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1041707

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been engaged in work at Commercial Prison Industries' (a) DHL Workshop, (b) LMB Workshop, (c) Census Data Workshop and (d) Ink2Work Workshop in HMP Berwyn in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, alongside the DHL workshop, Interserve provide a variety of prison industry workshops to the prisoners. Upon arrival to HMP Berwyn, prisoners are offered the opportunity to engage in educational or vocational courses whilst they are in custody to gain skills and qualifications that better equip them for life once they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The DHL Workshop – Offers a capacity of 75 workspaces with the full offering allocated, on average 69 prisoners attend on a sessional basis. This equates to 1864 hours on average a week.</p><p> </p><p>Interserve currently provide employment opportunities in the below workshops:</p><ul><li><p>The LMB Workshop offers 50 allocated work spaces to prisoner’s with an average of 36 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 1017 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Census Data Workshop offer 51 allocated work spaces to prisoners with an average of 39 attending on a sessional basis. This is an average of 1101.75 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Ink2Work Workshop currently offers a capacity 30 workspaces with an average of 26 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 847.50 hours on average a week.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is still increasing its numbers of workspaces provided within the Prison Industry compound and progress is being made throughout 2019 for these to come online.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 208917 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:49:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041708

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
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 hours worked per week is of prisoners working in Commercial Prison Industries' (a) DHL Workshop, (b) LMB Workshop, (c) Census Data Workshop and (d) Ink2Work Workshop in HMP Berwyn.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, alongside the DHL workshop, Interserve provide a variety of prison industry workshops to the prisoners. Upon arrival to HMP Berwyn, prisoners are offered the opportunity to engage in educational or vocational courses whilst they are in custody to gain skills and qualifications that better equip them for life once they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The DHL Workshop – Offers a capacity of 75 workspaces with the full offering allocated, on average 69 prisoners attend on a sessional basis. This equates to 1864 hours on average a week.</p><p> </p><p>Interserve currently provide employment opportunities in the below workshops:</p><ul><li><p>The LMB Workshop offers 50 allocated work spaces to prisoner’s with an average of 36 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 1017 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Census Data Workshop offer 51 allocated work spaces to prisoners with an average of 39 attending on a sessional basis. This is an average of 1101.75 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Ink2Work Workshop currently offers a capacity 30 workspaces with an average of 26 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 847.50 hours on average a week.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is still increasing its numbers of workspaces provided within the Prison Industry compound and progress is being made throughout 2019 for these to come online.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 208916 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:49:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041709

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2018 to Question 171719 on Berwyn Prison, how many prisoners are engaged in work or learning and skills for more than 30 hours a week.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The offer of activities at HMP Berwyn has developed alongside the population increase and availability will continue to increase as the population grows. As of Wednesday 16 January 2019, 925 (73-74%) prisoners have chosen to engage in work or learning and skills on a full-time basis and 25 part-time.</p><p> </p><p>Full time hours for prisoners at HMP Berwyn equates to nine sessions per week, which is a total of 28 ¼ hours.</p><p> </p><p>The aim is to offer a variety of work and education activities to all prisoners throughout the core day. This purposeful activity offers the chance to gain new skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Together with our partners, we hope prisoners gain the skills, qualifications and work ethic to improve their employment prospects upon release in to the community and reduce their chances of reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 11:25:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041710

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service has been called to HMP Berwyn each year since that prison opened.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn we work closely with partners such as the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service. On each occasion, fires were extinguished by the time the fire service arrived to the prison.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The number of occasions the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been called to HMP Berwyn each year can be found in the table below:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of incidents – Fire</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0 to date</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) Figures include fire related incidents that were false alarms 2) To January 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:51:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041712

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in positions as frontline operational staff at HMP Berwyn (a) by each prison block and (b) deployed in the care and separation unit have (i) less than two years experience and (ii) less than one year experience.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>It is important to emphasise that Berwyn is a new prison, and so no-one by definition could have worked at Berwyn before it opened in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The number of band 3-5 officers in post in HMP Berwyn with (i) less than one year experience and (ii) less than two years’ experience is provided in table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup> in post at HMP Berwyn, by length of service<sup>2</sup>, as at 30 September 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one year experience</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than two years’ experience</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>53.9</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup> </sup> <sup>1</sup> Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2</sup> Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS. Although front line staff are assigned to work in certain areas at HMP Berwyn we are unable to breakdown the information (a) by each prison block and (b) deployed in the care and separation unit. All frontline staff could be deployed to work in any part of the prison on a daily basis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 10:21:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041717

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for transfers out of HMP Berwyn have been made by prisoners in each year since that prison opened.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, there are currently 250 active requests recorded on the system that have been made by prisoners to transfer to other prisons in England and Wales. This information cannot be broken down per year as requested and includes transfer requests that remain active but:</p><ul><li><p>The receiving prison does not accept the transfer request</p></li><li><p>The transfer cannot be made due to restrictions, or</p></li><li><p>The prisoner changes their mind.</p></li></ul><p>All of the above stay as active request in the Offender Management department at HMP Berwyn until either a transfer to another prison occurs or the prisoner is released.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:51:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041718

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff at HMP Berwyn are on (a) short term sick leave, (b) long-term sick leave, and (c) restricted duty.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>As at 30 September 2018, there were 609 (FTE) staff In Berwyn; of these 141 were non-operational and 468 were operational (of which 387 were Prison Officers). The recorded figures for September 2018 for staff sickness are reported as (a) 11 for short term sick leave, (b) 15 long-term sick leave, and (c) 14 restricted duty, inclusive of six maternity related restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting the health of all our employees which is why we have implemented a strategy designed to identify the causes of stress and ensure help is in place. We have recruited more than 4,300 officers since October to further ease the burden on our staff in prisons, and have simultaneously given them the biggest pay rise in a decade to better reflect their hard work.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst staff sickness at HMP Berwyn is below the national target, the recent appointment of a dedicated resource to manage processes around sickness has begun to demonstrate an improvement in this area.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:49:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041720

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents at HMP Berwyn were referred to the police in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, there have been 234 incidents whereby referrals have been made to the North Wales Police from January to December 2018. HMP Berwyn is committed to working with all Criminal Justice partners across Wales to achieve the best outcome to an incident for both the prisoners and staff.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/01/2019 18:48:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041266

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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, how many prison staff have been deployed as part of the 10 Prisons Programme from other areas of the prison estate; and if he will list those numbers of staff by prison they have been deployed from.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>When we need temporary deployment of experienced or specialist staff, we have in place a well-established Detached Duty scheme which ensures the prisons sending staff have the necessary resources to do so safely.</p><p> </p><p>As an extension of this scheme, we are planning to temporarily transfer 31 staff members from the wider prison estate to support the 10 Prisons Project. The supporting prisons were identified as those best placed to assist based on a risk-assessment of resource levels.</p><p> </p><p>We have also provided additional funding for several additional staff in the 10 Prisons to lead their Drugs Strategies, improve searching and work with extra drug-detection dogs that we’ve provided.</p><p> </p><p>A list of prisons providing supporting staff to the 10 Prisons Project is provided below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. supplied</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon &amp; Springhill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:56:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 96839 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041267

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria were for selecting the 10 prisons to be included in the 10 Prison Programme.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>When establishing the 10 Prisons Project, we identified a group that were representative of the range of challenges currently facing the estate, including drugs, violence, and building issues. We focused on a small number of regions - London, Yorkshire and the North Midlands - to facilitate partnership working within the project and to limit any potential displacement whereby controlling drugs in one prison would simply move the problem to a neighbouring prison. We identified prisons in both urban and rural areas, with cohorts of young adult or adult male offenders, that are facing some of the most significant challenges across the estate. While all prisons were considered for the project, we included those that gave the best balance of these criteria.</p><p> </p><ul><li>All the prisons selected have three times more assaults now than in 2012;</li><li>Eight of them have regularly had higher numbers of assaults than similar prisons through the first half of the year;</li><li>Five of them are among the worst for positive drug tests for psychoactive substances;</li><li>One has received an Urgent Notification from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons;</li><li>Two are in special measures;</li><li>Four are over a hundred years old; and</li><li>Three received the lowest mark possible for safety in their latest Inspection reports.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 208312 208419 question first answered 22/01/2019 16:54:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts