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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were certified to conduct control and restraint at each contracted-out prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not mandate staffing numbers in privately managed prisons and all staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with contractors. This includes ensuring they have sufficient numbers of staff trained in Control and Restraint.</p><p> </p><p>Each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 14:53:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020024

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the £10 million in funding announced by the Government in August 2018 for the 10 Prisons Project, how much of that £10 million is additional funding provided by HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The £10m investment funding for the 10 Prisons Project, is existing MoJ funding, prioritised at the start of 2018-19 financial year, to spend on improvements to the safety and decency of our prison estate, enhancing security and tackling drugs, and boosting leadership capability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:51:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020096

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received custodial sentences in 2017; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and (E) 12 months and (ii) over 12 months; and what the average sentence length was of those people who received less than three months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody in 2017, broken down by sex and sentence lengths of less than two weeks, two weeks to less than one month, one month to less than three months, three months to less than six months, six months to less than twelve months, twelve months, and over twelve months, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial length for those offenders sentenced to immediate custody for less than three months in 2017 was 1.5 months.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on court outcomes for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 198932 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:42:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 198931 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020097

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received custodial sentences in 2018; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and (E) 12 months and (ii) over 12 months; and what the average sentence length was of those people who received less than three months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody in 2017, broken down by sex and sentence lengths of less than two weeks, two weeks to less than one month, one month to less than three months, three months to less than six months, six months to less than twelve months, twelve months, and over twelve months, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial length for those offenders sentenced to immediate custody for less than three months in 2017 was 1.5 months.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on court outcomes for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 198931 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:42:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 198931 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020098

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons received the lowest rating in the annual prison performance ratings in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Prisons performance statistics are published annually.</p><p>The performance ratings for 2010/11 can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/218350/prisons-annual-performance-ratings2010-11.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/218350/prisons-annual-performance-ratings2010-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The published data for 2011/12 to 2017/18 can be found in the latest publication of prison performance ratings, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-ratings-2017-to-2018</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>We have committed to spending £30m to make improvements to the safety and decency of our prison estate and address the drivers of violence in prisons. We will do this through enhancing security and tackling drugs and continue our programme of decency upgrades. This latest investment is on top of the £40m announced over the summer, meaning a total of £70m is already being directed to tackling drugs and violence, and improving the basic conditions of our prisons.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 15:58:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020102

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196269, what estimate he has made of the cost of producing an in-house bid for the operation of new-build prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	198937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has recently launched a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operators of the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva will be selected. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition. We have therefore not undertaken a detailed estimate of the cost of producing an in-house bid for the operation of new-build prisons. There will instead be a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. Where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds the public sector will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in my Written Ministerial Statement on 29<sup>th</sup> November, this competition is not about the difference between the public and private sector. It is about driving quality and innovation across the system and we expect bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners and help them turn their lives around to prevent reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Through this approach we are, as we must, focusing our resources on getting the basics right by addressing the significant challenges we face in improving safety and decency in our prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/12/2018 16:50:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon