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1667791

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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, with reference to Question 9 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the adequacy of the levels of pay of (a) prison officers and (b) operational support staff on (i) leaving and (ii) vacancy rates.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Recruitment and retention (leaving and vacancy rates) are a key consideration when formulating HMPPS pay proposals for the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB). However, levels of pay for Prison Officers and operational support staff are ultimately determined through the independent PSPRB process with the panel having considered evidence from both Government (HMPPS) and the recognised trade unions.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 16:42:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667792

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 13 of oral evidence taken before the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, Session 2022–23, on what date the policy of detached duty was introduced; and for how long it is planned to continue.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Provision for detached duty is made in the Prison Service Instruction on Travel and Subsistence, which can be found at: <a href="https://justiceuk.sharepoint.com/sites/HMPPSIntranet/SitePages/Travel-%26-Subsistence-PSI-.aspx?web=1" target="_blank">PSI 15/2012 Travel &amp; subsistence policy</a>. This was published in 2012 and re-issued in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>We have no record of when the detached duty policy was first introduced, as it predates the creation of the Ministry of Justice in 2007. We understand, however, that detached duty may have been in place since the 1980s.</p><p> </p><p>Staff are deployed on detached duty as a tactical response to support other prisons when required, to cover staffing shortfalls, or to meet other operation requirements. It provides H M Prison &amp; Probation Service with a vital contingency measure to assist in maintaining good order and security in prisons. There are no plans to withdraw it.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 16:44:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1667986

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pentonville Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) council tax, (b) security and (c) other maintenance costs for the empty Wellington Mews properties at HMP Pentonville in financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The table below provides the information you have requested: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Council Tax</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Maintenance Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£75,918</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£22,494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£113,392</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£145,844</p></td><td><p>£3,353.90</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 16:41:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1666831

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
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, from which prisons prisoners will be released 18 days before their automatic release date; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be released from each prison in this way.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	204010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 10:56:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1666504

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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 illegal drugs have been seized (a) since the £100 million funding for prison x ray scanners was completed in 2020 and (b) in the comparable time period before that funding was allocated.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Delivery of the £100m Security Investment Programme was completed in March 2022 and included measures to prevent the smuggling of illicit items, such as drugs, into prisons. Under this investment, 75 additional X-ray body scanners were deployed, resulting in full coverage of the entire closed adult male prison estate. Between July 2020 and October 2022 there were approximately 28,000 positive indications on these X-ray body scanners.</p><p> </p><p>The number of incidents where drugs are found in prisons in England and Wales is published in the HMPPS Annual Digest through the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1174265/8.__Finds_incidents_data_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">incidents data tool</a>. Between April 2020 and March 2022, there were 37,995 drug find incidents in prisons in England and Wales. In comparison, between April 2018 and March 2020, there were 39,900 drug find incidents in prisons in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>This reports the number of drug find incidents rather than the amount of drugs found, and incidents can include different quantities of drugs. It is important to consider with incidents of drug finds in prisons, that an increase in numbers may be as a result of more items being found, rather than more items being present in prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:17:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1666508

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 59, what criteria his Department will use to decide which less serious offenders will be moved out of prison on licence up to 18 days before their automatic release date.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	203758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Only lower-level offenders serving a Standard Determinate Sentence and due for automatic release on licence at the half-way point will be considered for removal onto licence under these arrangements. More serious and higher risk offenders whose release is a matter for the Parole Board to assess will not be in scope.</p><p> </p><p>Those serving a sentence for any kind of sexual offence, terror offence or any violent offence with a sentence of more than four years will also automatically be ruled out. Offenders eligible for End of Custody Supervised Licence will be subject to strict licence conditions, as identified by probation in their release management plan.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:15:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666509

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 59, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on victims of less serious offenders being moved out of prison onto licence earlier than their automatic release date.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	203759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Protecting the public is our number one priority – and so it is right that we take the tough and decisive action so we can keep putting the most serious offenders behind bars and for longer, as the public would rightly expect.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that information is deeply important for victims which is why those who have been victims of crime can get information and updates about developments relating to their case where they are eligible for the Victim Contact Scheme (VCS).</p><p> </p><p>There is a duty to inform victims signed up to the VCS before an offender is moved out of prison onto licence and to seek their views on whether they would like to see particular licence conditions included, such as an exclusion zone or non-contact conditions. That duty will apply equally under this scheme and offenders will not be moved onto licence on ECSL unless and until that victim contact has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders will also have a supervision plan put together by probation, including strict licence conditions, to ensure that they can be safely managed in the community. As my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, set out in his speech to parliament, this scheme will simply bring forward that removal onto licence by no more than 18 days. And if they fail to comply or behave in a way that puts the public at risk, they can be immediately brought back to prison for the remainder of their sentence.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:16:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666510

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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, with reference to his oral statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report column 61, when he plans to report to the House on the curtailing of the licence period for offenders held on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	203760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, advised in his statement to this House on 16 October that he would be looking at options to curtail the licence period to restore greater proportionality to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in line with recommendation 8 of the report by the Justice Select Committee report. He will revert to Parliament on this as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:25:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666516

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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, what estimate he has made of the number of prison places that will be made available as a result of the planned early release on licence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	203796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme will operate in targeted areas facing particular pressure and for a limited period. Fluctuating demand pressures will affect how the scheme is deployed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:18:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1666517

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
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, what assessment he has made of the impact of the early release scheme on the probation service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	203797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2023 11:25:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood