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1035028

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates on which each prison establishment last undertook full night-time fire contingencies exercises.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	205271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The dates on which public sector prisons in England and Wales last undertook night-time fire contingency exercises; whether a formal report from Fire and Rescue Services was provided; and whether additional staff were requested as a result of such exercises, is provided in the attached table. Arrangements are being made to ensure that prisons listed as not yet completing for the period to undertake a fire contingency exercise.</p><p>Prison Fire Safety leads engage regularly with Fire and Rescue Services to ensure contingency plans are fit for purpose, and any issues or concerns are highlighted as part of this ongoing engagement. Additionally, Fire and Rescue Service Senior Fire Officers are required to highlight significant problems or concerns to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Committee. The NFCC have confirmed that no reports on the outcomes of night-time fire contingency testing have been received.</p><p>Privately Managed Prisons (PMPs) are also obliged to follow Prison Service Instruction 11/2015, Fire Safety in Prison Establishments. This requires Directors of PMP’s to regularly test the fire contingency plans for both day and night state; contingency plans for fire must be tested at least annually.</p><p>Operators of PMPs hold data for their own contract sites. Each PMP has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators or any other concerns relating to the delivery of the contract are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS. Where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2019 19:20:31 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2019 12:21:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ205271,272,273 - Night time fire contingency testing.xlsx title Table for 205271, 205272, 205273 previous answer version 95757 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1035033

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, , what processes are in place to enable HMPPS Controllers to report concerns over staffing levels at their establishments.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	205276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The controller at each privately managed prison has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators, including concerns about staffing levels to delivery an appropriate standard, are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. Controllers submit contractual performance information monthly on the contract that the provider operates. Controllers report to a Senior Contract Manager and are supported by Commercial Contract Managers.</p><p> </p><p>As we have previously stated all staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with Contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice and as a consequence the controller is not responsible for staffing levels in the contract that the provider operates.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 205274 205275 question first answered 14/01/2019 17:38:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1035327

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many acts of concerted indiscipline have there been in prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	205344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Figures are held by the department from 2014 onwards and are included below.</p><p> </p><p>Concerted Indiscipline is defined as an incident involving two or more prisoners acting against the requirements or the regime of the establishment.</p><p> </p><p>Not every Concerted Indiscipline relates to a violent incident as these figures include both passive acts of protest such as “sit down protests” as well as active incidents such as violent disorder.</p><p> </p><p>2014 – 164</p><p>2015 – 196</p><p>2016 – 210</p><p>2017 – 233</p><p>2018 – 140</p><p> </p><p>We do not tolerate violence or disruptive behaviour in our prisons. This is why we’ve recruited 4,300 additional officers and are spending an extra £70m on safety, security and the fabric of the prison estate. Drugs are a major factor in fuelling violence in prisons, and this investment will help fund a range of new security measures to stop them getting in, including airport style security, improved searching techniques and phone-blocking technology. We are also committed to ensuring our prison officers have the tools they need to do the job safely by rolling out body worn cameras, ‘police-style’ handcuffs and restraints, and PAVA incapacitant spray. Fundamentally, however, the key to safe prisons is the relationships between prisoners and prison officers, which is why we are investing in training and support for officers to further develop a consistent, disciplined and humane approach to behaviour management.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 16:36:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035195

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many current HM Prison and Probation Service staff have completed voluntary civil service learning courses entitled (a) mental health conditions and dementia: support for customers, (b) mental health awareness, (c) mental health at work, (d) becoming a dementia friend and (e) well-being, resilience and stress in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	205419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Civil Service Learning data is only available from the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2016 due to a new learning platform being introduced. Furthermore, Mental Health Awareness is currently not an active course and the data provided below for that specific course is until 31<sup>st</sup> March 2018.</p><p>The total number of Prison and Probation Service staff who have passed the end of course assessment on the courses named below since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2016 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health conditions and dementia: support for customers</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health awareness</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health at work</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Becoming a dementia friend</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Well-being, resilience and stress</p></td><td><p>2313</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These courses are additional learning on top of the core training provided to Prison and Probation staff.</p><p>In Prison Officer Entry Level Training, there are a number of sessions on Mental Health within this training such as Introduction to Mental Health’, ‘Introduction to Suicide and Self Harm (SASH) Prevention’ and ‘Personality Disorders.</p><p>In addition, over 14,000 staff have already received new suicide and self-harm reduction training which includes a module on Mental Health Awareness, in addition to the safer custody training already provided across the estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 205420 question first answered 09/01/2019 12:59:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1035009

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fact-finding hearings where domestic abuse is alleged have been conducted since the revised Practice Direction PD12J – Domestic Abuse was introduced on 2 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	205332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the requested data. Family court statistics are published on a quarterly basis in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly, which is publicly available on gov.uk. However, this data does not distinguish between fact-finding hearings and the number of hearings overall.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/01/2019 14:38:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1035332

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	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 prison in each month in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	205349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2016 we became the first prison service in the world to introduce innovative mandatory drug tests for psychoactive substances, a significant step in tackling the supply and use of them. We have recently formed a Drugs Taskforce working with law enforcement and health partners across government to reduce the prevalence of drugs in our prisons. The Drugs Taskforce has three overarching objectives; restricting supply, reducing demand and building recovery. The Taskforce is developing a national Drug Strategy and Operational Guidance, which will provide all prisons with strategic direction and examples of best practice to support them in tackling drugs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 16:23:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ205349 - Mandatory Drug Tests in prisons.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035264

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders entered employment within six weeks of the end of their sentence in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	205286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>We will be publishing data in due course on the number of offenders who entered employment on release from custody for the period 2018/19 as part of the Community performance release.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 15:53:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1035266

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who finished their sentence in 2018 did not have the equivalent of five GCSEs graded A* to C.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	205288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes data on prison education participation and completion rates and details on the academic years 2010/11 to 2017/18 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 205289 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:56:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1035330

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents had no representation at a family court case relating to a child in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	205347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of unrepresented parents in private law Children Act cases is shown in the table below.</p><p>Since 2015, we have invested almost £6.5million in a support strategy for unrepresented parties. This provides practical support and information as well as routes to free or more affordable legal advice. Public funding remains available for parents in public law Children Act proceedings where a local authority seeks an order to place a child in care or under its supervision, and in private law Children Act cases where there is evidence of domestic or child abuse.</p><p>Whilst we do publish numbers of private law cases with either an unrepresented applicant or respondent as part of Family Court Statistics Quarterly, the data does not show the relationship to the child.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="14"><p><strong>Table 1: The total number of private law cases started and the number applicants and respondents who had no representation in these cases from 2011 to 2017.</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><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 rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total number of cases started<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Cases with at least one hearing<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Unrepresented Applicants</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Unrepresented Respondents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Parent</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Unknown<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Parent</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Unknown<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 49,067 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 45,907 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10,224</p></td><td><p>2,560</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>13,078</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19,129</p></td><td><p>1,251</p></td><td><p>5,517</p></td><td><p>25,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 52,062 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 49,157 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11,583</p></td><td><p>2,524</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>14,447</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,117</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>6,344</p></td><td><p>28,704</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 54,624 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 51,846 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17,007</p></td><td><p>3,413</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>20,996</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28,205</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td><td><p>9,704</p></td><td><p>39,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 42,114 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 39,776 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16,753</p></td><td><p>3,181</p></td><td><p>829</p></td><td><p>20,763</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,824</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>9,164</p></td><td><p>31,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 43,347 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 41,435 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18,544</p></td><td><p>2,969</p></td><td><p>937</p></td><td><p>22,450</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,685</p></td><td><p>1,032</p></td><td><p>8,161</p></td><td><p>32,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 48,246 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 46,256 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21,839</p></td><td><p>3,094</p></td><td><p>1,073</p></td><td><p>26,006</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26,669</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>8,524</p></td><td><p>36,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 50,652 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 48,625 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23,881</p></td><td><p>3,303</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>28,109</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30,306</p></td><td><p>1,174</p></td><td><p>6,831</p></td><td><p>38,311</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Notes: <br>1) Self-representation is determined by the field 'legal representation' in Familyman being left blank. Therefore, this is only a proxy measure and parties without a recorded representative are not necessarily self-representing litigants in person. Please note that the latest quarters' figures may reduce in future publications, particularly in regard to parties obtaining legal representation as cases progress. Therefore, the latest quarter figures should be considered as provisional</p><p>2) In this instance 'at least one hearing' refers to non-vacated scheduled hearings, rather than actual hearings that have taken place.</p><p>3) 'Unrepresented' refers to parties where the REPRESENTATIVE_ID field has been left blank. Therefore, they should be considered as parties without a recorded representative, rather than 'litigants in person'.</p><p>4) 'Other' can refer to Grandparents, Step-Parents, Special Guardians or Children.</p><p>5) 'Unknown' relations to child can occur in cases where relation to child is not requested (e.g. if the applicant or respondent is a local authority). This is the case for 3% of applicants and 23% of respondents given in the table.</p><p>6) 'Total number of cases started' and 'Cases with at least one hearing' are included only for additional context and will include hearings with represented parties.</p><p>7) The central data system FamilyMan was fully rolled out by the end of 2010 and so any data prior to this in FamilyMan is not complete and not shown in this table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/01/2019 17:45:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 95279 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1035090

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people entering prison were homeless before custody in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	205283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1 below provides data on the number of prisoners that declared their accommodation status as of ‘No Fixed Abode’ on their reception into custody, April 2016 – June 2018. The system for collecting this information did not exist prior to 2015 and so data for 2012 – 2015 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 1</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018 (Jan - Jun)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total prisoner receptions into custody (Basic Custody Screening Tool)</p></td><td><p>105,782</p></td><td><p>103,225</p></td><td><p>50,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of homeless prisoners</p></td><td><p>24,942</p></td><td><p>26,700</p></td><td><p>13,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>23.58%</p></td><td><p>25.87%</p></td><td><p>27.40%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><ol><li><p>The Basic Custody Screening Tool (BCS) is completed on entry to custody for all prisoners. It therefore will include a mix of those received into custody on remand and those sentenced from court. Using just the BCS, there is no way to determine which of those received into custody on remand were released un-convicted, therefore it is important to stress that this data covers prisoners, and can’t be used to describe offenders, as some of those counted will ultimately not have been found guilty of any offence.</p></li><li><p>The BCS Part 1 is completed by the prison with no input from a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) as they complete Part 2 of the BCS.</p></li><li><p>These questions from the BCS Part 1 are recorded as per the prisoner’s answers and are not assessed.</p></li><li><p>The total number of prisoners shown is for the number of fully completed BCS Part 1s for each year, based on the Reception Date for each prisoner.</p></li><li><p>A proportion of prisoners will enter custody multiple times each year and for this PQ all responses have been included as a prisoner may provide different answers to these questions over time.</p><p> </p><p> </p></li></ol><p>The Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England. As part of this strategy, MoJ and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), will be investing approximately £6m in a pilot scheme to support ex-offenders secure suitable accommodation upon release; the pilots will operate in HMPs Pentonville, Bristol and Leeds. Staff in both Community Rehabilitation Companies and the National Probation Service continue to work together with local authorities and other providers of accommodation with the aim of ensuring all offenders under our supervision have accommodation, especially when they are released from prison.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2019 14:15:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle