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1688531

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
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 15 December 2024 to Question 5054 on Prison Sentences: Foreign Nationals, what the evidential basis is for the calculation of the number of previous convictions of non-UK nationals in prison incurring a disproportionate cost.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	13813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>A cost calculation was completed which reflects that there are over 350 nationality codes within the Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer, and an individual can have multiple nationalities. Establishing which individuals are known not to be UK nationals from this data and identifying their criminal histories would have required bespoke investigation, coding and linkage to wider data.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 14:12:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1688574

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	13758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has a Health and Safety policy and Occupational Health and Safety Management System in place, which requires suitable and sufficient risk assessments to ensure all occupational health and safety hazards and risks are adequately identified, assessed, controlled and monitored.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/02/2024 16:03:56 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1688660

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to address alcohol harm in prisons.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice works closely with NHS England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) to ensure that all prisoners who need it have access to high-quality alcohol and substance misuse treatment. As part of the government’s 10-year drug strategy, DHSC has made a record £532 million of additional investment through to 2024/25 to improve drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services</p><p><br> The MoJ is also investing to tackle drug and alcohol misuse and engage more offenders in treatment, including recruiting Drug Strategy Leads in key prisons to coordinate a whole-system approach, and Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between prison and local drug and alcohol treatment services. <br> <br> We are also expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living Units where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs and alcohol, with regular drug testing and incentives. We now have over 60 of these wings across the estate, and are aiming to reach up to 100 by March 2025. This will dramatically expand the number of prisoners who have access to these wings.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to tackling the supply of drugs and alcohol into prison. Our £100m Security Investment Programme completed in March 2022 and delivered 75 additional X-ray body scanners, resulting in full coverage across the closed male estate. We have also installed 84 X-ray baggage scanners at 49 sites, building on the rollout of our body scanners, drug trace detection machines and metal detection archways.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 14:10:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1688661

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people convicted of a crime in which alcohol was an aggravating factor are provided with harm reduction (a) support and (b) education as part of their sentence.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to tackling the underlying causes of offending, including alcohol misuse, as it is crucial to reducing reoffending. Between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% to 25.2% and we are continuing taking action to drive down the reoffending rate even further.</p><p> </p><p>In the community, we want to make the best use of alternatives to custody to ensure that offenders with substance misuse needs are diverted to treatment wherever appropriate. Offenders can be given an Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR) as part of a community sentence, and we are committed to increasing the use of these. The Department for Health and Social Care are investing £532m to increase drug and alcohol treatment and recovery places and we have recruited new Health and Justice Coordinators in every probation region to improve links between probation and local drug and alcohol treatment services.</p><p> </p><p>We are also piloting three Intensive Supervision Courts where offenders will be subject to regular reviews with a judge, drug testing, incentives and sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>In custody, we have recruited Drug Strategy Leads in key prisons to ensure a focus on tackling drug and alcohol misuse. Staying in treatment on release is crucial and so we are also rolling out more secure video calling technology, providing prisoners with the opportunity to engage with community treatment pre-release. We are also expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living Units where prisoners commit to remaining free of illicit drugs and alcohol, with regular drug testing and incentives. We now have over 60 of these wings across the estate and are aiming to reach up to 100 by March 2025. This will dramatically expand the number of prisoners who have access to these wings.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 14:11:12 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1688108

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Birmingham and Solihull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a body was released more than seven days after the coroner's office was notified in (a) Birmingham and (b) Solihull in each of the last 12 months; and whether the coroner (i) collects information on someone's religion and (ii) takes into account the timeframe for religious beliefs and practices relating to death and dying.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	13612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the release by coroners of the bodies of the deceased whose deaths are reported to them.</p><p>Coroners are judges and, as such, are independent in the decisions they make in conducting their investigations. They exercise their judicial discretion in accordance with the relevant statutory and regulatory framework.</p><p>The Chief Coroner has issued a suite of Guidance to assist coroners with the law and their legal duties, and to provide advice on policy and practice. His <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/chief-coroners-guidance-no-28-report-of-death-to-the-coroner-decision-making-and-expedited-decisions/" target="_blank">Guidance No.28</a> on Decision Making and Expedited Decisions is intended to be a practical guide to assist coroners in situations where a bereaved family has made a request to the coroner for urgent consideration of the death of a loved one and/or early release of their body; or where the coroner or coroner’s officers otherwise become aware of features of a particular death which may justify treating it as especially urgent.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/02/2024 12:07:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1688131

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prison officers were deployed on detached duty in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	13561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2024 answer text <p>Staff on national detached duty are entitled to a bonus payment that varies depending on the length of the deployment. Details are given in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>4 weeks</p></td><td><p>8 weeks</p></td><td><p>12 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£500</p></td><td><p>£1200</p></td><td><p>£2000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additionally, and in line with the National Travel and Subsistence policy (PSI 15/2021), staff are entitled to claim overnight subsistence at £25 per night, and business mileage at a rate of 45p per mile for any additional travel incurred, as well as for the cost of bed and breakfast accommodation where applicable, at rates that vary depending on the location.</p><p> </p><p>An average of 332.35 staff each week were deployed on national detached duty during 2023.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 13560 question first answered 20/02/2024 10:04:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1688141

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group has been deployed in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) are a specialist resource that provide intervention options to the Silver and Gold commanders. NTRG is a highly trained team that provide expertise in technical interventions that would carry higher risk of failure or injury, and which require skills and equipment limited only to NTRG staff.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested can be found in the table(s) below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Number of deployments of National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) by year since 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of deployments of NTRG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>794</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 14:03:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688142

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Tornado Teams have been deployed to incidents in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	13525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Operation Tornado is a national mutual aid plan by which prisons support one another in the event of a serious incident or occurrence requiring a reinforcement of staff. Operation Tornado is employed by HMPPS for three main reasons:</p><ul><li>In response to a serious incident requiring a reinforcement of staff.</li></ul><ul><li>In response to other events or crisis requiring additional staff, who may not necessarily need to be Tornado trained.</li></ul><ul><li>To aid the transfer of prisoners in the event of a serious incident or the threat of one (with the GOLD commander’s agreement).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The table below lists how many times Tornado Teams have been deployed at the end of each year since 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Deployments to Prisons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/02/2024 14:08:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1688235

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department conducted a women-specific impact and health needs assessment prior to the roll out of the use of alcohol monitoring tags.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	13659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>There have been two equalities impact assessments, both of which considered offenders’ sex, prior to the Department’s introduction of alcohol monitoring.</p><p>An Equalities Impact Assessment was carried out on the alcohol monitoring measures introduced by the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, it is published and available using this link: <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/legislation/bills-acts/legal-aid-sentencing/laspo-sobriety-eia.pdf" target="_blank">Alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement (justice.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>A further Equalities Impact Assessment was carried out and published alongside the Statutory Instrument to commence the Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring Requirement, The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2020, and is available using this link: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/478/contents/made" target="_blank">The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14) Order 2020 (legislation.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon question first answered 19/02/2024 14:59:08 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1688251

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Homicide: Prison Sentences
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 sentences for murder were calculated from the starting point of (a) 15 years, (b) 25 years, (c) 30 years and (d) a whole life tariff in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	13591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>All murder convictions must result in a life sentence. When a life sentence is imposed, the Judge will calculate the minimum term by selecting the appropriate starting point as set out in legislation – namely Schedule 21 of the Sentencing Act 2020. When sentencing adult offenders, the starting points are 15, 25, 30 years or a whole life order.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of prosecutions, convictions, and sentences across various offences in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65bd0675704282000d752143/outcomes-by-offence-june-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool</a>. Please filter by the offence ‘murder’ in the sentence outcomes tab for details on the number of offenders sentenced for murder.</p><p>Statistical data on starting points for murder sentences, including domestic homicides, is not collected. The information may be held on individual court records, however interrogating these would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Gareth Bacon grouped question UIN 13592 question first answered 19/02/2024 14:57:26 answering member 4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland