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1659068

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ipsos MORI: Prisons
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 18 July 2023 to Question 193876 on Ipsos Mori, between which dates the Value of Prison survey was conducted online; and whether the results of that survey have been reported to his office.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The department is working with Ipsos to finalise the research design and ensure analytical robustness. As such, the survey has not yet been conducted and therefore, results have not been reported to the Secretary of State’s office.</p><p>This survey is part of a research project looking to quantify the key societal benefits associated with prison provision. The survey aims to quantify the retributive benefit of prison. As the approach to quantifying the retribution effect is novel, the Ministry of Justice will need to go through standard quality assurance processes to determine whether results are useable as part of our wider ‘value of a prison place’ work.</p><p>Once the fieldwork has been completed and results have been quality assured, they will be shared with the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/09/2023 16:52:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1659069

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences relating to procurement fraud against (i) private sector companies and (ii) public sector organisations in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for various offences under the Fraud Act 2006 in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p>However, whether the offences relate to procurement or payroll fraud specifically, and whether they were against private or public sector companies, is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 198322 question first answered 14/09/2023 16:22:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1659070

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pay: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences relating to payroll fraud against (i) private sector companies and (ii) public sector organisations in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for various offences under the Fraud Act 2006 in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1182043/outcomes-by-offence-2022_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022</a>.</p><p>However, whether the offences relate to procurement or payroll fraud specifically, and whether they were against private or public sector companies, is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 198321 question first answered 14/09/2023 16:22:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1659099

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers
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 prison officers at Wandsworth Prison attended their shift on 6 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>On 6 September 2023, 1,594 prisoners were held at HMP Wandsworth. 125 Band 3 Prison Officers at the prison attended their shift on that day. This equates to 61 per cent of all staff due to attend. 80 officers did not attend their expected shift at the prison on that day. Overall staffing levels were above the minimum staffing level required by the prison’s Regime Management Plan to deliver a safe and decent regime. All staff in both the kitchen and the gatehouse were on duty on 06 September. An initial investigation into Daniel Khalife’s escape did not find the staffing level to be a contributing factor.</p><p>We have taken a series of measures to increase the prison workforce. Despite a challenging labour market, the 12 months ending 30 June 2023 saw an increase of over 700 Full Time Equivalent Band prison officers. This means we now have 4,000 more prison officers than in March 2017. We are also recruiting 5,000 prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p>We recently increased the pay of the vast majority of frontline officers by 7 per cent. Combined with other pay rises, this means starting pay for prison officers has increased since 2019 from £22,293 to £30,902 (on the basis of a national rate, 37 hour week with unsocial hours) or £23,529 to £32,851 (on the basis of a national rate, 39 hour week with unsocial hours).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 198413 198416 question first answered 14/09/2023 16:44:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1659100

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held at Wandsworth Prison on 6 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>On 6 September 2023, 1,594 prisoners were held at HMP Wandsworth. 125 Band 3 Prison Officers at the prison attended their shift on that day. This equates to 61 per cent of all staff due to attend. 80 officers did not attend their expected shift at the prison on that day. Overall staffing levels were above the minimum staffing level required by the prison’s Regime Management Plan to deliver a safe and decent regime. All staff in both the kitchen and the gatehouse were on duty on 06 September. An initial investigation into Daniel Khalife’s escape did not find the staffing level to be a contributing factor.</p><p>We have taken a series of measures to increase the prison workforce. Despite a challenging labour market, the 12 months ending 30 June 2023 saw an increase of over 700 Full Time Equivalent Band prison officers. This means we now have 4,000 more prison officers than in March 2017. We are also recruiting 5,000 prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p>We recently increased the pay of the vast majority of frontline officers by 7 per cent. Combined with other pay rises, this means starting pay for prison officers has increased since 2019 from £22,293 to £30,902 (on the basis of a national rate, 37 hour week with unsocial hours) or £23,529 to £32,851 (on the basis of a national rate, 39 hour week with unsocial hours).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 198412 198416 question first answered 14/09/2023 16:44:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1659101

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of security arrangements at Wandsworth Prison.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) carries out a programme of unannounced audits across the prison estate, to ensure adequate operational standards are being maintained within individual establishments.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Prison Performance Ratings published on gov.uk include the latest security audit score for each prison. The most recent security audit data is available here: <a href="https://data.justice.gov.uk/prisons/public-protection/security-audit" target="_blank">Security audit - Justice Data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £100 million since 2019 on measures such as enhanced gate security with x-ray body scanners which has driven up the finds of drugs, weapons and other contraband, including tools that could be used to aid an escape from prison. As of October 2022, we had recorded 28,626 positive indications through our X-ray scanners, helping to tackle the supply of illicit contraband.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/09/2023 16:41:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1659102

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers
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 prison officers at Wandsworth Prison attended their shift on the last day of each month since September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The figures requested are given in the table below. They represent the number of operational staff at Bands 3, 4 and 5 who attended the establishment for their shift on the last day of each month. They do not include staff on external duties.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of prison officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of staff due to attend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2022</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2022</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2022</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2022</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>81[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2023</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2023</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2023</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2023</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>62[2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2023</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2023</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2023</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2023</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Last day of month fell at weekend, so fewer staff required.</p><p>[2] As above.</p><p> </p><p>These figures exceed the minimum staffing level required by the prison’s Regime Management Plan to deliver a safe and decent regime.</p><p>We have taken, and continue to take, a series of measures to increase the prison workforce. Despite a challenging labour market, the 12 months ending 30 June 2023 saw an increase of over 700 Full-Time Equivalent Band prison officers. This means we now have 4,000 more prison officers than in March 2017. We are also recruiting 5,000 prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p>We recently increased the pay of the vast majority of frontline officers by 7 per cent. Combined with other pay rises, this means starting pay for prison officers has increased since 2019 from £22,293 to £30,902 (on the basis of a national rate, 37 hour week with unsocial hours) or £23,529 to £32,851 (on the basis of a national rate, 39 hour week with unsocial hours).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/09/2023 16:46:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1659103

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers
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 shift slots at Wandsworth Prison were unfilled on 6 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>On 6 September 2023, 1,594 prisoners were held at HMP Wandsworth. 125 Band 3 Prison Officers at the prison attended their shift on that day. This equates to 61 per cent of all staff due to attend. 80 officers did not attend their expected shift at the prison on that day. Overall staffing levels were above the minimum staffing level required by the prison’s Regime Management Plan to deliver a safe and decent regime. All staff in both the kitchen and the gatehouse were on duty on 06 September. An initial investigation into Daniel Khalife’s escape did not find the staffing level to be a contributing factor.</p><p>We have taken a series of measures to increase the prison workforce. Despite a challenging labour market, the 12 months ending 30 June 2023 saw an increase of over 700 Full Time Equivalent Band prison officers. This means we now have 4,000 more prison officers than in March 2017. We are also recruiting 5,000 prison officers across public and private prisons by the mid-2020s.</p><p>We recently increased the pay of the vast majority of frontline officers by 7 per cent. Combined with other pay rises, this means starting pay for prison officers has increased since 2019 from £22,293 to £30,902 (on the basis of a national rate, 37 hour week with unsocial hours) or £23,529 to £32,851 (on the basis of a national rate, 39 hour week with unsocial hours).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 198412 198413 question first answered 14/09/2023 16:44:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1659255

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Funerals: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of delays in funerals being caused by (1) the existing system for registering a death, (2) the number of available pathologists, (3) delays in completion of Medical Certificate Cause of Death forms and access to local GPs, (4) the availability of mortuary storage at local hospitals and public mortuaries, and (5) any delays by medical examiners.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL9990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Government does not have operational responsibility for the provision of funeral services, we are aware of funeral delays in some areas and acknowledge that these are often exacerbated by pressures from within the wider death management system.</p><p>Government departments are taking a collaborative approach to reforming the death registration system as part of the roll out of the statutory medical examiner scheme which will come into force in April 2024. The doctor who attended the deceased during their last illness has a legal responsibility to complete a Medical Certificate Cause of Death (MCCD) as soon as possible to enable the registration of the death to take place. Guidance for doctors on completing an MCCD, available on Gov.uk, emphasises this point. As part of the work on the statutory medical examiner scheme, the Department of Health and Social Care is looking at expanding the pool of doctors who can sign the MCCD forms. When the demand on civil registration services is high, death registration appointments will always take priority over other registration appointments.</p><p>The Government continues to look at wider improvements to the death management system’s capacity and resilience, including mortuary capacity. The shortage of pathologists is a long-standing and cross-cutting issue. The Government is determined to make progress as soon as practicable. To that end, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State is engaging with Ministerial colleagues to implement effective solutions through a cross-government action plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 19/09/2023 14:22:55 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1658552

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to simplify the process for parents of disabled children to access child trust fund accounts when their children turn eighteen.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	198046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Anyone who wishes to manage the finances of a person who lacks the mental capacity to do so for themselves, which includes children turning 18, must have the legal authority to do so. In England and Wales legal authority is obtained by applying to the Court of Protection.</p><p>In February the Court of Protection introduced an online process to streamline and speed up processing times for property and affairs applications. This has resulted in decisions for a Court of Protection application being obtained within 8 weeks instead of 24 weeks. We continue to review and revise the process and the court will continue to identify areas to simplify and remove duplication on court forms, including uploading to the online process many of the forms required for a property and affairs applications.</p><p>My friend represents Northern Ireland. I cannot comment on the situation there as this responsibility is devolved.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 14/09/2023 16:15:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon