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454262

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries were sustained by children during restraint in each custodial institution in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2016 answer text <p>As the Justice Secretary has said, the safety and welfare of all those in custody is vital.</p><p>Although youth crime is down, reoffending rates are far too high and the care and supervision of young people in custody is not good enough. Restraint should only be used as a last resort, when young people are putting their own safety and the safety of others at risk.</p><p>In 2012, we introduced the Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR). Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons has welcomed the significant improvements that MMPR has brought.</p><p>The number of minor and serious injuries requiring medical treatment resulting from RPIs is published in Chapter 8 of the Youth Justice Annual Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-annual-statistics-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-annual-statistics-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>We are investigating the accuracy of all restraint injury data from Medway Secure Training Centre.</p><p>The number of young people that establishments recorded as injured during incidents that required Restrictive Physical Intervention in each institution in the youth secure estate in each of the last eight years is set out in the attached document. This includes the following categories of injury: (i) serious injury requiring hospital treatment (ii) minor injuries requiring medical treatment and (iii) minor injuries, no treatment required.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/04/2016 14:44:19 question first ministerially corrected 08/04/2016 09:51:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name Number of injuries sustained by children during restraint.xls title injuries sustained by children during restraint previous answer version 54110 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454263

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many concerted indiscipline incidents of each type have occurred in each prison establishment in each month since May 2005.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Violence in prisons has increased in recent years. The nature of offenders currently in custody and the widespread availability of new psychoactive substances have both contributed to making prisons less safe. There is no single, simple solution to the problems we face but we are making progress.</p><p>We have launched a two year Violence Reduction project to help us to gain a better understanding of the causes and characteristics of violence. We are also trialling the use of body worn cameras in prisons, training sniffer dogs to detect new psychoactive substances and have made it an offence to smuggle new psychoactive substances into prison. However, ultimately the only way to reduce violence in our prisons is to give governors and those who work in prisons the tools necessary to more effectively reform and rehabilitate offenders.</p><p>Many Concerted indiscipline incidents vary widely in nature and duration and many of these incidents are relatively minor and of short duration and cause little disruption to the prison regime.</p><p>Note: The figures included in the table attached, have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last case the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/03/2016 11:49:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 28151 Concerted Indiscipline Incidents in Prison 2005-16.xlsx title Concerted Indiscipline Incidents 2005-16
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454264

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Hostage Taking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hostage incidents in which a (a) prison officer and (b) prisoner was taken hostage have taken place in each prison establishment since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2016 answer text <p>Violence in prisons has increased in recent years. These figures demonstrate that the Prime Minister and the Justice Secretary are right and out prisons badly need reform.</p><p> </p><p>We are already trialling the use of body worn cameras in prisons, training sniffer dogs to detect new psychoactive substances and have made it an offence to smuggle new psychoactive substances into prison. However, ultimately the only way to reduce violence in our prisons is to give governors and those who work in prisons the tools necessary to more effectively rehabilitate offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Hostage incidents are rare occurrences. The table attached provides details of hostage incidents, broken down by establishment and victim type.</p><p> </p><p>Note: These figures have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last case the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/04/2016 15:25:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 28152 - table.xlsx title Hostage incidents in Prison - 2010 - 2016
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454265

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	County Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses to his Department's consultation on the closure of Hammersmith Court were (a) in favour of and (b) against the closure.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of responses received on the proposal to close Hammersmith County Court (formally West London County Court) were (a) two in favour and (b) 14 against.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation response is available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/moj" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/moj</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2016 14:29:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454266

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time is a prisoner spends on education or work-related activities at Feltham Young Offenders Institution.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	28130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>HMP&amp;YOI Feltham is a split site which holds both young people (under 18’s) and young adults (18-20 year olds). The two cohorts are managed distinctly and there are separate education contracts and different providers for each.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board oversees the management of the education contract for young people at Feltham. Prior to August 2015, education providers were only required to deliver 15 hours of education. In August 2015, we increased the requirement for education providers in public sector Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) to 27 hours of education a week, which is supplemented by 3 hours of physical exercise.</p><p> </p><p>Whist the majority of education time is protected, it is expected that young people will miss some lessons to attend appointments such as court appearances, medical appointments and legal visits.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the average number of classroom based education hours, alternative activities hours and physical education hours per week accessed by young people at Feltham YOI since 16 August 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Education</p></td><td><p>Average hours per week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Classroom based learning</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alternative activities(1)</p></td><td><p>7.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical education(2)</p></td><td><p>1.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>23.15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Alternative activities include interventions relating to offending behaviour, focus groups, Release on Temporary licence etc.</p><p>(2) Data is from 9 October only.</p><p>This table does not include outreach education provision which is provided to young people who are not able to engage with class room based education.</p><p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Youth Justice Board are working with education providers to address delivery challenges and increase the number of education hours received by young people.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2016 14:41:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454273

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prisons: Legionnaires' Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Legionnaires' disease incidents have been reported in each prison since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Due to small numbers involved and risk of deductive disclosure, the number of cases of Legionella pneumonia in people in prisons in England cannot be provided.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 26/02/2016 09:58:05 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454274

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Tools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many loss of tool incidents have occurred in each prison establishment since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Tool or implement losses are infrequent occurrences, however each one is taken seriously and subject to local investigation. The number of losses has remained stable over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides a breakdown of the number of tool or implement losses reported between May 2010 and January 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Tool/Implement loss incidents in prisons<sup>1</sup>, England and Wales, 2006 to 2015</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of incidents</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>261</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) Includes NOMS operated Immigration Removal Centres</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Data Sources and Quality<br> </strong>These figures have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: These figures have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although the figures are shown to the last case the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2016 16:17:26 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

454275

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Rape
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape incidents have occurred in each prison establishment in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>NOMs collects data on all sexual assaults, but does not separate these into type of assault. Our annual Safety in Custody Statistical Bulletin contains information on the overall numbers of sexual assaults (see table 3.9 in the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/495430/safety-in-custody-assaults-dec-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/495430/safety-in-custody-assaults-dec-2014.xls</a>).</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to running safe prisons. We treat any assault extremely seriously and are working hard to reduce levels of violence in our prisons.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/02/2016 14:16:59 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453810

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many key lock incidents there have been in each month since May 2010; how many such incidents related to doors of gates left unlocked; and in which establishments those incidents took place.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 16:30:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

453811

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents at height in respect of each method of access there have been in each prison in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	27833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer for PQ 20749. The table attached provides a further breakdown of the data provided in that PQ.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of incidents at height are minor in nature and resolved quickly and professionally without injury, damage or disruption to the running of the prison. Many are short in duration, lasting less than 15 minutes and the majority occur when prisoners go onto netting on prison wings. Each incident is investigated fully to ensure lessons are learnt and best practice in managing incidents is shared across NOMS.</p><p> </p><p>These figures show that the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary are right and our prisons badly need reform. We are making progress: we have made it illegal to smuggle new psychoactive substances (NPS) into prisons and have trained over 300 sniffer dogs to detect NPS and are trialling the use of body worn cameras with front-line staff. But the only way to reduce disorder and violence in our prisons is to give those who work in prisons the tools necessary to better reform and rehabilitate offenders.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/04/2016 14:14:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 27833 Incidents at Heights 2010-16.xlsx title Incidents at Heights 2010-16
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter