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1669246

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase prison capacity.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	1365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We are investing £4 billion in the biggest prison building programme since the Victorian era, including 6 new prisons – creating 20,000 new prison places and have already delivered c 5,600 of these, with 10,000 expected by the end of 2025. Over the last year, we have also brought on an additional 2,500 places through measures such as crowding and delaying refurbishment where it is appropriate to do so.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 October, the Lord Chancellor announced longer-term measures to reform the way we deliver justice and to address prison capacity. These measures put protecting the public at their heart – locking away the worst offenders for longer whilst having a renewed focus on rehabilitation for lower risk offenders, thereby reducing crime further. The measures announced include: the extension of the Early Removal Scheme for Foreign National Offenders; introducing a presumption against short sentences under 12 months (which have a high rate of reoffending) in favour of suspended sentences (which have lower reoffending rates); reviewing the sentencing discount given for early guilty pleas; the transfer of adult prisoners to rented prison space overseas; curtailing the licence period for IPP sentences; and extending the use of Home Detention Curfew (HDC).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a new annual statement of prison capacity will be laid before both Houses. This will include a clear statement of current prison capacity and future demand. The Lord Chancellor also announced up to £400m funding for more prison places (enough to buy 800 new Rapid Deployment Cells) and £30m of funding has been set aside to allow the prison service to identify and purchase land in 2024 for new prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 1368 question first answered 20/11/2023 17:11:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1669247

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to learn from the experience of other countries in managing fluctuations in prisoner numbers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	1366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We are not the first country to face acute pressures in prison capacity. As a matter of course, the MoJ engages with international partners at both a ministerial and official level. Recently, we had the opportunity to meet with senior officials from New York City’s Department of Corrections to understand how they are addressing their own capacity challenges. This year, we have also strengthened relationships with countries across Europe and the rest of the world to explore innovations in respective prison estates, technology and legislation. This approach will continue moving forward.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are also engaging in regular discussions with international partners to share information on managing high prison capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that we will legislate as part of the Criminal Justice Bill to create the powers necessary to transfer prisoners overseas for the purposes of detaining them in a rented prison in future. This decision was informed by consideration of other countries, including the experience of Norway renting prison space from the Netherlands from 2015-2018 to manage an acute rise in prison population. Belgium has also previously rented prison spaces from the Netherlands to alleviate pressure on their prison capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to look at every measure to best manage fluctuations in prison numbers including observing best practice in foreign countries.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2023 12:14:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1669248

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of renting prison places overseas to help manage fluctuations in prisoner numbers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	1367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Renting prison spaces overseas has the potential to augment existing prison capacity and provide us with the prison spaces we need to manage our prison population, continue cracking down on crime, and protect the British public from the worst offenders. We are introducing powers that will allow the Government to deliver prison rental agreements with other countries in the Criminal Justice Bill. In doing so, we are following in the footsteps of countries like Norway and Belgium.</p><p> </p><p>This is alongside ongoing work to build 20,000 modern rehabilitative prison spaces - the biggest prison building programme since the Victorian Era – and our intention to invest a further £400m in building even more.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2023 12:16:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1669249

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate prison capacity for offenders.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	1368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>We are investing £4 billion in the biggest prison building programme since the Victorian era, including 6 new prisons – creating 20,000 new prison places and have already delivered c 5,600 of these, with 10,000 expected by the end of 2025. Over the last year, we have also brought on an additional 2,500 places through measures such as crowding and delaying refurbishment where it is appropriate to do so.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 October, the Lord Chancellor announced longer-term measures to reform the way we deliver justice and to address prison capacity. These measures put protecting the public at their heart – locking away the worst offenders for longer whilst having a renewed focus on rehabilitation for lower risk offenders, thereby reducing crime further. The measures announced include: the extension of the Early Removal Scheme for Foreign National Offenders; introducing a presumption against short sentences under 12 months (which have a high rate of reoffending) in favour of suspended sentences (which have lower reoffending rates); reviewing the sentencing discount given for early guilty pleas; the transfer of adult prisoners to rented prison space overseas; curtailing the licence period for IPP sentences; and extending the use of Home Detention Curfew (HDC).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a new annual statement of prison capacity will be laid before both Houses. This will include a clear statement of current prison capacity and future demand. The Lord Chancellor also announced up to £400m funding for more prison places (enough to buy 800 new Rapid Deployment Cells) and £30m of funding has been set aside to allow the prison service to identify and purchase land in 2024 for new prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 1365 question first answered 20/11/2023 17:11:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666237

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase prison capacity.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:47:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666238

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to learn from the experience of other countries in managing fluctuations in prisoner numbers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:49:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666239

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of of renting prison places overseas to help manage fluctuations in prisoner numbers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:50:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666240

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
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 establish cooperation agreements with other countries to help manage fluctuations in prisoner numbers.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:58:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666242

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to help ensure there is suitable prison capacity for offenders in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:59:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1666245

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the length of prison sentences for convicted (a) rapists and (b) other violent sex offenders.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	203544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/10/2023 10:49:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns