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1087136

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women in prison on a sentence of imprisonment for public protection that have children.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	231458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>There are <ins class="ministerial">2,489 unreleased IPP</ins> <del class="ministerial">10,018 IPP</del> prisoners, of which <ins class="ministerial">46</ins> <del class="ministerial">344</del> are women. We know that when coming into contact with the criminal justice system, some women choose not to disclose that they have children. Data is therefore not currently collected on numbers of prisoners with children (whether that be total numbers of children or dependent children).</p><p> </p><p>Our Female Offender Strategy is committed to improving outcomes for women at all stages of the justice system, and this includes supporting those who have children. We know that female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to be a primary carer and imprisoned mothers are more likely to be living with their children prior to custody – around 60% of women compared with about 45% of men in prison who have children. Figures from a 2015 data matching exercise with the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions showed that between 24% and 31% of all female offenders were estimated to have one or more child dependents.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the impact that imprisonment of a parent can have on families. That is why we have asked Lord Farmer to continue his work on the importance of family ties by conducting a further review into female offenders in custody and the community. Lord Farmer is expected to report his findings to Ministers shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/03/2019 14:59:54 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2019 09:20:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 108105 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1041321

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of female prisoners in England and Wales who committed an offence to support the drug use of someone else for which they received a prison sentence in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect this information. We do not record the reasons behind a crime and only collect information on the offence committed. There are a number of offences that someone can commit to support the drug use of someone else, including theft and drug related offences. There are further barriers to gaining this information as some women may not feel comfortable or safe to disclose this information.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2018, we published The Female Offender Strategy which set out a significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:12:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1000241

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women who do not disclose that they have a dependant child before they receive a custodial sentence.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	187368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Our Female Offender Strategy is committed to improving outcomes for women at all stages of the justice system, and this includes supporting those who have children. We know that female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to be a primary carer and imprisoned mothers are more likely to be living with their children prior to custody – around 60% of women compared with about 45% of men in prison who have children. Figures from a 2015 data matching exercise with the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Work and Pensions showed that between 24% and 31% of all female offenders were estimated to have one or more child dependents.</p><p><br>We know that when coming into contact with the criminal justice system, some women choose not to disclose that they have dependent children for a number of reasons. As such, iIt is difficult to create an accurate estimate of the number of women who choose not to disclose and to provide appropriate targeted support. However, we want all women to feel safe enough to disclose and are taking steps to encourage this, as outlined below. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that the National Probation Service’s pre-sentence reports, which assist the court in making sentencing decisions, highlight the fact an offender has dependent children and supporting the roll out of the ‘Safeguarding Children When Sentencing Mothers’ training material developed by Dr Shona Minson.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/11/2018 17:38:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

995609

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department’s policies of the findings of a report by Inquest entitled Still Dying on the inside: examining deaths in women's prisons, published in May 2018, that 93 women have died in custody in England and Wales since March 2007; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	184397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We are very aware of the number of women who have tragically died in our custody, and we welcome the Inquest report that rightly draws attention to the figures and to the risks this population presents. I look forward to meeting Inquest soon to discuss the recommendations in their report. Our published statistics show that the 93 deaths from 2007 to 2017 to which the report refers include 41 from natural causes, 39 that were apparently self-inflicted and 13 other deaths, including 6 that have yet to be classified. The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in our prisons. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. This includes a workstream on women offenders, which has drawn on helpful reports from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman and the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody to identify and take forward focused work in women’s prisons. These are in addition to the measures that we are taking across the estate, which include rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 17,000 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme. On 27 June we published our strategy for female offenders, which sets out our vision and plan to improve outcomes for women both in the community and in custody. We want to see:<ul><li>fewer women coming into the criminal justice system;</li><li>fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, and a greater proportion of women successfully managed in the community; and</li><li>better conditions for those in custody.</li></ul>A key theme in the strategy is the need for a joined-up approach to addressing female offenders’ often complex needs. We know that we will make progress in meeting these needs only by adopting a partnership approach at both national and local level. We hope to publish our National Concordat on Female Offenders by the end of the year. This will be a cross-governmental statement of intent and commitment to improve the outcomes for female offenders in a holistic, whole-systems approach.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 31/10/2018 17:18:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

932287

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list every offence committed by each of the female prisoners currently held in prison.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	158714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the details of every offence committed by each of the female prisoners currently held in prison. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/07/2018 10:38:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926621

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to Question 137612 on Prisoners: Females, how many of the 2,271 sentenced women in prison for non-violent crimes received sentences of (a) less than 1 month, (b) less than 3 months, (c) less than 6 months, (d) less than 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	154778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer to Question 137612, the number of women held in custody for non-violent crimes as at 31 March 2018, disaggregated according to sentence length is given below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Sentenced female prison population by sentence length, non-violent crimes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31/03/2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 month</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 month to less than 3 months</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months to less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months to less than 12 months</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months or more</p></td><td><p>1536</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indeterminate sentence</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recalls</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentence length not recorded</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2271</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2018 14:30:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890416

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

885014

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are still held in prison on indeterminate public protection sentences by (a) offence and (b) original length of sentence.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	136002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2017<sup>1</sup>, 74 women IPPs are being held in prison. Out of these, 54 have never been released by the independent Parole Board and 20 are in prison after being recalled (and they can be released only on a direction from the parole board).</p><p> </p><p>Those unreleased are serving sentences for the following offences:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Offence Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft Offences</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal damage and arson</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Those unreleased received the following minimum tariffs:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tariff Length</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 years to less than or equal to 4 years</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater than 4 years to less than or equal to 6 years</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater than 6 years to less than or equal to 10 years</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Between 2010 and 2017<sup>1</sup> a total of 40 women IPPs have been recalled.</strong></p><p>Public protection is our priority and offenders on licence must comply with a strict set of conditions. If any offender breaches his or her licence conditions, he or she is liable to be recalled immediately to prison.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board will continue to assess rigorously all tariff-expired IPP prisoners, in order to determine whether they are safe to be released.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>By statistics code of practice, we cannot provide data for the most recent quarter as we have declared intention to publish such information next week.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are for offenders recalled from 2010 to 2017 whose first releases were directed by the Parole Board. Information datasets held by the department do not record the data in this format prior to 2010. The figures may include offenders recalled more than once across multiple years but not within years. The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Recall reasons do not sum to the total number of recalls as more than one reason can be recorded against each recall.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 136005 question first answered 24/04/2018 16:41:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

851602

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are serving sentences in prison for each (a) offence category used in his Department's offender management statistics and (b) Home Office offence code where appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of women serving a sentence of immediate custody as at 31 December 2017, by offence group, can be viewed in <strong>Table 1.2b</strong> here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676246/prison-population-q4-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676246/prison-population-q4-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of women under an immediate custodial sentence as at 30 June 2017, by some of the Home Office offence codes can be viewed in <strong>Table A1.5i</strong> here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/633160/population-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/03/2018 16:34:45 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810165

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women died in prison in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Data on deaths in prison custody is published quarterly in the Safety in Custody statistics. They can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654500/safety-in-custody-summary-q2-2017.xlsx</a>.</p><p>There was one death in custody whilst on remand between January and September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 120632 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:30:25 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon