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1145273

registered interest
date	06/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
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 30 July 2019 to Question 280425, whether funding for the additional prison officers recruited is from (a) existing funding from his Department or (b) additional funding from the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	287921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2019 answer text <p>Additional funding announced by the Secretary of State in November 2016, for an additional 2,500 prison officer posts, was agreed with HM Treasury as part of the Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/09/2019 14:56:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1145176

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding was allocated for the recruitment of additional prison officers his Department’s 2019-20 Main Estimate Memorandum.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	287675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2019 answer text <p>Since October 2016 we have recruited over 4,700 additional prison officers with extra funding provided by the Treasury for 2,500 of these. While no further funding has been specifically provided for this purpose in 2019/20 by the Treasury, prison officer recruitment continues and is being funded from the Prison Service budget in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/09/2019 15:00:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144310

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners remanded in custody were in employment in each prison in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>According to Rule 31 of the Prison Rules 1999, while convicted prisoners can be required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day, the same does not apply to prisoners held on remand. Rule 31(5) merely states “An unconvicted prisoner shall be permitted, if he wishes, to work as if he were a convicted prisoner”. We do not collect data centrally relating to the number of prisoners remanded in custody who are in employment in prisons and this information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons must be places of rehabilitation, which will ultimately reduce reoffending. Our Education and Employment strategy sets out how we will transform our approach to ensure prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release. We are engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and have consulted on proposals to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:35:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144311

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: 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 29 July 2019 to Question 280394 on Ministry of Justice: Contracts, whether his Department maintains a record of financial remedies paid by each private company his Department holds contracts with.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The department does not hold a central record of financial remedies; however, each instance is recorded with/within individual contract records.</p><p>The MoJ holds providers rigorously to account for their performance and takes action wherever they are falling short. Our contract management teams closely monitor and robustly manage providers to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to maintain service delivery, reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 12:59:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144314

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals to a local authority were made by each custodial institution holding children in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. In order to obtain it, we would need to collate reports of individual referrals made by all establishments holding young people under 18, over a period of ten years.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Custody Service takes the safety and well-being of young people in custody very seriously. It has conducted an internal review of safeguarding across the youth secure estate, and a new ‘Head of Safeguarding’ post has also been created to lead on taking forward this important area of work.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/09/2019 15:49:03 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144315

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to custodial institutions holding children on when to make a safeguarding referral.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Guidance to youth secure establishments relating to safeguarding of children is set out in ‘Working Together to Safeguarding Children’ (July 2018), which can be viewed via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779401/Working_Together_to_Safeguard-Children.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779401/Working_Together_to_Safeguard-Children.pdf</a>, as well as PSI 08/2012 (‘care and management of young people’) for public sector Young Offender Institutions. This can be viewed via https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2012/psi-08-2012-care-management-young-people.doc.</p><p> </p><p>As per the Ministry of Justice’s response to the recent report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the PSI is to be updated. In advance of this, the Youth Custody Service has published Building Bridges, a policy framework that replaces some aspects of PSI 08/2012 relating to behavioural management of children (including promoting and maintaining good behaviour, managing challenging behaviour and offending behaviour interventions). This can be viewed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate We are also working with the Department for Education to produce a new ‘Keeping Children Safe in Custody’ document, which we anticipated will be published in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The YCS’s Information Development Project is also working towards launching a revised and harmonised recording process for safeguarding referrals, across all sectors and establishments. The launch of the process will allow for uniform central reporting of safeguarding referrals, facilitating improved central oversight of these key liaisons.</p><p> </p><p>The YCS takes the safety and well-being of young people in custody very seriously. It has conducted an internal review of safeguarding across the youth secure estate, and a new ‘Head of Safeguarding’ post has also been created to lead on taking forward this important area of work.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/09/2019 15:15:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144316

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about Crown Court waiting times for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Last year saw a 12% reduction in Crown Court trial cases and the allocation of sitting days reflects this. Waiting times for trials in the Crown Court for 2018 have been the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resources they require.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 286307 Annex A.xlsx title Annex A 2 file name PQ 286307 Annex B.DOCX title Annex B question first answered 09/09/2019 13:55:58 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144317

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: Homicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a murder charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested about Crown Court waiting times for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a murder charge in 2010 and 2018 can be found in the attached excel document.</p><p> </p><p>Last year saw a 12% reduction in Crown Court trial cases and the allocation of sitting days reflects this. Waiting times for trials in the Crown Court for 2018 have been the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases.</p><p> </p><p>Performance, demand and waiting times in the courts are constantly reviewed to balance sitting days with waiting times, disposals and receipts. Resources are adjusted when appropriate. Demand has been falling in recent years and sitting days have been reduced accordingly. The abolition of committal hearings in 2013 transferred the file preparation period from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court and so comparisons between pre-2013 data and post-2013 data do not compare like with like.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Courts and will ensure they have the resources they require.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 286308 Annex A.xlsx title Annex A 2 file name PQ 286308 Annex B.DOCX title Annex B question first answered 09/09/2019 14:00:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144318

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Health and Safety
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 31 July 2019 to Question 277788 on Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the Bodily Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline among all prison staff.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	286309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Sharps Helpline was launched in November 2017. Posters, guidance documents and key fobs with the Sharps Line telephone are publicised and issued nationally through England and Wales. Routes of communication include HMPPS intranet and Senior Leaders Bulletin and also in writing and in meetings/committees with Employee Relations, Human Resources, Health and Safety, Trade Unions, staff network groups and prison Care Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 11:15:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1143941

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was on 30 June in each year since 1997; and how many of those prisoners were in (a) public and (b) private prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	284943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the prison population as at 30<sup>th</sup> June in each year since 1997 and identifies how many of these prisoners were held in public and private sector prisons and Young Offender Institutions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners held in private</strong><strong>ly managed prisons &amp; YOIs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners held in p</strong><strong>ublic sector prisons &amp; YOIs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prison Population</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1997</p></td><td><p>1735</p></td><td><p>59011</p></td><td><p>60746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1998</p></td><td><p>4170</p></td><td><p>61160</p></td><td><p>65330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1999</p></td><td><p>4475</p></td><td><p>59745</p></td><td><p>64220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2000</p></td><td><p>5600</p></td><td><p>59542</p></td><td><p>65142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2001</p></td><td><p>6465</p></td><td><p>60213</p></td><td><p>66678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2002</p></td><td><p>7602</p></td><td><p>63530</p></td><td><p>71132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2003</p></td><td><p>7956</p></td><td><p>65488</p></td><td><p>73444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2004</p></td><td><p>7179</p></td><td><p>66968</p></td><td><p>74147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2005</p></td><td><p>7708</p></td><td><p>68088</p></td><td><p>75796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2006</p></td><td><p>8443</p></td><td><p>69147</p></td><td><p>77590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2007</p></td><td><p>9004</p></td><td><p>70310</p></td><td><p>79314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2008</p></td><td><p>9489</p></td><td><p>73257</p></td><td><p>82746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2009</p></td><td><p>9391</p></td><td><p>73554</p></td><td><p>82945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2010</p></td><td><p>9841</p></td><td><p>74734</p></td><td><p>84575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2011</p></td><td><p>10299</p></td><td><p>74442</p></td><td><p>84741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2012</p></td><td><p>13674</p></td><td><p>71644</p></td><td><p>85318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2013</p></td><td><p>14394</p></td><td><p>68616</p></td><td><p>83010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2014</p></td><td><p>15246</p></td><td><p>69361</p></td><td><p>84607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2015</p></td><td><p>15905</p></td><td><p>69051</p></td><td><p>84956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2016</p></td><td><p>15949</p></td><td><p>68363</p></td><td><p>84312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2017</p></td><td><p>16818</p></td><td><p>68229</p></td><td><p>85047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2018</p></td><td><p>16252</p></td><td><p>66195</p></td><td><p>82447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2019</p></td><td><p>16077</p></td><td><p>66378</p></td><td><p>82455</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><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><p> </p><p>Our £2.5 billion long-term building programme will provide 10,000 additional prison places - reducing overcrowding and creating a prison estate that is fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Modern, efficient jails provide us with the stability needed to rehabilitate offenders, preventing future victims and keeping the public safe.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/09/2019 16:01:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon