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760732

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Iron and Steel
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 value of British steel to be used in the prisons building programme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	105156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.3 billion to build up to 10,000 new adult prison places. The design phase of this programme is at an early stage and it is not possible to provide an estimate at this point. Our procurement activities will follow Government guidance to ensure we take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 12:34:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

760733

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	105209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The department’s Director of Analytical Services also acts in capacity as the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry of Justice. The Secretary of State has met with the Director on one occasion and with Ministers on three occasions over this time period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/10/2017 16:14:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

760734

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reimburse people who have paid employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	105070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We confirmed following the handing down of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, that we would put in place arrangements to refund those people who had paid fees in the Employment Tribunals as soon as possible.</p><p>We will announce the detailed arrangements shortly.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/10/2017 15:07:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

760735

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by HM Prison and Probation Service on recruitment in each month since September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	105091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Recruitment costs* (£) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>129,357</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>219,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>301,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>563,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>338,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>76,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>1,176,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>1,109,430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>227,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>438,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>1,097,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>1,181,421</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Recruitment costs provided only include spend on advertising and recruitment through external suppliers and does not account for recruitment-associated costs of any HMPPS staff working on resourcing initiatives or any other miscellaneous costs of recruiting staff (this data is not readily available within centrally held records). Figures include advertising costs in respect of recruitment and various media campaigns for prison officers, probation officers and the Unlocked Graduates scheme.</p><p> </p><p>*The figure provided has been drawn from our central accounting system and although care is taken when processing data, this may be subject to the inaccuracies and input errors inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 08:27:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

760737

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Service Credits each community rehabilitation company has had to pay in compensation for the minimum level of loss or damage as a result of a reduced provision of services.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	105085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We hold providers rigorously to account for their performance and take proportional action wherever they are falling short. Our contract management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer. However, we cannot release the exact number of Service Credits each Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) has had to pay as it is commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>Service Credits can be applied when providers do not meet the required standards. Service Credits are a payment made by the CRC back to the Government, as a means of compensating for services under the contract where the CRC fails to meet the contractual service levels expected.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 08:25:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

760738

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency (a) paid fees and (b) have had fees refunded since 2013; what the total sum of fees still to be so refunded to claimants is; and when he intends that refund process to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect centrally information on the number of claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>We confirmed, following the handing down of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, that we would put in place arrangements to refund those people who had paid fees in the Employment Tribunals as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 27/11/2017 15:47:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760740

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of steel used in the construction of HM Prison Berwyn was sourced from British (a) manufacturers and (b) suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	105155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing £1.3 billion to build up to 10,000 new adult prison places. The design and construction of HM Prison Berwyn forms part of the overall Prison Estates Transformation Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 2500 tonnes of structural steel has been used in the construction of HMP Berwyn:</p><p> </p><p>100% of this steel has been sourced from British suppliers and manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Our procurement activities follow Government guidance to ensure we take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 15:05:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

760741

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers his Department plans to recruit in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	105129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 prison officers by the end of 2018. <br>Between the end of October 2016 and the end of June 2017, there has been a net increase of 800 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Band 3 to 5 prison officers. Therefore by the end of 2018 the Government plans to increase prison officer numbers by a further (net) 1,700 FTE officers</p><p>Beyond this date recruitment requirements will depend on operational staffing requirements, future prison estate changes and any future changes to Prison Officer leaving rates.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/10/2017 08:27:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

760794

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the UK Coroners Service spent on translation services in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	105339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/10/2017 08:23:34 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

760935

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Perjury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were prosecuted for perjury in the family court in 2016.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	105283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>10 men and 6 women were prosecuted for perjury in the family court in England and Wales in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This information was obtained from a manual review of court case files that centrally held data indicated may be relevant, and as such has not been through the same quality assurance processes as for routinely published data.</p><p> </p><p>These figures relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 09/10/2017 15:03:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen