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registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Slavery: Compensation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many compensation orders under section 130 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 have been made in respect of offences flagged as modern slavery offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years; and what was the (1) total, and (2) average amount of those compensation awards.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL11277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Modern Slavery was introduced as a specific offence as part of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Therefore, data related to this offence is only available from 2015. Centrally held data relates to the number of individuals sentenced to pay compensation for modern slavery offences.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, there have not been any individuals ordered to pay compensation as part of their sentence for a modern slavery offence.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

998904

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what overnight allowance is paid to jurors in trials in the High Court who have to stay overnight in London to attend a trial.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL11156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The High Court has not conducted a jury trial since 2016. Use of juries in High Court trials is rare. When juries are used, the jurors are called from within Greater London through the Jury Central Summonsing Bureau. No overnight allowance is payable and the need for overnight accommodation is not envisaged.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/11/2018 14:51:24 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

994701

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ministry of Justice policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they have published the outcome of any such assessments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL11017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Ministry of Justice does not collect information on the number of Family Test assessments completed. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/11/2018 12:39:31 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

994726

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of suicide rates among offenders on licence and in prisons; what assessment they have made of whether the number of offenders in the prison system contributes to those suicide rates; and whether they have plans to reduce the number of offenders in the prison system.
tabling member printed	Lord Patel of Bradford
uin	HL11042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government publishes data on the number of deaths among offenders being supervised in the community, and on the number and rates of deaths in prisons. The most recent statistics were released on 25 October 2018. In the year to March 2018, among offenders under post-release supervision there were 1.4 self-inflicted deaths per 1,000 offenders, down from 1.7 per 1,000 in the previous year. This rate is calculated against a snapshot of the number of offenders under supervision on 31 March, not against the total number who had been supervised during the year. The rate of self-inflicted deaths in prison in the year to September 2018 was 1.0 per 1,000 prisoners: up from 0.9 per 1,000 in the previous 12 months, but below the rate in each of the three years before that. The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm and suicide across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. They include:<ul><li>investing in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes;</li><li>introducing the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective support;</li><li>rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (this has already reached more than 17,000 staff);</li><li>improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody;</li><li>revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and</li><li>renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</li></ul>We want to see prison numbers come down, but not by setting an arbitrary figure for reduction. Custody should achieve justice, by holding offenders whose crime is so serious that no other penalty will do, or who would pose a danger to the public if released. It must also rehabilitate those prisoners, because society is entitled to expect them to make a fresh start when they get out. We are determined to do better by offenders who are sent to prison, to make them less likely to return. There is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not achieve that, and that community sentences can be more effective at reducing re-offending. We will therefore look at what more we can do to emphasise that short custodial sentences should be viewed as a last resort.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/11/2018 16:42:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3798 label Biography information for Lord Patel of Bradford

994735

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection and who continue to protest their innocence are denied access to rehabilitative courses which may lead to their release.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL11051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Maintaining innocence is not a barrier to progression, and there are a number of offending behaviour programmes available to prisoners who maintain their innocence, including those serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection.</p><p> </p><p>It is not mandatory for prisoners to complete offending behaviour programmes in order to achieve release. It should also be borne in mind that completion of a programme is no guarantee that risk has been reduced.</p><p> </p><p>The independent Parole Board consider all the available evidence when assessing prisoners’ risks and their suitability for release.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 08/11/2018 14:50:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

994345

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total weight of drugs recovered in prisons in England and Wales in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>189 kilogrammes of drugs were recovered in prisons in England and Wales in 2017 and 50 kilogrammes of drugs were recovered between January and March this year. Data for the months since March 2018 will be available on GOV.UK in July 2019, as part of the Annual HMPPS Digest. The volume of drugs recovered reflects not only the number of attempts to convey illicit substances into our prisons but also our success in finding and recovering these drugs.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/10/2018 15:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994346

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the National Offenders Management Service's National Tactical Response Group was deployed in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The figures provided include incidents where the situation was resolved locally prior to National Tactical Response Groups arrival</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 and 2018, NTRG were deployed the following times:</p><p>2017 – 547</p><p>2018 – 475*</p><p> </p><p>*data accurate up to 31/8/18, the most recently available data</p><p>Note, this figures include deployments to Immigration Removal Centres as required.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2018 17:36:40 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994347

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in prison are currently managed under the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 October 2018, 2,640 prisoners were being supported and managed through the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.</p><p> </p><p>The number of ACCT documents opened in each of the last five years is:</p><p>2013 33716</p><p>2014 37197</p><p>2015 43714</p><p>2016 48101</p><p>2017 49298</p><p>These are the numbers of occasions on which an ACCT was opened. Because there are many cases of individual prisoners being supported using ACCT more than once within a year, the figures for each year are considerably higher than the number of prisoners who have been supported during that year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self harm, suicide and violence across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 17,000 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL10992 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:05:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994348

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system programmes were established in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 October 2018, 2,640 prisoners were being supported and managed through the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.</p><p> </p><p>The number of ACCT documents opened in each of the last five years is:</p><p>2013 33716</p><p>2014 37197</p><p>2015 43714</p><p>2016 48101</p><p>2017 49298</p><p>These are the numbers of occasions on which an ACCT was opened. Because there are many cases of individual prisoners being supported using ACCT more than once within a year, the figures for each year are considerably higher than the number of prisoners who have been supported during that year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self harm, suicide and violence across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 17,000 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL10991 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:05:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994353

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they responded to the report on prison policy by the Catholic Bishops' Conference, The Right Road, published in November 2016; and if so, what was their response.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL10997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>We have not formally responded to this report. However, we absolutely share the Catholic Bishops’ Conference’s vision of a prison system that rehabilitates offenders and supports victims. We are working towards this through our reforms to prisons, and indeed probation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/10/2018 15:23:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton