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79430

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many indeterminate sentenced prisoners were held in open prisons in the years ending 31 March (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	206954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The number of indeterminate sentenced prisoners held in open prisons in England and Wales, for financial years 2012 - 2014, can be found in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder. Under a life sentence, and an indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP), the court determines the minimum period to be served in prison for the purposes of punishment and deterrence. Prisoners serving these indeterminate sentences have no automatic right to be released. If released they are subject to recall for the rest of their life or, in the case of an offender serving an IPP, for at least 10 years. Public protection is the priority and the release of indeterminate sentence prisoners once they have served their minimum term is entirely a matter for the Parole Board.</p><p>Progression to open conditions is never automatic and only follows a satisfactory assessment of risk, generally involving the independent Parole Board in the case of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences.</p><p>The Parole Board may recommend such prisoners for open conditions if, for example: they have successfully completed any offending behaviour programmes identified in their sentence plan as essential to the risk reduction process; their behaviour in custody is such that it is considered that a move is appropriate; and their risks are manageable in open conditions.</p><p>Once allocated to open prison, prisoners continue to be monitored and are returned to closed prison immediately if there are any concerns about their suitability for low security conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Open prisons have been used since 1936, because they are the most effective means of ensuring that prisoners are suitably risk-assessed before they are released into the community under appropriate licence conditions. When a prisoner moves to the less rigid structure of open conditions an assessment can be made in a relatively safe environment of how the prisoner will adapt to increasing responsibility. For many prisoners, in particular those such as life sentence prisoners, who have spent a considerable amount of time in custody; these are essential components for successful reintegration in the community and therefore an important factor in protecting the public.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:35:02 question first ministerially corrected 04/12/2014 11:34:33 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name PQ 206954 - table.pdf title Indeterminate Sentenced Prisoners in open prisons previous answer version 18219 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76894

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	204755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Prisoners liable to any type of enforcement proceedings are risk assessed very carefully to ensure they are suitable for open conditions. On 13 August 2014 we amended the Prison and YOI Rules so that prisoners who have a Deportation Order served against them and have exhausted their rights of appeal from within the UK can no longer be moved to open conditions or considered for temporary release.</p><p>Prisoners who have not yet been served with a Deportation Order, but are being considered by the Home Office for removal from the UK, are now subject to a more rigorous assessment before being considered for open conditions or temporary release to ensure that they are of very low risk of absconding.</p><p>To provide information on the number and proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation and had applied for, and were refused Category D/open conditions status in each of the last five years could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:45:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

79092

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to life for murder in each year since 2004 were released from prison at the time of the minimum period imposed by the courts.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	206714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder. Under a life sentence, the court determines the minimum period to be served in prison for the purposes of punishment and deterrence. Once that period has been served it is for the Parole Board to determine if and when the offender may be released from prison on life licence and subject to recall for the rest of their life. Public protection is the priority and the Board will take into account a range of factors when assessing whether an offender’s risk is reduced sufficiently for him or her to be released.</p><p> </p><p>In order to provide data relating to released life sentenced offenders in each year since 2004 would involve manually examining prisoner records.</p><p>Reliable centrally held electronic information on life sentenced prisoners released from custody is only available from 2011 onwards. Prior to this date the required individual record information was only kept in paper files for offender management purposes. It would therefore be at a disproportionate cost to search through these files to identify those prisoners sentenced for murder who were released after serving a minimum period of imprisonment imposed by the courts prior to 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available information on the number of released life sentenced offenders is publicly available under “Offender Management” at the following website address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/09/2014 10:18:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

79432

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average direct resource expenditure cost per prisoner in (a) male young offenders institutions and (b) male adult prisons was for the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	206956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department routinely publishes average costs per prisoner and prison place, based on actual net resource expenditure for each private and public sector prison and in summary form for the whole of the prison estate in England and Wales on an annual basis after the end of each financial year. This includes a breakdown of these costs by prison category and individual prison within each category.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures are for financial year 2012-13 which give</p><p>an annual Direct cost per prisoner of £38,990 for male young offenders institutions (YOI) and £24,541 for male adult prisons for public and private prisons. This is the latest information available. Prisons are classified according to their major use as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013. YOIs include those with major use offenders up to age 21; adult prisons are those with major use over age 21.</p><p> </p><p>Direct costs are those accounted for at each prison cost centre and exclude expenditure met at regional or national level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information for financial year 2012-13 is available in the Cost per Place and Prisoner and Supplementary Information files on the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201213</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2013-14 are due to be published alongside the Management Information Addendums to the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts in October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Continuing to reduce prison unit costs is one of the key targets for the Department. Between 2009/10 and 2012/13 prison unit costs (based on Overall prison costs) have reduced in real terms by 16% per place and 13% per prisoner. The Department is committed to delivering prison changes designed to modernise the prison estate and further reduce prison costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 10:56:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

89796

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat juvenile offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	207310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice’s extract of the Police National Computer (PNC), which is used for analyses of offenders’ criminal histories, only holds information on cautions and convictions given for recordable offences. The information held on MoJ’s extract of the PNC will only allow a breakdown by police force area. To provide you with information at a lower level than this as requested, we would need to contact all courts and police forces in the South Staffordshire constituency, and in the Staffordshire and Wolverhampton areas which could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice can only provide information on repeat offenders by police force area. Staffordshire police force area would include Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent local authorities, and the West Midlands police force area would include Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207309 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:13:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

89798

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Staffordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repeat offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for recordable offences in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of total offences were attributable to such offenders in that period.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Gavin Williamson
	uin	207309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice’s extract of the Police National Computer (PNC), which is used for analyses of offenders’ criminal histories, only holds information on cautions and convictions given for recordable offences. The information held on MoJ’s extract of the PNC will only allow a breakdown by police force area. To provide you with information at a lower level than this as requested, we would need to contact all courts and police forces in the South Staffordshire constituency, and in the Staffordshire and Wolverhampton areas which could only be done at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice can only provide information on repeat offenders by police force area. Staffordshire police force area would include Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent local authorities, and the West Midlands police force area would include Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207310 question first answered 04/09/2014 16:13:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

89799

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many determinate sentence prisoners with more than two years to serve to their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	207334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Determinate sentence prisoners are not allocated to open prisons with more than two years to serve to their expected release date.</p><p> </p><p>Categorisation and allocation to open prison is never an automatic progression. Public protection is foremost in the decision making process. Only prisoners who have successfully completed offending behaviour essential to their risk reduction and whose risks are manageable in conditions of low security will be allowed to an open prison.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:23:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89803

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	207330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not subsidise its retail canteen service contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:05:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

90183

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Independent Monitoring Boards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	207790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Secretariat for the Independent Monitoring Boards employs 14 staff, all full time. One member of staff has previously been employed by the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207726 question first answered 04/09/2014 15:46:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90186

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	King Richard III
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the burial of the remains of King Richard III.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	207745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>On 7 August the University of Leicester announced on behalf of Leicester Cathedral that the remains will be laid to rest in the Cathedral on 26 March 2015. The Ministry of Justice has no further role in the matter.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 04/09/2014 10:05:03 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham