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1138066

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunals Service has spent on (a) courts translation services and (b) Capita Translation Services in each of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	275723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS was created on the 1 April 2011. We are unable to provide information for financial years prior to that date. This question has been interpreted to mean costs for all language services, both translators, and interpreters provided in a court setting, and for printed materials available in HMCTS buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The contract with Capita commenced on 30th January 2012, and ended on 30th October 2016. The new Language Services Contracts commenced on the 31st October 2016, with services provided by thebigword Group Limited, Clarion Interpreting and The Language Shop.</p><p> </p><p>The spend by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on courts translations services was as follows, by financial year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Cost (£)</p></td><td><p>Capita Charges (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12 (Commenced from 30th January 2012)</p></td><td><p>7,080,332</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4,955,510</p></td><td><p>1,083,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7,305,324</p></td><td><p>6,501,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>7,431,045</p></td><td><p>7,182,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>7,111,949</p></td><td><p>6,548,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>9,683,794</p></td><td><p>4,264,196</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show language service requests are at their highest since the new contract was introduced in 2016 the clear majority – 97% - were fulfilled. It is vital that victims, witnesses and defendants understand what is happening in court to ensure justice is done, and we will always take steps to ensure a qualified interpreter is provided when needed.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:17:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1138191

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lincoln Prison: 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 the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lincoln for reporting Year 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019, published on 8 July 2019, what plans his Department has to reduce the 30 per cent of prisoners that leave HMP Lincoln to homelessness or to no fixed abode.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	275821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I am currently considering the content and recommendations of the report from the IMB at HMP Lincoln which was published on 8 July 2019. I will respond to the report as soon as that process is completed, and I will ensure a copy of the response is sent to the Hon Member for Lincoln.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 275822 275823 275824 275825 275826 275827 question first answered 17/07/2019 10:25:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1138193

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lincoln Prison: Self Harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lincoln for reporting Year 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019, what plans his Department has to tackle the 49 per cent increase in incidents of self-harm recorded at HMP Lincoln between 2017 and 2019.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	275822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I am currently considering the content and recommendations of the report from the IMB at HMP Lincoln which was published on 8 July 2019. I will respond to the report as soon as that process is completed, and I will ensure a copy of the response is sent to the Hon Member for Lincoln.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 275821 275823 275824 275825 275826 275827 question first answered 17/07/2019 10:25:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1138198

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lincoln Prison: 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 the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Lincoln for reporting Year 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019, published on 8 July 2019, what representations has he made to that Board on its statement that there was an apparent lack of co-ordination across government departments to tackle the high level of homelessness of discharged prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	275825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>I am currently considering the content and recommendations of the report from the IMB at HMP Lincoln which was published on 8 July 2019. I will respond to the report as soon as that process is completed, and I will ensure a copy of the response is sent to the Hon Member for Lincoln.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 275821 275822 275823 275824 275826 275827 question first answered 17/07/2019 10:25:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1137118

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether each prison is required to maintain a record of the courses offered to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	273806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Prisons are required to maintain a record of the courses offered to prisoners. All prisons under the Prison Education Framework (PEF) contract are required to agree an annual delivery plan which sets out the services to be provided. Once the delivery plan is finalised a copy of the curriculum is uploaded onto an HMPPS Management Information System which is then visible and available to all prisons to support better co-ordination of the offer prisoners receive.</p><p> </p><p>We want prisons to provide offenders with the tools they need for successful rehabilitation, including education opportunities that prepare them for employment on release.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2019 15:16:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137188

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was between first court appearance and trial in (a) magistrates courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	273758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Table 1 and 2 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 - Average number of days first listing to trial start date, for magistrates’ trial cases in England and Wales, excluding those committed to the Crown Court, 2014 to 2018.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of defendants with completed cases</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>First listing to trial start date (number of days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>187,383</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>196,199</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>179,042</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>171,862</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>173,486</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p><em>(1) </em><em>Trial is identified here based on whether there is a valid “trial start date” entered into the magistrates’ court administrative system (Libra). It is possible that trial cases without valid start dates have been removed from the analysis. </em></p><p><em>(2) </em><em>Includes cases with an offence to completion time greater than 10 years but excludes a small number of cases with identified data quality issues and breaches. </em></p><p><em>(3) </em><em>Statistics are sourced from linked magistrates’ courts and Crown Court administrative data systems - with a match rate of around 95%.</em></p><p><em>(4) </em><em>Only one offence is counted for each defendant in the case. If there is more than one offence per defendant that complete on the same day, a set of validation rules applies to select one offence only and to the longest duration, seriousness and the lowest sequence number of the offence. </em></p><p><em>(5) </em><em>Includes cases completed in the magistrates’ courts during the specified time period, where no further action is required by the magistrates’ court. </em></p><p><em>(6) </em><em>Excludes cases that are committed to the Crown Court. </em></p><p><em>(7) </em><em>From Q2 2015, the figures include Single Justice Procedure cases that were committed within magistrates’ courts in England and Wales, introduced in June 2015. </em></p><p><em>(8) </em><em>Timeliness tables include TFL ATCM (automated track case management) cases which started in April 2017.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 - Average number of days first listing to main hearing, for completed Crown Court trial cases in England and Wales, 2014 to 2018.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of defendants with completed cases</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>First listing to trial start date (number of days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Median</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>76,531</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>76,819</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>69,563</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>64,591</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>56,738</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p><em>(1) </em><em>Trial is identified based on the “case type” variable (e.g. case_type =T), this is recorded at the point of receipt into the Crown Court and it is possible that not all cases went on to trial.</em></p><p><em>(2) </em><em>Includes cases with an offence to completion time greater than 10 years but excludes a small number of cases with identified data quality issues and breaches. </em></p><p><em>(3) </em><em>Includes all criminal cases which have received a verdict and concluded in the specified time period in the Crown Court. </em></p><p><em>(4) </em><em>Statistics are sources from linked magistrates’ courts and Crown Court administrative data systems - with a match rate of around 95%.</em></p><p><em>(5) </em><em>Only one offence is counted for each defendant in the case. If there is more than one offence per defendant that complete on the same day, a set of validation rules applies to select one offence only and these relate to the longest duration, seriousness and the lowest sequence number of the offence.</em></p><p><em>(6) </em><em>Around 95% of defendants have a main hearing date.</em></p><p><em>(7) </em><em>A median value of 0 indicates that the case had a first listing and was completed on the same day. </em></p><p><em>(8) </em><em>Committal proceedings were abolished nationally on 28 May 2013. Triable either-way cases are now sent rather than committed. </em></p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when required. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly to ensure the backlog of work remains relatively stable. Waiting times for trials in the Crown Court for 2018 have been the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Court and magistrates’ court and will ensure they have the resources they require</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:38:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137053

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prison officers in post was in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in the last six months of (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	273446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out average numbers of prison officers in each prison where prison was found to be of serious concern during 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average<sup>1</sup> number of HMPPS band 3-5 prison officers<sup>2</sup> in post in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18<sup>3</sup>.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average number of Prison officers in post…</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Between July and December 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. Average of monthly snapshots, taken at the end of the month.</p><p>2. Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p><p>3. Includes Public Sector Prisons only. Excludes Birmingham and Peterborough which are private prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Every public sector prison has an agreed safe, decent and secure operating level (SDSOL) which reflects the category of prison and the types of prisoners held. The SDSOL is central to the delivery of the regime in every prison. Since April 2017 Governors have been empowered to manage workforce planning locally and use this flexibility to set their own staffing arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We are recruiting more prison officers across England and Wales as part of the Offender Management in Custody model (OMiC) and to support Youth Justice Reform. The majority of newly recruited Prison Officers are already on the landings, joining our officers who play a vital role in making sure prisons are safe, secure and decent.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:52:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136344

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the level of the use of restraint on children in custody.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	272273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of children in custody is our highest priority. Restraint is only ever used as a last resort, where there is a risk of harm and no other form of intervention is possible or appropriate. However, we recognise that there are still high levels of restraint.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, we began to implement a comprehensive reform programme with the aim of improving levels of safety in the youth custodial estate. The programme is underpinned a new evidence-based positive behaviour strategy and significant reform of the workforce. We are also taking specific actions to reduce the number of incidents of restraint, including:</p><ul><li>introducing the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint framework in all secure training centres (STCs) and under-18 young offender institutions (YOIs). This has been specifically developed to avoid physical restraint as far as possible by using a range of de-escalation, diversion and behaviour management techniques;</li><li>requiring each public STC and YOI to implement a “Restraint Minimisation Strategy”;</li><li>reviewing data on use of force to improve recording and reporting and to improve practice; and</li><li>undertaking a safeguarding review across the youth secure estate.</li></ul><p>In addition, we have recently responded positively to the recommendations on restraint made by the Joint Committee for Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/07/2019 16:41:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon