoners and staff who have been tested.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, prisons are seeing a decline in the numbers of new cases. The data in the table below shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases broken down by establishment as of Friday 12 June 2020. These figures reflect the total number of recorded positive cases of COVID-19 since the first confirmed cases in mid-March, not the number of live cases. It includes individuals that have recovered.</p><p> </p><p>The numbers reported will be affected by a number of variables, including the availability of testing locally which can result in differences between sites and regions and as self-reported (for staff) through HMPPS management lines for central collation. As figures are as reported by prisons they may be subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Staff Cases </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoner Cases </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Cases by Establishment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwyn</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FelthamA</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FelthamB</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatfield</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewell</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntercombe</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leyhill</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway (Adult)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ParcA</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ParcB</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough Female</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough Male</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prescoed</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stanford Hill</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Springhill</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total estate wide</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>963</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>495</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1458</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The symbol ~ denotes suppressed values of 3 or fewer (and totals that would allow values of 3 or fewer to be calculated) to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.</p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>Data is split between Feltham A and Feltham B to account for different age groups</p><p>**Data is split between Parc A and B to account for different age groups</p><p>***Data is split for male and female sites at Peterborough</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of prisoners and prison staff who have sadly died having tested positive for COVID-19 or having shown symptoms. It is a matter for coroners to determine a cause of death. The data in the tables is correct as of Friday 12 June 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoner deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Altcourse</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Bedford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Berwyn</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Gartree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Littlehey</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Low Newton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI New Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Oakwood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Peterborough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Sudbury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Winchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prison staff deaths</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Dovegate</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Pentonville</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Thameside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP/YOI Wymott</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2020 16:11:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in prisons and Young Offender Institutions have been (a) released under End of Custody Temporary Release Scheme and (b) granted temporary release under each of the three categories eligible for Covid-19 Release on Temporary Licence on Compassionate Grounds.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	58754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2020 answer text <p>On 31 March, we announced that pregnant women and prisoners with their babies in custody will be considered for Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) on compassionate grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Friday 12 June, 23 pregnant women and mothers with babies in custody have been released.</p><p>In addition, prisoners identified as ‘extremely vulnerable’ as defined in the NHS guidelines will merit consideration for ROTL on compassionate grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Friday 12 June,19 extremely vulnerable individuals have been released.</p><p>On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 12 June, 113 offenders have been released from a prison or a young offenders institution under this scheme</p><p><br>Alongside the careful release of low-risk offenders, we are also implementing our compartmentalisation strategy to manage different cohorts of the prison population, working to expedite remand cases and temporarily expanding the estate through the installation of single occupancy units. This is to strike a balance between limiting the spread of COVID-19 in prisons while ensuring the public is protected.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2020 16:13:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1203009

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on 15 May 2020 to introduce video calling in the absence of family visits to prisons, when his Department plans to roll out video calling to the remainder of prisons in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	58630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>We have introduced temporary emergency video calling in recognition of the<br> importance of maintaining family contact while social visits have been temporarily suspended in<br> prisons in England and Wales. We have published information regarding the provision of video<br> calls on GOV.UK and made clear we will continue to expand secure video calling to more establishments during this time. Details of which prisons are operating live services for families and friends can be accessed via the following link;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visit-a-prisoner-using-a-video-call</a><br> <br> At the appropriate time, we will consider future options for video calling beyond<br> Covid-19 restrictions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:15:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1203038

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm and Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of instances in prisons of (a) self-harm and (b) suicide by (i) region, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Please see the attached tables showing the number of instances of (a) self-harm and (b) self-inflicted deaths in prisons by (i) region, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) gender for each of the last five years. Our condolences are with the family and friends of the prisoners who have died.</p><p>The figures on self-harm have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last individual the figures may not be accurate to that level. The figures on self-inflicted deaths are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new information emerges, numbers may change from time to time.</p><p>Far too many prisoners are self-harming or taking their own lives and it is one of the reasons we introduced the key worker scheme in 2018, supported by the recruitment of extra prison officers, so that every offender can get dedicated support and have someone to talk to.</p><p>We have also given over 25,000 staff better training to spot and prevent self-harm and are investing an extra £2.75 billion to modernise prisons, combat drug use and improve the environment in which offenders live.</p><p>As well as this, we have refreshed our partnership with the Samaritans, awarding a grant of £500k each year for the next three years. This supports the excellent Listeners scheme, through which selected prisoners are trained to provide emotional support to their fellow prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/06/2020 15:13:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 58603.xlsx title Table
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203039

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary and Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) judges, (b) magistrates, (c) prison officers, (d) probation officers and (e) prison governors employed in 2020 and for each of the last five years broken down by (i) ethnicity and (ii) gender.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Following the recommendations of the Lammy Review, we have appointed a Senior BAME Staff Recruitment and Progression Lead to the MoJ Resourcing Team working closely with four BAME Progression Leads in HMPPS.</p><p>We have implemented improvements to our recruitment processes to reduce time and cost to hire, increase the diversity of new recruits and ensure we attract the right people with the right skills.</p><p>The number of court and tribunal judges and magistrates as at 1 April in the five years from 2015 to 2019 is shown in the tables, based on data held by Judicial Office. Data for April 2020 is scheduled for publication in September 2020.</p><p><strong>Table 1a: Court judges in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>817</p></td><td><p>882</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>1013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,421</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td><td><p>2,244</p></td><td><p>2,103</p></td><td><p>2,197</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>2,527</p></td><td><p>2,506</p></td><td><p>2,438</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td><td><p>2,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,202</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,134</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1b: Tribunal judges in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>846</p></td><td><p>806</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>1,048</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>993</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,485</p></td><td><p>1,404</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,894</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,786</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,703</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,854</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Serving magistrates in England and Wales<sup>1</sup> by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>10,413</p></td><td><p>9,299</p></td><td><p>8,712</p></td><td><p>8,220</p></td><td><p>8,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>9,221</p></td><td><p>8,253</p></td><td><p>7,417</p></td><td><p>6,783</p></td><td><p>6,329</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>1,686</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>1,653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>17,803</p></td><td><p>15,662</p></td><td><p>13,958</p></td><td><p>12,726</p></td><td><p>11,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>622</p></td><td><p>872</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,552</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,129</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,348</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes to tables 1-2</strong></p><ol><li>Figures relate to primary appointments i.e. each individual is counted once, and not for each appointment held</li><li>Ethnicity is a non-mandatory fields collected by self-declaration at point of entry, and is not always declared</li></ol><p>Source: Judicial Office e-HR system</p><p> </p><p>The number of prison officers, probation officers and prison governors employed in HMPPS as at 31 March 2015 to 2020 are provided in the following tables.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: Band 3-5 prison officers<sup>1</sup> in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>4,553</p></td><td><p>4,716</p></td><td><p>4,897</p></td><td><p>5,836</p></td><td><p>6,495</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>14,405</p></td><td><p>14,373</p></td><td><p>14,277</p></td><td><p>15,985</p></td><td><p>16,963</p></td><td><p>16,314</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>1,138</p></td><td><p>1,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>206</em></p></td><td><p><em>206</em></p></td><td><p><em>204</em></p></td><td><p><em>182</em></p></td><td><p><em>262</em></p></td><td><p><em>338</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>401</em></p></td><td><p><em>396</em></p></td><td><p><em>410</em></p></td><td><p><em>387</em></p></td><td><p><em>505</em></p></td><td><p><em>628</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>199</em></p></td><td><p><em>213</em></p></td><td><p><em>214</em></p></td><td><p><em>190</em></p></td><td><p><em>275</em></p></td><td><p><em>363</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>121</em></p></td><td><p><em>108</em></p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p><em>83</em></p></td><td><p><em>96</em></p></td><td><p><em>102</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>16,180</p></td><td><p>15,525</p></td><td><p>14,992</p></td><td><p>13,661</p></td><td><p>15,267</p></td><td><p>17,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td><td><p>2,641</p></td><td><p>3,254</p></td><td><p>7,318</p></td><td><p>7,053</p></td><td><p>4,311</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,458</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,801</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 4: Band 4 probation officers in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,651</p></td><td><p>2,951</p></td><td><p>2,836</p></td><td><p>2,802</p></td><td><p>2,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>936</p></td><td><p>964</p></td><td><p>893</p></td><td><p>847</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>23</em></p></td><td><p><em>52</em></p></td><td><p><em>85</em></p></td><td><p><em>86</em></p></td><td><p><em>118</em></p></td><td><p><em>133</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>27</em></p></td><td><p><em>55</em></p></td><td><p><em>85</em></p></td><td><p><em>97</em></p></td><td><p><em>162</em></p></td><td><p><em>191</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>34</em></p></td><td><p><em>56</em></p></td><td><p><em>60</em></p></td><td><p><em>84</em></p></td><td><p><em>94</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>4</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>11</em></p></td><td><p><em>11</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td><td><p>1,936</p></td><td><p>1,896</p></td><td><p>2,421</p></td><td><p>2,762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>2,754</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,745</p></td><td><p>1,582</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>552</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,508</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,587</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,915</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,649</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,743</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 5: Band 10-11 Governing Governors<sup>3</sup> in post by gender and ethnicity<sup>2</sup>, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>All BAME groups</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Asian or Asian British</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Black or Black British</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Other ethnic group</em></p></td><td><p><em>4</em></p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>9</em></p></td><td><p><em>9</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Mixed Ethnic Groups</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td><td><p><em>~</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Not Known / Prefer not to say</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes to tables 3-5</strong></p><p>1. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>2. All staff have gender assigned but ethnicity is a self-declared field and is optional to complete.</p><p>3. Includes Governing Governors working in prison establishments and excludes those based in HQ. Figures do not include deputy governors or those acting up as a Governing Governor on a temporary promotion basis.</p><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/06/2020 11:56:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203040

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the review into means testing of legal aid for victims of domestic violence will conclude; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help they need - including legal aid, which is subject to a means and merits test. Our comprehensive review of the legal aid means test commenced in February 2019. The review is considering how the current arrangements adequately protect access to justice, and as part of this we have explicitly committed to look at means testing for victims of domestic abuse, including the existing capital thresholds.</p><p>Whilst the Government had previously committed to complete the review by Summer 2020, and to mark this with publication of a consultation paper, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis has meant this work has been temporarily paused and a revised timetable for delivery of the review will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58607 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:01:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203041

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been (a) granted and (b) rejected for legal aid from victims of domestic violence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58608 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:08:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203042

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
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 adequacy of the capital threshold for means testing legal aid for domestic violence victims; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help they need - including legal aid, which is subject to a means and merits test. Our comprehensive review of the legal aid means test commenced in February 2019. The review is considering how the current arrangements adequately protect access to justice, and as part of this we have explicitly committed to look at means testing for victims of domestic abuse, including the existing capital thresholds.</p><p>Whilst the Government had previously committed to complete the review by Summer 2020, and to mark this with publication of a consultation paper, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis has meant this work has been temporarily paused and a revised timetable for delivery of the review will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58605 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:01:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203043

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid applications made by victims of domestic violence have been rejected as a result of capital threshold means testing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58606 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:08:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey