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47323

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) items of post were received by prisoners and (b) items of contraband was found in prisoners' post in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	195533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of unauthorised items into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The number of individual items of post sent to prisoners is not recorded by prison establishments. Finds of contraband are recorded on a central incident reporting system as either a drug-related incident or a miscellaneous incident. In order to establish the number and type of contraband found in post received by prisoners, in each of the last four years, would require the interrogation of over 62,000 individual electronic incident files. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

47324

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what types of contraband were found in items of post received by prisoners in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	195534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Prisons employ a range of measures to detect, disrupt and deter the trafficking of unauthorised items into prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The number of individual items of post sent to prisoners is not recorded by prison establishments. Finds of contraband are recorded on a central incident reporting system as either a drug-related incident or a miscellaneous incident. In order to establish the number and type of contraband found in post received by prisoners, in each of the last four years, would require the interrogation of over 62,000 individual electronic incident files. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46341

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults there were against prison officers in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>NOMS takes the issue of assaults on prison staff very seriously. It currently has systems in place to deal with perpetrators quickly and robustly, with serious incidents referred to the police for prosecution. It is working with the police and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Prosecution_Service" target="_blank">Crown Prosecution Service</a> to ensure that prisoners who assault staff are charged and punished appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is committed to exploring options to continue to improve how violence is tackled in prisons to keep both staff and prisoners safe. It is currently reviewing the policy and practice of the management of violence.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoner on prison officers assault incidents in each year are provided in table 3.8 of the supplementary tables on assaults that accompany each Safety in Custody statistics bulletin. The latest publication can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-in-custody</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of these incidents that are reported on the centralised administrative system as being referred to the police in each year are provided in table 1. These figures do not represent individuals as there may be multiple assailants in some incidents. How many of these resulted in charges or conviction can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Number of prisoner on officer assault incidents referred to the police</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prisoner on officer assaults referred to police</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>543</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4896 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45940

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of a magistrates' court proceeding was in (a) all cases and (b) cases relating to the non-payment of the television licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of criminal cases in the magistrates court are dealt with in a single day. Around two thirds of all cases are dealt with in a single hearing with 90% of television licence evasion cases requiring only one hearing, The Government has said that it will examine whether television licence evasion should be decriminalised.</p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46145

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds his Department has spent on preparing HM Prison the Verne for re-role as an immigration detention centre to date.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry Justice has not spent any additional money to date in preparing HM Prison The Verne to hold immigration detainees. However, the Home Office has funded infrastructure changes to make the site suitable for holding immigration detainees. These changes have allowed for early and cost-efficient preparation for its change of use while continuing to allow The Verne to operate as a prison.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4484 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45817

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational capacities and (b) certified normal accommodations were of each privately run prison with which a contract for additional places has been signed since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The privately operated prisons at which additional places have been purchased since January 2014 are listed below</p><p> </p><p>Altcourse</p><p>Dovegate</p><p>Forest Bank</p><p>Lowdham Grange</p><p>Parc</p><p>Peterborough</p><p> </p><p>Individual prison population and capacity information is published monthly on the Government website at: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Population and capacity figures for March 2014 will be published on the Government website on Friday 11 April</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4248 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45818

registered interest
date	28/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many spaces were agreed under each contract with a private provider for additional spaces in existing prisons signed since May 2010; how long each contract was for; and what the value was of the contract (a) in total and (b) per space agreed.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A significant amount of this information is not held centrally, and we would need to interrogate a very large volume of separate files to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4247 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45593

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent purchasing additional prison places from existing privately run prisons in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A significant amount of this information is not held centrally, and we would need to interrogate a very large volume of separate files to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4054 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

45594

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which companies additional spaces have been purchased in which prisons in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	194109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>A significant amount of this information is not held centrally, and we would need to interrogate a very large volume of separate files to obtain the information required and then review and collate that information. By doing so we would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 4053 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

42276

registered interest
date	10/03/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male prisons, (b) adult female prisons, (c) youth male prisons and (d) youth female prisons on 1 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 in (A) the prison estate and (B) each prison.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	191287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, the number of activity spaces agreed within each public sector prison establishment's Service Level Agreement for 2013-14 is published at the following location: <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/transparency-data/prison-service-level-agreement-and-probation-trust-contracts" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/transparency-data/prison-service-level-agreement-and-probation-trust-contracts</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These documents are a historical record of the public sector prison Service Level Agreements at the point at which they took effect. These agreements remain subject to change, through formal procedures, throughout the year.</p><p> </p><p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully while they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan