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1674992

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date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have been assisted by the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach since its establishment in 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>There was not a full Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA) service in place prior to 2019. Therefore, data does not exist for the number of women who have been assisted since 2013.</p><p>The commissioned Women’s Pathfinder WSA service in South Wales and Gwent went live in October 2019 and has assisted 4,117 women through referrals to the service from January 2020 to September 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:06:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674993

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support female Welsh prisoners held in English prisons, both during and after their imprisonment, to reintegrate into the community.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>All women’s prisons have an embedded pre-release provision delivered by the Probation Service. The pre-release team liaise with the Community Probation Practitioner as allocated and support pre-release planning activity throughout the sentence. The teams will progress referrals that have been made to Commissioned Rehabilitative Service suppliers, including fast tracking services for women serving short sentences. This provision is provided for Welsh women in English prisons as part of the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA), with a WSA Service Caseworker based in HMP Eastwood Park and Women's Partnership Integration Coordinators aligned to each Probation Delivery Unit area in Wales, helping to support inter-agency connection and coordination across women's services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:07:14 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674995

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the prison population in Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>On 16 October, the Lord Chancellor announced additional, longer-term measures to reform the justice system and continue to address the prison capacity challenges. The Lord Chancellor’s measures apply to England and Wales and include:</p><p>o Extending the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) for foreign national offenders;</p><p>o Introducing a presumption that sentences of twelve months or less are suspended to reduce reoffending;</p><p>o Legislating to allow prisoners to be held in overseas prisons;</p><p>o Reviewing the incentives around early guilty pleas to save the courts time, spare victims the ordeal of giving evidence in court, and cut the number of people in our prisons on remand;</p><p>o Looking at options to tackle the injustice of the now abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence and how the licence period could be reduced to restore greater proportionality to the IPP sentence;</p><p>o Reviewing our Home Detention Curfew (HDC) policy to increase the number of prisoners eligible for this successful rehabilitative measure;</p><p>o Reviewing the use of recall for offenders on release who infringe the terms of their licence; and,</p><p>o A new annual statement on prison capacity and up to £400m of funding for more prison places (enough to buy 800 new Rapid Deployment Cells).</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to carefully monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:07:46 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1366770

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pepper Spray
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been (1) drawn, or (2) drawn and deployed, in prisons since 1 April 2019, broken down by prison.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>We ensure all our prison officers are trained in how to use PAVA professionally, safely and lawfully and that it is only used when necessary and proportionate.</p><p>The data provided for this response is collected as internal management information and reflects the data held at the date of extraction. It is not quality assured in the same way as data prepared for publication and is subject to change.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Establishment*</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Drawn only</p></td><td><p>Drawn and deployed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwyn</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isis</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note* The above prisons comprise both those which have been through full rollout and deployed to over 50% of their eligible staff, and also prisons that have only issued as part of an exceptional deployment to a very small number of staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/11/2021 17:44:21 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1366771

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pepper Spray
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been (1) drawn, or (2) drawn and deployed, in prisons since 1 April 2019, broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) religion, and (c) disability status, of the prisoner.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>We ensure all our prison officers are trained in how to use PAVA professionally, safely and lawfully and that it is only used when necessary and proportionate.</p><p>The data provided for this response is collected as internal management information and reflects the data held at the date of extraction. It is not quality assured in the same way as data prepared for publication and is subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>There haves been a total of 279 incidents involving PAVA since 1<sup>st</sup> April 2019, of those incidentsin 187 incidents PAVA was drawn and deployed and in 92 PAVA were as drawn only.</p><p>We are unable to provide this for disability as data for this is not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Individuals Impacted</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Drawn and Deployed</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Drawn only</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other ethnic group</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Religion</p></td><td><p>Individuals Impacted</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Drawn and Deployed</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Drawn only</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buddhist</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christian</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindu</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jewish</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Muslim</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikh</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No religion</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not recorded</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/11/2021 17:40:00 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1366772

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pepper Spray
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been held in prisons where pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been issued, broken down by (1) ethnicity, (2) religion, and (3) disability status, since 1 April 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>PAVA is presently in 80 HMPPS prisons *, the below tables provide population figures across those 80 prisons firstly by ethnicity and secondly by religion. We are unable to provide this breakdown for disability as data is not available.</p><p><em>Note* The 80 prisons comprises 26 live sites which have issued to over 50% of their staff and the remainder have only issued to a small number of staff as part of an exceptional deployment.</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table 1: Prisoners held in prisons where pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been issued, by ethnicity, March 2019 - September 2021, in England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,657</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian / Asian British</strong></p></td><td><p>4,599</p></td><td><p>4,642</p></td><td><p>4,635</p></td><td><p>4,464</p></td><td><p>4,534</p></td><td><p>4,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black / African / Caribbean / Black British</strong></p></td><td><p>7,786</p></td><td><p>7,964</p></td><td><p>7,839</p></td><td><p>7,615</p></td><td><p>7,541</p></td><td><p>7,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups</strong></p></td><td><p>2,724</p></td><td><p>2,808</p></td><td><p>2,848</p></td><td><p>2,803</p></td><td><p>2,758</p></td><td><p>2,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>932</p></td><td><p>888</p></td><td><p>853</p></td><td><p>858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>42,624</p></td><td><p>43,228</p></td><td><p>42,912</p></td><td><p>40,918</p></td><td><p>40,399</p></td><td><p>40,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not recorded</strong></p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not stated</strong></p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Table 2: Prisoners held in prisons where pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been issued, by religion, March 2019 - September 2021, in England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31-Mar-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,657</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Anglican</strong></p></td><td><p>9,751</p></td><td><p>9,750</p></td><td><p>9,522</p></td><td><p>8,866</p></td><td><p>8,391</p></td><td><p>8,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Free Church</strong></p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>539</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Roman Catholic</strong></p></td><td><p>10,380</p></td><td><p>10,453</p></td><td><p>10,386</p></td><td><p>9,873</p></td><td><p>9,547</p></td><td><p>9,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Christian</strong></p></td><td><p>7,741</p></td><td><p>7,828</p></td><td><p>7,584</p></td><td><p>7,302</p></td><td><p>7,350</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Muslim</strong></p></td><td><p>9,612</p></td><td><p>9,920</p></td><td><p>10,096</p></td><td><p>9,953</p></td><td><p>10,202</p></td><td><p>10,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hindu</strong></p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sikh</strong></p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Buddhist</strong></p></td><td><p>1,181</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,227</p></td><td><p>1,171</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>1,104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jewish</strong></p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other religious groups</strong></p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other non-recognised</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No religion</strong></p></td><td><p>17,381</p></td><td><p>17,702</p></td><td><p>17,676</p></td><td><p>16,879</p></td><td><p>16,843</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not recorded</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong><br>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: Prison NOMIS System</strong></p><p><br>PQ HL3793 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-DES)</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/11/2021 17:49:24 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1344906

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 9 November 2020 (HL Deb, col 798) and the answer by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar on 6 July (HL Deb, col 1149), what work has been undertaken by the team of officials appointed to work on the royal commission on criminal justice since November 2020; and what work are they currently undertaking.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL1803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Work to establish a Royal Commission was slowed down last year to prioritise the safe operation of the Criminal Justice System in response to the impact of Covid. As we continue to recover and build back the CJS, it is right that we now pause work on the Royal Commission to allow space for the recovery work before revisiting where a Commission might add most value. As work on the Commission has paused, officials have been redeployed to other roles in government.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 21/07/2021 16:56:57 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1331029

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure women prison leavers supported by the Ministry of Justice’s temporary accommodation service are supported into permanent accommodation.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>We are investing more than £20m in supporting prison leavers at risk of homelessness into temporary accommodation. Individuals released from prison will be provided up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation and will be supported into long-term settled accommodation before the end of that 12-week period. Initially launching in five national probation regions, the service will support around 3,000 offenders in its first year and will be commencing this Summer. It will be in operation during the financial year 2021-22, with a view to scaling up and rolling out nationally.</p><p>The service will take account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs and accommodation provision will be dedicated to single gender usage as required. Community Probation Practitioners, working together with local partners, will be responsible for ensuring that vulnerable female prison leavers receive appropriate support and are provided with housing beyond the 12 weeks’ emergency accommodation.</p><p>In 2020, Hestia Battersea was changed from a male to female Approved Premises to give better geographic spread of AP provision for women, becoming the first AP for women in London since 2008.</p><p>In addition, Eden House, the first new AP in over thirty years, will open in this month supporting female offenders.</p><p>HMPPS will work in conjunction with MHCLG’s announced funding to support both male and female prison leavers at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Funded schemes to support women will be developed to recognise their specific needs and will be part of plans to secure settled accommodation by the end of the 12 weeks’ temporary accommodation provided by HMPPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/06/2021 14:44:22 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1283227

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Welsh Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Independent Monitoring Board, Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Berwyn, published on 17 September 2020, what assessment they have made of complaints that prisoners have been threatened with sanctions for speaking Welsh; and what steps are they taking following those complaints.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL12890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>No sanctions or warnings have been issued at HMP Berwyn for use of the Welsh Language since the prison opened in 2017. There has been one instance where a prisoner was improperly challenged for speaking Welsh in 2019; the matter was investigated, and the member of staff corrected before they issued a behaviour warning to the prisoner. No further complaints of this nature have been reported.</p><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is committed to supporting its prisoners, which includes meeting the expectations of the Welsh Language Commissioner and helping encourage the speaking of Welsh at the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Every prison in Wales, including HMP Berwyn, has a Welsh Language Action plan. HMP Berwyn has a dedicated Welsh Language Lead who provides updates to the Diversity &amp; Inclusion Committee, chaired by the Governor.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 15/02/2021 15:32:45 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1236794

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners have been released on bail in each month since 1 March because they have reached the maximum permissible period of remand.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL8369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect this data centrally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 06/10/2020 15:35:48 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German