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1470679

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date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
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 8 June 2022 to Question 11689 on Ministry of Justice: Consultants, how much his Department spent in total on external management consultants in (a) 2018, (b) 2017, (c) 2016, (d) 2015 and (e) 2014; and what ten projects or work areas in each of those financial years required the greatest expenditure on support from those consultants.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	18922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice makes use of management consultants to advise on resolutions to some of its complex and challenging problems. To ensure value for money is secured from the engagement of management consultants, the Ministry’s commercial policy is to put new requirements out to competition.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice total spend on external management consultants in the periods 2017/18 and 2018/19 is set out in Table 1 below.</p><p>The most significant area of spend outlined below is the HMCTS Reform Programme. This programme is investing £1.3bn to carry out much needed digital reforms of court services to address previously antiquated paper processes and IT systems, and ensure that our world-renowned legal system remains viable. The reforms are designing new digital services around users and allowing people to access them online, improving access to justice, and making the system more efficient.</p><p>The information requested for 2014, 2015 and 2016 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Table </strong><strong>1</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year &amp; Business Area, £000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ HQ</p></td><td><p>10,451</p></td><td><p>3342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty's Prison &amp; Probation Service</p></td><td><p>4538</p></td><td><p>2671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty's Courts &amp; Tribunals Service</p></td><td><p>10,730</p></td><td><p>22,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total MoJ</strong></p></td><td><p>25,719</p></td><td><p>28,195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 10 work areas with the greatest expenditure on external management consultancy for each of those financial years are as set out in Table 2 below:</p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year &amp; Projects/Work Areas, £000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS - Reform Programme</p></td><td><p>10,314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Electronic Monitoring</p></td><td><p>2,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ - Finance Group</p></td><td><p>2,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prison Reform</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Community Rehabilitation</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Property</p></td><td><p>1,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Facilities Management</p></td><td><p>975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Digitech</p></td><td><p>890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ People Group</p></td><td><p>794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Transformation Programme</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS - Reform Programme</p></td><td><p>21,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Probation Programme</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Prison Estates Programme</p></td><td><p>822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Property</p></td><td><p>592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Procurement</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Facilities Management</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ Digitech</p></td><td><p>417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS - Community Rehabilitation</p></td><td><p>415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ People Group</p></td><td><p>355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS - Common Platform</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/06/2022 15:06:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1470701

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Bolton
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 size of the criminal case backlog in Bolton.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the recovery of the courts. We recognise that the impact of the pandemic in courts has been uneven across the country, with the North West being one of the areas experiencing a greater increase in caseload.</p><p>At the end of December 2021, the outstanding caseload in the Greater Manchester Local Criminal Justice Board was 3,016 and at Bolton Crown Court, it was 478. There were 58,818 outstanding cases nationally. There will always be outstanding cases as these figures include cases that are being prepared to be heard in the courts.</p><p>In order to tackle the backlog in cases, we have extended 30 Nightingale courtrooms beyond the end of March 2022. The closest Nightingale court is at Leeds Combined Court, which offers 3 additional criminal courtrooms. We have also opened two new ‘super courtrooms’ in Manchester and Loughborough, allowing up to an extra 250 cases a year to be heard across England and Wales.</p><p>We are also working with the judiciary to explore moving cases across regional boundaries to areas with spare capacity, where appropriate, and using a national, flexible pool of judges for some regions, including the North West, to draw from as required.</p><p>I also engage regularly with other key stakeholders in the North West, focusing on how we can deliver further progress in addressing the outstanding caseload and similar challenges. For example, I recently met with Andrew Pratt, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, and chair of the Local Criminal Justice Board, and we discussed how the Government’s increased funding for Independent Sexual Violence Advisors and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors was enabling the local CJS to deliver better support for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.</p><p>We have once again removed the limit on sitting days in the Crown Court for this financial year to allow courts to work at full capacity, delivering swifter justice for victims and reducing the backlog of cases. To secure enough capacity to sit at the required levels in 2022/23 and beyond we are expanding our plans for judicial recruitment.</p><p>These measures are already working, and as a result we expect to get through 20% more Crown Court cases this financial year than we did pre-Covid. Following an increase in funding as part of the Ministry of Justice’s Spending Review settlement, we aim to reduce the number of outstanding cases in the Crown Court to 53,000 by March 2025.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/06/2022 11:36:18 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1470702

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of defendants in Bolton require legal aid in their legal proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	18867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally recorded. The Legal Aid Agency monitors access to public funding according to the location of the legal representative providing the service. Client location and court venue are not reliably captured for the majority of the criminal legal aid scheme and therefore accurate data based on these proxies is not available.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 23/06/2022 14:01:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1470708

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
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 proportion of new prison officers who leave service after less than (a) one, (b) six, (c) 12, (d) 24 and (e) 36 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>There is a national focus on improving staff retention rates across HMPPS.</p><p>This includes, but is not restricted to:</p><ul><li>Implementation of a retention strategy and toolkit within HMPPS to bring organisational consistency to how we tackle attrition</li><li>A focus on prisons with the highest attrition rates, and the main causes</li><li>National interventions to help address national themes</li><li>Tracking of local interventions to manage the micro issues within individual sites</li></ul><p>The number of prison officers who have left after less than (a) one, (b) six, (c) 12, (d) 24 and (e) 36 months' service is shown in table 1 below.</p><p>The latest set of published HMPPS workforce statistics covering the period to 31 March 2022 is available in the public domain at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022/her-majestys-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2022" target="_blank">Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Table 1: Proportion of band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup> who left HMPPS by length of service<sup>2</sup>, in the 12 months to 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Length of service<sup>2,3</sup></p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>Percentage of all leavers in period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 month</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>16.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 12 months</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 24 months</p></td><td><p>1,303</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 36 months</p></td><td><p>1,691</p></td><td><p>49.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total band 3-5 officer leavers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,387</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><ol><li>Includes Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</li><li>Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.</li><li>Figures are given on a cumulative basis i.e., staff who fall within the shorter service groups are also included in the longer service groups.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/06/2022 16:49:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1470709

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department classifies boots for prison officers as personal protective equipment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Department does classify slip resistant footwear for prison officers as personal protective equipment (PPE). Slip resistant footwear was among a number of measures recommended by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help reduce the number of slip accidents involving prison officers.</p><p>The Uniform contract, which commenced in July 2020 and ends July 2024, has a contract value (excluding VAT) of £37,268,551. The procurement process introduced service improvements and firmly puts uniformed staff at its core by ensuring that uniform items provided are fit for purpose, meet operational demands and deliver Value for Money to the MoJ.</p><p>We are not able to provide the information on the individual costs of boots and other items of uniform as discloser of this information would prejudice the interests of the current supplier and any future tender activity.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 18879 question first answered 20/06/2022 16:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1470710

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total and (b) individual cost is of (i) boots and (ii) other items of uniform for prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	18879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Department does classify slip resistant footwear for prison officers as personal protective equipment (PPE). Slip resistant footwear was among a number of measures recommended by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help reduce the number of slip accidents involving prison officers.</p><p>The Uniform contract, which commenced in July 2020 and ends July 2024, has a contract value (excluding VAT) of £37,268,551. The procurement process introduced service improvements and firmly puts uniformed staff at its core by ensuring that uniform items provided are fit for purpose, meet operational demands and deliver Value for Money to the MoJ.</p><p>We are not able to provide the information on the individual costs of boots and other items of uniform as discloser of this information would prejudice the interests of the current supplier and any future tender activity.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 18878 question first answered 20/06/2022 16:50:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1470881

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to (1) increase awareness, and (2) introduce training, for (a) police, (b) probation, and (c) prison, staff on the issues faced by individuals who commit crime due to gambling-related harms.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to increasing awareness of the hidden harms of problem gambling and training our prison and probation officers. This equips them with the skills and confidence to help identify, support and signpost individuals into the most appropriate interventions both in custody and on release.</p><p>The activities and training services available to improve staff awareness regarding gambling related harms are detailed below.</p><p>Within the Probation Service, practitioners have access to an evidence based effective practice resource which was published in 2021. This provides a summary of key evidence, including the harms caused by gambling, signs that gambling is causing a problem, ideas on how to work with individuals who gamble and reflective questions to support practice discussions.</p><p>To increase awareness, the launch of this guidance was supported by an online event in November 2021 to understand more about the prevalence and effects of gambling in criminal justice and look at how prison and probation services can respond. The recording of the event remains available for staff to access. The event involved speakers from the Prisoner Education tTrust, the Howard League for Penal Reform, Epic Restart Foundation and Gam Care along with colleagues from within HMPPS.</p><p>Further work is currently underway to create a package of materials for probation staff to use with this specific cohort. This is expected to be available from October 2022. I refer the noble Lord to the answer given to HL1110 for further information.</p><p>HMPPS has an online learning platform which hosts a variety of training that all prison and probation staff can access. On this platform there is a package called ‘Problem Gambling: Prevalence and Practice’ where the aim is for the learner to gain an understanding about the occurrence and effects of gambling in the criminal justice system.</p><p>The police also offer a six-hour training course &quot;on understanding and spotting early signs of gambling addictions&quot;, which was launched in September 2021 and is available to all police officers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 30/06/2022 12:15:27 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath