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418077

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of travel and subsistance has been to the National Offender Management Service for the operation of the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	9816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service cannot disaggregate the cost of travel and subsistence claimed by staff on the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme from other staff travel and subsistence expenses recorded on the central accounting system without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/09/2015 14:22:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

418078

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of (a) overtime payments, (b) required hours allowance, (c) Payment Plus, (d) constant watch, (e) bedwatch, (f) tornado, (g) dirty protest, (h) unsocial hours working payments and (i) additional committed hours within NOMS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	9817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows total cost in respect of overtime payments; payment plus; bedwatch; and tornado for financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15. The overtime payments includes all NOMS staff.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Financial Years</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Payments made to NOMS staff</strong></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overtime</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedwatches</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tornado</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Payment Plus</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td><td><p>31.3</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>30.3</p></td><td><p>38.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>To note within the table:</em></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><em>1. The figures have been drawn fromour central accounting system, andalthough care is taken when processing and analysingreturns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information in respect of : required hours allowance; constant watch; dirty protest; unsocial hours working payments; and, additional committed hours is not held separately in the National Offender Management Service’s central accounting system.</p><p>The recent recruitment campaign has led to the recruitment of 2,230 new prison officers in the 12 months ending 30 June 2015. This should in turn result in less reliance on Payment Plus.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 28/10/2015 17:57:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

388327

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers (a) were recruited to and (b) left the Prison Service in each month since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	5916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of band 3 to 5 prison officers that were recruited to the Prison Service in each month since January 2014 is shown in the table below. The recruitment figures include existing National Offender Management Service staff of other grades who become officers during the period.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Prison Officer joiners and leavers to the Prison Service by month, January 2014 to March 2015</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joiners (including internal candidates)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leavers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong></p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong></p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Nov</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Dec</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan</strong></p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Feb</strong></p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mar</strong></p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1810</p></td><td><p>1910</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. The database itself is dynamic however, and where updates to the database are made subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/07/2015 14:13:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

388328

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what projection he has made of the financial savings NOMS will make in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	5958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Between 2011/12 and 2014/15 NOMS has delivered savings of £898m.</p><p> </p><p>The NOMS saving target for 2015/16 is £91m.</p><p> </p><p>The financial savings for the next three years will be determined by the Spending Review (SR15) led by HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 14/07/2015 15:56:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

388330

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison community impact assessment reports have been submitted by each prison establishment since the introduction of the new joint national protocol between NOMS, the Crown Prosecution Service and the National Police Chiefs Council.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	5956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The joint national protocol on the appropriate handling of crimes in prison was published in February. I am committed to making the protocol work to ensure that serious crimes in prison are not ignored and are dealt with fully by the Criminal Justice System. The protocol provides that when a crime committed in prison is referred to the police, the prison is offered the opportunity to provide a Prison Community Impact Statement, the purpose of which is to provide relevant and useful information on behalf of the prison about the impact the offence has had on the establishment.</p><p>.</p><p>Information about the number of Prison Community Impact Statements which have been submitted since publication of the protocol is not held centrally and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Although this information cannot be provided at the present time senior officials from NOMS, the Crown Prosecution Service and the police are looking at monitoring progress on the implementation of the protocol and setting priorities for future work and monitoring arrangements will enable data of this type to be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/07/2015 16:52:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

223360

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative information his Department holds on pay rates of the Information Commissioner's Office and other independent regulators and ombudsmen with similar functions for staff at the same grade.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a comparative list on pay rates at the Information Commissioner’s Office and other similar bodies, and the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Information on salaries of senior staff in public bodies is published by the Cabinet Office and can be found on the GOV.UK website, or within relevant annual reports of individual bodies.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/03/2015 10:22:40 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

223361

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average percentage pay rise was of Executive Team staff at the Information Commissioner's Office since June 2014; and what average pay increase has been proposed for non-executive staff excluding buy-out of contractual progression.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In July 2014 the Executive Team of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was restructured and reduced from the Commissioner plus four Directors to the Commissioner plus three Directors. As a part of the restructure, the Remuneration Committee of the ICO’s non-executive Management Board reviewed the salaries of the remaining Directors and made recommendations to the Commissioner based on the changes to individual Director’s responsibilities that resulted from the restructure. The mean percentage increase was 11.7% but as a result of the restructure the overall spend on Executive salaries has been reduced.</p><p> </p><p>The ICO is subject to the 1% public sector pay cap but it is the ICO’s intention to focus the money available under the cap on those staff who will not benefit from the buyout of contractual progression, providing a pay increase of 3% for most of these staff.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 03/03/2015 10:13:23 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

175307

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls were received by the NOMS 24-hour staff helpline in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	221707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>NOMS has had a 24-hour staff helpline in place since 6<sup>th</sup> October 2014. Prior to that date, staff used the Ministry of Justice Shared Services’ contact centre helpline which operated on week days only during office hours.</p><p> </p><p>From 6 October 2014 up to 31 December 2014, the external provider of the new employee assistance services reports that there were 708 callers to the comprehensive external telephone helpline. This number includes all calls made 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/02/2015 09:57:13 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

175308

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a governor has granted sick absence excusal to staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	221705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of Sick Excusals is provides in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of Sick Excusals provided in Public Sector Prisons in England and Wales, 2009/10 - 2013/14</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Sick Excusals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,918</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Figures have been compiled on the basis of start of sickness absence.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/03/2015 17:17:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery