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1674985

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date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Pests
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether efforts to eliminate rats, mice and cockroaches in all prisons in England and Wales have been successful, and if not, in how many prisons they still present serious problems.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>We undertake routine planned pest control regimes as part of our existing Facilities Management contracts. Where we encounter higher than normal level of pest infestations, we put in place targeted control measures to eliminate/reduce the particular pests.</p><p>We do not hold a list of the current number of prisons where we have serious infestations. Any/all infestations are dealt with as quickly as possible in order to ensure that we do not have high numbers of sites with serious problems.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:06:28 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1674992

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have been assisted by the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach since its establishment in 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>There was not a full Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA) service in place prior to 2019. Therefore, data does not exist for the number of women who have been assisted since 2013.</p><p>The commissioned Women’s Pathfinder WSA service in South Wales and Gwent went live in October 2019 and has assisted 4,117 women through referrals to the service from January 2020 to September 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:06:49 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674993

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support female Welsh prisoners held in English prisons, both during and after their imprisonment, to reintegrate into the community.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>All women’s prisons have an embedded pre-release provision delivered by the Probation Service. The pre-release team liaise with the Community Probation Practitioner as allocated and support pre-release planning activity throughout the sentence. The teams will progress referrals that have been made to Commissioned Rehabilitative Service suppliers, including fast tracking services for women serving short sentences. This provision is provided for Welsh women in English prisons as part of the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach (WSA), with a WSA Service Caseworker based in HMP Eastwood Park and Women's Partnership Integration Coordinators aligned to each Probation Delivery Unit area in Wales, helping to support inter-agency connection and coordination across women's services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:07:14 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1674995

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the prison population in Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>On 16 October, the Lord Chancellor announced additional, longer-term measures to reform the justice system and continue to address the prison capacity challenges. The Lord Chancellor’s measures apply to England and Wales and include:</p><p>o Extending the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) for foreign national offenders;</p><p>o Introducing a presumption that sentences of twelve months or less are suspended to reduce reoffending;</p><p>o Legislating to allow prisoners to be held in overseas prisons;</p><p>o Reviewing the incentives around early guilty pleas to save the courts time, spare victims the ordeal of giving evidence in court, and cut the number of people in our prisons on remand;</p><p>o Looking at options to tackle the injustice of the now abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence and how the licence period could be reduced to restore greater proportionality to the IPP sentence;</p><p>o Reviewing our Home Detention Curfew (HDC) policy to increase the number of prisoners eligible for this successful rehabilitative measure;</p><p>o Reviewing the use of recall for offenders on release who infringe the terms of their licence; and,</p><p>o A new annual statement on prison capacity and up to £400m of funding for more prison places (enough to buy 800 new Rapid Deployment Cells).</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to carefully monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/12/2023 13:07:46 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1675073

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Lancashire
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 adequacy of the number of open magistrates courts in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	5038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>Both Preston and Blackpool magistrates’ courts are temporarily closed in response to professional assessments about the safety of RAAC in those court buildings. I am however confident that there are sufficient open courts in Lancashire to list cases that have been displaced as a result of these temporary closures and I am grateful to judiciary and all those involved in putting in place these temporary arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We will be investing £220m in the two years to March 2025 to improve the overall quality and enhance the resilience of the court and tribunal estate and ensure that those buildings most in need of investment get it.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/12/2023 14:31:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1675074

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the reopening of (a) Blackpool and (b) Preston magistrates’ courts.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	5039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The safety of everyone who uses our courts is paramount and the decision to temporarily close Blackpool and Preston Magistrates’ courts was made in line with professional advice following the detection of defective Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. These court buildings will reopen once they are assessed as safe by professionals following the completion of required remedial works.</p><p> </p><p>Blackpool Magistrates’ Court is currently scheduled to reopen in February 2024. Preston Magistrates’ Court is currently scheduled to reopen in January 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Cases have been heard in other courts in Lancashire to ensure cases continue to be heard in a timely way.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/12/2023 14:33:22 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1675095

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were imprisoned (a) in total and (b) by offence type in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The total number of foreign national offenders who are imprisoned is published in Table A1.11 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1173712/Population_30June2023_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1173712/Population_30June2023_Annual.ods</a>.</p><p>Data for the second element can be found in the attached file.</p><p>The removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is a Government priority with all FNOs sentenced to custody being referred to the Home Office for consideration of deportation. Both departments are working closely to maximise removals from prison including:</p><ul><li>Expanding the Early Removal Scheme to 18 months so we get them out of the country early and no longer cost taxpayers a small fortune;</li><li>Deploying more Home Office caseworkers to speed up and increase removals from this country, and look at measures to remove foreign nationals accused of less serious crimes more quickly;</li><li>Continuing to sign strike new prisoner transfer deals like the one agreed with Albania.</li></ul><p>The Govt has made good progress from removing from prison and the community and published figures show that overall FNO returns have increased in the latest 12-month period (ending September 2023) by 19% when compared to previous 12-month period (3,577 compared to 3,011).   We removed 16,676 foreign national offenders since January 2019 to September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/12/2023 09:41:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-12-07 PQ 5051-Final.xlsx title Table_5051
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1675102

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: Foreign Nationals
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 people who were not UK nationals and were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence had (a) zero, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine and (k) 10 or more previous convictions in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested in PQs 5054 and 5055 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The most recent prison population data published in the department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) is as at 30 September 2023. Any request for data ahead of this is exempt from disclosure, as it will form the basis for ‘future publication’. Therefore, we are not able to provide a substantive response to your request at this time.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5055 5073 question first answered 15/12/2023 09:42:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1675103

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Cautions and Sentencing: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were (a) cautioned and (b) sentenced were not UK nationals in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested in PQs 5054 and 5055 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The most recent prison population data published in the department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) is as at 30 September 2023. Any request for data ahead of this is exempt from disclosure, as it will form the basis for ‘future publication’. Therefore, we are not able to provide a substantive response to your request at this time.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 5054 5073 question first answered 15/12/2023 09:42:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1675120

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a police cell was used as part of Operation Safeguard in 2023 by (a) region and (b) police force.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	5060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>Operation safeguard is a planned contingency measure which was implemented in February 2023 and operated up until November 2023 in relation to the adult male estate. It is used to hold adult male prisoners in police custody suites temporarily as needed.</p><p>The tables below provide a breakdown of police cell usage as part of Operation Safeguard in 2023 by region and police force.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="7"><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6"><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire`</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>923</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Hampshire &amp; IOW</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Central</p></td><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Met</p></td><td><p>London Met</p></td><td><p>136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>136</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Police force</p></td><td><p>Number of cells</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Dfyed-Powys</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/12/2023 15:00:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury