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1125085

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
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 16 April 2019 to Question 243531 on Prisons: Contracts, and with reference to House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0487, Model for Operational Delivery: New Resettlement Prisons, Version 1.8, April 2019, if he will publish all previous versions of that document which have been made available to potential private prison contractors.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	251408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The document placed in the house library pursuant to question 243531 is the most recent and up to date version of the Model for Operational Delivery. It can be used by bidders to develop their bids as part of the mini competition for Wellingborough. We do not consider it useful to publish all previous versions of this document and do not intend to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/05/2019 16:24:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124525

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced under an imprisonment for public protection sentence remain in custody.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The information you ask for is available in the public domain; however, I have provided it below for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 March 2019, there were 2,403 unreleased prisoners in custody serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. In addition, a further 1,063 prisoners were serving an IPP sentence following recall from the community.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the tariff-expired, unreleased population of prisoners serving IPP sentences by original tariff length and time over tariff, as at 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Original Tariff length</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 years to less than or equal to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 4 years to less than or equal to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 6 years to less than or equal to 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 10 years </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>118</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 1 year to less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 2 years to less than 3 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 3 years to less than 4 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>181</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 4 years to less than 5 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 5 years to less than 6 years</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 6 years to less than 7 years</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 7 years to less than 8 years</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 8 years to less than 9 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>271</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 9 years to less than 10 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years or more</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,198</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Prison and Probation Service is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 250484 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:35:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124528

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP prisoners sentenced under an imprisonment for public protection sentence have been in prison over their tariff for more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven and (h) eight or more years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The information you ask for is available in the public domain; however, I have provided it below for ease of reference.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31 March 2019, there were 2,403 unreleased prisoners in custody serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. In addition, a further 1,063 prisoners were serving an IPP sentence following recall from the community.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the tariff-expired, unreleased population of prisoners serving IPP sentences by original tariff length and time over tariff, as at 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Original Tariff length</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 years to less than or equal to 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 4 years to less than or equal to 6 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 6 years to less than or equal to 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Greater than 10 years </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>118</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 1 year to less than 2 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 2 years to less than 3 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 3 years to less than 4 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>181</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 4 years to less than 5 years</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 5 years to less than 6 years</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 6 years to less than 7 years</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>229</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 7 years to less than 8 years</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 8 years to less than 9 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>271</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From 9 years to less than 10 years</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years or more</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,198</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of those prisoners serving an IPP sentence who have completed their tariff period. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst HM Prison and Probation Service is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 250483 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:35:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124529

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff in each community rehabilitation company are agency workers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested in relation to the proportion of agency staff and their minimum training requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. CRCs have the authority to manage staff numbers as per their business and operating models. Robust assurance of performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 250486 250487 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:27:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124530

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weeks it takes agency staff to complete the minimum training required to work in community rehabilitation companies.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested in relation to the proportion of agency staff and their minimum training requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. CRCs have the authority to manage staff numbers as per their business and operating models. Robust assurance of performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 250485 250487 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:27:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124533

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total spend was on agency staff by each community rehabilitation company in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested in relation to the proportion of agency staff and their minimum training requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts require each CRC to maintain a sufficient level of staff and ensure that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. CRCs have the authority to manage staff numbers as per their business and operating models. Robust assurance of performance is provided through operational contract management backed up by regular Operational Assurance audits.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 250485 250486 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:27:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124534

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are managed by (a) community rehabilitation companies and (b) the National Probation Service in each constituency.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	250488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) and the National Probation Service (NPS) work with offenders within contracted and divisional areas, and as such statistics relating to parliamentary constituencies are not collated.</p><p>The number of offenders supervised in the community, broken down by CRC and NPS regions, are included in the quarterly Offender Management statistics. This data is included in the attached table, and is taken from the latest publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 16:16:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123616

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the availability of courses for prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences to prepare to demonstrate their suitability for release to the Parole Board.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	248729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Parole Board work closely to improve the progression of prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). Consequently, there is a joint action plan in place, co-owned by HMPPS and the Parole Board, with the specific aim of providing opportunities for prisoners serving IPP sentences to progress to safe release. We are prioritising post-tariff prisoners in accessing rehabilitative interventions, including psychology service-led reviews in cases where there has not been satisfactory progression, and enhanced case management for those prisoners sentenced with a complex set of risks and needs. We have also developed progression regimes at four prisons across the country, which are dedicated to progressing indeterminate prisoners struggling to achieve release via the usual routes.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that accredited programmes are offered to prisoners based on risk, need and responsivity for a particular programme. For IPP prisoners, suitability for any accredited programmes will be considered as part of their wider sentence plan. A wide range of accredited programmes are available and IPP prisoners are one of the groups prioritised for participation on accredited programmes where they are identified as suitable. However, the completion of accredited programmes is not a mandatory requirement for IPP prisoners to secure release.</p><p> </p><p>While HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners serving IPP sentences opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 08/05/2019 15:43:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123617

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Segregation of Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are currently held in segregation units.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	248730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The welfare of those in our care is our priority: prison governors have authority to arrange that a prisoner is to be segregated where it appears desirable for the maintenance of good order or discipline or it is in his or her own interest. Segregation is used only as a last resort, however.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service and the Parole Board have a joint action plan to provide opportunities for prisoners serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection to progress to safe release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/05/2019 16:32:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1123619

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	248731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>A reduction in reoffending rates can only be achieved by a concerted effort across government on the drivers of reoffending such as homelessness, unemployment, addiction, health, care and social exclusion. This is why the MoJ is working with other departments to tackle the main causes of reoffending. We are committed to tackling reoffending by investing in community provision, strengthening alternatives to short custodial sentences and boosting rehabilitation, so that it keeps the public safe and ultimately reforms and rehabilitates offenders.</p><p>The current estimate of the economic and social cost of reoffending is approximately £15bn per annum, including the cost to victims, and the cost to the Government of detecting, prosecuting, and punishing the crime. This was based on a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO), which estimated in 2007/08 that reoffending by recent ex-prisoners cost between £9.5billion and £13billion; this report can be found here:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0910431.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0910431.pdf</a></p><p>This estimate was calculated by taking the figure of £13bn and increasing it by inflation, to bring it into present-day costs at the time of calculation (2016/17). This was done by applying GDP deflators in line with standard Green Book guidance. <br></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 16:12:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon