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749249

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure the safety of boys aged 18 and under detained by Feltham Young Offenders Institution following Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' assessment that "Feltham A is, quite simply, not safe for either staff or boys."
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Safety in prisons and young offender institutions is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and addressing safety concerns is at the heart of our reform plans. We are committed to reforming youth custody so that it is safer for both young people and staff and better equipped to help young people turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' inspection took place from 23 January to 3 February 2017. The findings highlighted a need for improvement in the youth custodial estate and we are continuing to take robust action to address the issues identified. At Feltham A, which holds boys aged 15 to 18, we have implemented a range of measures to improve safety including:</p><ul><li>We are recruiting additional staff at Feltham as part of our overall reform to improve safety and rehabilitation.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are providing young people with a personalised officer to work with on a weekly basis to develop goal-orientated plans, delivered as part of the Custody Support Plan roll-out.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are progressing with a conflict resolution model to resolve issues between young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are putting in place a revised core day which will facilitate nine hours out of room to effectively occupy the young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We continue to deliver a suite of group and one to one interventions and facilitators have now been trained in Anger Replacement therapy which will be delivered to young people</li></ul><p>starting in July 2017.</p><p> </p><ul><li>A new approach to the use of special accommodation has been introduced with the use of a cool down room with appropriate furnishings as an alternative intervention to separation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, funding has been allocated for the refurbishment of the Enhanced Support Unit for young people with exceptionally complex needs that are unlikely to respond to mainstream services.</p><p>We are confident that we are taking proper and considered action in delivering changes to improve safety and outcomes for the young people in our care at HMP Feltham.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:18:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

749246

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what date GeoAmey commenced its contract to run secure escort services for children and young people; what was (1) the value of that contract, and (2) the duration of that contract; and who is responsible within Government for overseeing the delivery of the contract.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>GeoAmey commenced the provision of Secure Escort Services for Children and Young People from 1 July 2016. The annual value of the service is estimated to be in the region of £3.2 - 3.7m according to the volume of services provided. The duration of the provision of the services is 1 July 2016 to 28 August 2018, with options to further extend the contract by three further periods of twelve months. The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is responsible for overseeing the delivery of the contract alongside the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:17:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

749247

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Lord-Lieutenants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint techniques were adapted for use on younger and smaller children, prior to escort custody officers being trained and authorised to use them on children travelling to and from secure training centres and secure children's homes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) has been specifically developed for use by staff working with children and young people in custody. It has been designed so that physical restraint is avoided as far as possible by recognising young people’s behaviour, and by using a range of de-escalation, diversion and behaviour management techniques to help them deal with it effectively and appropriately. MMPR was initially used in secure training centres, and is now being operationally used by the Youth Justice Board’s secure escort provider, who escort children to and from court, secure training centres, and secure children’s homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:18:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

749245

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the secure escort services for children and young people contract between the Youth Justice Board and Serco was terminated early; and if so, for what reasons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Secure Escort Services for Children and Young People (SESCYP) Contract ended early on 30 June 2016. This was mutually agreed between the Ministry of Justice and the contractor, Serco plc.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:17:26 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

749473

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many electronic tags used by the Electronic Monitoring Service to monitor ex-offenders have been reported (a) faulty and (b) lost.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	3566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>In March 2016, G4S became the sole provider of Personal Information Devices (PIDs) – commonly referred to as tags after taking over the contract to supply electronic monitoring equipment from the previous joint provider Serco. The contractual arrangements entered into with G4S and Serco in 2014 were different, the Ministry of Justice purchased equipment from G4S while the equipment was leased from Serco. The data recording requirements were therefore different and there is no comparable data of sufficient quality available for Serco equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The answer provided refers to lost and broken PIDs for all individuals subject to a curfew requirement.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Lost G4S Personal Identification Devices (tags) [1]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Net Losses</strong></p></td><td><p>5,236</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Broken G4S Personal Identification Devices (tags) [2]</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Financial Year 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sent for repairs</strong></p></td><td><p>11,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>PIDs are deemed to be lost if they are not recovered within four weeks of the end of the electronic monitoring order. Therefore, none of the lost tags relate to individuals who are still subject to electronic monitoring.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The data applies to Radio Frequency (RF) Personal Identification Devices (tags) only.</p><p> </p><p>[2] The data applies to Radio Frequency (RF) Personal Identification Devices (tags) only.</p><p>‘Broken’ indicates the RF tag was sent for repair. There are a variety of reasons why PIDS can be sent for repair including (but not restricted too) low battery life, damage, (including that caused by the subject), and faults. The need for a repair can be determined at any time, thus not all PIDS sent for repair will have been fitted to a subject. A fault may be established during the installation process hence there should not be assumed to be a relationship between the numbers of repairs and the actively monitored caseload. Damage is most often caused by the subjects wearing the PID, so it should not be assumed that damage is the result of a manufacturing issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/07/2017 13:41:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

749463

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have left or agreed settlements to leave his Department under (a) voluntary exit, (b) voluntary redundancy and (c) compulsory redundancy since 1 November 2016; and how much compensation was paid in those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	3367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff who left the Department under Voluntary Exit, Voluntary Redundancy and Compulsory Redundancy, as well as the cost of these exits between 1 November 2016 and 31 March 2017 is contained in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Staff who left</p></td><td><p>Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Exit</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>2,415,060.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Voluntary Redundancy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compulsory Redundancy</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 13/07/2017 14:59:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

749470

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	3411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Over the period of January 2016 – July 2017, the MOJ spent £24,912.52 on social media advertising. <br> This spend was with Facebook and was to support the recruitment of prison officers by HMPPS.</p><p> </p><p>Detail of the spend by month is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-01</p></td><td><p>£2,640.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-02</p></td><td><p>3,397.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-03</p></td><td><p>1,322.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-04</p></td><td><p>£76.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-05</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-06</p></td><td><p>£450.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-07</p></td><td><p>£150.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-08</p></td><td><p>£543.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-09</p></td><td><p>£377.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-10</p></td><td><p>£1,620.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-11</p></td><td><p>£623.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-01-12</p></td><td><p>£202.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-01</p></td><td><p>£2,088.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-02</p></td><td><p>£1,000.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-03</p></td><td><p>£796.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-04</p></td><td><p>£4,359.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-05</p></td><td><p>£2,342.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-01-06</p></td><td><p>£2,921.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£24,912.52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat. Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015. These values have been confirmed by Carat.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/07/2017 15:36:22 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

749472

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	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 savings to the public purse of out-sourcing electronic tagging for ex-offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	3567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Electronic Monitoring is an important tool to improve supervision in the community and support offenders to change their lives. The Electronic Monitoring service has always been delivered using a contracted infrastructure. Estimating the cost of a public sector delivery model could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/07/2017 13:41:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

749471

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what programmes his Department sponsors across the prison system to educate prisoners against (a) racism, (b) anti-Semitism, (c) Islamophobia and (d) homophobia.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	3452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>All new prisoners go through a local induction programme that promotes tolerance for protected characteristics. It also advises on the process for reporting incidents in prison that might be considered hate crimes through the prisoner complaint system or to prison staff. The Thinking Skills Programme encourages participants to develop pro-social attitudes and manage relationships with other people. There are no specific sponsored programmes for educating prisoners on these issues.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/07/2017 10:42:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

749465

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders charged with possession of an offensive weapon received non-custodial sentences in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those offenders were juveniles.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	3373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon who received a non-custodial sentence in the last three years, and the proportion who were juveniles, can be viewed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Offenders convicted or cautioned for possession of an offensive weapon, England and Wales<sup>1</sup>, year ending March 2015 to year ending March 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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><strong>Year Ending March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned who received a non-custodial sentence<sup>2,3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of those who were convicted or cautioned and received a non-custodial sentence who were juvenile<sup>2,3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </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>2015</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p> </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>2016</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p> </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>2017 <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p> </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> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="3"><p><strong>Source: </strong>MoJ extract of the National Computer</p></td><td><p> </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> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="4"><p>1) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas and the British Transport Police.</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 colspan="9"><p>2) The disposal considered in this table is only the most severe of the disposals given as a result of the offender being found guilty and may also be dependent on other offences committed at the same time.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>3) A custodial sentence includes immediate custody and suspended sentences. Non-custodial sentences refer to other sanctions including community sentences, cautions, fines, absolute or conditional discharges and other disposals such as restraining orders.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>4) The proportion of those convicted who were juvenile has been estimated from raw figures to which no estimation method has been applied.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2017 15:20:31 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord