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749249

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to ensure the safety of boys aged 18 and under detained by Feltham Young Offenders Institution following Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' assessment that "Feltham A is, quite simply, not safe for either staff or boys."
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
	uin	HL585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Safety in prisons and young offender institutions is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and addressing safety concerns is at the heart of our reform plans. We are committed to reforming youth custody so that it is safer for both young people and staff and better equipped to help young people turn their lives around.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons' inspection took place from 23 January to 3 February 2017. The findings highlighted a need for improvement in the youth custodial estate and we are continuing to take robust action to address the issues identified. At Feltham A, which holds boys aged 15 to 18, we have implemented a range of measures to improve safety including:</p><ul><li>We are recruiting additional staff at Feltham as part of our overall reform to improve safety and rehabilitation.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are providing young people with a personalised officer to work with on a weekly basis to develop goal-orientated plans, delivered as part of the Custody Support Plan roll-out.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are progressing with a conflict resolution model to resolve issues between young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are putting in place a revised core day which will facilitate nine hours out of room to effectively occupy the young people in our care.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We continue to deliver a suite of group and one to one interventions and facilitators have now been trained in Anger Replacement therapy which will be delivered to young people</li></ul><p>starting in July 2017.</p><p> </p><ul><li>A new approach to the use of special accommodation has been introduced with the use of a cool down room with appropriate furnishings as an alternative intervention to separation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, funding has been allocated for the refurbishment of the Enhanced Support Unit for young people with exceptionally complex needs that are unlikely to respond to mainstream services.</p><p>We are confident that we are taking proper and considered action in delivering changes to improve safety and outcomes for the young people in our care at HMP Feltham.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/07/2017 15:18:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

751985

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Israel: Bedouin
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they will take, and what resources they will provide, to ensure that recommendations they accept from (1) HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, and (2) the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, are fully implemented.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We take recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Prison and Probation Ombudsman very seriously. We are strengthening performance management and assurance arrangements of prisons, particularly in responding to recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and the Prison and Probation Ombudsman reports. To ensure that recommendations are acted upon we are putting in place a robust system to track progress on implementation in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We have already introduced functional and geographical Group Director roles with more manageable spans of control to provide greater support for governors and empowered governors to make decisions about their prisons so they will be subject to less rigid instructions and can determine how best to spend their allocated budget. Governors will have a greater level of personal responsibility to ensure that recommendations are implemented. [Where recommendations concern safer custody, Regional Safer Custody Leads provide assurance for Prison Group Directors that appropriate action has been taken.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/07/2017 09:15:39 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752458

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the benefits and costs to the UK of membership of the Fundamental Rights Agency.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) provides assistance and advice on fundamental rights issues to the EU institutions and to Member States when implementing Union law. The FRA is also tasked with promoting fundamental rights within the EU, which it does through the collation, analysis and dissemination of data on fundamental rights across the Member States. As the Balance of Competencies Review in 2014 showed, a small number of UK NGOs have used FRA data to support their work.</p><p> </p><p>The UK contributes to the FRA budget through its contribution to the overall EU budget. The FRA’s budget for 2017 is 22.7 million euro. While civil service time is spent dealing with FRA reports and activities, time costs are not logged on this basis. A UK official attends National Liaison Officer network meetings at the FRA; travel and accommodation expenses for these meetings are covered by the FRA.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:15:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

752415

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to report any solicitor firms that have been engaged in fraudulent claims alleging food poisoning of British holidaymakers on holiday overseas to the NCA for investigation of conspiracy and fraud.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>On 9 July the Government announced the action it is taking to tackle the apparent increase in claims for gastric illness by holidaymakers.</p><p> </p><p>It is for individual regulators including the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Claims Management Regulation Unit to take disciplinary action where rules of conduct have been broken. Regulators can and do refer cases to the police for investigation where they believe that a criminal offence may have been committed.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:16:05 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

751986

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they are developing strategies in relation to (1) death from natural causes, (2) mental health issues, and (3) suicides for (a) prisoners in general, (b) older prisoners, and (c) prisoners on indeterminate sentences who are held beyond their initial tariff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the support that we offer to prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide. We expect the most important and effective measures to be the investment of £100 million for recruitment of 2,500 new staff, and the introduction of new offender management arrangements in prisons under which each key worker will have particular responsibility for a small number of prisoners. These will greatly enhance the time and resources available to support prisoners who are at risk.</p><p> </p><p>New training is being rolled out across the estate to support our staff to identify the risks and triggers of suicide and self-harm and understand what they can do to support prisoners at risk. The new training package consists of six sections including awareness training for staff on supporting prisoners with mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place specialist roles (regional safer custody leads) in every region to provide advice to prisons and to spread good practice on identifying and supporting prisoners at risk. We are using experts – including providing extra funding for the Samaritans to provide targeted support for prison staff and to prisoners directly.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures are being developed as part of our safety programme, which includes specific strands of work on the early days in custody; the case management of prisoners at risk; improvements to the built environment of prisons; and building hopefulness amongst prisoners, including through family and peer support.</p><p> </p><p><em>Older Prisoners</em></p><p>Elderly and frail prisoners receive support from NHS clinical services and local authority social care, as well as from prison officers. All staff are trained to appropriate professional standards for their contribution to care. Supporting elderly prisoners is covered in entry-level prison officer training. Prison officers are provided with guidance on dementia and also receive advice and guidance from occupational therapists and social workers at a local level. We are working closely with clinical leaders and social care services to improve our understanding of the impacts of dementia across prisons.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working to improve our knowledge about the particular health and social needs of older prisoners so we can determine how we might meet these requirements. We have set up a working group to explore this issue. This work will include taking expert advice on what changes we might need to make to the estate or to the regime.</p><p> </p><p><em>Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners beyond tariff</em></p><p>The release of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) who have completed their tariff is a matter for the independent Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS is focused on giving IPP prisoners the support, opportunities and motivation they need to progress more quickly when they are reviewed by the Parole Board so that they have the best possible prospect for securing release. HMPPS and the Parole Board have implemented a joint action plan, the purpose of which is to deliver further improvements and efficiencies in the effort to help IPP prisoners progress towards release.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/07/2017 09:44:19 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

751129

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	General Practitioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prepare a strategy for older prisoners; and if so, when it will be published.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>At the end of March this year, there were just over 13,000 prisoners over the age of 50 in England and Wales, being 16% of the total prison population. This represents a 5% increase since March 2016 and 40% since March 2012.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working to enhance our knowledge about the particular health and social needs of older prisoners so we can determine how we might meet these requirements. We have therefore set up a working group to explore this issue. This work will include taking on expert advice on what changes we might need to make to the estate or to the regime.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:46:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

751188

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that procedures for complaints are made known in full to all prisoners held in Private Managed Prisons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Privately managed prisons (PMPs) are required to comply with Prison Service Instruction 2/2012 (Prisoner Complaints). This policy requires each establishment to have in place an accessible complaints system that is an effective outlet for dealing with complaints and concerns fairly and humanely. PMPs are also required to comply with PSI 15/2015 (Adult Social Care) in relation to complaints about healthcare provision.</p><p> </p><p>The complaints process in each of the PMPs is advertised and widely used by prisoners. If a prisoner remains unsatisfied with the response within the prison to concerns raised through local procedures, they can also raise a complaint with the Prison and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The complaints process is closely monitored by HMPPS Controllers to ensure compliance.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 13:45:18 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

753938

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, following the recent report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons on youth detention centres, whether they plan to consider the recommendations made in the report Rehabilitation by Design, published in 2016 by Gleeds, on solutions to high re-offending rates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL1085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Re-offending rates in youth justice are high, and the outcomes for young people leaving custody are not good enough. That is why we set out our plans to reform youth custody in response to Charlie Taylor’s youth justice review last December, so that it is better equipped to help young people turn their lives around and play a constructive role in their communities upon their release, away from re-offending.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage with key stakeholders and consider their recommendations as this work progresses.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/07/2017 14:35:04 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

753709

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	5956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in the North East , Jarrow</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> and South Tyneside</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>ESA - North East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>23655</p></td><td><p>3416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>32427</p></td><td><p>7163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>32666</p></td><td><p>10520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>53269</p></td><td><p>15007</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>38592</p></td><td><p>20294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>7626</p></td><td><p>5905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>9234</p></td><td><p>4236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17006</p></td><td><p>7496</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>ESA - </strong><strong>Jarrow and South Tyneside</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1051</p></td><td><p>442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1388</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1052</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>PIP - North East</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>~<sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2841</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>8895</p></td><td><p>3664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17035</p></td><td><p>6216</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>PIP - </strong><strong>Jarrow and South Tyneside</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong><sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipts </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> Social Security and Child Support data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. For appellants living in Jarrow and South Tyneside appeals are attributed to the South Shields venue. Data are not available at a level more-detailed than hearing venue.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. As such, appeal volumes in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in the Year 2013-2014 are low.</p><p><br> <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>5 </sup></strong>~ Denotes appeal types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</p><p> </p><p><em>The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>A</em><em>lthough care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. </em></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/07/2017 14:44:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

751826

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases where a rape complainant's previous sexual history was used as evidence in court without an application being made to the judge under subsection 41(3)(c)(i) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 prior to the trial have taken place in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	4856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>This information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/07/2017 15:29:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman