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registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the additional funding for the NHS announced in the budget has been allocated to mental health services in Greater Manchester.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL12015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced its long term financial settlement for the National Health Service in June. This will represent an increase of £20.5 billion in real terms by 2023/24. The Government has asked the NHS to develop a long-term plan which will set out a vision for the health service. The Government has been clear that better access to mental health services, to help achieve the Government’s commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health, is one of the principles which must underpin the plan.</p><p>The 2018 Budget set out some aspects of what the long-term plan will contain, and further details on how the long-term plan will be applied in specific areas will follow when the plan is published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/12/2018 15:12:45 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1002469

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for children to register their entitlement to British citizenship there have been in each of the last three years; and of those, how many have received a waiver of the fee.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL11310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The available published information on the total number of citizenship applications and grants is published as part of the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Citizenship tables, latest edition available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for all registration applications (entitlement and discretionary) in the last 3 calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>British citizenship applications by broad type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Applications for British <br> citizenship</p></td><td><p>Of which: Applications for registration</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150,767</p></td><td><p>42,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>130,995</p></td><td><p>41,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>141,794</p></td><td><p>41,905</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Home Office, Migration Border Analysis.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Immigration Statistics year to June 2018 - table cz_01_q.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Applications for British citizenship by the applicant’s age are not routinely published.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/11/2018 11:34:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994344

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Offenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been assisted into accommodation on release from custody since the introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Homelessness Reduction Act changes the response of local authorities to homelessness from crisis intervention to prevention, ensuring that both a wider group of people receive support and that everyone receives support at an earlier stage. Already, people are being referred by prisons for homelessness support before they leave custody through the Duty to Refer, which came into effect on 1 October. We are aiming to publish the first set of statistics collected since the commencement of the act in December.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:28:00 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994345

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total weight of drugs recovered in prisons in England and Wales in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>189 kilogrammes of drugs were recovered in prisons in England and Wales in 2017 and 50 kilogrammes of drugs were recovered between January and March this year. Data for the months since March 2018 will be available on GOV.UK in July 2019, as part of the Annual HMPPS Digest. The volume of drugs recovered reflects not only the number of attempts to convey illicit substances into our prisons but also our success in finding and recovering these drugs.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/10/2018 15:58:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994346

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Tactical Response Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the National Offenders Management Service's National Tactical Response Group was deployed in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The figures provided include incidents where the situation was resolved locally prior to National Tactical Response Groups arrival</p><p> </p><p>In 2017 and 2018, NTRG were deployed the following times:</p><p>2017 – 547</p><p>2018 – 475*</p><p> </p><p>*data accurate up to 31/8/18, the most recently available data</p><p>Note, this figures include deployments to Immigration Removal Centres as required.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2018 17:36:40 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994347

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in prison are currently managed under the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 October 2018, 2,640 prisoners were being supported and managed through the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.</p><p> </p><p>The number of ACCT documents opened in each of the last five years is:</p><p>2013 33716</p><p>2014 37197</p><p>2015 43714</p><p>2016 48101</p><p>2017 49298</p><p>These are the numbers of occasions on which an ACCT was opened. Because there are many cases of individual prisoners being supported using ACCT more than once within a year, the figures for each year are considerably higher than the number of prisoners who have been supported during that year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self harm, suicide and violence across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 17,000 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL10992 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:05:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

994348

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork care planning system programmes were established in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>On 25 October 2018, 2,640 prisoners were being supported and managed through the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process.</p><p> </p><p>The number of ACCT documents opened in each of the last five years is:</p><p>2013 33716</p><p>2014 37197</p><p>2015 43714</p><p>2016 48101</p><p>2017 49298</p><p>These are the numbers of occasions on which an ACCT was opened. Because there are many cases of individual prisoners being supported using ACCT more than once within a year, the figures for each year are considerably higher than the number of prisoners who have been supported during that year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self harm, suicide and violence across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody, including: rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (which has already reached more than 17,000 staff); improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody; revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL10991 question first answered 08/11/2018 13:05:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

993802

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people of working age leaving prison obtained employment following release in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Based on matched MOJ-DWP data on the proportion of working age adult offenders released from prison in 2011/12, 17% were in employment 12 months after release from custody.</p><p>More recent data from 2014/15 indicates that at a national level, 26.5% of prisoners were entering employment upon release, but this data was self-reported and we don’t have a split in this rate for length of sentence served.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2018 17:38:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

993803

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many recorded failures by individuals on release from prison on temporary licence were the result of suspected further offences in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There were more than 350,000 incidences of release on temporary licence (ROTL) in 2017, over 99% of which were completed without a failure on any kind.</p><p> </p><p>Out of these there were 11 recorded failures by individuals on release from prison on temporary licence as a result of alleged offending in 2017. The latest data available shows that there were 4 recorded failures for this reason up to 30 June 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2018 17:40:42 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

993804

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were granted compassionate release from prison on the grounds of ill-health in (1) 2017, and (2) 2018 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL10937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of prisoners granted early release on compassionate grounds for reasons of ill-health in 2017 and 2018 to date are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 to date</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from internal records and the Public Protection Unit Database in HM Prison and Probation Service. As with any large scale recording systems, they are subject to possible errors with data migration and data processing.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/11/2018 17:36:28 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley