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1700296

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) persons arrested by the police (b) prisoners and (c) offenders on probation who are affected by harmful gambling.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	21142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of persons arrested by the police. No national estimate has been made. Probation staff assess individual needs and can assist with referrals to local or national services to address gambling or to access debt counselling services where appropriate. In custody, all prisoners are seen by NHS healthcare on reception and can be referred to addiction services to help address problem gambling.</p><p>HMPPS are also working with NHS and other partners to better understand the evidence around gambling addiction. This will inform a more joined up, cross system approach to effective support and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21143 21144 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:27:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1700297

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
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) prisoners and (b) offenders on probation affected by harmful gambling are receiving (i) treatment and (ii) other support during their sentence.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	21143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of persons arrested by the police. No national estimate has been made. Probation staff assess individual needs and can assist with referrals to local or national services to address gambling or to access debt counselling services where appropriate. In custody, all prisoners are seen by NHS healthcare on reception and can be referred to addiction services to help address problem gambling.</p><p>HMPPS are also working with NHS and other partners to better understand the evidence around gambling addiction. This will inform a more joined up, cross system approach to effective support and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21142 21144 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:27:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1700298

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on (a) assessments, (b) referrals and (c) support for (i) offenders and (ii) victims who are affected by harmful gambling in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	21144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of persons arrested by the police. No national estimate has been made. Probation staff assess individual needs and can assist with referrals to local or national services to address gambling or to access debt counselling services where appropriate. In custody, all prisoners are seen by NHS healthcare on reception and can be referred to addiction services to help address problem gambling.</p><p>HMPPS are also working with NHS and other partners to better understand the evidence around gambling addiction. This will inform a more joined up, cross system approach to effective support and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 21142 21143 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:27:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1613169

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the publication of the report on the National Review of Health and Social Care in Women’s Prisons.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	182163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>The National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care Review, commissioned jointly by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and NHS England, is due to report in Spring 2023. The scope of the review includes women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Following a policy review, we began collecting information on the number of babies born to women in the prison estate in 2020-21. National data on pregnancy and births, and on Mother and Baby Units, are now published annually in the HMPPS Annual Digest.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who are pregnant or who are mothers of babies under two years old who have entered the prison system on remand is not collected or held centrally. Information on prisoners’ caring responsibilities and children living in the community is monitored locally by prison Governors and Directors, to ensure appropriate support can be provided to offenders and their families.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182164 182165 question first answered 28/04/2023 15:55:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1613170

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review: Genito-urinary Medicine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Review of Health and Social Care in Women’s Prisons will cover women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare in the prison system.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	182164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>The National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care Review, commissioned jointly by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and NHS England, is due to report in Spring 2023. The scope of the review includes women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Following a policy review, we began collecting information on the number of babies born to women in the prison estate in 2020-21. National data on pregnancy and births, and on Mother and Baby Units, are now published annually in the HMPPS Annual Digest.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who are pregnant or who are mothers of babies under two years old who have entered the prison system on remand is not collected or held centrally. Information on prisoners’ caring responsibilities and children living in the community is monitored locally by prison Governors and Directors, to ensure appropriate support can be provided to offenders and their families.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182163 182165 question first answered 28/04/2023 15:55:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1613171

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of babies under two years old who have entered the prison system on remand in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	182165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>The National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care Review, commissioned jointly by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and NHS England, is due to report in Spring 2023. The scope of the review includes women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare in prison.</p><p> </p><p>Following a policy review, we began collecting information on the number of babies born to women in the prison estate in 2020-21. National data on pregnancy and births, and on Mother and Baby Units, are now published annually in the HMPPS Annual Digest.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of women who are pregnant or who are mothers of babies under two years old who have entered the prison system on remand is not collected or held centrally. Information on prisoners’ caring responsibilities and children living in the community is monitored locally by prison Governors and Directors, to ensure appropriate support can be provided to offenders and their families.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182163 182164 question first answered 28/04/2023 15:55:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1613172

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken recent steps to ensure that women who become pregnant while awaiting court or sentencing have their pregnancy considered as a mitigating factor.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	182166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>Our <em>Female Offender Strategy</em> makes clear that we want fewer women entering custody and more being managed in the community.</p><p>We have developed an <em>aide memoire</em> to support probation practitioners completing pre-sentence reports (PSRs) on women. It is designed to improve the quality and consistency of PSRs, by highlighting key areas for practitioners to consider when assessing the diverse needs of women in the context of offending (including health, relationships and caring responsibilities), in order to support a robust proposal for a community sentence whenever appropriate.</p><p>Sentencing and remand decisions in individual cases are entirely a matter for the courts, which are independent of Government. The Sentencing Council, which is also independent, has provided guidance to sentencers on the factors to be taken into account when sentencing female offenders, including pregnancy, and being the sole or primary carer for dependent relatives. In relation to an offender who is pregnant, relevant considerations may include any effect of the sentence on the health of the offender and any effect on the unborn child. The guidance makes clear that where an offender is at the threshold of custody, imprisonment should not be imposed if the impact on dependents would be disproportionate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182167 question first answered 28/04/2023 15:57:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1613174

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the number of (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of babies under the age of two who are sent to prison.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	182167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>Our <em>Female Offender Strategy</em> makes clear that we want fewer women entering custody and more being managed in the community.</p><p>We have developed an <em>aide memoire</em> to support probation practitioners completing pre-sentence reports (PSRs) on women. It is designed to improve the quality and consistency of PSRs, by highlighting key areas for practitioners to consider when assessing the diverse needs of women in the context of offending (including health, relationships and caring responsibilities), in order to support a robust proposal for a community sentence whenever appropriate.</p><p>Sentencing and remand decisions in individual cases are entirely a matter for the courts, which are independent of Government. The Sentencing Council, which is also independent, has provided guidance to sentencers on the factors to be taken into account when sentencing female offenders, including pregnancy, and being the sole or primary carer for dependent relatives. In relation to an offender who is pregnant, relevant considerations may include any effect of the sentence on the health of the offender and any effect on the unborn child. The guidance makes clear that where an offender is at the threshold of custody, imprisonment should not be imposed if the impact on dependents would be disproportionate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 182166 question first answered 28/04/2023 15:57:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1523200

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for (a) women and (b) men sentenced to prison in each month since January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	64210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes these figures on an annual basis, by quarter, on the GOV.UK website in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076459/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2021-v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21 MB)</a> as part of the Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2021 publication published in May 2022. Figures for 2022 will be published in subsequent releases of the data.</p><p>Please see the accompanying table, and associated notes, for a breakdown by month for the year 2021. These figures are not routinely published as monthly averages can be influenced by cyclical factors that need to be considered when considering average custodial sentence length (ACSL) – for example, ACSL will depend on the mixture of offences sentenced within that month. Monthly averages will also be more likely to fluctuations due to relatively small volumes of offenders in each period.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2022 15:20:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean attachment 1 file name 2022-10-25 PQ 64210 tables.xlsx title 64210_tables
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1523201

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a numerical target for the commitment in the Female Offenders Strategy on reducing the number of women entering prison.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	64211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to the aims in the Female Offender Strategy (2018) of seeing fewer women offending and reoffending; fewer women in custody, especially on short sentences, with more managed effectively in the community; and better conditions for women in custody that support effective rehabilitation.</p><p>As we have an independent judiciary, setting a numerical target as proposed is not appropriate and may have unintended consequences. We are working to ensure that interventions and pilot projects are, where possible, evaluated so that we can understand their impact on the numbers and make-up of the population.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Rob Butler question first answered 25/10/2022 10:36:59 answering member 4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris