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1138503

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	276194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice published Experimental Statistics in October 2018, which estimated the numbers of former service personnel in the prison population. The department is due to release the next estimate in October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This new analysis indicated that as at 30 June 2018, 2032 prisoners had declared as ‘ex-service personnel’ when they were first received into custody between January 2015 and June 2018. The attached table shows the number of ex-service personnel serving a prison sentence in all prisons in Yorkshire as at 30 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that those who have served in the Armed Forces and who find themselves in the Criminal Justice System are able to access support, whether they are serving their sentence in custody or in the community.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/07/2019 17:38:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Table - PQ 276194 - Armed Forces in Yorkshire.xlsx title Table for 276194
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1138525

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
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 average time taken by the Probate Service to complete a grant of probate application in each in of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	276238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Official statistics are not published on the average length of time from receipt of the application to the issue of a grant of probate. Internal management information, which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics, has been used to show the following average time from receipt of an application to a grant being issued:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average weeks to grant issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018 to September 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018 to December 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019 to March 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 to June 2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures do not include cases which are waiting for a grant to be issued. The data from April to June 2019 has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods. All figures, especially those for April 2019 to June 2019, are provisional and subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some grants are experiencing delays of between four and six weeks outside of our targets as a result of significant increases in work during March and April and some IT issues which have now been resolved. We have recruited more staff and are now issuing in excess of 1,000 grants a day that is bringing waiting times down further.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2019 17:03:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138054

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have previously received (a) 25 or more and (b) 50 or more convictions or cautions, have been convicted of an offence and not been given a custodial sentence in each year since 2007; and how many of those people have previously been convicted of (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of people who have previously received (a) 25 or more and (b) 50 or more convictions or cautions, have been convicted of an offence and not been given a custodial sentence in each year since 2007; and the number of those people have previously been convicted of (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:09:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 275833.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138055

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault, (f) public order, (g) theft, (h) robbery, (i) burglary, (j) drugs, (k) criminal damage, (l) breach of and anti-social behaviour order, (m) fraud and (n) vehicle taking had (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine, (iv) between 10 and 15, (v) between 16 and 25, (vi) between 26 and 50, (vii) between 51 and 75, (viii) between 76 and 100 and (ix) 101 or more convictions and cautions for previous offences of any type in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions and cautions for any offence, who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li><li>The average number of previous convictions for any offence, and the average number of previous cautions for any offence, for offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 275835 question first answered 31/07/2019 16:13:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 275834 and 275835 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138056

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
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 previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions offenders had before being sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive weapon, (iii) common assault, (iv) assaulting a police officer, (v) sexual assault, (vi) public order, (vii) theft, (viii) robbery, (ix) burglary, (x) drugs, (xi) criminal damage, (xii) breach of anti social behaviour order, (xiii) fraud and (xiv) vehicle taking in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2018, on:</p><ul><li>The number of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions and cautions for any offence, who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li><li>The average number of previous convictions for any offence, and the average number of previous cautions for any offence, for offenders who were sentenced to immediate custody for the first time for a specified offence.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied has been sourced from a number of complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 275834 question first answered 31/07/2019 16:13:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQs 275834 and 275835 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138057

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and sentenced to a community sentence in each year since 2007 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:22:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 275836 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138058

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burglary: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people sentenced for domestic burglary for (a) the third time and (b) more than three times received an immediate custodial sentence of (i) less than three years, (ii) exactly three years and (iii) more than three years in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>This data is not regularly published or held in an easily accessible format. The information supplied in the table attached has been sourced from several complicated retrievals from the Police National Computer database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 16:27:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Table for PQ 275837.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138208

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons in each category were found in each prison in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	275790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Weapon seizures have dropped with improvement in detection methods and as a result there are fewer attempts at smuggling of weapons through reception and visit areas. New and enhanced technology as well as dedicated search teams have contributed to that fall in the smuggling of weapons.</p><p> </p><p>The new Crime in Prison Agreement between HMPPS, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police has also resulted in crimes committed whilst in prison or in smuggling in illicit items being consistently referred for prosecution to the police. This sends a clear message to those who commit crimes that they will be punished through the courts and face the consequences of their actions</p><p> </p><p>Data on weapons held in prison has been collectively systematically since 2015 and is enclosed. Prior to that date it was not collected consistently and so a calculation cannot be reliably provided.</p><p> </p><p>Data and information on weapons finds is routinely published as part of the normal publication schedule, and data on 2018-19 will be published in due course.</p><p>Data table is attached.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/07/2019 10:35:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name Table - PQ 275790.xlsx title Table - PQ 275790
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138211

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals to a local authority were made by each custodial institution holding children in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	275793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below, compiled via individual responses from establishments.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that data between establishments is not directly comparable. Safeguarding referrals from the youth secure estate to Local Authorities are handled by secure estate establishment staff, as are the maintenance of supporting records. Data provided in this response is therefore the amalgamation of bespoke local records, and is not based with a single methodology. Furthermore, different local authorities have varying protocols in place. For example, in some potential referrals can be ‘triaged’ or reviewed by an on-site social worker before a formal referral is made; in other cases there may be no such arrangement in place and all cases are formally referred to the local authority. This variation in local arrangements, as well as differences in average population and throughout, most likely explains the disparity in volumes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17"><p>2018 (calendar year) - Safeguarding referrals made from YCS establishments to Local Authorities</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Sector Type</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Safegaurding Referrals to LA - 2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Avg Population - 2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Share of Population</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Share of referrals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Adel Beck</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>14.2</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.5%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Aldine House</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>3.4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.4%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Aycliffe</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>10.0</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.0%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Barton Moss</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>23.9</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2.5%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Clayfields House</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>11.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>1.2%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Hillside</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5.4</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.6%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9.1</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>0.9%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Children's Home</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Vinney Green</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>19.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>2.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Medway</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>46</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>39.5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Oakhill</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>104</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>58.7</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Secure Training Centre</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>179</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>61.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>6.4%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Cookham</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>65</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>166.3</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>17.3%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Feltham</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>86</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>145.3</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>15.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Parc</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>39.8</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>4.1%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Werrington</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>30</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>105.5</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>11.0%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Young Offender Institutes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Wetherby</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>15</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>248.2</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>25.8%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>595</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>962.5</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Safeguarding referrals from the youth secure estate to Local Authorities are handled by secure estate establishment staff, as are the maintenance of supporting records. Data provided in this response is therefore the amalgamation of bespoke local records, and is not consistent with a single methodology. Secure Children's Homes can house both Justice (YCS) and welfare Children and Young People - The figures provided only relate to referrals made referencing Justice (YCS) Children and Young People.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Youth Custody Service take the safety and wellbeing of children in custody very seriously. This is why they have been conducting an internal review of safeguarding across the youth secure estate, and are appointing to a new ‘Head of Safeguarding’ post to lead on taking forward this important area of work.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/07/2019 13:59:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138296

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in conducting a national review of deaths under post-release probation supervision, as stated in their response to the 12th report of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Prison Health (HC Paper 963).
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL17093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>In our response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee the Government committed to undertake a review of deaths under post release supervision during 2019-20. Scoping work has been undertaken, and the full review is on track to be completed within this time period. This is in addition to the existing requirement on all probation providers to conduct an internal review following each death, and to share learning from these reviews.</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths of offenders under post-release supervision decreased from 401 in 2016/17 to 367 in 2017/18, a fall of 8%. The National Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies people in contact with the criminal justice system as a high-risk group, and we recognise that the time following release from prison can be a particularly high-risk period for suicide and for deaths from other causes. The primary role of probation is to protect the public and prevent re-offending, and people under supervision in the community are not in the care of HM Prison and Probation Service in the way that they are when in custody. While probation staff do everything they can to help offenders find access to vital services including healthcare, housing, and treatment for drug and alcohol problems, they do not have sole responsibility for caring for them. The national review aims to identify what further actions may be appropriate to prevent offenders’ deaths, while recognising that a range of other organisations share responsibility for their wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing an extra £22m in ‘through-the-gate’ assistance for offenders, to help them find the support they need on issues such as housing, healthcare and employment, and they have the same access to these services as any other person in the community.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/07/2019 12:01:29 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham