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450005

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date	02/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to send prisoners returned to jail having broken their licence conditions to a different prison than the one from which they were released.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners recalled to custody having breached the conditions of their licence will be arrested by the police and then taken to the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested. Prisoners who, prior to release had been held in the closed training estate or in an open prison, will not therefore be returned to the same prison from which their release took place. Those prisoners who had been held in a local prison prior to release on licence, may be returned to the same establishment if that is the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested.</p><p> </p><p>Once returned to a local prison, prisoners will be re-assessed and a decision made on which prison is best suited to their needs, taking into account all factors in the case including the risks they present and other security issues. Prisoners recalled for short periods may remain in the local prison until release unless there are specific reasons, including security reasons, why they should be transferred elsewhere.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 11:07:09 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450006

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners returned to jail having broken their licence conditions and subsequently been found to be carrying concealed drugs.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Prisoners recalled to custody having breached the conditions of their licence will be arrested by the police and then taken to the nearest local prison for the area in which they were arrested.</p><p> </p><p>Once returned to a local prison, prisoners will be searched and risk assessed in line with the prisons’ local policy for stopping contraband. Prisons deploy a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband, both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. We will continue to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners found with drugs on entry to prison are sanctioned, potentially including days added to their sentence, or, in cases where the quantity of drug or packaging suggests possession with intent to supply, will be referred to the police. All visitors or staff caught with drugs are referred to the police.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 14:56:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450008

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers injured on duty in incidents involving new psychoactive substances in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Where injury to prison officers is suspected to be wholly due or due in part to new psychoactive substances, this is noted but the figures are subjective and the connection with NPS cannot be proven. We are piloting mandatory drug testing for new psychoactive substances from this month, and intend to roll it out to all prisons by April 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 11:02:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450014

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on investing in drug detection technology to tackle illicit substances being brought into prisons; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. NOMS continues to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons and body scanners are seen as a valuable part of this strategy.</p><p> </p><p>An independent expert panel is assessing the use of a body scanner at HMP Wandsworth, as required by the Justification of Practices Involving lionising Radiation Regulations 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25486 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:54:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450016

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to have body scanners to help detect illicit substances installed in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. NOMS continues to explore new methods of preventing drugs coming into prisons and body scanners are seen as a valuable part of this strategy.</p><p> </p><p>An independent expert panel is assessing the use of a body scanner at HMP Wandsworth, as required by the Justification of Practices Involving lionising Radiation Regulations 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 25485 question first answered 10/02/2016 17:54:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450017

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
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 prevent new psychoactive substances being used among the prison population.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	25487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in prison and there are already a range of robust measures in place to detect drugs, including the use of search dogs and intelligence-led searches.</p><p> </p><p>We recently introduced tough new laws which will see those who smuggle packages over prison walls, including new psychoactive substances, face up to two years in prison. We are piloting mandatory drug testing for new psychoactive substances from this month, and intend to roll it out to all prisons by April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Those who involve themselves in the distribution of drugs in our prisons should know that they will face prosecution and extra time behind bars.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2016 10:58:05 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham