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46797

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many organisations remain in the bidding process for the Northumbria Community Rehabilitation Company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	195090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>In mid December 2013, the bidders who passed the first stage of the competition to bid for the regional rehabilitation contracts were announced. The list includes a mix of private and voluntary sector partnerships with more than 50 organisations represented A list of the bidders who have been successful at this stage can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition</a></p><p> </p><p>The process to award Community Rehabilitation Company contracts is ongoing and the details of which bidders are interested in bidding for each Contract Package Area (CPA) is commercially sensitive information, which it would not be right to make public at this stage as this would affect the bidding process for the overall competition. The contract winners for each Community Rehabilitation Company will be announced by the end of 2014</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

46799

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that restricted access to books for prisoners is not an obstacle to preparation for employment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	195058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We firmly believe that giving offenders the skills and training they need to get and keep jobs on release reduces their likelihood of re-offending. This will include providing access to books, subject to the constraints of operating within a custodial environment.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners undertaking education courses (including distance learning) are provided with relevant course materials and set books.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

46946

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what shortfalls in staffing (a) including temporary cover and (b) excluding temporary cover against Target B3 staffing levels were in each prison since December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	195223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of full time equivalent Band 3 staff employed in each establishment of the Public Sector Prison Service of England and Wales, as at 31 December 2013, is published in the National Offender Management Service workforce statistics at;</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Staffing figures are published on a quarterly basis, and figures for 31 December 2013 are the most recently published figures. Figures as at 31 March 2014 will be published on the 29 May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Although vacancy numbers are reported to the centre, workforce planning is managed locally by prisons. There are a number of complexities around the reporting of vacancies, in particular variations to staffing levels arising from changes in prison function/role, changes to prison capacity and changes resulting from the prison benchmarking/efficiency programme. Given these complexities it is not possible to provide an accurate prison by prison breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>A new workforce reporting tool is being implemented from April 2014 which will improve the consistency of reporting at prison level.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 5201 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46949

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maximum number of staff of each grade could be provided by each prison supplying staff for detached duty in each month since December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	195224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The number of staff available /maximum number of staff available for detached duty at any one time is a matter for operational judgement and takes account of overall staff numbers, levels of sickness, prisoner numbers and the regime and security requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The average headcount of Band 3 staff who worked on detached duty during December 2013 was 190, this represents 1.3% of all Band 3 officers. The table below contains a list of prisons broken down by the full-time-equivalent staff allocated and grade, during December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but are not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information is collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: List of prison receiving staff on detached duty by average headcount for December 2013<br> <br> </strong></p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band 4</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>5 or fewer</p></td><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>Brixton</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>Leyhill</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Isis</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Send</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Sheppey Cluster</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>High Down</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>The Mount</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>High Down</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Moorland/ Lindholme</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Staffing figures are provided as at the end of each quarter and the last available figures are for 31 December 2013. Information from after that date is therefore not provided.</p><p> </p><p>All staffing figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with the department's policy for presenting staffing data.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 5203 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46324

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to determine the funding allocation for rape crisis centres for the 2014-16 period; and on what grounds the funding for Hull Rape Crisis Centre was cut.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	194745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has committed to increasing available funding for services for victims of crime by potentially raising up to an additional £50m per year from offenders, almost doubling current funding if realised. Therefore more money than ever before will be available for services to support victims of crime, with a potential total budget of up to £100m with offenders paying a much greater share.</p><p> </p><p>The 2014-2016 Female Rape Support Fund provides funding to organisations that successfully met the funds showstopper and quality criteria. The 2014-2016 Rape Support Fund has awarded funding to 80 organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Rape Support Funding is designed to be leveraged funding to cover part of each centre's funding needs based on the annual income of each centre.</p><p> </p><p>On this basis Hull Rape Crisis Centre have been awarded £20,000 for both 2014/2015 and 2015/2016.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 4886 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

46330

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which rape support centres and helplines that received funding from the Rape Support Fund in any of the last three years will not receive any such funding fund in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	194741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice remains committed to supporting organisations that deliver specialist support to female victims of rape and sexual violence and has committed £4.4m per year over 2014-2016 through the Rape Support Fund.</p><p>Detail regarding all organisations funded through the Victim and Witness Fund, which includes the Rape Support Funds 2011-2014 and 2014-2016 can be found at gov.uk the information provided includes the amount of funding awarded to each organisation. The documents are located in the transparency data section of the Publications tab; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-and-witnesses-funding-awards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-and-witnesses-funding-awards</a></p><p>The document for the 2014-2016 Rape Support Fund is divided into Police and Crime Commissioning Areas and includes the funding amounts awarded for both 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. The document was published on the 8 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 4890 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

46332

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which rape support centres and helplines (a) nationally and (b) in each region will receive funding from the Rape Support Fund in 2014-15; and how much funding has been allocated in each case.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	194742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice remains committed to supporting organisations that deliver specialist support to female victims of rape and sexual violence and has committed £4.4m per year over 2014-2016 through the Rape Support Fund.</p><p>Detail regarding all organisations funded through the Victim and Witness Fund, which includes the Rape Support Funds 2011-2014 and 2014-2016 can be found at gov.uk the information provided includes the amount of funding awarded to each organisation. The documents are located in the transparency data section of the Publications tab; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-and-witnesses-funding-awards" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-and-witnesses-funding-awards</a></p><p>The document for the 2014-2016 Rape Support Fund is divided into Police and Crime Commissioning Areas and includes the funding amounts awarded for both 2014/2015 and 2015/2016. The document was published on the 8 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 4893 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

46335

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving (a) life and (b) indeterminate sentences for public protection were granted release on temporary licence in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	194678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Release on temporary licence is the process where, towards the end of his or her sentence, an offender can be released from a prison establishment on a temporary basis. This release has to be for a specific purpose, which may include training, employment, or maintaining family ties, and comes with strict conditions that must be met. All offenders are subject to a risk assessment before being released. Temporary release contributes to public protection by enabling release plans to be tested, under strict conditions, before the offender is released. It also allows prisoners to participate in necessary activities outside of the prison establishment. This helps them to adjust to life on release, which contributes to reducing reoffending.</p><p>On 10 March, the Government announced a package of measures to improve the consistency, risk assessment and monitoring of releases on temporary licence. The improvements will apply to all prisoners but, in addition, a new scheme of Restricted ROTL will be introduced for those prisoners who have committed serious crimes in the past. This will feature more stringent risk assessment procedures carried out by probation professionals, and more robust monitoring arrangements when this sort of offender is on temporary licence in the community.</p><p>In 2012, the latest period for which figures are available, 611 prisoners serving a life sentence, and 1,043 prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection, were granted release on temporary licence. These figures 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> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

46144

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were dealt with in magistrates' courts in 2013 (a) in total and (b) for non-payment of a television licence.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing for calendar year 2013, including those of installing or viewing a television receiver without the appropriate licence, are planned for publication in May 2014 as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics annual publication.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46148

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 effect of a smoking ban in prisons on the number of incidents of violence relating to cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	194411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) support the desirability of attaining a smoke free prison estate in the future and continue to work towards this objective. However, the timing of that implementation will take account of the operational realities of running safe, decent and secure prisons and in particular the impact any smoking ban may have on the general safety of staff and prisoners. Therefore the decision on timing to move to smoke free prisons will reflect an operational assessment of risk, which will include an assessment of potentially adverse impact on prisoner behaviour and how this risk can be minimised and effectively managed. This assessment is ongoing and the risks are being carefully considered to ensure effective plans and support are in place before introducing smoke free prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The work by NOMS on moving to a smoke free prison estate will continue to be informed by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies in Nottingham University; by further assessments of air quality in prisons; and by the work with Public Health England and expertise from the New Zealand prison service which has introduced smoke free prisons.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies