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1043056

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date	17/01/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not in the public domain due to it being commercially sensitive and should not be disclosed. If disclosed it would be likely to impact the commercial interests of the Department and arms-length bodies, and the ability to obtain goods and services on the best possible commercial terms.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/01/2019 10:16:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043058

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	Ministry of Defence: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was £<del class="ministerial">580.</del><ins class="ministerial">597.</ins></p><p> </p><p>The highest hourly rate paid for legal advice by the MOD’s arms length bodies is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of Arms Length Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Highest Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency</p></td><td><p>£295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Science and Technology Laboratory</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Army Museum</p></td><td><p>£550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museum of the Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>£580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Pipelines</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force Museum</p></td><td><p>£280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Hospital Chelsea</p></td><td><p>£530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Source Regulations Office</p></td><td><p>£450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Hydrographic Office</p></td><td><p>£675</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2019 16:35:44 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2019 17:00:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 97151 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043063

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office uses legal services from a variety of providers, however the information requested is not separately recorded. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has three executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Independent Reporting Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:info@paradescommission.org" target="_blank">info@paradescommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reporting Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:enquiries@IRCommission.org" target="_blank">enquiries@IRCommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:information@nihrc.org" target="_blank">information@nihrc.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Advisory NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:contact@boundarycommission.org.uk" target="_blank">contact@boundarycommission.org.uk</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/01/2019 11:18:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043064

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Advocate General provides any necessary legal advice to the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and its arms-length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 24/01/2019 09:46:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043065

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) has been used in each secure institution which uses it in each year for which information is available by reason for the use of MMPR.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>MMPR has been implemented in all Young Offender Institutions and Secure Training Centres since summer 2017. It is specifically developed for use by staff working with young people in custody, to avoid physical restraint as far as possible by using a range of de-escalation, diversion and behaviour management techniques to help deal with issues effectively and appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and wellbeing of all children in our care is our top priority which is why we are reforming youth custody to reduce violence and improve outcomes for children and young people.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/01/2019 17:12:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ209818 - MMPR By Reason and Establishment.xlsx title 209818 - MMPR by reason and establishment
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043067

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation: 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 have been recorded in relation to children in each secure institution that holds children during each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>The safety of children in custody is our top priority. That is why we are reforming youth custody, to reduce violence and improve outcomes for children and young people. This includes rolling out the Custody Support Plan (CuSP), to provide each young person with a personal officer to work with in order to build trust and consistency. We are also introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a youth justice qualification. Over 300 frontline staff are currently enrolled on this qualification. In addition, we are expanding frontline staff capacity in public-sector Young Offender Institutions by 20%, and our figures show that, at the end of September 2018, the Youth Custody Service had 239 more frontline officers than at the same time the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/01/2019 17:14:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ 209820 - Self Harm.xlsx title PQ 209820 Self Harm
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043069

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
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 time was that a child spent in the segregation unit in each secure institution that holds children in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) do not hold the specific information requested centrally and it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by manually searching through individual records and logs. HMPPS are, however, in the process of reviewing how segregation data is collected across each establishment in the Youth Estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 209823 question first answered 22/01/2019 17:15:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043070

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest length of time was that a child spent in the segregation unit in each secure institution that holds children in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) do not hold the specific information requested centrally and it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by manually searching through individual records and logs. HMPPS are, however, in the process of reviewing how segregation data is collected across each establishment in the Youth Estate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 209822 question first answered 22/01/2019 17:15:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041284

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many armed forces veterans were in prison on 25 December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>All offenders coming into custody are asked at reception if they have previously served in the Armed Forces. The department publishes this data quarterly and the numbers declaring has remained stable at approximately 3.5% - 4%.</p><p> </p><p>Ministry of Justice Experimental Statistics published annually (October 2018) indicated that there were at least 2,032 former members of the Armed Services in prison as at 30 June 2018. Details can be found at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice recognises the unique nature of those who served in the Armed Forces and those prisoners who declare a military background are able to access a range of specialist support, including from military charities who deliver services in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/01/2019 17:21:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041286

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Research
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 20 November 2018 to Question 189764 on Ministry of Justice: Research, if he will publish the central record of his Department's externally commissioned social research.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not maintain a central record of all of its externally commissioned social research. It only maintains a central record of the social research that has been externally commissioned by the Analytical Services Directorate. Some of the Ministry of Justice’s agencies and public bodies will also independently externally commission social research but a central record of this work is not maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has no plans to publish the central record of social research that has been commissioned by the Analytical Services Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of MoJ’s published Government Social Research reports can be accessed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of the types of research undertaken by the different parts of MoJ can be downloaded here</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-within-mojs-agencies-and-arms-length-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-within-mojs-agencies-and-arms-length-bodies</a></p><p>This document sets out the high-level areas of research interest for MOJ with the aim of supporting ongoing and new engagement with the external research community.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-areas-of-research-interest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-areas-of-research-interest</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/01/2019 16:39:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon