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1579845

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date	23/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges and Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what happens to the disciplinary records of (a) judges and (b) prison officers when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	129774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <ol start="1"><li><p>The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice are jointly responsible for judicial discipline. They are supported by the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which keeps a record of disciplinary findings made against Judicial Office Holders. Those records are kept indefinitely, and any disciplinary sanctions taken against Judicial Office Holders are published on the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office website. A subsequent change of gender and/name by a Judicial Office Holder would have no bearing on the retention of disciplinary records. Should a Judicial Office Holder with a published disciplinary sanction against them subsequently change their name, a note would be made to the published sanction which would identify this.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>In relation to prison officers, processes are available to support the changing of an individual’s name and other characteristics within departmental HR records. Regardless of an individual’s gender or name, disciplinary records are retained in line with departmental document retention policies.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 14:03:04 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541463

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	84847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s monthly workforce data is published here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj</a></p><p>We report as at the last day of the month so the nearest available date is 31st January 2020.</p><p>On 31st January 2020 there were 76,441 payroll staff in post (headcount) in the Ministry of Justice and its executive agencies. The latest available data is for 30th September 2022 when there were 88,713 payroll staff in post. Payroll staff are made up of frontline staff working in prisons, courts and in probation services as well as civil servants in HQ functions.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/11/2022 15:29:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541304

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	83589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold centrally a figure for how many employees in the department work on matters related to COVID-19. However, I can confirm that there are currently 12.7 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees working on the department’s response to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.</p><p>There is also a network of Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across the department. They assist with the preparation for the response to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry alongside other roles and responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/11/2022 14:30:16 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1469958

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish data his Department holds on the number and proportion of men in prison who have been victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service collects information on both victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse where a full risk and needs assessment is undertaken, in accordance with the Offender Assessment System (OASys). Only by means of a full assessment can a victim or perpetrator of domestic abuse be definitively identified. A full assessment is made only on certain offenders, having regard to their risk and sentence type/length. Consequently, the Department is not in a position to publish comprehensive data on victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse currently in prison.</p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service will continue to look at ways to expand and enhance data held.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 16884 question first answered 16/06/2022 14:44:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1469959

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the data his Department holds on the number and proportion of women in prison who have been perpetrators of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service collects information on both victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse where a full risk and needs assessment is undertaken, in accordance with the Offender Assessment System (OASys). Only by means of a full assessment can a victim or perpetrator of domestic abuse be definitively identified. A full assessment is made only on certain offenders, having regard to their risk and sentence type/length. Consequently, the Department is not in a position to publish comprehensive data on victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse currently in prison.</p><p>HM Prison and Probation Service will continue to look at ways to expand and enhance data held.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 16883 question first answered 16/06/2022 14:44:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1469960

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have children.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>An MoJ study estimated that there were approximately 200,000 children in England &amp; Wales who had a parent in prison at some point during the year 2009. Looking at the number of children with a parent in prison at a single point in time, approximately 90,000 children had a parent in prison at the end of June 2009. No recent annual estimate has been made of the number of children affected by the imprisonment of a parent or main caregiver.</p><p>The Prisons Strategy White Paper includes a commitment to improve the quality of the data collected and to improve the support provided. We are investigating opportunities for data sharing between Government organisations, to facilitate targeted support for offenders and their families.</p><p>Changes have been made to the Basic Custody Screening Tool to enable us to collect data on entry to prison about how many primary carers are in custody and how many children under the age of 18 are affected by their imprisonment. As this data is self-reported, we will monitor the quality of the data over the next year and make a decision as to what format the data will be published.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/06/2022 14:45:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1469961

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners have (i) mental health issues; (ii) a physical health condition; (iii) a learning disability; (iv) a physical disability; (v) unemployment histories; (vi) housing issues or are homeless; (vii) family or relationship difficulties; (viii) social isolation; (ix) financial issues; (x) substance misuse issues; (xi) experienced physical, psychological or social trauma and (xii) two or more of these needs or issues.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	16886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The answer to question (ii) is information held by the Department for Health and Social Care. We can provide information from individuals in prison as, at 30 June 2021, who have a detailed assessment (Layer 3) completed on the Offender Assessment System (OASys). Individuals have been excluded where there is missing data for any of the assessment items required to answer questions (i) and (iii) to (xii). Definitions used for specific needs areas are given below.</p><p><strong>Numbers</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Issue(s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count - Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Count - Male</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health issues</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>7,555</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disabilities</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical disabilities</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>3,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployment histories</p></td><td><p>783</p></td><td><p>15,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing issues or homeless</p></td><td><p>1,521</p></td><td><p>34,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Relationship difficulties</p></td><td><p>1,841</p></td><td><p>40,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social isolation</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>5,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Substance misuse</p></td><td><p>1,341</p></td><td><p>31,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial issues</p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td><td><p>35,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical or psychological trauma</p></td><td><p>1,694</p></td><td><p>21,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two or more issues</p></td><td><p>1,973</p></td><td><p>47,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners with full assessment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,090 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 55,564 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Proportions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Issue(s)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion - Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion - Male</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental health issues</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning disabilities</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical disabilities</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployment histories</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Housing issues or homeless</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Relationship difficulties</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social isolation</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Substance misuse</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial issues</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical or psychological trauma</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two or more issues</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Definitions used</strong></p><p>Item (i), mental health issues: OASys reports significant difficulties (score of 2) on question 10.2 psychological problems and/or question 10.6 psychiatric problems.</p><p>Item (iii), a learning disability: the disabilities listed on Delius include a learning disability.</p><p>Item (iv), a physical disability: the disabilities listed on Delius include hearing difficulties, a progressive condition, reduced mobility, reduced physical capacity, severe disfigurement, speech impairment or visual impairment.</p><p>Item (v), unemployment histories: OASys reports significant difficulties (score of 2) on question 4.3 employment history.</p><p>Item (vi), housing issues or are homeless: OASys reports a criminogenic need in the accommodation section.</p><p>Item (viii), social isolation: OASys reports significant difficulties (score of 2) on question 10.3 social isolation.</p><p>Item (ix), financial issues: OASys reports that the assessor judges financial issues to be linked to “risk of serious harm, risks to the individual and other risks” and/or linked to offending behaviour.</p><p>Item (x), substance misuse issues: OASys reports a criminogenic need in the drug misuse and/or alcohol misuse sections.</p><p>Item (xi), experienced physical, psychological or social trauma: OASys reports that any of the following were present – question 2.10, current offence disinhibited by a traumatic life event; significant difficulties (score of 2) on question 6.3, experience of childhood; question 6.7, victim of domestic violence, and question 10.7, history of severe head injuries, fits, periods of unconsciousness.</p><p>Item (xii) checks how many of (i) and (iii) to (xi) are present, and is counted as present if two or more of these ten items are present.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/06/2022 14:47:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1455008

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for his departmental group as defined by section A4.10.7 in HM Treasury's Managing Public Money for (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	148137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, as the details of losses and special payments under £300,000 are not held in a single format centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Losses and special payments are, however, published in summary form in the Parliamentary Accountability section of MoJ's Annual Report and Accounts, as well as in the Annual Report and Accounts of each executive agency and arm's length body. This includes losses and special payments valued above £300,000, which are recorded and reported according to category, such as cash losses, stores losses, compensation payments and ex gratia payments etc.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/04/2022 08:47:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1435589

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	129776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>The announcement of the ‘Living With Covid’ strategy means all Covid-related restrictions across the courts in England and Wales have been reviewed, and will be removed as quickly as possible.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic, all Civil Service employers have followed government guidance in setting out their internal COVID-19 related policies. This includes complying with the ‘Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance’ which sets out the key actions organisations should take to protect employees and customers, in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in workplaces, along with carrying out health and safety risk assessments that include the ongoing risk from COVID-19.</p><p>On 21 February 2022, the Government published their COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19<em>.</em> This document sets out how and when the remaining restrictions will be lifted in England. Government guidance was subsequently amended, including the Working Safely guidance.</p><p>The Government’s Working Safely guidance, which was launched on 24 February, continues to require organisations to carry out a risk assessment which includes the risk from COVID-19. It also sets out additional actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning, asking people to wash their hands frequently and asking people with COVID-19 to stay away. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high. Civil Service employers will continue to follow this guidance and align their policies accordingly.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 04/03/2022 16:52:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1356926

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders and Suspended Sentences: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who were given requirements as part of a community order or suspended sentence order but were unable to undertake them as a result of covid-19 restrictions complete those requirements.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	51652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Probation Service has worked hard to minimise the disruption caused by COVID-19. It has been keeping the public safe by prioritising accredited programmes for offenders who pose the highest risk of harm and developing alternatives where formal in-person programmes have not been possible. Group work resumed in April.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also clear that people whose unpaid work requirements have been impacted by the pandemic should work their hours and the Probation Service is working closely with the judiciary and HM Courts and Tribunal Service to extend community orders, where necessary, so hours can be worked.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/09/2021 14:27:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies