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938575

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to promote mental health treatment in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	163062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Health services in public prisons in England, including mental health treatment, are commissioned and reviewed by NHS England. In Wales, health is devolved to the Welsh Government. However, as signatories to the National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare 2018-2021, the Department works closely with health partners to support the delivery of healthcare by ensuring prisoners are able to access these services.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are investing in our workforce. We have met our target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers several months ahead of schedule, helping to ensure that prisoners can be supported to attend scheduled healthcare appointments and receive weekly, one-to-one support from a named prison officer. These officers will coach, signpost and encourage individuals in order that they feel settled and safe and part of this may include signposting individuals to mental health treatment in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond staff support, HMPPS invests in various support services for prisoners which can help promote mental health treatment. For example, HMPPS recently refreshed its partnership with the Samaritans to continue funding the Listeners scheme, which trains selected prisoners to provide emotional support to peers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the impact that the prison environment can have on prisoner health and wellbeing, particularly for prisoners with a mental health diagnosis. This is why we are focussing on getting the basics right through our prison estate transformation programme, delivering decent prisons that improve opportunities for rehabilitation and create safe and secure environments for staff and offenders.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/07/2018 13:02:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

846360

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Local Growth Deals: Borderlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings the Minister of State in his Department has had with whom and on what dates on the Borderland Growth Deal.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	129015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>I have had 5 meetings regarding the Borderland Growth Deal in my capacity as MP for Penrith and the Border. These are as follows:</p><p>12 July 2016: Guy Opperman MP, Hexham</p><p>8 February 2017: David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland</p><p>18 July 2017: David Mundell MP, Secretary of State for Scotland</p><p>26 January 2018: Carlisle City Council</p><p>29 January 2018: Jake Berry MP, Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth Minister, MHCLG</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 26/02/2018 17:45:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

982740

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers are attached to a specific (a) prison, (b) young offenders institution, (c) secure treatment centre and (d) other penal establishment.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	176288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2018 there are 465 National Probation Service Probation Officers located at specific prisons, 94 at young offenders institutions. This includes both Probation Officers and Senior Probation Officers.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) also have staff located in prisons but, as CRC contracts do not specify that CRCs must maintain staffing numbers at a prescribed level, we do not hold the information that you have requested in relation to CRC staff. The contracts do require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff, and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. We are currently undergoing commercial discussions with providers regarding a new Through the Gate delivery specification, which includes resettlement services being delivered in prisons and by whom. We closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p>There are no Probation Officers at Secure Training Centres or Secure Treatment Centres and other penal establishments. This is because all offenders given custodial sentences below the age of 18 are supported by Youth Offending Teams rather than the Probation Service.</p><p> </p><p>As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However, the database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate. It should also be noted that as we do not hold the data in the format requested the figures given for NPS staff does not include those working at Privately Managed Prisons.</p><p> </p><p>With the Offender Management in Custody model also being implemented across the estate, prisons will be better able to run fuller regimes with more opportunities for purposeful activity. This will have a positive effect on reducing the levels of violence in prisons, which still remain too high and impairs prisoner rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/10/2018 16:00:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

909468

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will delay any increase in the small claims limit for personal injury claims until completion of a post-implementation review of part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	146964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The government intends to publish the post-implementation review of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 by the end 2018.</p><p>It intends to implement all elements of the whiplash reform programme as a package by April 2019, including both the measures in the Civil Liability Bill and supplementary measures to increase the small claims limit for personal injury claims which require secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/06/2018 14:07:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

900056

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Janet Scott
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make public the findings of his Department's review into the death of Janet Scott in Nottingham on 29 January.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	141887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Firstly, I would like to express my sincere condolences to the family of Janet Scott. Simon Mellors had been charged with her murder; at the time, he was being supervised on life licence in the community. He was remanded into custody but later found dead in his cell.</p><p>As is mandatory whenever an offender under statutory probation supervision commits a serious further offence (SFO), the National Probation Service (NPS) has undertaken a vigorous review of its supervision of Simon Mellors. The NPS will share the findings of the review with the family of Janet Scott, so that the family can see the action which the NPS will take to address any improvements needed. SFO reviews are internal and not published.</p><p>The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act (2004), requires a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) where a death appears to have resulted from violence within the context of an intimate personal relationship. Community Safety Partnerships appoint an independent Chair and publish DHR Reports, albeit in an anonymised format, unless there are compelling welfare reasons not to do so. It is the duty of the NPS or CRC to participate in the production of the DHR and the findings of the SFO review in this case will be reflected in the contribution which the NPS makes to the DHR.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/05/2018 13:39:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

910311

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial support his Department plans to provide to injured people to fund (a) court fees, (b) medical reports and (c) police reports in the event that the small claims limit for personal injury claims is increased.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	147513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The small claims track is designed to be uncomplicated and accessible for people to use without the need for a lawyer. Parties making a claim are expected to fund their own court fees. These fees are linked to the value of the claim, are significantly lower than those currently charged in the fast track. Support is available to people who cannot afford court fees under the ‘Help with Fees scheme’ (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/get-help-with-court-fees" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/get-help-with-court-fees</a>) and depending on the circumstances, fees can be remitted in full or in part.</p><p>Following the proposed increase in the small claims track limit, a claimant will be able to recover the cost of obtaining a medical report where the defendant either admits liability or is found to be liable.</p><p>Police reports are usually only required where accident details have not been exchanged or in more serious road traffic accidents where there has been a police investigation. Charges in relation to police reports vary and are governed by individual Police Forces, although many do also operate remission schemes for these charges.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/06/2018 14:06:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

834395

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Privatisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the completion of the official review into privatisation of the probation service.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	126014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>During 2016 and 2017 we conducted an internal review of the probation system. As a result of this work, Sam Gyimah made a written statement to parliament in July confirming our commitment to improving the delivery of probation services and outlining changes made to Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017 the Ministry of Justice submitted written evidence to the Justice Committee’s inquiry into Transforming Rehabilitation. In December 2017 the National Audit Office published a report into the changes to CRC contracts in 2017. The Public Accounts Committee heard evidence relating to the conclusions of this review on 17 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to keep the performance of the probation system under review and are discussing with providers further improvements we might make to the delivery of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/02/2018 15:56:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

909465

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to monitor the effect of increases in the small claims limit for personal injury claims on (a) the judiciary, (b) the courts and (c) claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	146962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government will monitor the impact of the various elements of the whiplash reform programme following implementation. This includes both the measures being taken forward in the Civil Liability Bill and the supplementary measures to increase the small claims limit for personal injury claims which require secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/06/2018 14:06:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

909461

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Justice Committee, published on 17 May 2018, Small claims limit for personal injury, HC 659, what steps the Government is taking to ensure it has accurate information on the number of fraudulent personal injury motor insurance claims.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	146961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering the contents and recommendations of the Seventh Report of the Justice Committee and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/06/2018 14:06:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

922439

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: West Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers in West Yorkshire were staying in detention centres awaiting hostel beds during April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	152864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>It is not the practice to place offenders leaving custody in detention centres to await the availability of a place in Approved Premises.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/06/2018 16:40:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel