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1128627

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria for proscribing groups are; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	257683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Under the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if he believes it is concerned in terrorism, and it is proportionate to do so. For the purposes of the Terrorism Act 2000, being concerned in terrorism means that the organisation:<br> <br>• commits or participates in acts of terrorism; <br>• prepares for terrorism; <br>• promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism); or <br>• is otherwise concerned in terrorism.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/06/2019 15:37:41 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1128462

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) funding and (b) grants her Department makes available to elderly people in relation to the provision of social care.
	tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
	tabling member printed	Scott Mann
	uin	257783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has given councils access to up to £3.9 billion for 2019-20. This includes a £240 million adult social care winter fund to help local authorities alleviate winter pressures on the National Health Service, getting patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England. As a result of these measures, funding available for adult social care is increasing by 9% in real terms from 2015-16 to 2019-20, allowing councils to support more people including the elderly and to sustain a diverse care market.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant supports older and disabled people, on low incomes, to adapt their homes to make them suitable for their needs. The amount of funding available has more than doubled from £220 million in 2015-16 to £505 million in 2019-20.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the most recent data shows public spending figures on adult social care amounted to £17.1 billion in 2017-18 with £5.3 billion spent on older adults.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/06/2019 15:39:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1128591

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	National Federation of SubPostmasters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times (a) he and (b) his officials have met with the CEO of NFSP Ltd in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	257671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not met with the CEO of NFSP in the last 12 months. I have met with the CEO of NFSP 2 times. Officials have met with the CEO of NSFP 3 times in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/06/2019 16:23:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1128623

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount is of arrears owed to the parent with care that has been written-off by the Child Support Agency since March 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
	tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
	uin	257743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on cases written off since 13<sup>th</sup> December 2018, when the write off process began, will be published in June 2019 (number of cases) and September 2019 (amounts). Information on the planned changes to the Child Support Agency Quarterly Statistical Summary to incorporate this information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/06/2019 16:51:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

1128476

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: 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 assaults on staff there have been at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257625 257626 257627 257631 257632 257633 258890 258891 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121563 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128478

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: 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 assaults on prisoners there have been at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257626 257627 257631 257632 257633 258890 258891 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121558 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128479

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: 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 serious assaults on staff there have been at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257625 257627 257631 257632 257633 258890 258891 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121551 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128480

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: 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 serious assaults on prisoners there have been at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information about assaults and serious assaults on staff up to December 2018 can be found by selecting the relevant table in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>assaults on staff table 3.15</p><p>assaults on prisoners table 3.16</p><p>serious assaults on staff table 3.18</p><p>serious assaults on prisoners table 3.19</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257387 257388 257389 257390 257392 257405 257406 257407 257624 257625 257626 257631 257632 257633 258890 258891 258892 258893 258897 258901 258902 258903 258904 258908 258909 258910 258911 258915 258916 258917 258918 258925 258926 258927 258928 258934 258935 258936 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:46:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121547 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128481

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm there have been at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes its Safety in Custody National Statistics bulletin on a quarterly basis, which covers deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>. Information about incidents of self-harm up to December 2018 can be found by selecting table <strong>2.13</strong> in the ‘Self-harm in prison custody 2000 to 2018’ link. The table is set out by prison and year, and monthly breakdowns can be found by using the ‘+’ and ‘-‘ functions at the top of the table.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to reduce self-harm and self-inflicted death levels by rolling out improved suicide and self-harm training for new and existing staff. Over 25,000 staff have received some training and over 14,000 have received training in all six modules.</p><p> </p><p>Violence in prisons remains unacceptably high but there are early signs that we are making progress. Eight of the jails involved in the ‘10 Prisons Project’ saw falls in the final quarter of 2018 – four of them by more than 25% - while the number of assaults across the estate reduced by 11%.</p><p> </p><p>Across the prison estate we have invested an additional £70m in a raft of measures designed to improve safety, security and decency – including body-scanners, enhanced searches and new investigative teams – while the 4,700 additional staff we have recruited since October 2016 are making a real difference.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257391 257408 257634 258894 258898 258905 258912 258919 258929 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:42:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121542 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1128488

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ranby Prison: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of random tests returned positive results for psychoactive substances at HMP Ranby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes an Annual Digest that provides a range of detailed statistics and measures for prisons and probation for the financial year, including data on drug tests and finds.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication covering the 17/18 financial year is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-hm-prison-and-probation-service-digest-2017-to-2018</a>. Figures on the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests and the number of incidents where drugs were found for the 17/18 financial year are provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Positive Random Mandatory Drugs Tests and Drug Finds for the 12 months to March 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of positive results for psychoactive substances</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of incidents where drugs were found</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hull</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Humber</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Isis</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leeds</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Moorland</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Nottingham</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Ranby</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wealstun</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not publish monthly breakdowns, however, further information about the proportion of positive results for random mandatory drugs tests can be found by selecting table 7.4 in the ‘Chapter 7 tables – Random mandatory drug testing’ link’.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about the number of incidents where drugs were found can be found by selecting table 9.2 in the ‘Chapter 9 tables – Finds in prison’ link.</p><p> </p><p>These prisons are also part of the 10 Prisons Project which aims to reduce violence in 10 of our most challenging prisons by reducing the supply of drugs; restoring basic decency and providing the training and support for prison officers to challenge the behaviour that drives violence. The project received an initial £10 million funding to improve security and decency, and bolster leadership capability over a 12-month period.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257409 257410 257630 258895 258896 258899 258900 258906 258907 258913 258914 258920 258921 258922 258923 258930 258931 258932 258933 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:44:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 121536 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith