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<p>The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed
for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.</p><p>
</p><p>A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with
1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before
the move.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a table showing the number of instances when both
women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a
Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least
97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys
made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of instances OF failure
to separate females</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019
YTD</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contracts also include a requirement
that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight
and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.</p><p>
</p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate.
We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate
to take action where</p><p>standards fall short.</p>
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