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769022

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of human trafficking did not receive compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority on the basis that the injured person's conduct contributed towards the incident in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	107161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/10/2017 16:49:53 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

769032

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of drivers under the age of 18 that cause death or serious injury through dangerous driving being convicted as adults instead of minors.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	107202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>An offender cannot be treated as an adult if they are under the age of 18 on the date of conviction. These offenders will receive a disposal under the youth sentencing framework.</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender turns 18 between the commission of the offence and the date of conviction they will then receive an adult sentence, although when setting the length and requirements of the sentence the court should take as its starting point the sentence likely to have been imposed on the date at which the offence was committed.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/10/2017 16:50:11 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

767911

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what new initiatives they plan to pursue to support those prisoners with few or no family contacts.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting prisoners establish or maintain relationships with their families and significant others. We recognise that we need also to support prisoners who do not have family links, or for whom family relationships are not appropriate, to develop alternative sources of support.</p><p>Prisons already collect and record the details of prisoners’ next of kin or nominated contact when they arrive at the prison as a requirement of the Early Days in Custody Prison Service Instruction 17/2015. Prisoners who do not identify contacts are flagged and prison staff or partner agencies encourage them through their sentence plan to establish and develop appropriate relationships.</p><p>In October governors were given control over family services in their prison, to strengthen their ability to support the specific needs of their prisoners including through commissioning services tomanage visits centres, deliver family learning programmes and provide family engagement workers, who can support prisoners who do not have contact with family.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:57:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

768177

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders taking part in programmes on drug recovery wings in prisons spent one night or more in temporary accommodation immediately after release.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	106833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Drug Recovery Wings (DRWs) pilots were launched in 2011/2012 in eight men’s and two women’s prisons in England and Wales running until 2015. The DRWs focussed primarily on drug and alcohol misusing offenders sentenced to between 3-12 months in custody, but the scope was extended in 2012 to include those on remand and those serving longer sentences who were in their last year of sentence.</p><p>An <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/mental-health/projects/drugrecoverywingpilotsevaluation/#tab-3" target="_blank">independent Evaluation of the Drug Recovery Wing Pilots</a> was published on 5<sup>th</sup> October 2017 and provides information on the capacity of the wings within each prison. The Evaluation found that comparing the six months prior to incarceration and the six months following release, there was a reduction in self-reported substance use and crime. However, in the absence of a comparison group, this reduction cannot be attributed to the DRWs.</p><p>In the impact evaluation, 319 prisoners were interviewed at the beginning of their DRW engagement, 203 prior to their departure from the wing and 109 once they had been living back in the community for six months. The most common experience described by interviewees was being released into a hostel, or funded B&amp;B. Of those interviewed post-release, it was self-reported that 12% reporting shoplifting, 9% theft other than from a vehicle and 9% handling stolen goods in the six months following release. <em>[It’s important to note that there might selection bias meaning these reoffending rates might be an underestimate.]</em></p><p>Governors and local health commissioners decide if they wish to commission drug recovery wings when considering how best to meet the needs of their population. HMP Brixton and HMP Styal continue to run DRWs since the pilot ended and a number of establishments in partnership with Drug Treatment Providers established their own local recovery wings or therapeutic community models outside of the original pilot areas. Building on the DRWs, we are currently piloting new approaches to tackle the demand for and supply of drugs amongst prisoners, which includes developing a range of evidence based substance misuse treatment and provisions to support recovery in prison and through the gate.</p><p>Although no specific funding was provided to assist offenders who have participated in programmes on drug recovery wings, a new resettlement service was introduced in 2015 through which prisoners are given continuous support when they leave prison into the community. Almost all prisoners, including those on remand, now receive through-the-gate help and supervision to meet identified needs, including with substance misuse problems. These services are delivered by Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), which work with prisons and locally commissioned substance misuse services to provide access for offenders.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 106252 106253 106255 106256 106257 106258 106259 106260 106261 106262 106263 question first answered 16/10/2017 15:14:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

768180

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	107008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.</p><p>The Government is still making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Department for Exiting the European Union are working closely with departments across Government to ensure we make the changes required to deliver a functioning statute book on exit in the most efficient manner possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 17/10/2017 15:03:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

768182

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
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 adequacy of mental health provisions in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	107017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We take mental health provision in our prisons very seriously and are committed to working closely with health partners to ensure that offenders are assessed at the appropriate time and can access the treatment and support required for their mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for commissioning health services in English prisons and assuring the quality and provision of services provided, we support them in this. Health Needs Assessments are carried out in each prison to ensure that services are commissioned to meet the needs of each prison population.</p><p> </p><p>Health is devolved to the Welsh Government and Local Health Boards commission services for the population in their locality and for public sector prisons in Wales, which includes mental health assessments and treatment. There are separate arrangements for the private prison HMP Parc. In Wales, we work in partnership with the Welsh Government and health services to support people placed in our care.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2017 14:36:38 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

767315

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of creating alternative penalties for offences that normally require custodial sentences in order to address overcrowding in prisons.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing is a matter for the independent courts. The law already allows judges to impose a non-custodial sentence, even when the threshold for a custodial term is reached.</p><p>Sentencing Guidelines are clear that sentencers must consider all the available disposals in any given case and will impose the sentence most appropriate to the offence and offender.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:58:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767316

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that prisoners know about, and have effective access to, release on temporary licence.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Instructions issued in 2015 require each prison governor to make available to prisoners information on the sort of release on temporary licence (ROTL) opportunities available locally and how prisoners can access them.</p><p>The evidence shows that temporary release from prison can help ensure offenders do not return to crime when they leave prison, and compliance rates stand at well over 99%. We want to maintain improvements made to ROTL recently while allowing governors greater discretion so that prisoners get the skills and training they need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:56:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767351

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the Local Government Association's request for an urgent action plan to improve conditions in youth custody provision, following the conclusion by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, set out in the 2016–17 Annual Report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, that "there was not a single establishment…inspected…in which it was safe to hold children and young people."
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL1769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to improve safety and reduce the risk of serious incidents, violence and self-harm in youth custody. We acknowledge that levels of violence within the youth estate are too high and outcomes for children and young people in custody are not good enough. Following the Government’s response to Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system, a new Youth Custody Service (YCS) has been created to focus on performance in the Youth Secure Estate and a Youth Justice Reform Programme has been established.</p><p>The aims of the programme are to improve standards by making youth custody a place of safety, both for young people and those who work there; and to improve the life chances of young people in custody. We are investing £64 million to entrench the reform of youth custody. We will boost the number of frontline staff in youth offender institutions by 20% – 120 additional recruits, including newly trained specialist youth justice workers, equipped to tackle the needs of young offenders. We are also developing two new Secure Schools.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 17/10/2017 11:57:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

767647

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government's review of community rehabilitation companies in England and Wales has been completed; and what the main conclusions are of that review.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	106608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We carried out a comprehensive review of the probation system to examine all aspects of probation delivery since the implementation of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. As a result of this review, and as set out in my written statement of 19 July 2017, we amended CRC contracts to reflect more accurately the fixed costs of delivering services to offenders and enable providers to focus on delivery of critical operational services. We continue to keep the operation of the probation system under review and are exploring further improvements that could be made to the delivery of services.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/10/2017 14:37:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts