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800856

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government plans to take to ensure the effective operation of the UK legal system after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	902760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government have made it a top priority to ensure that there is a smooth legal transition, both in our negotiations with the EU and as a matter for our domestic implementing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

800857

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of trends in access to justice resulting from court and tribunal service closures in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	902761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are investing over £1bn to transform our justice system providing new ways to access justice online, reducing the need to travel to a court or tribunal building in many cases.</p><p>We will continue to monitor the performance of the justice system as we roll out our programme of reforms.</p><p>Any court or tribunal that we are considering closing is done so through a consultation and an impact assessment is published alongside this.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:33:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

800858

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether there are plans to review sentencing guidelines for rape committed by people under 18.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	902762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are not set by the Ministry of Justice. They are set by the independant Sentencing Council.</p><p>I can however confirm, new guidelines on sentencing under 18s for sexual offences came into effect in June.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:32:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

800860

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	902750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Most of our prison estate is uncrowded. However we recognise crowding is an issue and in 2016-17 the average percentage of prisoners in crowded accommodation was 24.5%.</p><p>Our reforms will see us close down and redevelop ageing prisons and deliver high-quality, modern establishments fit for today's demands. Our new prison estate will have up to 10,000 modern prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.</p><p>Reducing overcrowding is a central aim of the estate modernisation and the new prisons will be designed with this in firmly in mind.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 05/12/2017 17:34:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

800937

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Drugs
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 found (a) in possession and (b) under the influence of drugs in each of the last seven years in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	117496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and <em>Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HM</em>PPS) takes seriously the ongoing challenges that substance misuse poses to our establishments and we continue to implement a range of measures to address both the availability and use of such harmful substances. This is based on a multi-agency approach working closely with health partners and law enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The data for part (a) of the question is only available from October 2015, when a new enhanced incident reporting standard was introduced that allowed better recording of items found, including the type of person who possessed the items found. Data is in the table shown in Annex A of this answer.</p><p> </p><p>The data for part (b) of the question will be reflected in the number of positive random mandatory drug tests. This is published in Table 7.2 within the supplementary tables at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-national-offender-management-service-digest-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-national-offender-management-service-digest-2016-to-2017.</a> It is important to note that some prisoners may be tested more than once in this period.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons have at their disposal a range of security measures to reduce the supply of drugs into prisons including physical searching, the use of x-ray machines, CCTV surveillance cameras, intelligence-led searches as well as drug detection dogs. HMPPS have trained more than 300 dogs to detect PS and these dogs are available to all prisons. HMPPS are also exploring additional innovative security measures and new technology to complement existing searching methods in prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/12/2017 15:38:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Annex A PQ 117496 .doc title Annex A
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

800938

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of occasions when, due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked since March 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such incident.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	117497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Security is our top priority. If anyone attempts to undermine our security we will do whatever is necessary to ensure prisoners are secure.</p><p>Since 2010 there have been 9 relocks at a total cost of £529,973.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time Frame</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost (excluding VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2011</p></td><td><p>£337,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>Cost Met by private contractor operating the prison</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£28,812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>£46,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 2016</p></td><td><p>£117,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 2017</p></td><td><p>Cost Met by private contractor operating the prison</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/12/2017 17:41:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

800939

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation has been paid to prisoners as a result of delays in parole hearings in each year since March 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	117498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the Parole Board to help them progress cases more quickly, and to eliminate the backlog of delayed cases by the end of this year. This should lead to a decrease in the number of compensation claims in future years.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided additional funding for 100 new Parole Board members – a near 60% increase - and established a dedicated MoJ unit to help progress complex cases. We are ensuring prisoners can secure release by showing genuine progress while fulfilling our most important duty - protecting the public</p><p> </p><p>The amount of compensation paid to prisoners as a result of delays in parole hearings in the years 2009/10 - 2016/17 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£30,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£49,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£243,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£87,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£91,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£144,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£554,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/12/2017 16:12:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

800940

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in compensation to (a) prisoners, (b) prison staff and (c) third parties as a result of injuries suffered in a violent attack on the prison estate in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	117499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/12/2017 12:46:15 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

800984

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
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 self-harm incidents by prisoners has been per prison in England and Wales since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	117543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of self-harm incidents and assaults occurring in prisons, including a breakdown of incident numbers by establishment, are released by MoJ annually in the Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin. Data for March 2017 onwards will be published in the next release, in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 117547 question first answered 13/12/2017 12:20:28 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

800985

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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, what the average number of incidents relating to Spice has been per prison in England and Wales since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	117544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) takes seriously the ongoing challenges that substance misuse, including psychoactive substances (PS) pose to our establishments and we continue to implement a range of measures to address both the availability and use of such harmful substances. This is based on a multi-agency approach working closely with health partners and law enforcement agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Incident Reporting System does not specifically record the reasons behind an incident and therefore it is not possible to provide the information you have requested.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons have at their disposal a range of security measures to reduce the supply of drugs into prisons including physical searching, the use of x-ray machines, CCTV surveillance cameras, intelligence-led searches as well as drug detection dogs. HMPPS have trained more than 300 dogs to detect PS and these dogs are available to all prisons. HMPPS are also exploring additional innovative security measures and new technology to complement existing searching methods in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of mandatory drug testing for psychoactive substances in prisons in September 2016 was also a significant step to support our prisons in tackling the supply and use of these lethal drugs. We are not aware of any other prison service in the world that has introduced these innovative new tests.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Ministry of Justice and <em>Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HM</em>PPS) takes seriously the ongoing challenges that substance misuse, including psychoactive substances (PS) pose to our establishments and we continue to implement a range of measures to address both the availability and use of such harmful substances. This is based on a multi-agency approach working closely with health partners and law enforcement agencies. The HMPPS Incident Reporting System does not specifically record the reasons behind an incident and therefore it is not possible to provide the information you have requested. Prisons have at their disposal a range of security measures to reduce the supply of drugs into prisons including physical searching, the use of x-ray machines, CCTV surveillance cameras, intelligence-led searches as well as drug detection dogs. HMPPS have trained more than 300 dogs to detect PS and these dogs are available to all prisons. HMPPS are also exploring additional innovative security measures and new technology to complement existing searching methods in prisons. The introduction of mandatory drug testing for psychoactive substances in prisons in September 2016 was also a significant step to support our prisons in tackling the supply and use of these lethal drugs. We are not aware of any other prison service in the world that has introduced these innovative new tests.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/12/2017 12:47:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts