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693818

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reported incidents of violence in prisons resulted in (a) arrest and (b) charge, by type of offence in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	65406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be collected at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/02/2017 16:59:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

693368

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	65231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in planned for routine publication by the Ministry of Justice and will be available in the annual NOMS Digest on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/02/2017 17:52:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

657229

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost has been of capped public interest transfers to HM Prison Berwyn; and how many staff of each grade have been involved in such moves.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	57235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Learning from the experience of previously opening new prisons, in order to support the opening of HM Prison Berwyn in North Wales experience from previously opening new prisons means that there is a need for Berwyn to be staffed by a balance of new and experienced staff. To facilitate the relocation of experienced staff to move to Berwyn, a bespoke relocation package was offered and capped at £22,000 which covered the total cost of a move of home or assisted travel to the vicinity of the new prison.</p><p> </p><p>For 2015 and 2016 (to date) the cost of public interest transfers to HM Prison Berwyn is £200,484. This relates to 25 employees.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the grades of these staff is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/12/2016 17:36:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

647245

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are predicted to leave the service in 2017 for reasons of (a) retirement, (b) reassignment, (c) dismissal and (d) redundancy.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	55126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not make predictions of the numbers of Prison Officers who will leave the Prison Service.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/12/2016 17:55:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

528936

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adults convicted of child sexual offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were placed on a rehabilitation programme as part of (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those rehabilitation programmes were completed by such adults in those years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	41338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost because it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to link offenders undergoing Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) to their particular offence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of accredited programmes started and completed by all sex-offenders, not specifically child sex offenders, is reported in the Accredited Programmes Annual Bulletin 2014/15, England and Wales, which is available at the link below. The report covers programmes delivered both in custody and the community.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/accredited-programmes-bulletin-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>For those SOTPs delivered in the community, completion rates for all offenders are included in the Management Information Addendum to the Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15, which is available at the link below. Completion rates have remained relatively stable at just over 80 per cent since 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-performance-statistics-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-performance-statistics-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/07/2016 15:38:56 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

449491

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to commence section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to commencing section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 and will do so as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2016 15:12:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

435933

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's evaluation of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Section 28 pilots; and whether he plans to roll out provision of Section 28.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>Pre-trial cross examination under Section 28 of the YJCEA 1999 was piloted in three Crown Court centres. Fieldwork for a process evaluation of the pilot has been completed. A report is being prepared for publication, subject to standard quality assurance checks. The decision on the roll out of Section 28 will be made in due course, following the results of the evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2015 15:56:25 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

64220

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Durham Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week prisoners in HM Prison Durham spent (a) in cells and (b) working in each of the last three years; what proportion of such prisoners were classed as unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average number of hours per week spent working by prisoners was in that prison in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	202625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Up until the end of 2011-12 information was collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell. Figures for each prison establishment for the three years from 2009-10 to 2011-12 have been placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-12 because it was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the data. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Figures 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. Figures for time in cell for the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity across public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The establishment-level breakdown of weekly hours worked is not available centrally for 2011-12 and 2012-13 and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of prisoners classed as unemployed is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 202628 202629 question first answered 01/07/2014 12:22:09 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

64222

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	East Sutton Park Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week prisoners in HM Prison Sutton Park spent (a) in cells and (b) working in each of the last three years; what proportion of such prisoners were classed as unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average number of hours per week spent working by prisoners was in that prison in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	202626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up until the end of 2011-2012, information was collected on the average hours during each weekday when prisoners cells were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day, it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for each prison establishment for the three years from 2009-2010 to 2011-2012 have been placed in the library of the House.Figures 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.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-2012 because it was not used in the day to day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the data. Figures for time in cell for the years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Indicators introduced into prison service learning agreements in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to make sure that prisoners are engaged purposefully while they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release which is a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity across public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-2011 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda in 2012-2013, which is the first year when they were required to supply figures, private sector prisons reported that they delivered over 1.5 million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running by performing tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The establishment-level breakdown of weekly hours worked is not available centrally for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Information on the proportion of prisoners classed as unemployed is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 202627 question first answered 01/07/2014 16:40:53 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

64223

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Eastwood Park Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week prisoners in HM Prison Eastwood Park spent (a) in cells and (b) working in each of the last three years; what proportion of such prisoners were classed as unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average number of hours per week spent working by prisoners was in that prison in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	202627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Up until the end of 2011-2012, information was collected on the average hours during each weekday when prisoners cells were unlocked. By subtracting the average hours unlocked from the 24 hours in a day, it is possible to estimate hours spent locked in cell.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for each prison establishment for the three years from 2009-2010 to 2011-2012 have been placed in the library of the House.Figures 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.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that time in cell includes hours when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.</p><p> </p><p>Time unlocked was discontinued as a performance indicator for prisons at the end of 2011-2012 because it was not used in the day to day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the data. Figures for time in cell for the years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Indicators introduced into prison service learning agreements in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of efforts to prepare prisoners for release and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to make sure that prisoners are engaged purposefully while they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release which is a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity across public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-2011 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda in 2012-2013, which is the first year when they were required to supply figures, private sector prisons reported that they delivered over 1.5 million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running by performing tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The establishment-level breakdown of weekly hours worked is not available centrally for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Information on the proportion of prisoners classed as unemployed is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 202626 question first answered 01/07/2014 16:40:54 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi