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1140971

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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison officers have been recruited since 31 March 2017; and how many of those posts were funded by the additional funding allocated by the Treasury at that time; and what additional funding the Treasury has allocated for the recruitment of prison offices since 31 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	280425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of new officers appointed to work in public sector prisons and youth custody establishments between 1 April 2017 and the 31 March 2019 is published in the Quarterly Workforce Statistics for HM Prison and Probation Service at table 8a -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>Additional funding of £106m was announced by the Secretary of State on 3 November 2016, for an additional 2,500 prison officer posts, which have now been filled. With growth, the £100m equates to £112m for the 2019/20 financial year, £97m of which is for public sector prisons.</p><p> </p><p>Our recruitment drive continues to replace turnover in officer numbers and meet required staffing levels across the prison estate. We constantly monitor the need for further funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:45:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1141006

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape Crisis Centres: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real-terms changes in the level of funding for rape crisis centres were between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Rape support centres receive funding from multiple sources, including government funding and charitable trusts.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice allocated the following funding to support rape support services across England and Wales:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>*Not possible to disaggregate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£3.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£3.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£3.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£4.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The Ministry of Justice provided total funding of £2.1m in 2010-11 for sexual violence and domestic violence support services.</p><p><br>In March this year we increased the central funding available to these services by 10% - up to £8m per year and made a commitment of £24m over three years.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice also allocates around £68 million a year to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to locally commission or provide support services for victims of crime, including victims of sexual violence. £4.7m of this is ringfenced for spend on victims of child sexual abuse. In 2017/18, PCCs reported spending £15.9m on supporting victims of sexual violence. £8.4m of this was from the MoJ grant and £7.5m from other funding sources.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:21:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141081

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of the Youth Justice Board grant to each local authority was in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Published totals by local authority for 2018/19 and 2019/20 are not yet available. Data for 2018/19 will be published at YOT level in the annual statistics published in early 2020. Data for 2019/20 will be available one year later.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 280326 question first answered 29/07/2019 15:19:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141082

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of the Youth Justice Board grant to each local authority in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Published totals by local authority for 2018/19 and 2019/20 are not yet available. Data for 2018/19 will be published at YOT level in the annual statistics published in early 2020. Data for 2019/20 will be available one year later.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 280325 question first answered 29/07/2019 15:19:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141084

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a Band 3-5 prison officer in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented. Those for modernised terms are influenced by staff turnover and position within pay range much more so than for legacy terms (for which all staff are now at pay range maximum).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Modernised Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£19,784</p></td><td><p>£26,272</p></td><td><p>£24,527</p></td><td><p>£24,804</p></td><td><p>£25,179</p></td><td><p>£24,531</p></td><td><p>£24,989</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Legacy Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£28,493</p></td><td><p>£28,708</p></td><td><p>£29,336</p></td><td><p>£29,560</p></td><td><p>£29,536</p></td><td><p>£29,896</p></td><td><p>£30,468</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours).</p><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:56:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141085

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 3-5 prison officer with less than one year's experience in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are for a contractual 37 hour week (although Band 3 Prison Officers can opt to work additional hours). Direct recruitment to Bands 4 and 5 is relatively rare. Those with less than one year’s experience are therefore almost always Band 3 Prison Officers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£18,720</p></td><td><p>£18,860</p></td><td><p>£19,049</p></td><td><p>£20,545</p></td><td><p>£21,121</p></td><td><p>£21,836</p></td><td><p>£22,265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:55:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141086

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 2 prison officer in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Operational prison service staff in Band 2 are not prison officers but Operational Support Grades (OSGs). The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 HM Prison Service introduced modernised pay and grading arrangements. A number of staff recruited prior to this continue to be employed on legacy pay and grading arrangements. Two sets of figures are therefore presented.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Modernised Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£16,795</p></td><td><p>£17,337</p></td><td><p>£17,251</p></td><td><p>£18,186</p></td><td><p>£18,571</p></td><td><p>£19,115</p></td><td><p>£19,463</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Legacy Terms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£18,284</p></td><td><p>£18,511</p></td><td><p>£18,865</p></td><td><p>£18,905</p></td><td><p>£19,938</p></td><td><p>£19,343</p></td><td><p>£19,730</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for legacy arrangements are for a contractual 39 hour working week. Figures for modernised arrangements are for a contractual 37 hour week</p><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements).</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:52:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1141087

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the mean average salary for a band 2 prison officer with less than one year's experience in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	280331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Operational prison service staff in Band 2 are not prison officers but Operational Support Grades (OSGs). The requested figures are available for years going back to 2013 and are presented below. Figures are for a contractual 37 hour week.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£16,076</p></td><td><p>£16,216</p></td><td><p>£16,379</p></td><td><p>£17,386</p></td><td><p>£17,561</p></td><td><p>£18,358</p></td><td><p>£18,726</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are based on the national rate of pay and include a premium for required unsocial hours working. There are additional uplifts for the Outer and Inner London Zones (typically £4,250 and £3,100 for legacy arrangements and £2,659 and £4,046 for modernised arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>While not reflected in the figures presented, HMMPS has recently announced for a second year in a row above inflation pay rises of over 2%. These increase are expected to be paid (and backdated to April) in the Autumn. On top of that, we have made further pledges to recruit and retain prison officers and managers, helping to make our prisons safer and reduce reoffending.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/07/2019 14:50:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain