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1191871

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Care Homes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek powers for the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme to apply to Secure Children’s Homes, and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The safety and well-being of children in custody is of utmost importance. We are committed to containing the spread of COVID-19 within all secure settings, including in secure children’s homes (SCHs) – all of which are abiding by the principles of physical distancing within revised regimes.</p><p>The End of Custody Temporary Release (ECTR) scheme does not currently apply to SCHs.</p><p>Although there are currently no children in SCHs who would meet the public or child protection criteria for ECTR, we will determine how to extend ECTR to SCHs should it become necessary i.e. a child is identified as potentially being or becoming in-scope.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/05/2020 14:16:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1191872

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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 prisoners were, are, or will be within two months of the end of their release date in (1) March, (2) April, (3) May, and (4) June 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>In the prison population serving a determinate sentence (excluding recalls) as at 31 March 2020, there were:</p><ul><li>7,346 with a release date from 31 March 2020 to 31 May 2020 (inclusive)</li><li>5,503 with a release date from 30 April 2020 to 30 June 2020 (inclusive)</li><li>4,503 with a release date from 31 May 2020 to 31July 2020 (inclusive)</li><li>4,185 with a release date from 30 June 2020 to 31 August 2020 (inclusive)</li></ul> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/05/2020 16:41:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1191873

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at which prisons temporary cells are being created; and how many temporary cells are to be provided in each such prison.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>Further to the statement I made during the debate on 23 April relating to this issue, I can confirm that as of 11 May nearly 450 cells have been delivered to 13 HMPPS sites. The below table shows the number of cells we have agreed to deploy at each site and how many have currently been delivered:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cells Agreed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cells Delivered to date</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatfield</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prescoed</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Verne</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>699</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>447</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The former Medway Secure Training Centre, has been brought back into operation temporarily as an annex to HMP/YOI Rochester. The location, which is the site of the first secure school, will provide temporary accommodation for 70 category D adult males, with provision managed by HMPPS and staffed by HMPPS officers. The first men were received on 29 April.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to secure and install around 2,000 additional cells to help contain the spread of COVID-19 within our prisons. These cells are a temporary measure to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Prisoners will return to their usual accommodation arrangements when safe to do so. Once the units are no longer required they will be removed.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to consider other suitable locations based on whether extra accommodation is needed and if there is sufficient space.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/05/2020 16:52:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1189873

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been remanded in custody in England and Wales in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. Court data up to the year ending December 2019 is due to be published in May 2020, and data for the year ending December 2020 is planned for publication in May 2021. Prison receptions data covering January to March 2020 is planned for publication in July 2020 and data covering April to June 2020 is planned for publication in October 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/05/2020 15:44:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1189874

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were sentenced to a prison term of six months or less in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. Data on custodial sentences up to December 2018 has been published. Data for the years ending December 2019 and December 2020 is due to be published in May 2020 and May 2021 respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/05/2020 15:48:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1189875

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were held in immigration detention centres in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on people in detention in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p>Data on the number of people detained under immigration powers at the end of each quarter are published in table Det_D02 of the immigration detention detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to those in detention as at 31 December 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the 'summary tables'. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.</p><p>Figures covering the first quarter of 2020, including those detained as at 31 March 2020 will be released on 21<sup>st</sup> May 2020. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/05/2020 15:44:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Copy of detention-summary-dec-2019-tables copy 2.xlsx title copy of detention summary tables
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1186344

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they plan to provide to music studios during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Last week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced additional measures to support businesses and organisations that have been impacted by the pandemic.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This includes the Government stepping in to help pay people’s wages – a scheme which is one of the most generous of any in the world – paying grants to support as many jobs as necessary. Any employer in the country who promises to retain their staff, can apply for a grant to cover most of the cost of paying people’s wages. Government grants will cover 80 per cent of the salary of retained workers up to a total of £2,500 a month, with this limit set well above the median income. The cost of wages will be backdated to 1st March and will be open for at least three months. The Government will consider extending the scheme for longer if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We are also deferring the next three months of VAT, a direct injection of £33 billion of cash to employers which means no business will pay any VAT in March, April or May; and they will have until the end of the financial year to repay those bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme will now be interest free for twelve months, an extension from the initial announcement of six months. We have already introduced and announced an extension to the Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which is for small and medium-sized businesses. On Tuesday, the Chancellor expanded the amount that can be borrowed from £1.2 million to £5 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 25/03/2020 11:52:11 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1186345

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether arts organisations in receipt of public money will have to repay that money if they cannot meet the grant payment requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The majority of Government funding for arts organisations and individuals is provided through our arm’s length body Arts Council England (ACE). From the funding received ACE provides grants to over 800 National Portfolio organisations (NPO’s) and funds 30 Creative People and Places projects across the UK. ACE operates independently of Government, which protects both ACE and DCMS from questions of any political involvement in arts funding decisions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>During the Covid 19 pandemic ACE will be relaxing its funding conditions for National Portfolio Organisations and Creative People and Places projects where necessary, and are currently talking to each of them about how this will work. Grant conditions will also be relaxed on existing National Lottery Project Grants where necessary, and ACE will be providing more information on its website.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These measures, in conjunction with the initiatives announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to support businesses and organisations that have been impacted by the pandemic, such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of VAT payments for the next 3 months, will provide organisations with more financial support during this period of uncertainty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 26/03/2020 13:06:25 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1186346

registered interest
date	18/03/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which categories of freelance workers and sole traders will be eligible for the COVID-19 Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is available to self-employed individuals with an eligible business entity. The scheme is open to sole traders, freelancers, body corporates, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships or any other legal entity carrying out a business activity in the United Kingdom, with a turnover of less than £45m, operating in most sectors. The turnover of the business must generate more than 50% of its turnover from trading activity.</p><p> </p><p>Lenders, such as banks, are responsible for providing loans supported by the guarantee. The exact terms of each loan and length of application will depend on the circumstances of the borrower: lenders are fully aware of the current urgency with which some businesses need to access finance to support cash-flow during this difficult time, so we would expect them to respond appropriately to their customers’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The list of participating lenders that provide Coronavirus Interruption Business Loan Scheme facilities published on the British Business Bank website.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/04/2020 10:16:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1183171

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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 prisoners were released on temporary licence from each category of prison in the most recent twelve-month period for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL2263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a thorough risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence (ROTL). ROTL is proven to reduce reoffending, helping offenders build and maintain family ties as well as find work.</p><p>The table below shows the number of prisoners released on temporary licence in England and Wales between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019 by category/type of prison from which they were released for the first time during that period.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Table 1: Individuals released on temporary licence by predominant prison function, October 2018 - September 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><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><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><strong>Predominant Prison Function</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Open</strong></p></td><td><p>7,106</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><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p>650</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><strong>Local</strong></p></td><td><p>396</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><strong>Category C</strong></p></td><td><p>306</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><strong>Young Offender Institution</strong></p></td><td><p>89</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><strong>Category B</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Category A</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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,548</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></tr><tr><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><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><strong>Data sources and quality</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><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><strong>Disclosure control</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p>An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of two or less. This is to prevent the disclosure of individual information. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><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><strong>Notes</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></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>The above data shows unique individuals and their first release on temporary licence, based on date. There may be cases where an individual moves between establishments and is released on temporary licence from more than one establishment type. In these instances, only the establishment type of their first ROTL in the time period is recorded.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><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 colspan="4"><p><strong>Source: </strong>PQ HL 2263 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-JSAS)</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></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/03/2020 12:28:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German