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answering dept short name	Justice
min date	2014-10-28
tabling member constituency	Tooting
max answer › question first answered	2019-05-21T13:48:00.747Z

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101492

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28/10/2014

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Ministry of Justice

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Justice

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Justice

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Prisons: Locks and Keys

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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212348

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date of answer

03/11/2014

answer text

Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken. A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems. The information requested is provided below. Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014: 14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,43021/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,32904/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,30120/12/2010 Ashwell £15,57624/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,84728/02/2014 Lindholme £40,28608/05/2014 Haverigg £32,88221/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933 Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014: 2010/11 - 622011/12 - 672012/13 – 732013/14 – 35 (* see note below) * Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned. The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

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Andrew Selous

question first answered

03/11/2014 11:21:01

question first ministerially corrected

03/11/2014 17:23:08

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1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

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25520

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South West Bedfordshire

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Andrew Selous

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101493

registered interest

date

28/10/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Locks and Keys

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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212349

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

03/11/2014

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answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

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Andrew Selous

question first answered

03/11/2014 11:21:01

question first ministerially corrected

03/11/2014 17:29:21

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

previous answer version

25521

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

670855

registered interest

date

10/01/2017

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Promession

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legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether local authorities are permitted to offer promession services to bereaved families; and if she will make a statement.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

uin

59264

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

18/01/2017

answer text

Promession involves neither burial nor the burning of human remains and is therefore outside the scope of the existing legislation<ins class="ministerial"> on burials and cremation</ins>. <ins class="ministerial">However, local authorities may offer the process, provided that they comply with other relevant legislation, such as environmental legislation.</ins><del class="ministerial">As such, it is not something that local authorities can offer.</del>

answering member constituency

Bracknell

answering member printed

Dr Phillip Lee

question first answered

18/01/2017 17:20:08

question first ministerially corrected

13/04/2017 10:24:26

answering member

3921

	label	Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee

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30767

answering member constituency

Bracknell

answering member printed

Dr Phillip Lee

answering member

3921

	label	Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee

tabling member

4573

	label	Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

101486

registered interest

date

28/10/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Probation

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he sought the approval of the European Commission for pension proposals in the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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212311

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date of answer

03/11/2014

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Under the National Agreement on Staff Transfer, all probation employees who transferred to the new probation structures on 1 June 2014 retained their membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. This applied to probation employees in both Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS). On 2 July 2014, a Written Ministerial statement was laid before the House, setting out the Secretary of State's guarantee that the Department will meet any contributions due to the Local Government Pension Scheme in relation to probation employees who have transferred to the CRCs whilst in Government ownership in the event of CRC insolvency. This facilitated continued pension provision under the Local Government Pension Scheme for these probation employees. The Written Ministerial statement can be accessed via: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140702/wmstext/140702m0001.htm</a> The Ministry of Justice has engaged as appropriate with the European Commission and other relevant parties regarding the pension proposals for probation employees.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

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212314

question first answered

03/11/2014 15:05:11

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101490

registered interest

date

28/10/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Probation

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what grounds his Department's Transforming Rehabilitation reforms provide a guarantee to the administering authority of the Local Government Pension Scheme in respect of past service liabilities that will become the responsibility of community rehabilitation companies, and future accrual of benefits for transferring staff in the event of a failure by those companies to pay those contributions or amounts.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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212314

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date of answer

03/11/2014

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answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

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212311

question first answered

03/11/2014 15:05:11

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

102061

registered interest

date

31/10/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prison Officers

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies at each grade there were in each prison in each month since January 2014.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

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212856

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

05/11/2014

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Prison Officer vacancies are defined as a deficit of staff in post compared to benchmark staffing level. Benchmarks have now been agreed for most public sector Prison Service establishments which allow the reporting of staffing levels against benchmarks at prison level. Prior to the agreement of staffing benchmarks the inconsistency and uncertainty in the data held by the centre meant it was not possible to provide an accurate prison by prison breakdown of vacancies. The first set of verified data using agreed benchmarks was for 30 June 2014. NOMS is aiming to recruit approx 1,700 Prison Officers in 2014/15, into post or onto merit lists. Some of these are already in post. This would be sufficient to fill all current vacancies and those created by attrition by March 2015. Detached duty is being used in the short term to fill vacancies. Band 3 to 5 Officers in Post at 30 June 2014 and Benchmark Target<table><thead><tr><td>Establishment</td><td>Staff in Post (30th June 2014)</td><td>Benchmark Target</td><td>Difference</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Gartree</td><td>160</td><td>187</td><td>-27</td></tr><tr><td>Glen Parva</td><td>180</td><td>186</td><td>-6</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester</td><td>100</td><td>113</td><td>-13</td></tr><tr><td>Lincoln</td><td>150</td><td>161</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>North Sea Camp</td><td>40</td><td>50</td><td>-10</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham</td><td>190</td><td>210</td><td>-20</td></tr><tr><td>Onley</td><td>120</td><td>134</td><td>-14</td></tr><tr><td>Ranby</td><td>180</td><td>196</td><td>-16</td></tr><tr><td>Stocken</td><td>150</td><td>156</td><td>-6</td></tr><tr><td>Sudbury</td><td>50</td><td>62</td><td>-12</td></tr><tr><td>Whatton</td><td>160</td><td>164</td><td>-4</td></tr><tr><td>Bedford</td><td>130</td><td>137</td><td>-7</td></tr><tr><td>Bure</td><td>160</td><td>141</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Chelmsford</td><td>170</td><td>191</td><td>-21</td></tr><tr><td>Highpoint</td><td>230</td><td>246</td><td>-16</td></tr><tr><td>Hollesley Bay</td><td>50</td><td>57</td><td>-7</td></tr><tr><td>Littlehey</td><td>220</td><td>234</td><td>-14</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich</td><td>200</td><td>196</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>The Mount</td><td>140</td><td>176</td><td>-36</td></tr><tr><td>Warren Hill</td><td>100</td><td>92</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Wayland</td><td>170</td><td>167</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Brixton</td><td>140</td><td>151</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>Coldingley</td><td>100</td><td>97</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>High Down</td><td>190</td><td>206</td><td>-16</td></tr><tr><td>Isis</td><td>140</td><td>147</td><td>-7</td></tr><tr><td>Pentonville</td><td>270</td><td>272</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td>Wandsworth</td><td>300</td><td>296</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Wormwood Scrubs</td><td>240</td><td>245</td><td>-5</td></tr><tr><td>Belmarsh</td><td>410</td><td>402</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Frankland</td><td>490</td><td>492</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td>Full Sutton</td><td>380</td><td>379</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Long Lartin</td><td>350</td><td>334</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester</td><td>430</td><td>410</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Wakefield</td><td>330</td><td>320</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Whitemoor</td><td>340</td><td>349</td><td>-9</td></tr><tr><td>Woodhill</td><td>350</td><td>394</td><td>-44</td></tr><tr><td>Elmley</td><td>230</td><td>238</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Ford</td><td>50</td><td>61</td><td>-11</td></tr><tr><td>Lewes</td><td>170</td><td>174</td><td>-4</td></tr><tr><td>Maidstone</td><td>110</td><td>107</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Rochester</td><td>150</td><td>163</td><td>-13</td></tr><tr><td>Standford Hill</td><td>60</td><td>68</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Swaleside</td><td>240</td><td>239</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Deerbolt</td><td>150</td><td>126</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Durham</td><td>190</td><td>191</td><td>-1</td></tr><tr><td>Holme House</td><td>240</td><td>221</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Kirklevington Grange</td><td>50</td><td>50</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Garth</td><td>190</td><td>207</td><td>-17</td></tr><tr><td>Haverigg</td><td>100</td><td>114</td><td>-14</td></tr><tr><td>Kennet</td><td>70</td><td>62</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Kirkham</td><td>70</td><td>72</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster Farms</td><td>140</td><td>129</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>250</td><td>254</td><td>-4</td></tr><tr><td>Preston</td><td>180</td><td>188</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Risley</td><td>200</td><td>189</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Thorn Cross</td><td>70</td><td>68</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Wymott</td><td>210</td><td>212</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td>Aylesbury</td><td>110</td><td>130</td><td>-20</td></tr><tr><td>Bullingdon</td><td>200</td><td>215</td><td>-15</td></tr><tr><td>Huntercombe</td><td>90</td><td>94</td><td>-4</td></tr><tr><td>Isle of Wight</td><td>270</td><td>290</td><td>-20</td></tr><tr><td>Winchester</td><td>160</td><td>180</td><td>-20</td></tr><tr><td>Bristol</td><td>160</td><td>155</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Channings Wood</td><td>140</td><td>148</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Dartmoor</td><td>120</td><td>121</td><td>-1</td></tr><tr><td>Erlestoke</td><td>110</td><td>110</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Exeter</td><td>140</td><td>141</td><td>-1</td></tr><tr><td>Guys Marsh</td><td>130</td><td>125</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Leyhill</td><td>70</td><td>65</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Portland</td><td>140</td><td>137</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff</td><td>190</td><td>187</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea</td><td>120</td><td>124</td><td>-4</td></tr><tr><td>Usk/Prescoed</td><td>70</td><td>83</td><td>-13</td></tr><tr><td>Brinsford</td><td>150</td><td>182</td><td>-32</td></tr><tr><td>Featherstone</td><td>120</td><td>128</td><td>-8</td></tr><tr><td>Hewell</td><td>220</td><td>235</td><td>-15</td></tr><tr><td>Stafford</td><td>130</td><td>137</td><td>-7</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke Heath</td><td>160</td><td>150</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Swinfen Hall</td><td>150</td><td>163</td><td>-13</td></tr><tr><td>Hull</td><td>210</td><td>244</td><td>-34</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds</td><td>250</td><td>226</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Moorland</td><td>420</td><td>435</td><td>-15</td></tr><tr><td>Wealstun</td><td>190</td><td>184</td><td>6</td></tr></tbody></table> Notes1) Although benchmarks are agreed they are still subject to review and can therefore change if necessary to meet the requirements at the establishment to ensure a safe, decent and secure environment.2) Benchmark figures do not include transition staff at establishments.3) Only establishments with a finalised benchmark are included within the table. Benchmarks have not been set for the four Immigration removal Centres which NOMS runs for the Home Office, Buckley Hall which was benchmarked in the first competition and the five establishments commissioned by the Youth Justice Board. Benchmarks for women’s establishments are being finalised and are planned to be concluded by December 2014.4) NOMS manages vacancies through the use of payment plus for officer grades, overtime, agency staff and through the use of temporary detached duty.5) New capacity opening at Hull and Chelmsford has recently increased the benchmark requirement for which recruitment will be required.6) Staff in Post figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time to ensure consistency of reporting. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty with which information is held. However, it does mean that the level of shortfalls presented here is the difference of the benchmark to the rounded staff numbers and will therefore differ slightly from the unrounded figures which are used internally.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

question first answered

05/11/2014 17:31:00

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106046

registered interest

date

03/11/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prison Officers

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have taken voluntary early departure since 2010 have been re-recruited.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

213133

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

06/11/2014

answer text

Up to 30 June 2014, which was the date of the latest published staffing figures, there had been five or fewer prison officers who had taken voluntary early departure since 2010 and since returned to work for the National Offender Management Service.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

question first answered

06/11/2014 16:24:45

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106049

registered interest

date

03/11/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Security

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cell searches have taken place in each month since May 2010.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

213141

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

06/11/2014

answer text

The National Offender Management Service’s policy on cell searching requires all prisons within the High Security Estate to have in place a routine programme for searching all cells at an agreed frequency. All other establishments are required to have in place a programme of searching based on a risk-assessment of local security needs. In addition, cell searches may be conducted at any time on an intelligence-led basis or on reasonable suspicion that an item of contraband is secreted within a cell. Records of cell searches conducted in prisons are not held centrally. To provide the information requested would involve requesting and collating information held locally at all prisons which could only be done at disproportionate cost.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

question first answered

06/11/2014 16:27:30

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106050

registered interest

date

03/11/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Violence

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent incidents of each type there have been in the prison system in each month since May 2010.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

213139

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

06/11/2014

answer text

NOMS takes the issue of assaults very seriously. We currently have systems in place to deal with perpetrators quickly and robustly, with serious incidents referred to the police for prosecution. We are working closely with the police and CPS to develop a new joint protocol to report crimes in prison, which includes pushing for prosecutions when prison staff are attacked. The rate of assaults each year under this Government is lower than any year between 2006-9. The number of assault incidents by type of assault since May 2010 is shown in Table 1. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">Table 1. Assault incidents by type, May 2010-June 2014, England and Wales</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Prisoner on Prisoner</td><td>Prisoner on Officer</td><td>Prisoner on Other</td><td>Other</td></tr><tr><td>May-10</td><td>928</td><td>215</td><td>11</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-10</td><td>951</td><td>199</td><td>12</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-10</td><td>1016</td><td>220</td><td>13</td><td>75</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-10</td><td>954</td><td>203</td><td>14</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-10</td><td>935</td><td>197</td><td>14</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-10</td><td>947</td><td>220</td><td>17</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-10</td><td>918</td><td>196</td><td>15</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-10</td><td>823</td><td>159</td><td>18</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-11</td><td>914</td><td>200</td><td>16</td><td>42</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-11</td><td>927</td><td>203</td><td>17</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-11</td><td>1044</td><td>212</td><td>9</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-11</td><td>960</td><td>213</td><td>8</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>May-11</td><td>1040</td><td>225</td><td>15</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-11</td><td>1123</td><td>221</td><td>18</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-11</td><td>1118</td><td>249</td><td>15</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-11</td><td>1104</td><td>252</td><td>10</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-11</td><td>1026</td><td>224</td><td>19</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-11</td><td>1016</td><td>204</td><td>12</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-11</td><td>1022</td><td>238</td><td>13</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-11</td><td>1022</td><td>240</td><td>13</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-12</td><td>1044</td><td>229</td><td>15</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-12</td><td>965</td><td>211</td><td>13</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-12</td><td>1050</td><td>210</td><td>16</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-12</td><td>941</td><td>213</td><td>12</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>May-12</td><td>1046</td><td>228</td><td>22</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-12</td><td>962</td><td>199</td><td>12</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-12</td><td>980</td><td>240</td><td>16</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-12</td><td>1003</td><td>227</td><td>20</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-12</td><td>949</td><td>227</td><td>16</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-12</td><td>984</td><td>241</td><td>14</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-12</td><td>869</td><td>202</td><td>18</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-12</td><td>791</td><td>209</td><td>7</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-13</td><td>929</td><td>191</td><td>19</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-13</td><td>847</td><td>213</td><td>13</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-13</td><td>873</td><td>225</td><td>16</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-13</td><td>915</td><td>233</td><td>17</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>May-13</td><td>1028</td><td>241</td><td>17</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-13</td><td>868</td><td>239</td><td>24</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-13</td><td>1018</td><td>281</td><td>33</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-13</td><td>1020</td><td>259</td><td>19</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-13</td><td>925</td><td>238</td><td>14</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-13</td><td>1029</td><td>259</td><td>20</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-13</td><td>974</td><td>230</td><td>21</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-13</td><td>971</td><td>234</td><td>17</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-14</td><td>965</td><td>263</td><td>15</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-14</td><td>898</td><td>240</td><td>12</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-14</td><td>1021</td><td>231</td><td>19</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-14</td><td>1016</td><td>263</td><td>12</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>May-14</td><td>1064</td><td>272</td><td>16</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-14</td><td>1039</td><td>250</td><td>24</td><td>23</td></tr></tbody></table>

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

question first answered

06/11/2014 16:27:26

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

106051

registered interest

date

03/11/2014

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Prisons: Drugs

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010.

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

uin

213140

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

06/11/2014

answer text

We take a zero tolerance approach to contraband in prison and use a range of robust security measures to find them, including searches and specially trained dogs. Prisoners who are found with contraband face tough punishments including having their privileges removed and getting time added onto their sentence and may be referred to the police for prosecution. The number of mandatory drug tests that have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2010 is shown in the table below. We are committed to focussing our efforts on preventing drugs from entering custody, an intelligence led approach to using MDT tests most effectively and programmes and support to ensure that prisoners can stay free from drugs in custody. The national positive rate of MDT samples has remained reasonably static since April 2010, with the rate between 7.0% and 7.4%, down from 24.4% in 1996. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Mandatory Drug Tests Since May 2010</td></tr><tr><td>Month</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>January</td><td> </td><td>8231</td><td>8236</td><td>7820</td><td>7179</td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td> </td><td>7944</td><td>7911</td><td>7295</td><td>6786</td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td> </td><td>8717</td><td>8330</td><td>7596</td><td>7001</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td> </td><td>7878</td><td>7846</td><td>7495</td><td>6737</td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td>8181</td><td>8310</td><td>8263</td><td>8071</td><td>6831</td></tr><tr><td>June</td><td>8053</td><td>8136</td><td>7689</td><td>7172</td><td>6572</td></tr><tr><td>July</td><td>7833</td><td>8160</td><td>7855</td><td>7191</td><td>6532</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td>7678</td><td>8187</td><td>7851</td><td>6885</td><td>6400</td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td>7809</td><td>8137</td><td>7607</td><td>6885</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td>7784</td><td>8322</td><td>8069</td><td>7000</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td>8079</td><td>8332</td><td>7894</td><td>6670</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td>7812</td><td>7926</td><td>7505</td><td>6624</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> All figures in this answer have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.

answering member constituency

South West Bedfordshire

answering member printed

Andrew Selous

question first answered

06/11/2014 16:24:02

answering member

1453

	label	Biography information for Andrew Selous

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan