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1167697

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
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 financial deductions levied against companies with which his Department has contracts valued at over £10 million over the life of the contract.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	8285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds the following information on the contract records and not within a central database, concerning Financial Remedies imposed against a supplier on Contracts valued £10 million or more for failure to meet their key performance targets or level of service required;</p><p>- The date the financial remedy was imposed;</p><p>- The value of the financial remedy;</p><p>- The reason the financial remedy was imposed.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers play an important role in the Ministry of Justice. We continue to closely monitor the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/11/2019 10:13:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167698

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent with each company providing agency staff in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	8286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We can confirm that the below table shows the spend across the department with companies providing agency staff.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Financial year</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>Agencies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAPITA</p></td><td><p>HAYS</p></td><td><p>BROOK STREET</p></td><td><p>ALEXANDER MANN SERVICES</p></td><td><p>SERVOCA</p></td><td><p>SKYBLUE</p></td><td><p>BLUE ARROW</p></td><td><p>BADENOCH &amp; CLARKE</p></td><td><p>TWENTYSIX</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£ 15,722,346.03</p></td><td><p>£ 10,753,952.00</p></td><td><p>£ 12,237,418.63</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 213,320.46</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£ 21,499,236.69</p></td><td><p>£ 16,110,202.00</p></td><td><p>£ 29,663,430.76</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 396,058.57</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£ 2,217,588.93</p></td><td><p>£ 19,013,681.00</p></td><td><p>£ 30,996,698.33</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 749,020.01</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 15,909.98</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£ 36,607,966.38</p></td><td><p>£ 27,064,429.00</p></td><td><p>£ 38,364,083.55</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 1,035,284.70</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 109,765.20</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£ 49,904,326.58</p></td><td><p>£ 14,982,843.00</p></td><td><p>£ 45,143,872.50</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 1,254,511.49</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 107,134.64</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£ 44,811,850.00</p></td><td><p>£ 9,646,682.00</p></td><td><p>£ 51,529,354.19</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 329.52</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 737,934.09</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 95,121.73</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 20,841,403.46</p></td><td><p>£ 70,709,241.32</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 13,873.56</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 836,250.54</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 140,256.08</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>£ 1,850.00</p></td><td><p>£ 23,419,385.34</p></td><td><p>£ 73,835,255.29</p></td><td><p>£ 33,261,710.45</p></td><td><p>£ 7,993,500.22</p></td><td><p>£ 2,101,058.37</p></td><td><p>£ 780,627.35</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 386,399.68</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020 to</p></td><td><p>£ 626,953.32</p></td><td><p>£ 9,049,561.89</p></td><td><p>£ 37,640,648.56</p></td><td><p>£ 23,853,921.85</p></td><td><p>£ 4,366,995.31</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ 389,758.54</p></td><td><p>£ 1,074,400.49</p></td><td><p>£ 262,466.54</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/11/2019 10:35:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167464

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) hotel and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Prison officers do a challenging and vital job to help protect the public and we are committed to making sure we have enough staff to deliver safe regimes in our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Detached duty (DD) is one of the sensible and proportionate measures taken to ensure the safe and decent running of regimes in prisons, and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing and the number of prison officers deployed will reflect operational circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>When there is a need to accommodate staff in hotels, we work hard to ensure the best possible value for money for the taxpayer and have controls in place to help keep costs to a minimum. Where possible, bookings are for specifically timed trains and always in standard class to help keep costs to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £2.75bn to modernise and maintain our prisons, create 10,000 additional places, and step up security to stop the flow of drugs and mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>Please find below a breakdown of travel costs by method:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hotels</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rail</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Air</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ferry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>£290,178.64</p></td><td><p>£23,567.00</p></td><td><p>£200.51</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>£236,621.21</p></td><td><p>£23,663.40</p></td><td><p>£951.68</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>£209,026.30</p></td><td><p>£24,500.85</p></td><td><p>£2,483.74</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>£225,754.14</p></td><td><p>£16,023.25</p></td><td><p>£493.56</p></td><td><p>£91.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>£233,236.50</p></td><td><p>£18,785.35</p></td><td><p>£233.62</p></td><td><p>£1,616.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£209,336.12</p></td><td><p>£17,609.60</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£1,135.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£199,038.25</p></td><td><p>£20,042.95</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£1,014.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£211,642.81</p></td><td><p>£20,200.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£466.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>£223,603.44</p></td><td><p>£16,640.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£103.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>£250,363.26</p></td><td><p>£24,802.25</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£159,252.49</p></td><td><p>£18,911.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>£157,993.00</p></td><td><p>£10,066.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£53.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p>£216,479.21</p></td><td><p>£16,850.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£51.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£187,018.49</p></td><td><p>£14,296.45</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£225,574.25</p></td><td><p>£18,534.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£218.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£202,070.93</p></td><td><p>£14,641.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£319.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£230,760.74</p></td><td><p>£17,950.95</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£229.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p>£218,309.41</p></td><td><p>£16,018.05</p></td><td><p>£483.30</p></td><td><p>£158.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p>£182,603.48</p></td><td><p>£17,248.80</p></td><td><p>-£483.30</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p>£156,795.30</p></td><td><p>£16,970.75</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p>£146,658.25</p></td><td><p>£18,526.70</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£239.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-19</p></td><td><p>£120,290.85</p></td><td><p>£16,812.90</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£305.25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The amount spent on other expenses claims for Prison Officers as outlined in the Travel and Subsistence policy (day and night subsistence, lodging allowance, etc):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>£643.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>£758.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>£2097.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>£488.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>£1436.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>£142.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>£76.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-18</p></td><td><p>£77.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>£1657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p>£240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>£672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p>£592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/11/2019 14:17:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167465

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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 called to each prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called to each prison in each year since 2010 is provided in the attached document.</p><p> </p><p>The NTRG provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The overwhelming majority of call outs are for non-violent incidents, including where they attended as a precaution and when the situation was resolved locally.</p><p> </p><p>We do not tolerate violence or disruptive behaviour in our prisons. We’ve recruited around 4,300 additional officers since October 2016 and are spending an extra £100 million on airport-style security, x-ray scanners and phone-blocking technology. This is part of the Government’s new £2.75bn investment to modernise and maintain our prisons, create 10,000 additional places, and step up security to stop the flow of drugs and mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to ensuring our prison officers have the tools they need to do the job safely with body worn cameras, ‘police-style’ handcuffs and restraints, and PAVA incapacitant spray.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/11/2019 12:25:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name NTRG deployment 2010-2018.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167466

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent estimate is of the cost of outstanding repairs at each prison.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This Government is investing an additional £156million in 2020/21 to improve the conditions of existing prisons across the estate – targeting the most pressing maintenance concerns including boilers, fire safety and serveries. This underpins our commitment to a system that is decent, safe and secure.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the priority maintenance backlog totals approximately £900m. This is most up to date estimate we have of the costs associated with the maintenance backlog, inclusive of resource costs.</p><p> </p><p>A figure for each individual establishment is not available and would represent disproportionate cost to obtain.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:31:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167471

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work have been handed down by the courts as part of community orders in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and would require a manual search of court records which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>The number of community sentences issued can be found in our outcomes by offence tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:37:15 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167472

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent National Compliance and Enforcement Service staff have been employed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent staff (FTE) working in the National Compliance and Enforcement Service at the end of March for each year since 2012 is as follows:</p><p>2012 1,706</p><p>2013 1,770</p><p>2014 1,640</p><p>2015 1,516</p><p>2016 1,470</p><p>2017 1,497</p><p>2018 1,573</p><p>2019 1,425</p><p> </p><p>FTE figure include both agency and permanent staff. We do not hold any figures prior to March 2012 as headcount was historically included within Court FTE figures.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:55:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167473

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings and trials across the HM Courts and Tribunal Service estate used a video link or similar technology in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:26:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1166860

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's strategy entitled, Transforming Rehabilitation, what key success indicators his Department plans to include in its programmes to reduce reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	6455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Performance indicators will give providers the incentives to ensure quality delivery which secures rehabilitative outcomes whilst delivering the sentence of the court and protecting the public.</p><p> </p><p>There will be performance indicators to assess whether accredited programmes and other interventions have been delivered to service users referred to them by offender managers. There will also be quality indicators on whether accredited programmes and other interventions are of sufficient quality to enable individuals to complete the intervention and address problems related to their offending.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:22:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1166861

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to include targeted programmes for offenders that are dependent on (a) drugs, (b) alcohol and (c) gambling as a commissioning requirement under the proposed new probation system.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	6456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The Probation Reform Programme seeks to support the protocol agreed between the Ministry of Justice, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England to promote the use of Mental Health Treatment, Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation requirements as the intervention of choice for eligible offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We also intend to procure additional rehabilitative interventions that support offenders on release from custody and under community supervision to access treatment and stay safe while awaiting treatment and/or access to specialist services which address both substance misuse and gambling.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:38:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon