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1045487

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether military training activities constitute hazardous work as defined in Article 3(d) of ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour and its accompanying Recommendation 1902.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	210553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.</p><p>All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.</p><p>Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 209860 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:25:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1043060

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted grades the Army Foundation College in Harrogate on the same basis as civilian colleges for the age group.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	209858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Ofsted does not grade the Army Foundation College in Harrogate on the same basis as civilian colleges for the age group.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/01/2019 15:30:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1043062

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which activities undertaken by under-18s in the armed forces constitutes hazardous work as defined under Article 3 (d) of ILO Convention 182 and its accompanying Recommendation 190.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	209860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's Management of Health and Safety Regulations requires special attention to identifying and controlling health and safety risks to young persons in the workplace. Many of these are covered by existing risk assessment and control measures, but the employing branch will identify any additional control measures/changes required in accordance with the normal risk assessment process.</p><p>All Armed Forces personnel are trained for a wide range of operational tasks and environments, including combat. Established procedures are in place to ensure that Service personnel under the age of 18 are not deployed on operations. Our policies on under 18s in Service are robust and comply with national and international law.</p><p>Commanding Officers take their responsibilities towards their personnel extremely seriously. Commanding Officers pay close attention to the needs of under 18s as they pass from recruitment through Phase 1 and Phase 2 training, to operational units.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 210553 question first answered 24/01/2019 16:25:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041707

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been engaged in work at Commercial Prison Industries' (a) DHL Workshop, (b) LMB Workshop, (c) Census Data Workshop and (d) Ink2Work Workshop in HMP Berwyn in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, alongside the DHL workshop, Interserve provide a variety of prison industry workshops to the prisoners. Upon arrival to HMP Berwyn, prisoners are offered the opportunity to engage in educational or vocational courses whilst they are in custody to gain skills and qualifications that better equip them for life once they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The DHL Workshop – Offers a capacity of 75 workspaces with the full offering allocated, on average 69 prisoners attend on a sessional basis. This equates to 1864 hours on average a week.</p><p> </p><p>Interserve currently provide employment opportunities in the below workshops:</p><ul><li><p>The LMB Workshop offers 50 allocated work spaces to prisoner’s with an average of 36 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 1017 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Census Data Workshop offer 51 allocated work spaces to prisoners with an average of 39 attending on a sessional basis. This is an average of 1101.75 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Ink2Work Workshop currently offers a capacity 30 workspaces with an average of 26 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 847.50 hours on average a week.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is still increasing its numbers of workspaces provided within the Prison Industry compound and progress is being made throughout 2019 for these to come online.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 208917 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:49:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041708

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours worked per week is of prisoners working in Commercial Prison Industries' (a) DHL Workshop, (b) LMB Workshop, (c) Census Data Workshop and (d) Ink2Work Workshop in HMP Berwyn.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn, alongside the DHL workshop, Interserve provide a variety of prison industry workshops to the prisoners. Upon arrival to HMP Berwyn, prisoners are offered the opportunity to engage in educational or vocational courses whilst they are in custody to gain skills and qualifications that better equip them for life once they are released.</p><p> </p><p>The DHL Workshop – Offers a capacity of 75 workspaces with the full offering allocated, on average 69 prisoners attend on a sessional basis. This equates to 1864 hours on average a week.</p><p> </p><p>Interserve currently provide employment opportunities in the below workshops:</p><ul><li><p>The LMB Workshop offers 50 allocated work spaces to prisoner’s with an average of 36 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 1017 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Census Data Workshop offer 51 allocated work spaces to prisoners with an average of 39 attending on a sessional basis. This is an average of 1101.75 hours on average a week.</p></li><li><p>The Ink2Work Workshop currently offers a capacity 30 workspaces with an average of 26 attending on a sessional basis. This equates to 847.50 hours on average a week.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>HMP Berwyn is still increasing its numbers of workspaces provided within the Prison Industry compound and progress is being made throughout 2019 for these to come online.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 208916 question first answered 21/01/2019 18:49:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041709

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2018 to Question 171719 on Berwyn Prison, how many prisoners are engaged in work or learning and skills for more than 30 hours a week.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The offer of activities at HMP Berwyn has developed alongside the population increase and availability will continue to increase as the population grows. As of Wednesday 16 January 2019, 925 (73-74%) prisoners have chosen to engage in work or learning and skills on a full-time basis and 25 part-time.</p><p> </p><p>Full time hours for prisoners at HMP Berwyn equates to nine sessions per week, which is a total of 28 ¼ hours.</p><p> </p><p>The aim is to offer a variety of work and education activities to all prisoners throughout the core day. This purposeful activity offers the chance to gain new skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Together with our partners, we hope prisoners gain the skills, qualifications and work ethic to improve their employment prospects upon release in to the community and reduce their chances of reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 11:25:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041710

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service has been called to HMP Berwyn each year since that prison opened.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>At HMP Berwyn we work closely with partners such as the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service. On each occasion, fires were extinguished by the time the fire service arrived to the prison.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The number of occasions the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been called to HMP Berwyn each year can be found in the table below:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of incidents – Fire</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0 to date</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) Figures include fire related incidents that were false alarms 2) To January 2019</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 17:51:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041711

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions ambulances have been called to HMP Berwyn each year since that prison opened.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>In line with policy at HMP Berwyn, when a medical emergency procedure is activated, it is standard response for the Communications room to call for an ambulance. This is in partnership with the prisons healthcare providers – Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) and Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST). On a number of occasions there has been the requirement for such ambulances to attend the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Attended incidents are where the ambulance service has attended the scene of an incident. The number of stand downs are where a vehicle was allocated, but did not arrive at the scene within HMP Berwyn. BCUHB Health care professionals are the only people that can stand down an ambulance. The table below provides the breakdown per month of those attended and stood down in regards to HMP Berwyn.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table One: Number of occasions an ambulance has attended/ been stood down at HMP Berwyn:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Attended Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Stand Downs</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017*</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>*Information is based from February 2017 as this was when the prison opened. Source - Information has been provided by the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust - Health Informatics. Please note that since opening in the spring 2017 the population of HMP Berwyn has increased from 887 (Dec 17) to 1287 (Dec 18).</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/01/2019 16:51:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041712

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in positions as frontline operational staff at HMP Berwyn (a) by each prison block and (b) deployed in the care and separation unit have (i) less than two years experience and (ii) less than one year experience.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>It is important to emphasise that Berwyn is a new prison, and so no-one by definition could have worked at Berwyn before it opened in February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The number of band 3-5 officers in post in HMP Berwyn with (i) less than one year experience and (ii) less than two years’ experience is provided in table 1 below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Band 3-5 officers<sup>1</sup> in post at HMP Berwyn, by length of service<sup>2</sup>, as at 30 September 2018</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-time equivalent</p></td><td><p>Percentage (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than one year experience</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than two years’ experience</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>53.9</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup> </sup> <sup>1</sup> Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2</sup> Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS. Although front line staff are assigned to work in certain areas at HMP Berwyn we are unable to breakdown the information (a) by each prison block and (b) deployed in the care and separation unit. All frontline staff could be deployed to work in any part of the prison on a daily basis.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 10:21:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1041714

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Berwyn Prison: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many use of force incidents have been recorded at HMP Berwyn in each month since the prison opened.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	208922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>In the Prison Service, staff use personal safety techniques when it is lawful and necessary, to prevent harm to themselves or a third party. At HMP Berwyn, front line Prison Staff are taught through their Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) how to apply correct Control and Restraint techniques (C&amp;R) when dealing with a violent or recalcitrant prisoners. Alongside the national rollout of key worker and training such as ‘Five minute Intervention (FMI), front line operational staff are taught that the use of C&amp;R techniques should be a last resort after all other means of de-escalation. The decision to use force should take into account the type of harm that the member of staff is trying to prevent, this will help to determine whether force is necessary in the particular circumstances they are faced with. ‘Harm’ may cover all of the following risks; risk to life, risk to limb, risk to property or risk to the good order of the establishment.</p><p> </p><p>Since opening in spring 2017 through to December 2018, the prison population has increased significantly at HMP Berwyn.</p><p> </p><p>There have been a number of incidents per month that have resulted in the requirement of force being used. Table one below presents the figures per month:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table One: The number of incidents per month whereby force has been used at HMP Berwyn:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>March – December 2017</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>January – December 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>Jul-18</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>Aug-18<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>Oct-18</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov-18</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec-18<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>In December 2017 there were 64 (7.2%) Use of Force incidents against a population of 887.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>In August 2018 there were 131 (11.5%) Use of Force incidents against a population of 1139.</p><p><sup>3 </sup>In December 2018 there were 78 (6.1%) Use of Force incidents against a population of 1287.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside Control and Restraint techniques, we’re equipping staff with the tools to do their job safely - rolling out PAVA incapacitant spray and body-worn cameras.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/01/2019 17:31:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts