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1144088

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Eastwood Park Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take following the report of the Chief Inspector of Prison Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Eastwood Park; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for the failure to prevent the conditions disclosed in the report arising.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL17576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ recent report on HMP/YOI Eastwood Park was published on 28th August 2019. HMPPS take all recommendations made by the HM Chief Inspector seriously. A<br>detailed action plan has been produced to address the recommendations in the report. The action plan has been published on the prison finder website and has been provided for my noble Lord</p><p>We are aware of the deterioration of unit 2 due to leaking showers as highlighted in the report. Bids for funding have been submitted to the Ministry of Justice’s Projects Team to address the issues. In<br>the meantime, the Prison Governor continues to meet monthly with Gov Facility Services Limited and the Service Delivery Manager to assess conditions across the prison and ensure those areas<br>needing remedial works are addressed promptly.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/09/2019 16:22:16 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1142738

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Translation Services
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 15 July 2019 to Question 275723 on translation services, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in expenditure between the 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	284295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Spend on language services increased in October 2016 as a result of an intentional move by the Ministry of Justice to increase the quality of the services. A new set of contracts commenced in 2016 which included various improvements based on independent recommendations made about the previous contract. These changes included a more robust performance management regime, improved data and the implementation of a new quality assurance service.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on Language Services is expected to fluctuate due to the nature of the contracts being demand led.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2019 14:21:42 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1142747

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Translation Services
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 15 July 2019 to Question 275723, whether his Department collects information on user satisfaction of translation services.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	284319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry is committed to ensuring the justice system is supported by a range of quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the new generation of language service contracts which began on 31 October 2016, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appointed 'The Language Shop' (part of the London Borough of Newham) to provide independent quality assurance of the services provided under the other contracts, including those awarded to the thebigword Ltd. As part of that assurance, The Language Shop also investigate complaints and specific concerns throughout the contract period and conduct regular customer satisfaction surveys of MOJ users. The results of the surveys are discussed at quarterly quality board meetings and are fed back to the suppliers to improve the service provided. These services help to ensure the ongoing delivery of high-quality language services to the department and her agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the statistics of complaints received are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available to the public.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 14:18:44 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1142785

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
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 effectiveness of the female offender strategy.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	284426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Female Offender Strategy set out our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal justice system and in custody, and better conditions for those women who need to be in custody. The strategy launched an ambitious programme of work which will take will take several years to deliver. We are committed to monitoring progress over time and taking action to deliver the outcomes we set out to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken stock of progress in the first year and published an update on our progress in a Written Ministerial Statement on 27 June 2019: https://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-06-27/HCWS1662 . A number of key achievements are set out below:</p><p>• In December 2018, we published a new Women’s Policy Framework to replace Prison Order 4800. It sets out the duties, rules and general guidance for prison and probation staff who work with women</p><ul><li>A new modular training package, POWER, has been devised and rolled out to develop the skills and knowledge of staff working with women in a custodial and community setting.</li><li>New female pathways have been introduced by NHS England within their Liaison and Diversion services.</li><li>On 18 June 2019, we published Lord Farmer’s Review on the importance of family ties for women. We commissioned Lord Farmer to undertake a follow-up review into the importance of family ties for female offenders.</li><li>Across government, we have invested £5m in women’s centres and other community services for women in 2018/19 and 2019/20. This includes funding to support the almost 60% of female offenders who have experienced domestic abuse. This funding will help to sustain and enhance existing services, and will create new services where there is currently a gap.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact of the strategy and be scrutinised on progress in its delivery through the Advisory Board on Female Offenders, a minister-led board of external stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:34:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

1142822

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal aid is available to the families of victims of terrorist attacks.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Lesley Laird
uin	284262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>In England and Wales, legal aid can be provided if the matter or issue in question is within scope of the legal aid scheme, as defined in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is available for advice and assistance for all inquests, subject to a means and merits test. Legal aid funding for legal representation for a family, during an inquest hearing, is not in scope of LASPO. However, families are supported by coroners who can ask questions on their behalf to help them get the answers they need and we are developing a range of measures to improve this service further.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that for certain inquests, bereaved people may require representation; legal aid may therefore be available, through the Exceptional Case Funding scheme, if certain criteria are met:</p><p> </p><p>(a) if a failure to provide such representation would breach, or likely risk a breach of, the government’s obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights, usually Article 2; or</p><p>(b) where the Director of Legal Aid Casework (DLAC) makes a determination that there is a ‘wider public interest’ in legal representation being granted.</p><p> </p><p>All individual case funding decisions are taken by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA). It is important that these decisions are, and are seen to be, free from political and Government influence.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/09/2019 15:02:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4660 label Biography information for Lesley Laird

1142843

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on refreshments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	284312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold central records for expenditure on refreshments. However, the following restrictions apply to all staff with effect from August 2010:</p><p> </p><ul><li>No lunches, tea or coffees can be ordered for any internal meeting (i.e. a meeting between MoJ staff). Water is freely available in our offices.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>For all external meetings (i.e. a meeting between MoJ staff and external stakeholders), lunch, tea and coffee purchases require Director-level sign-off and are only allowed in exceptional circumstances.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To provide information on departmental expenditure on refreshments would involve disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 12:52:25 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142852

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	284337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 16:15:31 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142877

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the prison population.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	284391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, which take into account the circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors. We are clear that sentencing must match the severity of a crime.</p><p> </p><p>Prison numbers can fluctuate, which is why we have a robust set of plans in place to ensure we will always have enough places for offenders sent to custody by the courts. The Prime Minister recently announced his ambition to transform the prison estate with an additional investment of £2.5 billion which will deliver 10,000 additional prison places.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:39:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1142948

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by probation services in Wales in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	284444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2018, there were 695 staff employed by the National Probation Service in the Wales probation region.</p><p> </p><p>Prison and Probation workforce statistics are published quarterly, more information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:28:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1142949

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department allocated to probation services in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	284448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total amount spent by the Ministry of Justice on probation services in England and Wales for each region is set out in the summary table below: <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2018/19 Probation Expenditure by Region (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CRC</p></td><td><p>NPS</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Total (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South East and Eastern</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>South West and South Central</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Probation England Total</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>791</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Probation Wales Total</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Central Delivered Operational Support Functions*</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Probation Total</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>896</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>* includes bail accommodation, NPS centrally delivered operational support, public protection group and probation contract management</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Responsibility for delivery of probation services in Northern Ireland and Scotland sits with the devolved administrations and is not funded through the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 13:28:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore