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49508

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Probation Service has experienced problems in accessing the Risk of Serious Recidivism Predictor Tool to date.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	197568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out extensive local testing of the key elements of the new Transforming Rehabilitation systems across a number of Probation Trusts. Findings are helping us to refine the associated tools and guidance. We have now completed testing of the new Risk of Serious Recidivism (RSR) tool, which will be used to inform the allocation of cases to new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) or the National Probation Service (NPS). Our testing with operational staff in Trusts indicates that the tool is straightforward to use, in line with our commitment to minimising bureaucracy for frontline staff.</p><p> </p><p>We have begun the roll out of the current version of the tool to all Trusts.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

49509

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 50 initial preferred bidders for probation services remain in the competition.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	197569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We have a robust and diverse market. In mid December 2013, the bidders who passed the first stage of the competition to win the regional rehabilitation contracts were announced. That list included a mix of private and voluntary sector partnerships with more than 50 organisations represented. A list of the bidders who have been successful at this stage can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition</a></p><p> </p><p>The process to award Community Rehabilitation Company contracts is ongoing and the details of which bidders remain in the competition is commercially sensitive information. The contract winners for each Community Rehabilitation Company will be announced by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

49517

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 implications of an increase in the need for court reports arising from his Transforming Rehabilitation agenda on the workload of court staff.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	197523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not anticipate that Transforming Rehabilitation will have a substantial impact on the number of pre-sentence reports written. The National Probation Service (NPS) will continue to offer same-day reports where possible and to work closely with the Courts to minimise adjournments.</p><p> </p><p>By expanding post-release supervision for those sentenced to under 12-months, this cohort of offenders will now benefit from rehabilitative activity who were previously excluded, but this will not impact on pre-sentence Court activity.</p><p> </p><p>The new Risk of Serious Recidivism (RSR) tool will be used to inform the allocation of cases to new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) or the NPS and complements the pre-sentence report process. The RSR is straightforward to use and will support the identification of the likelihood of an offender committing serious re-offending in the future. We will ensure that CRCs work closely with the NPS so that cases are brought before the courts speedily and effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

49551

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of housing an individual in (a) a probation hostel and (b) approved premises for 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	197611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>On release from custody, offenders who meet the referral criteria may be accommodated in an Approved Premises (AP). (APs were formerly known as Probation &amp; Bail Hostels.)There are 100 APs in England &amp; Wales, providing supervised accommodation for offenders under probation supervision. They also house a small number of defendants on bail.</p><p> </p><p>Most APs are managed by probation trusts and funded out of the total grant paid to the trust by the National Offender Management Service. The AP element is not separately identified. Because of this funding arrangement, it is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

49332

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many motorists were prosecuted for speeding offences in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	197306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at Magistrates' courts for speeding offences in the Nottinghamshire Police Force Area, from 2008 to 2012 (latest available) can be viewed in the table. Information cannot be broken down by Parliamentary constituency</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 197306 - de Piero - TABLE for Draft for Minister.XLS title Table 1
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49067

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) net and (b) gross earnings were of each prisoner in each month in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. To obtain this information would require an examination by each prison establishment of payment transactions made on the central prisoner monies recording system for each of the relevant periods. This would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197086 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49079

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed in work in jails on 1 April in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of prisoners working in the community are not held centrally and could only be obtained from local records at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197085 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49081

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed in work in the community on 1 April in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for public sector prisons are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of prisoners working in the community are not held centrally and could only be obtained from local records at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197084 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49083

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest amount earned by any prisoner in jail was in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. To obtain this information would require an examination by each prison establishment of payment transactions made on the central prisoner monies recording system for each of the relevant periods. This would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 197089 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49100

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) young adult prisoners were on suicide watch in HM Prison High Down on (i) 1 September 2013 and (ii) 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	197105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisoners who are identified as being at-risk of suicide or self-harm will be placed on an Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) Plan. ACCT is a prisoner focused care planning system which is used by prisons to manage and support at risk prisoners. The ACCT plan will include what level of observations are required for each prisoner which will be decided on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>At HMP High Down</p><p>(i) there were 62 prisoners on an open ACCT on the 1<sup>st</sup> September 2013, of which 6 were young adult prisoners</p><p>(ii) there were 33 prisoners on an open ACCT on the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014, of which 2 were young adult prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan