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registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many prisons there are no illegal drugs.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	92
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a comprehensive drug strategy for prisons, which includes elements to both reduce the demand and supply of drugs in prisons. The success of the strategy is illustrated by the reduction of drug misuse in prisons, as measured by the random Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) programme, which has declined by 17.5 percentage points over the past 17 years, despite the fact that NOMS is testing for more drugs than previously. Positive rates were 7.8% in 2009/2010 and 6.9% in 2014/2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the 81 prisons in England and Wales that reported no drug misuse, as measured by random MDT, in at least one month of the 2014/15 financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Prisons that recorded no positive random MDT results in </strong></p><p><strong>at least one month in 2014/15</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>Low Newton</p></td><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>Usk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blantyre House</p></td><td><p>Glen Parva</p></td><td><p>Moorland Open</p></td><td><p>Wakefield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brinsford</p></td><td><p>Grendon</p></td><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>Whatton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p>Peterborough Female</p></td><td><p>Whitemoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>Peterborough Male</p></td><td><p>Winchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>Prescoed</p></td><td><p>Woodhill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deerbolt</p></td><td><p>Huntercombe</p></td><td><p>Portland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>Isle Of Wight</p></td><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley</p></td><td><p>Kirklevington</p></td><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>Spring Hill</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Leyhill</p></td><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>Standford Hill</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>Swaleside</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/06/2015 13:19:36 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

226048

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under his Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since 2010 MoJ has delivered major changes by reducing costs in the services we provide and seeking to improve the way we provide them. Our extensive reform programme, covering all areas of the justice system, including back office functions, has reduced net spend by £1.7bn, or 19% in real terms, in 2013-14 compared to 2010-11, and is expected to reduce by a total of over £3bn or 34% in real terms by 2015-16.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has been working hard to deliver its commitments from the 2010 coalition agreement including major programmes such as Transforming Rehabilitation, which is now changing the lives of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We have met our commitment to revolutionise rehabilitation by establishing a new National Probation Service and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies, which are now up and running, supervising offenders. We have changed the law to ensure that every offender will receive rehabilitative support for at least a year after release from prison. The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 also introduces a new Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to aid in the rehabilitation of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the prison system to create a fit-for-purpose, modern estate which provides accommodation at a much lower cost to the taxpayer. We are ensuring that the sentencing framework operates as efficiently and effectively as possible and delivers appropriate punishment of offenders, without compromising on public safety. We are continuing to transform the prison system, and we have announced the construction of a new prison in Wales. The construction of four new house blocks at established prisons will provide modern accommodation at a lower cost to the taxpayer, and three of these have already been completed.</p><p>We are transforming youth custody to create a more cost-effective system which ensures that young people are appropriately punished, while at the same time receiving the support and education required to turn away from a life of crime. We have legislated to create Secure Colleges and we have awarded new education contracts in Young Offender Institutions that will more than double the number of hours education young people receive.</p><p>We are creating a more affordable and sustainable Legal Aid system. The Legal Aid Transformation Programme was put in place after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act came into force on 1 April 2013. Its aim is to examine the possibilities of further legal aid savings, including the concept of tendering to be a criminal legal aid provider, and to identify ways in which public confidence could be improved.</p><p>We have met our commitment to provide greater transparency by extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to Academy schools and the Association of Chief Police Officers amongst others.</p><p>Only one policy from the 2010 Coalition Agreement, as set out in the ‘Programme for Government’ document, has not been implemented. The Coalition government made it clear from the outset that it would only extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants if there was clear and sound evidence to justify it. The proposal was not progressed. An announcement to this effect was made in November 2010.<br> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:33:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177552

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: 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 drugs in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	223036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) takes the issue of all contraband in prisons extremely seriously and deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. We do not tolerate drugs in prison and anyone caught with them will be punished and could face further prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has in place a comprehensive drugs strategy. The success of this strategy is illustrated by the reduction of drug misuse - as measured by the random mandatory drug testing programme - which has declined by 17.0 percentage points over the past fifteen years (positive rates were 24.4% in 1996/7 and 7.4% in 2013/14) despite the fact that more drugs are being tested for. Random MDT provides a reliable and statistically valid way of measuring patterns and trends of drug misuse in prisons at national and regional level.</p><p> </p><p>There is growing evidence that there has been an increase in the use and seizure of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) into prisons. We have already announced a series of measures to crack down on this and will ensure Governors have the powers and support they need to tackle it.</p><p> </p><p>New, additional powers in the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill will give powers to specify non-controlled drugs (including New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and prescription drugs) which can be tested for as part of the Mandatory Drug Testing Programme.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has also very recently circulated new guidance to prison governors, which sets out clearly for the first time the measures available to them to deal with NPS. This will reinforce the prison estate’s zero tolerance approach to contraband.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2015 16:29:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

63953

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all impact assessments his Department has made on privatising the Ministry of Justice Shared Services in Newport.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	202381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice are entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office services, with the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014. We expect this to bringincreased savings and efficiency in back-office functions, provide further benefits across wider Government and offer better value for money to the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to this decision, the two private sector options were compared against the option to remain a standalone organisation and assessed using evaluation criteria that considered IT, cost, staff impacts and the service to our customers. The assessments will not be published as they are commercially sensitive documents.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with staff, trade unions and other stakeholders to assess any impacts on staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/06/2014 16:42:44 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

63954

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to regularly provide details on private sector bodies who collaborate with public sector bodies on projects which are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	202371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government already provides details of private sector bodies who work under contract with the Government. Since January 2011, as part of the Government's transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 02/07/2014 16:15:26 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

63956

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions on potential job losses in Newport took place between his Department, the Home Office and Steria prior to the decision to privatise the Ministry of Justice Shared Services.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	202380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice are entering into detailed discussions with Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL) regarding the future delivery of their back office services, with the intention of awarding a contract in August 2014. We expect this to bring increased savings and efficiency in back-office functions, provide further benefits across wider Government and offer better value for money to the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>SSCL have stated their intention of providing 12 months job protection for all transferring staff from the point of transfer in October 2014. This means that there will be no compulsory redundancies during this period. No decisions have been made to close buildings and we expect all sites to remain open during this period.</p><p> </p><p>Following the transfer of staff, services and IT, there will be a stabilisation stage during which SSCL will look at how the service is currently delivered. No decisions will be made until SSCL has had the opportunity to fully understand the operation.</p><p>We will continue to work with staff, trade unions and other stakeholders to assess any impacts on staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/06/2014 16:44:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

60977

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) paid, (b) collected and (c) reduced for alcohol-related motoring offences in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to identify from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals systems how many fines have been (a) paid, (b) collected and (c) reduced for specific offences. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost as identifying this would require a manual search of all fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 199839 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:55:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

60978

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) paid, (b) collected and (c) reduced for motoring speeding offences in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	199839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It is not possible to identify from Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals systems how many fines have been (a) paid, (b) collected and (c) reduced for specific offences. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost as identifying this would require a manual search of all fine accounts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 199838 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:55:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn