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registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total real terms change in his Department's expenditure on HM Prison and Probation Service was between (a) 2017-18 to 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 to 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139010 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

893033

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change in his Department's expenditure on the Youth Justice Board was between (a) 2017-18 and 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 and 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139008 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892187

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers that work at prisons rated as Overall performance is of concern were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138499 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892188

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who work at prisons which are in special measures were working on detached duty at another prison during January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest available prison performance ratings data cover the period 2016/17 and are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>40 prisons were rated as having overall performance of concern in 2016/17. There were 62 prison officers from these prisons working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>There were 16 prison officers from prisons in special measures working on Detached Duty at other public-sector prisons during January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 138498 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:42:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892190

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an employment tribunal appeal hearing at each employment tribunal hearing venue in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a claim in the employment tribunal to reach a hearing is shown in the table below, broken down by each hearing venue over the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Average waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing by month and by venue: All Claims </strong><strong>1,2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Venue</strong></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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jan-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Feb-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Mar-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>May-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>29</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Venue</strong></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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jul-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Aug-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Oct-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Nov-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Jan 17 - Dec 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Ave in wks</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>28</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>25</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>&quot; - &quot; denotes no claims listed for this period.</p><p>All data was taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication. A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/05/2018 16:41:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892192

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Chelmsford Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff resigned from HMP Chelmsford in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>There were 25 individuals who resigned from HMP Chelmsford in the year ending 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 we pledged to recruit 2,500 more prison officers. We recently announced that we have reached this target seven months ahead of schedule, and frontline staffing numbers are now at their highest for five years.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with individual prison governors, including HMP Chelmsford, to address local staff retention issues. Across the estate we have also given governors more freedom to innovate and make the best decisions for their prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/05/2018 16:12:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890411

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137609 137610 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890412

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137608 137610 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890413

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target his Department has for the number of full-time equivalent prison officers to be in post in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper published in November 2016, the Government committed to an increase of 2,500 Prison Officers by the end of 2018.</p><p>Between the end of October 2016 (the closest data point in time to when the commitment was made) and the end of March 2018, the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers (headcount) increased from 18,713 to 21,824; a net increase of 3,111.</p><p>It is anticipated that 90 per cent of the new recruits will be on the landings by the summer and all of them will be operational by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>This will make a real difference to the safety and security of our prisons, ensuring they can fulfil their purpose – protecting the public, reducing reoffending and, crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Prison governors are now responsible for setting staffing levels for officers at their establishments as a part of annual workforce planning procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The recruitment drive continues and will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, with the same urgency that has secured this remarkable influx of new staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 137608 137609 question first answered 27/04/2018 14:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890415

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
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 23 April 2018 to Question 136378, whether it is planned to review the legal aid means test threshold as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The government evaluates the civil and criminal means tests thresholds on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p><p>The post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, will assess the impact of the relevant changes to the legal aid means test that were implemented as part of the reforms and inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/05/2018 16:08:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon