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173454

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 many prisoner claims for damage for possessions or injury sustained during acts of concerted indiscipline were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year; and to what type of incident each of those payments related.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>An answer to this question can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not record concerted indiscipline as category when making payments through the civil litigation process. Moreover, compensation payments to prisoners for lost or damaged property can be made through civil litigation, internal complaints, or as a result of recommendations made by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman and by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>To determine the total amount of compensation payments made would require a trawl through thousands of records held at every public sector prison and in NOMS headquarters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/01/2015 12:53:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173455

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 many staff claims relating to assaults by prisoners were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; and what the largest single amount paid to a staff member under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220582 220583 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173456

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 many prisoner claims relating to assaults by fellow prisoners were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was; and what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220583 220584 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173457

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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 many prisoner claims relating to assaults by staff were in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; and what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>It has not been possible to answer these questions within the timeframe. I will write to the Hon. member in due course and a copy of the response will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220582 220584 question first answered 16/01/2015 13:17:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

173458

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are unlawfully at large having escaped since June 2010 from escorts conducted under the Prison Escort and Custody Services contract where the prisoner had not previously been received into NOMS' custody; and of what offence those prisoners had been convicted or charged.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Procedures governing the escort of prisoners are constantly under review to help reduce the risk of escape. In the four year period between April 2010 and March 2014 41 prisoners escaped from Prison Escort and Custody Services (PECS) supervision either from escort or at court. This compares to 62 escapes from PECS supervision in the 4 year period prior to April 2010.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to answer this specific question as data is not available to distinguish those prisoners unlawfully at large who had not previously been received into the custody of NOMS at the time of the escape.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 27/01/2015 09:21:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171670

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2012; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The percentage success rates for the Capita Translation and Interpreting contract are published and can be found using the below link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013</a></p><p>Please find below a table showing the number of assignments and total spend in 2012 in each prison on professional interpretation through the MoJ Language Services Contract with Capita Translation and Interpreting.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Spend 2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of assignments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£317.77</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£162.76</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ranby</p></td><td><p>£155.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Stocken</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Sudbury</p></td><td><p>£668.23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Mount</p></td><td><p>£69.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>£223.50</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>£72.32</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRC Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>£36.25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>£37,893.56</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ Shared Services</p></td><td><p>£4,635.61</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Bure</p></td><td><p>£153.01</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>£33.58</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk and Prescoed</p></td><td><p>£1,855.39</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>£253.73</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Norwich</p></td><td><p>£38.67</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>£411.12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>£144.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brixton</p></td><td><p>£136.92</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Pentonville</p></td><td><p>£403.03</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£33,777.91</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>£31.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Frankland</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holme House</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Garth</p></td><td><p>£155.16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>£654.32</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,177.93</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,018.55</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>£33.59</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Hindley</p></td><td><p>£217.66</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Styal</p></td><td><p>£109.07</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swaleside</p></td><td><p>£496.04</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Downview</p></td><td><p>£130.49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Reading</p></td><td><p>£4,610.72</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>£58.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>£129.17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>£124.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leyhill</p></td><td><p>£293.45</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Shepton Mallet</p></td><td><p>£158.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Verne</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hewell</p></td><td><p>£114.17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>£5,320.39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Brinsford</p></td><td><p>£493.54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leeds</p></td><td><p>£607.58</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>£485.88</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wakefield</p></td><td><p>£38.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>£48.33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Moorland</p></td><td><p>£1,363.14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI New Hall</p></td><td><p>£3,182.58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102,982.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>452</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Interpreters used by the Prison Service are self employed, freelance booked and sourced via the Capita-TI contract. Each assignment constitutes a separate individual booking which can range from one hour to a few days dependent upon the requirement. The value of spend and number of assignments for HMP Wandsworth and HMP Whatton are due to the requirement for a British Sign Language interpreter for a 6 month period in each facility to aid a member of prison service staff with access to work. This requirement, whilst initially paid for by HMPS, was reimbursed by the Department of Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system. The contract has delivered significant improvements so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver a quality service at an affordable level. As a result of the contract, we have spent £27m less in the first two years it has been running, and it continues to reduce the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219499 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:03:24 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171672

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded between 1 June 2010 and the most recent date for which information is available; and of what offence those prisoners had been convicted.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Offenders who escape or abscond are an extremely small proportion of the almost 86,000 offenders in the prison system at the moment. The number of escapes from custody has been falling since 1995 when central records began, despite an increasing prison population. Absconds have reached record lows under this Government, falling by more than 80 per cent in the last 10 years, but we have not been complacent and have made major changes to tighten the system.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the offence details of 17 offenders who remain unlawfully at large having escaped or absconded between 1 June 2010 and 31 March 2014. The offence is that recorded at the time of the escape. The table does not includes escapes from escorts conducted under the Prison Escort and Custody Services contract where the prisoner had not previously been received into NOMS’ custody and absconds from NOMS’ run immigration removal centres.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Offence details of offenders who escaped or absconded between 1 June 2010 and 31 March 2014 and who remain unlawfully at large: </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arson</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conspire to defraud</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drink Driving</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of a firearm</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Possession of drugs</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding with intent</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total UAL</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of escapes since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171673

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s Analytical Summary on absconding incidents, published in November 2014, how many prisoners with a previous absconding incident and already in open conditions were assessed by the National Offender Management Service in the last three years; how many of those prisoners were allowed to remain in open conditions; and what crimes those prisoners have committed.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold information centrally on how many offenders with an abscond history were assessed for open conditions over the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>No prisoner will be transferred to open conditions, whether he has an abscond history or not, without an assessment. For indeterminate sentence prisoners (ISPs – those serving life or Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences), the principal means of approval for transfer to open conditions is by way of a positive recommendation from the independent Parole Board, which falls to officials either to accept or reject on behalf of the Secretary of State, under agreed delegated authority and in accordance with policy agreed by the Secretary of State. However, ISPs may also apply to progress to open conditions without a positive recommendation from the Parole Board being sought, where they can show exceptional progress in reducing their risk. Each application is determined on its merits under agreed delegated authority by officials in the Offender Management and Public Protection Group in the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Determinate sentenced prisoners are assessed for their suitability for open conditions by experienced prison staff with relevant input from offender managers and other professionals within the prison. The assessment will consider the extent to which the prisoner has reduced identified risks and any intelligence or other information that provides evidence of the prisoner’s trustworthiness for conditions of low security. Determinate sentence prisoners should not generally be moved to open prison if they have more than two years to serve to their earliest release date, unless assessment of a prisoner’s individual risks and needs support earlier categorisation to open conditions. Such cases must have the reasons for their categorisation fully documented and confirmed in writing by the Governing Governor.</p><p> </p><p>The public have understandable concerns about the failure of some prisoners to return from temporary release from open prison. Keeping the public safe is our priority and we will not allow the actions of a small minority of offenders to undermine public confidence in the prison system. The number of temporary release failures remains very low; less that one failure in every 1,000 releases and about five in every 100,000 releases involving alleged offending, but we take each and every incident seriously. The Government has already made changes to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners are now no longer eligible for transfer to open conditions if they have previously absconded from open prisons; or if they have failed to return or have reoffended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:16:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

171674

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Interpreters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage success rate was under the Capita Translation and Interpreting contract in each month from 12 January to 14 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The percentage success rates for the Capita Translation and Interpreting contract are published and can be found using the below link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-the-use-of-language-services-in-courts-and-tribunals-january-2012-december-2013</a></p><p>Please find below a table showing the number of assignments and total spend in 2012 in each prison on professional interpretation through the MoJ Language Services Contract with Capita Translation and Interpreting.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Spend 2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of assignments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£317.77</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£162.76</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ranby</p></td><td><p>£155.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Stocken</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Sudbury</p></td><td><p>£668.23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Mount</p></td><td><p>£69.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>£223.50</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>£72.32</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRC Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>£36.25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>£37,893.56</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ Shared Services</p></td><td><p>£4,635.61</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Bure</p></td><td><p>£153.01</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>£33.58</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Usk and Prescoed</p></td><td><p>£1,855.39</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>£253.73</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Norwich</p></td><td><p>£38.67</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>£411.12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>£144.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brixton</p></td><td><p>£136.92</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Pentonville</p></td><td><p>£403.03</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>£33,777.91</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>£31.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Frankland</p></td><td><p>£62.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holme House</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Garth</p></td><td><p>£155.16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>£654.32</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,177.93</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Manchester</p></td><td><p>£1,018.55</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>£33.59</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Hindley</p></td><td><p>£217.66</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Styal</p></td><td><p>£109.07</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Swaleside</p></td><td><p>£496.04</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Downview</p></td><td><p>£130.49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Reading</p></td><td><p>£4,610.72</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>£58.00</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>£129.17</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>£124.01</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leyhill</p></td><td><p>£293.45</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Shepton Mallet</p></td><td><p>£158.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP The Verne</p></td><td><p>£94.24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hewell</p></td><td><p>£114.17</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>£5,320.39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Brinsford</p></td><td><p>£493.54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Werrington</p></td><td><p>£86.99</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leeds</p></td><td><p>£607.58</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>£485.88</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wakefield</p></td><td><p>£38.75</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>£48.33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Moorland</p></td><td><p>£1,363.14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI New Hall</p></td><td><p>£3,182.58</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102,982.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>452</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Interpreters used by the Prison Service are self employed, freelance booked and sourced via the Capita-TI contract. Each assignment constitutes a separate individual booking which can range from one hour to a few days dependent upon the requirement. The value of spend and number of assignments for HMP Wandsworth and HMP Whatton are due to the requirement for a British Sign Language interpreter for a 6 month period in each facility to aid a member of prison service staff with access to work. This requirement, whilst initially paid for by HMPS, was reimbursed by the Department of Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system. The contract has delivered significant improvements so far and we now have a system that is robust, sustainable and able to deliver a quality service at an affordable level. As a result of the contract, we have spent £27m less in the first two years it has been running, and it continues to reduce the burden on taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 219496 question first answered 20/01/2015 16:03:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of shoplifting were first-time offenders in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	218069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Shoplifting can have a serious financial impact on the businesses affected and the local economy and prosecutions will be brought where appropriate.</p><p>The table below shows the number of first time offenders to the criminal justice system in England and Wales convicted for Shoplifting in the 12 months ending June 2010 to 12 months ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>First time offenders to the criminal justice system<sup>(1) </sup>in England and Wales, convicted for Shoplifting, 12 months ending June 2010 to 12 months ending June 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>12 month period to the end of June</p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,924</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,887</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Source: Police National Computer, Ministry of Justice</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Notes:</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>(1) Offenders recorded on the Police National Computer by an English or Welsh police force as having received their first conviction. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, the figures only include primary offences recorded as shoplifting on the Police National Computer.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice’s extract of the Police National Computer (PNC), which is used for all analyses of offenders’ histories, only holds details on convictions given for recordable offences and does not generally include non-recordable summary offences usually heard in Magistrates courts. In addition, as with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/12/2014 15:52:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham