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	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police: Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on claims for compensation by police emergency drivers that are injured in the line of duty of the provisions of the Civil Liability Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	24394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The provisions in Part One of the Civil Liability Act (the Act) apply to the occupants of a motor vehicle whether or not they were injured in the course of their employment. An impact assessment was published following the completion of the Parliamentary passage of the Act, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-liability-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-liability-bill</a>.</p><p>Following implementation, the Government will monitor the management information produced by the new Official Injury Claims service, including data on the impact of the measures implemented through the Act and the supplementary measures to increase the small claims limit for road traffic accident related personal injury claims.</p><p>All claimants, will be able to access the new service which will enable the effective resolution of their claim pre-court proceedings. Claimants will also be able to utilise the low cost small claims track procedure, which is designed to be accessible and uncomplicated should they need to progress their claim through the courts.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 09/03/2020 15:09:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1253279

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	CAFCASS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (a) management, (b) staff, (c) trade union representatives, (d) users and (e) other stakeholders on maintaining the effectiveness of that service.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	117326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice monitors the effectiveness of Cafcass thorough a partnership relationship which includes regular contact between Departmental officials and senior Cafcass executives. The Ministry of Justice is represented on a weekly Programme Board held by Cafcass to monitor the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on its performance, staff and users. The Permanent Secretary, as Principal Accounting Officer, has also been in regular communication with the Chief Executive and Chair of Cafcass to discuss how services to users can be effectively maintained, and how Cafcass staff are being supported, during current restrictions. Ministers have oversight of the performance of the wider family justice system and agree key priorities through the national Family Justice Board which includes Cafcass and relevant stakeholders in the family justice area.</p><p>Cafcass, as an Arms’ Length Body (ALB) of the MoJ, employs and regulates relations with its staff independently of the Ministry of Justice. As an ALB, discussions with trade union representatives are a matter for Cafcass only.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2020 15:43:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1300312

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 158908, Prison Officers: Pay, what assessment he has made of the length of time required to close the gap between prison officers on modernised / Fair & Sustainable terms and conditions and prison officers on closed-grades terms and conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	164561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the Home Office and the respective Pay Review Body to reach decision on police officer pay. It is assumed the question is misworded, and the answer is provided on this assumption.</p><p> </p><p>Closing the pay differential between prison officers on modernised / Fair &amp; Sustainable (F&amp;S) terms and conditions and prison officers on closed-grades terms and conditions is dependent on a number of factors including public sector pay policy, affordability and economic factors (as Fair and Sustainable is designed to be responsive to external labour markets), and the recommendations made by the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB). For this reason, it is not possible to commit to a set timescale at which the differential will be closed.</p><p> </p><p>While it is not possible to make progress on closing the gap between prison officers on F&amp;S terms and conditions and prison officers on closed-grades terms and conditions in the context of the current pay pause, this remains a key component of the Department’s pay strategy and will be a focus once the central Government pay pause has been lifted.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/03/2021 17:25:35 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1331295

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of levels of physical safety among (a) prisoners and (b) staff at HMP Berwyn.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	13154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Ensuring the safety of staff and prisoners is a key priority and we continue to prioritise giving all staff the tools and training needed to help them to improve safety outcomes.</p><p>HMP Berwyn has continued to support the delivery of safer prisons work throughout the pandemic. This has included launching an intervention programme to address violence for prisoners involved in a number of violent incidents; introducing a new debt strategy with an appointed debt team; and the introduction of a new peer support process to provide support for prisoners to help reduce the risk of self-harm and violence.</p><p>HMP Berwyn rolled out ‘Purple Video Visits’ during the pandemic, helping to maintain important family ties – which is vital to rehabilitation. The prison also developed distraction packs to keep prisoners better occupied and support their wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 14/06/2021 14:15:36 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1331301

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of violent incidences by type of incident that have occurred at HMP Berwyn in each month since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	13155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>We routinely publish figures for assaults by establishment as part of the Safety in Custody statistics. These statistical bulletins include breakdowns (at prison level) for prisoner-on-prisoner assault and prisoner-on-staff assault, including by serious assaults. They are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 14/06/2021 14:16:26 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1334036

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in positions as frontline operational staff at HMP Berwyn deployed in (a) each prison block and (b) the care and separation unit have (i) less than two year's experience and (ii) less than one year experience.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	15335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The breakdown of frontline operational staff deployed in each prison block and the Care and Separation Unit at HMP Berwyn by years’ experience is provided below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Under 1 Years’ Service (as at 15<sup>th</sup> June 2021)</p></td><td><p>1-2 Years’ Service (as at 15<sup>th</sup> June 2021)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alwen</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bala</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceiriog</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care and Separation Unit</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/06/2021 15:41:47 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1334037

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inmates have completed accredited rehabilitation programmes at (a) HMP Berwyn and (b) all other Welsh prisons, in each year since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	15336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>Due to the nature of the populations, HMP Parc, HMP Berwyn and HMP Usk are the only prisons in Wales where accredited programmes are delivered.</p><p>We routinely publish figures for delivery of accredited programmes, including completions in custody by establishment. These are available in the HMPPS Annual Digest, the most recent of which can be found in Chapter 6 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2019-to-march-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2019-to-march-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/06/2021 15:45:41 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1334038

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the availability of illegal substances at HMP Berwyn.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	15337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>HMP Berwyn has benefited from the £100 million investment in prisons security announced by the Government in August 2019, receiving one of the new X-ray body scanners that have been installed at 51 prisons across England and Wales. These have detected drugs and contraband that fuel crime in prisons, and which have resulted in over 4800 positive identifications nationally.</p><p>HMP Berwyn’s drug strategy practices were reviewed in March 2021 as part of an HMPPS Drugs Diagnostic Team visit to assess the current and changing threat level from illegal substances. A number of recommendations have been made to combat the threat as a result of the visit.</p><p>Threats particular to HMP Berwyn include paper impregnated with substances commonly known as Spice, the manufacturing of illicit brewed alcohol (IBA) and other substances, as well as access to illicit items.</p><p>Between March 2019 and February 2020 there were a total of 346 drug finds at HMP Berwyn. This represents 2% of the total drug finds in Public Sector Prisons at the time.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/06/2021 15:49:08 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1345329

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Location
	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 English child prisoners are living in custodial establishments in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	29864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Youth Custody Service (YCS) does not hold central figures which break down whether children under their care were born in England. Any child sentenced in England or Wales would be held in an English or Welsh establishment.</p><p> </p><p>The criminal justice system of Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government and the Ministry of Justice does not hold any information about children born in England who are subsequently held in the Scottish secure estate.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/07/2021 15:01:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1345343

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres
	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 press release of 16 June 2021 entitled Lord Chancellor takes immediate action to move children from Rainsbrook, which establishments the children previously living in Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre have been moved to.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	29867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Whilst it would not be appropriate to specify the secure establishments individual children have been transferred to, all placement decisions have and will continue to be based on the individual needs, requirements and vulnerabilities of the children. Staff have spoken to all children at Rainsbrook to explain the current situation and have worked closely with Youth Offending Teams to ensure that children are suitably supported and placed into appropriate accommodation in a smooth, co-ordinated and organised manner. During this time, the Youth Custody Service has also increased advocacy support at Rainsbrook so that children have had greater access to independent advocacy and support services.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 13/07/2021 15:17:42 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts