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1017480

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
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 5 December 2017 to Question 117497 on Prisons: Locks and Keys, if he will publish the latest available figures.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	197640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Since we provided the response to 5 December 2017 to Question 117497 on Prisons: Locks and Keys there has been one further prison relock, which took place at HMP Wandsworth March 2018 at a cost of £441,649 (excluding VAT).</p><p>Notes:</p><p>The figure quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/12/2018 17:44:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806037

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
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 11 December 2017 to Question 117497, what the cost was of relocking prisons by the private contractor in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	119246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is not responsible for meeting such costs in privately managed prisons. As per my Answer to Question 117497, the costs of any re-locking in privately managed prisons in 2016/17 were met by the providers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/12/2017 14:18:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

800938

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of occasions when, due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked since March 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such incident.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	117497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Security is our top priority. If anyone attempts to undermine our security we will do whatever is necessary to ensure prisoners are secure.</p><p>Since 2010 there have been 9 relocks at a total cost of £529,973.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Frame</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost (excluding VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>£337,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>Cost Met by private contractor operating the prison</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£28,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>£46,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 2016</p></td><td><p>£117,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 2017</p></td><td><p>Cost Met by private contractor operating the prison</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/12/2017 17:41:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

694267

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the re-locking of prisons since May 2012; and what the cost of those incidents have been to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	65527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2005 and May 2010 there were 16 relocks which resulted in costs of £1,280,234.</p><p> </p><p>In the period from May 2012 to Feb 2017 there were 6 full or partial relocks of prisons in England and Wales as a result of theft or loss of keys at a total cost of £192,420 to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The cost of a relock will depend upon the size of the prison establishment and on which keys have been lost or compromised. If a complete set of keys are lost, a full relock of the prison will be undertaken, whereas if a single key is lost only a partial relock will be needed, incurring a lower cost.</li><li>Numbers of re-locks of private sector prisons are included in the above but costs of re-locks at private sector prisons are met in full by the private contractors operating the prisons at nil cost to the public purse and as such these costs are not included in the financial cost totals.</li><li>Prisons are also responsible for re-locks of crown court cells. Figures exclude any numbers or costs of re-lock of cells in crown courts during the period.</li><li>Figures include re-locks arising from loss of keys and where keys have been forcibly taken from staff.</li><li>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</li></ol> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2017 16:46:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

540084

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on the replacement of prison keys, doors and locks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	43414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/09/2016 16:39:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

438727

registered interest
date	15/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
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 14 December 2015 to Questions 19129, prisons: locks and keys, which prisons had to be relocked; and what the cost was of each such incident.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	20244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><br /><p>In the five years from May 2005 to May 2010 there were 16 relocks at a cost of £1,280,234 to the taxpayer. Since May 2010 this has fallen to 8 relocks at a total cost of £529,973 to the taxpayer. Further to my answer of 14 December, the table below shows the location of the 8 relocks since May 2010.</p><br /><p>The cost of a re-lock will depend the size of the prison establishment and on which keys have been lost or compromised. If a complete set of keys are lost, a full re-lock of the prison will be undertaken, whereas if a single key is lost only a partial re-lock will be needed, incurring a lower cost.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Frame</p></td><td><p>Location/Date</p></td><td><p>Total Cost (excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 May 2010 – 1 May 2011</p></td><td><p>HMP Swaleside; HMYOI Glen Parva; HMP Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>£79,526; £173,608; £84,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2011 – 1 May 2012</p></td><td><p>HMP Birmingham</p></td><td><p>£415,277 <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2012 – 1 May 2013</p></td><td><p>None</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2013 – 1 May 2014</p></td><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>£28,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2014 – 1 May 2015</p></td><td><p>HMP Haverigg; HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>£30,540; £15,856</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2015 – 9 December</p></td><td><p>HMYOI Portland</p></td><td><p>£117,212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><br /><p>1.The cost of the re-lock at HMP Birmingham was met by the private contractor operating the prison.</p><p>2.Prisons are also responsible for re-locks of crown court cells. Figures exclude re-lock of cells in two crown courts during the period.</p><p>3.The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2016 11:18:50 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

436312

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of occasions when due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked between (a) May 2010 and May 2011, (b) May 2011 and May 2012, (c) May 2012 and May 2013, (d) May 2013 and May 2014, (e) May 2014 and May 2015 and (f) after May 2015 to date; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such incident.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	19129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><br /><p>Between 2005 and May 2010 there were 16 relocks which resulted in costs of £1,280,234. Since May 2010 there have been 8 relocks, at a cost of £529,973.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of incidents and cost to the public purse of re-lock within prisons in England and Wales due to loss or theft of keys and for the time periods requested.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost</strong> <strong>(excluding VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 May 2010 – 1 May 2011</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£337,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2011 – 1 May 2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Nil cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2012 – 1 May 2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2013 – 1 May 2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£28,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2014 – 1 May 2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£46,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 May 2015 – 9 Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£117,212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures exclude VAT.</li><li>The 2011/12 incident involved a privately operated prison and the cost of re-lock was met by the private contractor in full at nil cost to the public purse.</li><li>Prisons are also responsible for re-locks of crown court cells. Figures exclude re-lock of cells in two crown courts during the period.</li><li>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</li></ol> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/12/2015 17:10:02 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

389071

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
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 occasions when due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of such incidents.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	6550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2010 there have been eight incidents that have necessitated partial or full relocking due to loss of keys, which resulted in costs of £514,584*. Between 2005 and May 2010 there were 16 relocks, which resulted in costs of £1,504,275.</p><p> </p><p>* Note: not included in this figure is a relock at Birmingham in October 2011 that was funded by G4S, the private contractor that operates the prison. The cost was £499,000.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/07/2015 14:25:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

101492

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:23:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25520 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101493

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	212349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:29:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25521 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan