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1128535

	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	Child Maintenance Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many deduction of earning requests made by the Child Maintenance Service have been declined by the (a) MoD Defence Council and (b) Authorised Officer; and if she will publish the reasons for those requests being declined.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	257767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Child Maintenance Service do not record this data as there is no facility on the Child Maintenance System to record instances when a Deduction from Earning Request has been rejected by MoD.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2019 12:34:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1128539

	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	Child Maintenance Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on children of a Child Maintenance Service deduction of earning requests being declined by the Ministry of Defence Council or an authorised officer.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	257768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Group has a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Defence that supports the operation of Deduction from Earnings Requests. However, the final decision on whether to implement the deduction from earnings request and at what rate ultimately rests with HM Paymaster. Where we are unable to deduct child maintenance directly from salaries, we will look to enforce payment directly from a paying parent’s bank account.</p><p>Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, the Child Maintenance Service has a wide range of strong enforcement powers including deduction from earnings orders, order for sale, removing non-paying parent's driving licences, disqualification of passports, and committal to prison.</p><p>We introduced new powers in December 2018 which allow the Child Maintenance Service to deduct child maintenance directly from a wider range of accounts, including joint and business accounts, and enable it to target complex earners via a calculation of notional income based on assets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2019 14:13:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1128568

	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to reduce the number of children living in poverty in London.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	257702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to a sustainable solution to poverty so that we improve children’s long-term outcomes. This means a strong economy and a benefit system that supports employment and higher pay. Children in households where all adults are working are around 5 times less likely to be in poverty than those in workless households. Compared to 2010, there are 1 million fewer workless households and 665,000 fewer children in workless households.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2019 17:05:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1128622

	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, how many of the 1,193,200 cases with no current liability from the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes that there were at March 2012 have been written-off by the Child Support Agency.
	tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
	tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
	uin	257742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 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 05/06/2019 16:56:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

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

1128624

	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, how many cases with no current liability where no money has flowed in the last quarter have been transferred from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service since March 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
	tabling member printed	Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg
	uin	257744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Since June 2014, when the Case Closure process began, there have been 222,300 cases transition from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service. This information can be found on table 8 of the Child Support Agency Case Closure Statistics. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-case-closure-statistics-june-2014-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-case-closure-statistics-june-2014-to-december-2018</a></p><p>Information on whether money has flowed on these cases in the last quarter is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/06/2019 16:45:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

1128451

	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	Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Community Trigger process in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	257769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We keep anti-social behaviour policy under review through a National Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners and representatives from key agencies, including the police, local government, and other Government departments, to consider the effectiveness of the powers introduced in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. We also published refreshed statutory guidance for frontline professionals on the use of these powers on 24 December 2017.</p><p>We are aware of the Victims’ Commissioner’s report on anti-social behaviour, published on 30 April, and which makes several recommendations, including on improvements to the Community Trigger process. We will carefully <br>consider the findings and recommendations in this report.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 257770 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:03:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1128452

	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	Antisocial Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance by local authorities with the requirement under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to publish data on their use of Community Triggers.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	257770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We keep anti-social behaviour policy under review through a National Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners and representatives from key agencies, including the police, local government, and other Government departments, to consider the effectiveness of the powers introduced in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. We also published refreshed statutory guidance for frontline professionals on the use of these powers on 24 December 2017.</p><p>We are aware of the Victims’ Commissioner’s report on anti-social behaviour, published on 30 April, and which makes several recommendations, including on improvements to the Community Trigger process. We will carefully <br>consider the findings and recommendations in this report.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 257769 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:03:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1128570

	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	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support the public health approach to tackling knife crime in Hackney.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
	tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
	uin	257703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Tackling serious violence is a top priority for the Government and it is clear we must continue to step up the response to stop this violence. The Serious Violence Strategy sets out the Government’s approach, which depends on a multi-agency approach working across several sectors and stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes.</p><p>Since launching the Strategy in April last year, we have progressed in deliver-ing on our key commitments which support early intervention and prevention <br>including: <br>• delivery of the Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22m which is supporting 29 projects in England and Wales, with over £4m of funding to <br>London projects including a Pan London rescue and response county lines project which targets young people up to the age of 25 who are <br>being exploited, or at risk of exploitation, through county lines;<br>• delivery of the anti-knife crime Community Fund which provided £1.5m in 2018/19 to support 68 projects, with a continued focus on local multi-strand partnership approach to tackling serious violence. The Immediate Theatre, Hackney received £30k from the 2018/19 Fund to deliver <br>positive community activities to people living in an area of high crime; and <br>• delivery of the national knife crime media campaign – #knifefree - to raise awareness of the consequences of knife crime.</p><p>In addition, on 1 April we launched a public consultation on a new legal duty to support a ‘public health’ multi-agency approach to preventing and tackling serious violence. This statutory duty would make serious violence a top priority for all key partners, ensuring that they are working together to prevent young people being caught in the criminal cycle. The consultation, closes on 28 May, can be found on the Gov.UK website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=home-office&amp;publication_filter_option=consultations</a></p><p>On 13 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a further £100m funding in 2019/20 to help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. £63.4m of this funding has already been allocated to 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence to pay for surge operational activity, such as increased patrols. This includes £20.84m to the Metropolitan Police Service. £35m of this Serious Violence Fund will support the setting up of Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) and associated preventative activity in areas most affected by serious violence.</p><p>In October 2018 the Home Secretary announced a ten-year £200m Youth Endowment Fund, focused on targeted early intervention with those children and young people most vulnerable to involvement in serious violence. This will form an important part of the multi-agency, public health; approach to serious violence.</p><p>On 1 April 2019 the Prime Minister hosted a Serious Youth Violence Summit at 10 Downing Street, with the support of the Home Secretary and Secretaries of State. The central aim of the summit was to ensure a shared understanding and commitment to a multi-agency, ‘public health’ approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence more generally. An outcome of the Summit is the creation of a new Ministerial Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, to drive cross-government action. This will be supported by a new, dedicated, serious violence team in the Cabinet Office to support cross-departmental coordination.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/06/2019 12:13:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1128515

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Iran: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date IMS Ltd., a Government owned company, closed its office in Tehran.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	257787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold a precise date, but IMS ceased trading in 1991.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 14:58:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1128516

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the last official from his Department ended their secondment to IMS Ltd, a wholly owned government company.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	257788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Prior to the introduction of an electronic based HR system in 2006, departmental records on the detail of secondments were paper based. To identify anyone seconded to IMS would involve searching thousands of records and therefore the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. IMS Ltd records do not show any secondees from the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 14:59:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1128520

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Admiralty Holdings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the remit is of Admiralty Holdings Ltd and its eight subsidiaries; and what that company's relationship is with her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	257789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>To maximise its commercial opportunities and provide it with services in support of effective delivery of its core business, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) established some subsidiary companies that operated at arm's length from UKHO on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence. Any such companies were wholly-owned by the Defence Secretary and came under the umbrella of Admiralty Holdings Limited (AHL). Their scope and number varied from time to time according to the opportunities that presented themselves and any changes requiring approval from the owner. AHL was operated on the owner's behalf by UKHO. All companies are currently dormant are therefore no longer active.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 15:02:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1128610

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	257728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not hold a central record of the origin of all steel used in defence equipment projects. This is because steel for our major programmes is mainly sourced by our prime contractors and the supply chains are complex.</p><p>UK suppliers have, however, made a significant contribution to the supply of steel for some of our largest defence equipment projects, including 88% of the structural steel for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers and 50% of the value of the steel required for the Batch 1 Type 26 ships. The specialist nature of some of our steel requirements means that UK steel producers do not always have the capability to supply our programmes.</p><p>This Government is committed to creating the right conditions in the UK for a competitive and sustainable steel industry. It publishes its future pipeline for steel requirements, together with data on how Departments are complying with steel procurement guidance on:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement.</p><p>This enables UK steel manufacturers to better plan and bid for Government contracts.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 15:00:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1128618

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she plans to launch a competition for SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department's default is competition, and this is the case for the SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability project. The SKYNET 6 team continually reinforces this message directly with industry through conferences, industry briefing days and in regular 1-2-1 meetings with key industrial partners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2019 13:06:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128619

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of SKYNET 6.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The estimated costs for the entire programme, out to the 2040s, is £7 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/06/2019 15:12:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128620

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department is taking to include SMEs in the SKYNET programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is following the Small to Medium Enterprise principles outlined in the National Security Through Technology 2012 white paper. The SKYNET 6 Programme is taking a very proactive approach to incentivise and incorporate SMEs across the whole programme.</p><p>The current SKYNET 5 programme already exceeds the 25% SME target which provides a strong foundation for the SKYNET 6 programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 15:05:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128461

	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	Plastic Surgery: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many corrective medical procedures were carried out by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, (b) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, (c) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals to (i) rectify and (ii) treat complications following privately paid for cosmetic procedures; and what the cost was to the NHS of (A) those corrective procedures and (B) associated care.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	257653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on corrective medical procedures is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/06/2019 13:05:08 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1128563

	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	Nurses: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the data published by the Nursing and Midwifery Council on 20 May 2019, what steps his Department is taking to retain nurses that are EU nationals in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	257738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is clear that all staff that are European Union nationals are valued and should be made to feel welcome in the United Kingdom and working in the National Health Service. To this end the Department has supported employers in promoting the EU Settlement Scheme and piloting the scheme from December 2018 to NHS and social care employees, before it was launched to the wider public in March 2019.</p><p>It should be noted that the rate of European Economic Area citizens leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register decreased by 18.1% between April 2018 and March 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/06/2019 16:01:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1128463

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procurement policies his Department has put in place to ensure that (a) the Foreign Office and (b) UK embassies promote UK (i) ceramics and (b) manufacturing, specifically.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	257785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>All procurement is guided by the Public Contracts Regulations and Cabinet Office guidance.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/06/2019 15:42:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1128437

	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	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) NICE and (b) NHS England take into account the availability of medicines under the Early Access to Medicines Scheme when assessing those same medicines for approval as new medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	257759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence takes into account the availability of medicines through the Early Access to Medicines Scheme (EAMS) in terms of scheduling its assessments, however the process followed in assessing the technology is the same as for non-EAMS technologies.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/06/2019 14:54:05 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1128441

	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of evidence base on the cost-effectiveness of medical cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>An initial impact assessment was published alongside The Misuse of Drugs (Amendments) (Cannabis and Licence Fees) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2018. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1055/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1055/impacts</a></p><p>This set out the approach that the Government proposed to take in assessing the costs and benefits of the change in the law at a population level, with regard to the rescheduling of cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPM). This framework included potential savings in treatment costs, giving the example of patients with severe epilepsy for whom medicinal use of cannabis could reduce the frequency of seizures and reduce the number of related hospital admissions. This was an initial framework for assessing this policy and as we develop our knowledge in this area, both on the costs and the potential benefits, we can revisit and refine these assessments.</p><p>In the meantime, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing clinical guidelines on the appropriate use of CBPM based on the best available evidence, and the National Institute for Health Research is funding further clinical research on this. More information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/documents/themed-calls/cannabis-based%20products/cannabis-based-products-brief.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/documents/themed-calls/cannabis-based%20products/cannabis-based-products-brief.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 13:23:02 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128442

	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence (a) his Department and (b) the Department for International Trade holds on growing a market for prescribed medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for International Trade and the Department of Health and Social Care are not specifically collecting data on the growth of the market for cannabis based products for medicinal use in the United Kingdom.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, data from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shows growing numbers of import notifications for medicinal cannabis and the Home Office has received increased numbers of licence applications.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition, UK companies exporting these products and foreign companies looking to invest in the UK have full access to government support, where they have the necessary authorisations from the MHRA and Home Office and a relevant Export Licence.</ins></p></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">An initial impact assessment was published alongside The Misuse of Drugs (Amendments) (Cannabis and Licence Fees) (England, Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2018. This can be viewed at the following link:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1055/impacts" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1055/impacts</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This set out the approach that the Government proposed to take in assessing the costs and benefits of the change in the law at a population level, with regard to the rescheduling of cannabis-based products for medicinal use (CBPM). This framework included potential savings in treatment costs, giving the example of patients with severe epilepsy for whom medicinal use of cannabis could reduce the frequency of seizures and reduce the number of related hospital admissions. This was an initial framework for assessing this policy and as we develop our knowledge in this area, both on the costs and the potential benefits, we can revisit and refine these assessments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In the meantime, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing clinical guidelines on the appropriate use of CBPM based on the best available evidence, and the National Institute for Health Research is funding further clinical research on this. More information is available at the following link:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/documents/themed-calls/cannabis-based%20products/cannabis-based-products-brief.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding-and-support/documents/themed-calls/cannabis-based%20products/cannabis-based-products-brief.pdf</a></del></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 13:18:03 question first ministerially corrected 11/06/2019 11:31:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy previous answer version 121340 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128443

	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the interim report produced by NHS England to identify the barriers that are blocking access to prescribed medicinal cannabis by patients.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS England process review is underway and interviews are scheduled to take place over June 2019. The interim report will not be published, as by its nature any findings will be incomplete. The Government is, however, committed to publishing a summary of the final findings and recommendations before summer recess.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 257708 question first answered 07/06/2019 14:49:30 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128444

	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the final report by NHS England to identify the barriers that are blocking access to prescribed medicinal cannabis by patients.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	257708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS England process review is underway and interviews are scheduled to take place over June 2019. The interim report will not be published, as by its nature any findings will be incomplete. The Government is, however, committed to publishing a summary of the final findings and recommendations before summer recess.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 257707 question first answered 07/06/2019 14:49:30 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1128505

	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	Primary Care Networks: General Practitioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether safeguards are in place to ensure that patients' rights to continuity of care with their named GP will be protected in the new Primary Care Network contract, published in March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	257814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The new Primary Care Network arrangements will not prevent patients seeing their preferred professional at their practice. The core general practice contract will still include a requirement for each contractor to ensure that for each of its registered patients, there is assigned an accountable general medical practitioner (an ‘accountable GP’).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:24:15 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1128521

	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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 April 2019, Official Report, column 36, what the timetable is for making available a public register of specialist clinicians who can prescribe cannabis-based medicines.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	257698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The law provides that specialist clinicians on the General Medical Council’s ‘Specialist Register’ can prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate and in the best interest of patients.</p><p>A general practitioner (GP) may make a referral to a specialist clinician on the General Medical Council’s ‘Specialist Register’ once the patient reaches the appropriate point in their treatment pathway.</p><p>A list of Registered Medical Practitioners, including specialist clinicians, is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register" target="_blank">https://www.gmc-uk.org/registration-and-licensing/the-medical-register</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 13:48:29 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1128532

	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	Diabetes: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the NHS establish a pathway of care for (a) emotional and (b) mental health support for people with diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	257715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan committed to increasing the provision of mental health support for all patients who require it. The importance of addressing the mental health needs of people with diabetes is recognised and further work is underway to consider the most effective routes for supporting this as part of the future development of services.</p><p> </p><p>On 21 March 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement, along with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, published ‘The Improving Access to Psychotherapy Therapy (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’. The guidance outlines the IAPT pathway, and accompanying benchmarks, to support the national expansion of IAPT services for adults with long term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a project working group has been established involving NHS England, Diabetes UK and other stakeholders which aims to develop a care pathway which, when adopted locally, would help improve access to emotional and psychological support for people with diabetes.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 15:23:00 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1128556

	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	Influenza: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish data on the uptake of influenza vaccinations by social care workers in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	257680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>There is no nationally agreed data set or data collection for recording the immunisation of social care workers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 15:16:16 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1128558

	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	Neurofibromatosis: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to add a body map insert page to the Personal Child Health Record to improve recognition of neurofibromatosis.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	257816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The content of the Personal Child Health Record (PCHR) is overseen by a multi-disciplinary group hosted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). The inclusion of a body map in the paper-based version of the PCHR to help improve recognition of conditions such as neurofibromatosis has previously been discussed.</p><p>Whilst it is recognised that some areas choose to include a body map in the paper-based version of the PCHR they issue to new parents/carers at a child’s birth, the RCPCH hosted committee rejected a request for it to be included universally. The matter has subsequently been referred to the UK National Screening Committee for further consideration.</p><p>An electronic version of the PCHR is being piloted and will be further developed. Access to information on neurofibromatosis and other conditions which can be accessed by parents, carers or health professionals will be considered as part of this process.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 13:50:09 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1128560

	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	Food: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential reduction in daily calories consumed by children as a result of (a) the consultation on restricting promotions of food and drink that is high in fat, sugar and salt consultation and (b) further advertising restrictions on such products.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	257781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the potential reduction in daily calories consumed by children as a result of the measures set out in the consultations on restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar and salt, and introducing further advertising restrictions on such products are provided in the impact assessments published alongside each consultation. These are available at the following links:</p><p> </p><p>‘Restricting volume promotions for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) products’ impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770705/impact-assessment-for-restricting-volume-promotions-for-HFSS-products.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770705/impact-assessment-for-restricting-volume-promotions-for-HFSS-products.pdf</a></p><p>‘Restricting checkout, end-of-aisle, and store entrance sales of food and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770706/impact-assessment-restricting-checkout-end-of-aisle-and-store-entrance-sales-of-HFSS.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/770706/impact-assessment-restricting-checkout-end-of-aisle-and-store-entrance-sales-of-HFSS.pdf</a></p><p>‘Introducing a 2100-0530 watershed on TV advertising of HFSS (food and drink that are High in Fat, Salt and Sugar) products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online’ impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786554/advertising-consultation-impact-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786554/advertising-consultation-impact-assessment.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 10/06/2019 15:26:39 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1128572

	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	Dental Health: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the level of child tooth decay was in (a) Birkenhead, (b) Bootle and (c) Crewe in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	257654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on the level of child tooth decay in five-year-old children are published at upper and lower-tier local authority level and, therefore, are not available in the format requested.</p><p>Local authority data for 2014/15 and 2016/17 is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-children-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-children-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-children-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/oral-health-survey-of-5-year-old-children-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 15:18:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128577

	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	Asthma: Pharmacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that there are asthma specialist pharmacists in all regions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	257659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been undertaken on this subject.</p><p>There are currently 14 severe asthma centres in England. All specialist providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience.</p><p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service by secondary care physicians where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment.</p><p>Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan has the overarching objective of improving outcomes for people with respiratory disease, including asthma.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 14:27:14 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1128585

	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	Asthma: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of severe asthma services in (a) England and (b) North Staffordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	257660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of provision of severe asthma services in England and North Staffordshire.</p><p>Respiratory disease is a clinical priority within the recently published NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan has the overarching objective of improving outcomes for people with respiratory disease, including asthma.</p><p>There are currently 14 severe asthma centres in England. All specialist providers are required to develop a networked model of care as the vehicle for delivering an optimal pathway and maximising patient outcomes and experience.</p><p>It is expected that National Health Service patients with severe asthma are referred to their specialist asthma service where they will receive appropriate investigation and treatment.</p><p>The closest specialist centres to North Staffordshire are located in Birmingham and Manchester. Services for patients in Stoke and North Staffordshire with severe asthma are provided by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. The Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust also supports asthma patients.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/06/2019 14:24:58 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

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

1128492

	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, how many incidents there were where drugs were found 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	257630
	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 257629 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 121527 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

1128493

	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	Humber 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 Humber in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257631
	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 257627 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 120877 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

1128497

	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	Humber 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 Humber each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257632
	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 257627 257631 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 120879 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

1128501

	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	Humber 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 Humber in each the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257633
	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 257627 257631 257632 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 120878 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

1128502

	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	Humber 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 incidents of self-harm there were at HMP Humber in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Duncan Smith
	uin	257634
	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 257628 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 120843 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

1128603

	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	Prisoners: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners with fewer than five GCSEs at grade A* to C in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes data on English &amp; Maths assessments undertaken when someone is received into prison. This can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-education-and-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-education-and-training</a></p><p>Tables for English and maths assessments: participation 2017 to 2018, can be accessed by the following link;</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765593/201718_OLASS_English_maths_assessments_participation_demographic_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765593/201718_OLASS_English_maths_assessments_participation_demographic_tool.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257758 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1128604

	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	Prisoners: Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners who were in receipt of welfare payments prior to imprisonment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>On reception into custody prisoners are asked if they receive benefits. The total number of occasions prisoners confirmed they were in receipt of welfare payments prior to imprisonment in 2018 was 41,620.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are also asked if they were working before they came to custody on reception. The total number of occasions prisoners answered that they were unemployed to this question in 2018 was 63,683.</p><p> </p><p>We know that getting a steady job on release can be a huge part of turning offenders away from a life of crime, helping to prevent future victims and cutting the annual £15 billion cost of reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we launched the Education and Employment Strategy last year, which works with businesses to offer a wide range of work experience opportunities to equip offenders with the self-discipline, skills and qualifications they need.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257757 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:30:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1128606

	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	Prisoners: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners who were homeless prior to imprisonment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that it is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere stable and secure to live. Having somewhere stable to live acts as a platform for offenders to be able to access the services and support needed to stop their cycle of offending for good.</p><p>There was a total of 28,555 prisoners who declared they were of No Fixed Abode prior to their imprisonment in the last quarter of 2018. This information is provided by offenders during their reception into custody, and forms part of the Basic Custody Screening Tool.</p><p>The Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England. As part of this strategy, MoJ and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), will invest approximately £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders secure suitable accommodation from three prisons, namely HMPs Pentonville, Bristol and Leeds. The pilots will focus on male prisoners who have served shorter sentences, who have been identified as having a risk of homelessness.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:40:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1128607

	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	Prisoners: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners who were unemployed prior to imprisonment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>On reception into custody prisoners are asked if they receive benefits. The total number of occasions prisoners confirmed they were in receipt of welfare payments prior to imprisonment in 2018 was 41,620.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are also asked if they were working before they came to custody on reception. The total number of occasions prisoners answered that they were unemployed to this question in 2018 was 63,683.</p><p> </p><p>We know that getting a steady job on release can be a huge part of turning offenders away from a life of crime, helping to prevent future victims and cutting the annual £15 billion cost of reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we launched the Education and Employment Strategy last year, which works with businesses to offer a wide range of work experience opportunities to equip offenders with the self-discipline, skills and qualifications they need.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257754 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:30:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1128608

	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	Prisoners: Literacy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners with literacy levels below that defined by the 2011 Skills for Life survey as (a) Entry Level 3 and (b) Level 1.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes data on English &amp; Maths assessments undertaken when someone is received into prison. This can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-education-and-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-education-and-training</a></p><p>Tables for English and maths assessments: participation 2017 to 2018, can be accessed by the following link;</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765593/201718_OLASS_English_maths_assessments_participation_demographic_tool.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765593/201718_OLASS_English_maths_assessments_participation_demographic_tool.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 257753 question first answered 06/06/2019 16:13:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1128471

	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	Coroners: Legal Representation
	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 from the public purse on legal representation for the Government at Inquests for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The sums my Department has spent on legal representation for the Government at inquests in each of the last ten calendar years are set out below.</p><p>2009 £2,742,878.88</p><p>2010 £2,454,272.31</p><p>2011 £2,573,967.95</p><p>2012 £2,292,076.76</p><p>2013 £2,861,681.67</p><p>2014 £2,806,249.30</p><p>2015 £2,947,851.78</p><p>2016 £3,568,044.30</p><p>2017 £4,198,893.32</p><p>2018 £3,720,373.41</p><p> </p><p>These are the costs of representation for the Ministry of Justice, Her Majesty's Prison &amp; Probation Service and the Youth Justice Board, and for their staff. In the vast majority of cases the legal representatives are acting for both the body and all members of its staff called as witnesses, and the respective costs cannot therefore be separated. In a very small number of cases separate representation is provided for one or more members of staff.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of representation for contracted prisons and their staff are met by the provider. Before the National Probation Service was created in April 2014 each Probation Trust met its own representation costs, and since then each Community Rehabilitation Company has done likewise. In addition, in 2009 and 2010 £17,770.07 was incurred on representation for prison Independent Monitoring Boards.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/06/2019 16:13:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens