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348827

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to open the proceedings of the family courts and the Court of Protection to the press and public; and, if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government supports steps to increase openness whilst remaining mindful of the rights to privacy of those involved in such personal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Since May 2009, amendments to the rules of court governing the practice and procedure to be followed in family proceedings have allowed accredited members of the media access to the majority of court hearings.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2014 the President of the Family Division issued guidance requiring more judgments of both the Family Court and Court of Protection to be published online.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2014 the President of the Family Division issued a consultation seeking views on the impact of these earlier steps to increase transparency in the family court and on ways to further increase transparency including, the possibility of public access. The Court of Protection Rule Committee is also taking forward work which will examine the benefits and risks of making rule changes which allow greater access to the media and public.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/06/2015 14:35:56 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

348844

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they ensure that new prison officers in prisons in England and Wales receive sufficient training to fulfil their role effectively.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Currently, initial training of newly recruited prison officers begins with an eight week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This includes two weeks officers spend in their prison, an induction week and a week of prison based learning. The training provides new officers with a foundation level of training in all core skill areas including interpersonal skills, mental health awareness, equality, violence reduction and safer custody, alongside the more traditional security awareness and practical skills needed to be a prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the complexity of the role of a prison officer, NOMS plans to increase initial training to twelve weeks. Newly recruited officers will spend 10 weeks at a NOMS learning centre and 2 weeks at their designated prison. This revised course will have an expanded content in relation to safer custody and mental health issues, and there will be a bespoke supporting qualification aimed to prepare new entrant officers to deliver in a rehabilitative culture. There will be more emphasis on building stronger staff-prisoner relationships, with prison officers acting as motivating role models and positively reinforcing values, attitudes and behaviours in order to change their lives.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS attaches great importance to the continuing professional development of prison officers, and the range of learning and development opportunities available to staff supports this. NOMS provides specialist training in areas such as Offender Management, Safer Custody, Use of Force, Hostage Negotiator and Intelligence while generic training is available via Civil Service Learning. Each prison is responsible for assessing the training needs of its officers in order to achieve its business objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The content of all NOMS’ learning programmes is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect policy and legislative changes and the changing needs of the organisation. We are adopting a more flexible approach to learning, for example, e-learning has been introduced to support face to face learning programmes; prison officers complete knowledge based workbooks during their initial training.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to consider a vocational degree programme for prison officer training.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL324 HL325 HL326 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:29:14 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

348845

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they ensure that prison officers in prisons in England and Wales receive the in-service training they require to support them in their role.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Currently, initial training of newly recruited prison officers begins with an eight week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This includes two weeks officers spend in their prison, an induction week and a week of prison based learning. The training provides new officers with a foundation level of training in all core skill areas including interpersonal skills, mental health awareness, equality, violence reduction and safer custody, alongside the more traditional security awareness and practical skills needed to be a prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the complexity of the role of a prison officer, NOMS plans to increase initial training to twelve weeks. Newly recruited officers will spend 10 weeks at a NOMS learning centre and 2 weeks at their designated prison. This revised course will have an expanded content in relation to safer custody and mental health issues, and there will be a bespoke supporting qualification aimed to prepare new entrant officers to deliver in a rehabilitative culture. There will be more emphasis on building stronger staff-prisoner relationships, with prison officers acting as motivating role models and positively reinforcing values, attitudes and behaviours in order to change their lives.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS attaches great importance to the continuing professional development of prison officers, and the range of learning and development opportunities available to staff supports this. NOMS provides specialist training in areas such as Offender Management, Safer Custody, Use of Force, Hostage Negotiator and Intelligence while generic training is available via Civil Service Learning. Each prison is responsible for assessing the training needs of its officers in order to achieve its business objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The content of all NOMS’ learning programmes is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect policy and legislative changes and the changing needs of the organisation. We are adopting a more flexible approach to learning, for example, e-learning has been introduced to support face to face learning programmes; prison officers complete knowledge based workbooks during their initial training.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to consider a vocational degree programme for prison officer training.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL323 HL325 HL326 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:29:14 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

348846

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how prison officer training has changed in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Currently, initial training of newly recruited prison officers begins with an eight week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This includes two weeks officers spend in their prison, an induction week and a week of prison based learning. The training provides new officers with a foundation level of training in all core skill areas including interpersonal skills, mental health awareness, equality, violence reduction and safer custody, alongside the more traditional security awareness and practical skills needed to be a prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the complexity of the role of a prison officer, NOMS plans to increase initial training to twelve weeks. Newly recruited officers will spend 10 weeks at a NOMS learning centre and 2 weeks at their designated prison. This revised course will have an expanded content in relation to safer custody and mental health issues, and there will be a bespoke supporting qualification aimed to prepare new entrant officers to deliver in a rehabilitative culture. There will be more emphasis on building stronger staff-prisoner relationships, with prison officers acting as motivating role models and positively reinforcing values, attitudes and behaviours in order to change their lives.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS attaches great importance to the continuing professional development of prison officers, and the range of learning and development opportunities available to staff supports this. NOMS provides specialist training in areas such as Offender Management, Safer Custody, Use of Force, Hostage Negotiator and Intelligence while generic training is available via Civil Service Learning. Each prison is responsible for assessing the training needs of its officers in order to achieve its business objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The content of all NOMS’ learning programmes is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect policy and legislative changes and the changing needs of the organisation. We are adopting a more flexible approach to learning, for example, e-learning has been introduced to support face to face learning programmes; prison officers complete knowledge based workbooks during their initial training.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to consider a vocational degree programme for prison officer training.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL323 HL324 HL326 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:29:14 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

348847

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the suggestion by the Howard League for Penal Reform that prison officer training should be developed into a vocational degree.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Currently, initial training of newly recruited prison officers begins with an eight week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This includes two weeks officers spend in their prison, an induction week and a week of prison based learning. The training provides new officers with a foundation level of training in all core skill areas including interpersonal skills, mental health awareness, equality, violence reduction and safer custody, alongside the more traditional security awareness and practical skills needed to be a prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the complexity of the role of a prison officer, NOMS plans to increase initial training to twelve weeks. Newly recruited officers will spend 10 weeks at a NOMS learning centre and 2 weeks at their designated prison. This revised course will have an expanded content in relation to safer custody and mental health issues, and there will be a bespoke supporting qualification aimed to prepare new entrant officers to deliver in a rehabilitative culture. There will be more emphasis on building stronger staff-prisoner relationships, with prison officers acting as motivating role models and positively reinforcing values, attitudes and behaviours in order to change their lives.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS attaches great importance to the continuing professional development of prison officers, and the range of learning and development opportunities available to staff supports this. NOMS provides specialist training in areas such as Offender Management, Safer Custody, Use of Force, Hostage Negotiator and Intelligence while generic training is available via Civil Service Learning. Each prison is responsible for assessing the training needs of its officers in order to achieve its business objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The content of all NOMS’ learning programmes is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect policy and legislative changes and the changing needs of the organisation. We are adopting a more flexible approach to learning, for example, e-learning has been introduced to support face to face learning programmes; prison officers complete knowledge based workbooks during their initial training.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to consider a vocational degree programme for prison officer training.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL323 HL324 HL325 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:29:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

348880

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to appoint a National Inspectorate of Crematoriums in England.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	1388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>What happened at Emstrey Crematorium over the course of more than a decade was totally unacceptable and we deeply sympathise with the parents in these tragic cases. We are clear that this should never happen again.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations of the Independent Report, which took account of the report by the Bonomy Infant Cremation Commission, are receiving careful consideration and the Government will announce its conclusions in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 1462 1463 1464 1465 question first answered 15/06/2015 11:14:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

348500

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charter of the Forest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to mark and celebrate the 800th in 2017 anniversary of the granting of the Charter of the Forest.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Charter of the Forest was an important document in its own right when it was issued by Henry III in 1217 at the same time as a re-issue of Magna Carta. The Charter re-established rights of access to the forest for free men that had been eroded over the time. However, although the provisions of the Charter of the Forest remained in force for a number of centuries, it has not enjoyed the same lasting and worldwide recognition as Magna Carta, which has had an enduring significance on the development of the concept of the rule of law.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, while the Government is actively supporting the celebration of the 800 anniversary of Magna Carta this year, it has no plans to mark and celebrate the 800<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Charter of the Forest.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL273 question first answered 18/06/2015 14:43:57 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

348501

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Charter of the Forest
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will mark the 800th anniversary in 2017 of the granting of the Charter of the Forest in a similar way to that in which the Magna Carta is being marked this year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
uin	HL273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Charter of the Forest was an important document in its own right when it was issued by Henry III in 1217 at the same time as a re-issue of Magna Carta. The Charter re-established rights of access to the forest for free men that had been eroded over the time. However, although the provisions of the Charter of the Forest remained in force for a number of centuries, it has not enjoyed the same lasting and worldwide recognition as Magna Carta, which has had an enduring significance on the development of the concept of the rule of law.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, while the Government is actively supporting the celebration of the 800 anniversary of Magna Carta this year, it has no plans to mark and celebrate the 800<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Charter of the Forest.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL272 question first answered 18/06/2015 14:43:57 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1934 label Biography information for Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

347916

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of marriage.
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There is no single legal definition of marriage. Marriage in England and Wales is a legal relationship between two people that is provided for by the Marriage Act 1949, as amended.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/06/2015 12:46:01 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

347574

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last three calendar years, how many courses for (1) indeterminate sentence prisoners and (2) prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection were provided in (a) HMP Acklington and HMP Durham, and (b) the rest of the prison service.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>National Offender Management Service and its partners provide a range of courses and activities within prisons to enable prisoners to increase the chances of successful resettlement and to protect the public</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NOMS allocates programme and public protection resources based on the type of offender, their needs and their level of risk in order to maximise public safety and value for money. Central records of what courses and activities different categories of prisoners can access are not kept, except those for NOMS accredited Offending Behaviour Programmes but this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In HMPs Durham and Northumberland specifically there are currently 120 different interventions listed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 15/06/2015 16:17:44 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham