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1125240

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 17:54:21
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 17:55:31 12/06/2019 15:06:05
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	identifier	252002
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 13:45:21
	question first ministerially corrected	12/06/2019 14:34:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was taken to release Joseph McCann.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252002
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252002
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 January 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125241

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 17:54:24
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 17:55:34 12/06/2019 15:06:04
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	identifier	252003
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 13:45:21
	question first ministerially corrected	12/06/2019 14:34:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who took the decision not to refer the question of Joseph McCann's release to the Parole Board.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252003
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252003
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 January 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125243

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2019
	date	08/05/2019
	date tabled	08/05/2019
	ddp created	08/05/2019 17:54:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	08/05/2019 17:55:40 12/06/2019 15:06:02
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	identifier	252005
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 13:45:21
	question first ministerially corrected	12/06/2019 14:34:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) scope, (b) timescale and (c) remit is of the urgent review into the reported mistaken release of Joseph McCann.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252005
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252005
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 Jarnuary 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125657

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/05/2019
	date	09/05/2019
	date tabled	09/05/2019
	ddp created	09/05/2019 16:57:40
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/05/2019 17:07:17 08/10/2019 15:46:04
	hansard heading	Fines: Surcharges
	house id	1
	identifier	252551
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 12:31:20
	question first ministerially corrected	08/10/2019 15:14:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money has been raised by the Victims Surchage in each year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 252551
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	252551
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Income from the Victim Surcharge contributes to the Ministry of Justices’ Victim and Witness Budget (“the Budget”). This budget is used to fund Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) who commission local support services for victims, and nationally commissioned support services including the National Homicide Service, Rape Support Centres, and the Court Based Witness Service. Income from the Victim Surcharge is forecast into the Budget at the beginning of each financial year. However, actual income raised from the Surcharge will fluctuate each year (depending on the amount imposed and collection rates). Should revenue raised from the Surcharge go above the forecast amount, the excess is put towards compensating victims through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Overall amounts are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Victim Surcharge (VS) Collected *</strong><strong><strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>VS contribution to the Victim and Witness Budget*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Victim and Witness Budget*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£48m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£10m</p></td><td><p>£10m</p></td><td><p>£48m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£1<ins class="ministerial">1</ins><del class="ministerial">0</del>m</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£<ins class="ministerial">20</ins><del class="ministerial">19</del>m</p></td><td><p>£<ins class="ministerial">20</ins><del class="ministerial">19</del>m</p></td><td><p>£57m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">5</ins><del class="ministerial">4</del>m</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">5</ins><del class="ministerial">4</del>m</p></td><td><p>£86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£28m</p></td><td><p>£18m</p></td><td><p>£92m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td><td><p>£2<ins class="ministerial">7</ins><del class="ministerial">6</del>m</p></td><td><p>£96m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£35m</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td><td><p>£97m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The amounts listed in the table have been rounded to the nearest £1<del class="ministerial">0</del>m.</p> question first answered 17/05/2019 12:31:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	creator	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1128400

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:03:31
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:24:12 17/06/2019 17:19:09
	hansard heading	Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	257387
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:46:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff there were at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257387
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257387
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128401

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:03:34
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:24:15 17/06/2019 17:19:11
	hansard heading	Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	257388
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:46:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were assaulted at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257388
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257388
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128402

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:03:36
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:24:18 17/06/2019 17:19:08
	hansard heading	Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	257389
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:46:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious assaults on staff there were at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257389
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257389
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128403

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:03:38
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:24:20 17/06/2019 17:19:06
	hansard heading	Hull Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	257390
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:46:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were seriously assaulted at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257390
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257390
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128404

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	22/05/2019
	date tabled	22/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:03:41
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:24:22 17/06/2019 17:14:15
	hansard heading	Hull Prison: Self-harm
	house id	1
	identifier	257391
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:42:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm there have been at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257391
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257391
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>. Information about incidents of self-harm up to December 2018 can be found by selecting table <strong>2.13</strong> in the ‘Self-harm in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to reduce self-harm and self-inflicted death levels by rolling out improved suicide and self-harm training for new and existing staff. Over 25,000 staff have received some training and over 14,000 have received training in all six modules.</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:42:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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	answer date	05/06/2019
	date	23/05/2019
	date tabled	23/05/2019
	ddp created	24/05/2019 09:07:29
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	24/05/2019 09:27:46 17/06/2019 17:18:50
	hansard heading	Humber Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	257631
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/06/2019 16:46:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prisoners there have been at HMP Humber in each of the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 257631
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	257631
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	creator	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith