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712498

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effect of raising the retirement age of prison officers to 68 years old on safety in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The recently published White Paper on prison reform announced a major shake-up of the prison system with 2,500 extra prisons officers and new security measures to tackle drones, phones and drugs. This is a key priority for the Government as we seek to make sure our prisons are safe, decent and secure and places of reform. Safe systems of work and health and safety systems are in place across the prison estate to ensure that staff work in an environment that is as safe and secure as possible and that they are supported to deal with the challenges of working with offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Service has systems in place to deal with perpetrators quickly and robustly, with serious incidents referred to the police for prosecution. We are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that prisoners who assault staff are charged wherever possible and punished appropriately. We are comprehensively reviewing how we manage violence in prisons, with a view to introducing further improvements to ensure prisons are safer places for everyone. This will provide Governors/Directors with the tools to create safer prison environments and to help reduce re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2016 the Government made a pay and pensions offer to the Prison Officers Association (POA) which included a proposed reduction in the effective pension age, which would allow officers to retire at 65. Unfortunately POA members voted to reject this deal and therefore the pension age has remain unchanged. The Prison Service regularly meet with all of the Unions representing staff in the prisons and probation services and is committed to continued constructive dialogue on all matters, including pensions and remuneration.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/03/2017 16:16:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712499

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support she has made available to prison offices experiencing mental health issues as a result of their employment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>NOMS is committed to providing safe, decent and secure places of work and takes the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees extremely seriously. The Ministry of Justice is investing an extra £100m annually to boost the frontline by 2,500 officers.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS also recognises that the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of employees is paramount to attracting and retaining staff that will build a strong and capable organisation. All NOMS staff have access to an occupational health service and employee assistance programme. This includes 24 hour, 365 days a year access to signposting and counselling; trauma support services; a wide ranging health promotion website and personal wellbeing zone.</p><p> </p><p>As well as access to comprehensive occupational health services and self-referral for confidential counselling, specialist counselling such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is also available to staff who have experienced trauma. Fast track referrals to see an occupational health nurse are encouraged for staff who have experienced trauma and where staff are absent as a result of a mental and behavioural disorder an immediate referral to occupational health is recommended.</p><p> </p><p>Care teams, comprising of prison service staff, provide an immediate source of peer support and signpost staff to all of the services available.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/03/2017 10:41:45 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712500

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward proposals to reduce the retirement age of prison officers to bring it in line with the retirement age for police officers.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Under the recommendations made in the 2011 Lord Hutton Report on public sector pensions, the normal pension age (retirement age) for Police Officers increased from 55 to 60, with the expectation of further reviews which may increase the age towards (or up to) the state pension age, which is currently set at between 66 and 68 depending on the individual’s date of birth.</p><p> </p><p>Those employed as police officers and members of the Police Pension Scheme fund a normal pension age of 60 through higher employee contributions than those employed as prison officers and members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. Police officers contribute 12.44% of their pensionable pay, whereas prison officers contribute 5.45% of their pensionable pay.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce the normal pension age under the Civil Service Pension would require a change under legislation and a significant increase to contributions made by the employee into the scheme. In December 2016 however the Government made a pay and pensions offer to the Prison Officers Association (POA) which included a proposed reduction in the effective pension age, which would allow officers to retire at 65. Unfortunately POA members voted to reject this deal and therefore the pension age has remain unchanged. The Prison Service regularly meet with all of the Unions representing staff in the prisons and probation services and is committed to continued constructive dialogue on all matters, including pensions and remuneration.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/03/2017 16:14:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712501

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of prisoner-on-prisoner violence have been recorded in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	68592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on safety in custody quarterly, and updated detailed tables annually. They can be viewed here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2016</a>. Statistics for prisoner on prisoner assaults in each of the last ten years are published in Table 4 of the ‘Safety in Custody summary table to September 2016’. The statistics will be next updated and published on 27 April 2017.<strong> </strong></p><p>Improving safety and decreasing violence is an urgent priority for this Government. We are taking immediate action to strengthen the frontline by recruiting around 2,500 more prison officers which will help us deal with emerging threats and so improve safety.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/03/2017 10:53:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712502

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Television
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 20 March 2017 to Question 67198, on prisons: electronic equipment, what proportion of the total cost of the issued 19,000 television sets is expected to be recovered.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	68612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The provision of in-cell television, including the purchase of new and replacement television sets, is entirely financed from monies collected from prisoners.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/03/2017 17:35:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

712503

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detainees: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals were detained in prison under immigration powers in each quarter of (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	68623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The following link provides published data issued by the Ministry of Justice as at 31 December 2016. Data regarding foreign nationals detained in prison can be found in tab 1.6. Data on specific nationalities can be found in tab 1.7.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585874/prison-population-31-dec-2016.xlsx</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/03/2017 15:32:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

712504

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detainees: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of detaining EU nationals in immigration removal centres in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	68624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The average cost per day of immigration detention and this was last published on 23<sup>rd</sup> February 2017 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2017 14:54:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

712505

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to announce a date for the publication of the Farmer Review.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	68621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Lord Farmer was commissioned to undertake a review of family engagement, and to make proposals that will augment the Prison Safety and Reform agenda.</p><p>His report will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/03/2017 17:53:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

712506

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65648, on Northern Ireland Office: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	68525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>There are no EU agencies or organisations within my Department’s remit.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/03/2017 09:48:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

712507

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	George Osborne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to prevent the right hon. Member for Tatton from accessing copies of Government, Cabinet or Cabinet Committee papers relating to the period when he was in the Government while he is the Editor of the London Evening Standard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	68598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>It is a longstanding convention that former Ministers are allowed reasonable access to the papers that were issued to them when in office. However, such access is at the Government's discretion and is conditional on potential authors undertaking to comply with the Radcliffe principles. The detail of the Radcliffe principles can be found in the Directory of Civil Service (volume 2), which is available on G<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">ov.uk</a>. I believe that the continued application of these provisions will provide the suitable reassurance that the Hon. Member is seeking.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 24/03/2017 12:17:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 41971 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest