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857752

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the timetable for arrangements to replace National Careers Service provision in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We will establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to operate alongside the main Prison Education Framework contract which will allow governors to commission specialist providers to complement the main educational provision.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission careers advice through the DPS, and we believe this will allow governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment.</p><p> </p><p>We carry out financial and commercial due diligence on potential suppliers as part of the procurement process for any new contracts that will be awarded for careers advice. This is part of the standard approach to due diligence as part of government procurement.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131662 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:42:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

808976

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department assessed the number of households that would be affected by the benefit cap after the most recent welfare payment uprating before it made that uprating.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	120085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120083 120084 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

808974

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Bradford will be affected by the benefit cap following the recent welfare payment uprating.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	120083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120084 120085 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

808975

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Uprating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	120084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 120083 120085 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:12:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

810696

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Liverpool Prison: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recent report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Liverpool, what steps his Department will take to address safety concerns expressed therein.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	121041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The levels of violence and self-harm in our prisons are too high. Our immediate priority in HMPPS is to make prisons safer for everyone who lives or works in them. We are working with a newly appointed Governor and her Senior Management Team to improve the approach to safety at HMP Liverpool and achieve immediate improvements.</p><p> </p><p>As part of strengthening the approach the prison has also appointed a new Head of Safety who is being supported by the Regional Safer Custody Team. This will allow Liverpool to learn from the best practice undertaken at other sites and have additional resources to support implementation activity.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements for managing and supporting prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm have been improved, including an improved risk screening tool in operation on reception and a new practice which increases support and encourages prisoners to engage effectively. This approach is supported by the additional significant increases in staff which Liverpool has seen over the last year. The updating of Suicide &amp; Self Harm Training (SASH) and ACCT Case Manager training has commenced and will be rolled out to all staff over the coming year.</p><p> </p><p>A review of the substance misuse strategy has been undertaken by a national expert and a new Head of Substance Misuse has been appointed to take forward the recommendations and to tackle the challenges posed by NPS and other drugs.</p><p> </p><p>A new daily regime for prisoners which allows them to spend more time out of their cells and access better education, work and healthcare has been implemented which should reduce their frustration.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:21:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 33814 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

857760

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which services provided by the National Careers Service he plans to replace after the ending of that service's provision in prisons by 1 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 a review of prison education by Dame Sally Coates commented on the overlap and duplication within current arrangements for support to prisoners. The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service considered an internal review of National Careers Service (NCS) in custody delivery, which included the views of Governors and learning and skills staff,and identified significant inconsistencies and variations in delivery between prisons making it difficult to be assured that a universal and equitable service was being provided across the estate. The key findings of the review indicated that the National Careers Service in Custody contract was not delivering universal coverage across the estate and there was little time and opportunity to make the contract more responsive if extended for the maximum period of six months.</p><p> </p><p>The current contracts for NCS delivery in custody (which are owned by the Education and Skills Funding Agency) will end on 31st March 2018. The contract could have been extended for a further period of 6 months maximum but such an extension left little time or opportunity to make them more responsive to the needs of people in prison. It may also have led to a further decline in delivery and performance as the contracts wound down and NCS staff sought and secured alternative employment. To avoid this, and to maintain value for money, a decision was taken not to extend the contracts further. The ESFA, under the terms of their contract gave notice to their providers by the end of 2017. Governors were informed via an internal HMPPS communication during the week of 22 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary interest around this area has been received from Lord Beecham who asked an Urgent Question which was tabled in the Lords on 31 January (asking why the government had cancelled the contract of the National Careers Service) and Lord Bird who is also seeking a meeting with Lord Keen to discuss this issue.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) through a new Dynamic Purchasing System introduced as part of the education reform arrangements. This will enable governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment. Until then prison governors will continue to have access to a range of existing providers for IAG advice such as DWP Prison Job Coaches, education staff (under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements) and Community Rehabilitation Company staff. Also, in line with giving greater empowerment to prison governors, they may use their budgets to fill any priority gaps locally. Due to the range of available current (and future) delivery there is no requirement for governors to seek to employ NCS staff.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work collaboratively with a range of partners to facilitate distance learning courses for prisoners. Opportunities for such study will still be available from the Open University (OU) and from the Prisoners Education Trust ‘Steps to Success Scheme’. Additional learner support is also available under the OLASS arrangements and from the Virtual Campus (VC) e-learning platform that includes a number of career planning tools and OU courses, enabling prisoners to receive a similar learning experience to that of their mainstream peers.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to the number of FTE NCS staff working in prisons, NCS provider referrals of prisoners during 2017 and colleges and universities that NCS providers have referred prisoners to during 2017 is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131647 131648 131649 131650 131651 131652 131654 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131660 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:48:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

857748

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison governors are able to employ National Careers Service staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 a review of prison education by Dame Sally Coates commented on the overlap and duplication within current arrangements for support to prisoners. The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service considered an internal review of National Careers Service (NCS) in custody delivery, which included the views of Governors and learning and skills staff,and identified significant inconsistencies and variations in delivery between prisons making it difficult to be assured that a universal and equitable service was being provided across the estate. The key findings of the review indicated that the National Careers Service in Custody contract was not delivering universal coverage across the estate and there was little time and opportunity to make the contract more responsive if extended for the maximum period of six months.</p><p> </p><p>The current contracts for NCS delivery in custody (which are owned by the Education and Skills Funding Agency) will end on 31st March 2018. The contract could have been extended for a further period of 6 months maximum but such an extension left little time or opportunity to make them more responsive to the needs of people in prison. It may also have led to a further decline in delivery and performance as the contracts wound down and NCS staff sought and secured alternative employment. To avoid this, and to maintain value for money, a decision was taken not to extend the contracts further. The ESFA, under the terms of their contract gave notice to their providers by the end of 2017. Governors were informed via an internal HMPPS communication during the week of 22 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary interest around this area has been received from Lord Beecham who asked an Urgent Question which was tabled in the Lords on 31 January (asking why the government had cancelled the contract of the National Careers Service) and Lord Bird who is also seeking a meeting with Lord Keen to discuss this issue.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) through a new Dynamic Purchasing System introduced as part of the education reform arrangements. This will enable governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment. Until then prison governors will continue to have access to a range of existing providers for IAG advice such as DWP Prison Job Coaches, education staff (under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements) and Community Rehabilitation Company staff. Also, in line with giving greater empowerment to prison governors, they may use their budgets to fill any priority gaps locally. Due to the range of available current (and future) delivery there is no requirement for governors to seek to employ NCS staff.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work collaboratively with a range of partners to facilitate distance learning courses for prisoners. Opportunities for such study will still be available from the Open University (OU) and from the Prisoners Education Trust ‘Steps to Success Scheme’. Additional learner support is also available under the OLASS arrangements and from the Virtual Campus (VC) e-learning platform that includes a number of career planning tools and OU courses, enabling prisoners to receive a similar learning experience to that of their mainstream peers.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to the number of FTE NCS staff working in prisons, NCS provider referrals of prisoners during 2017 and colleges and universities that NCS providers have referred prisoners to during 2017 is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131647 131648 131650 131651 131652 131654 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131660 131661 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:48:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

857753

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Vocational Guidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department carried out an impact assessment on the decision to end National Careers Service provision in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	131654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 a review of prison education by Dame Sally Coates commented on the overlap and duplication within current arrangements for support to prisoners. The Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service considered an internal review of National Careers Service (NCS) in custody delivery, which included the views of Governors and learning and skills staff,and identified significant inconsistencies and variations in delivery between prisons making it difficult to be assured that a universal and equitable service was being provided across the estate. The key findings of the review indicated that the National Careers Service in Custody contract was not delivering universal coverage across the estate and there was little time and opportunity to make the contract more responsive if extended for the maximum period of six months.</p><p> </p><p>The current contracts for NCS delivery in custody (which are owned by the Education and Skills Funding Agency) will end on 31st March 2018. The contract could have been extended for a further period of 6 months maximum but such an extension left little time or opportunity to make them more responsive to the needs of people in prison. It may also have led to a further decline in delivery and performance as the contracts wound down and NCS staff sought and secured alternative employment. To avoid this, and to maintain value for money, a decision was taken not to extend the contracts further. The ESFA, under the terms of their contract gave notice to their providers by the end of 2017. Governors were informed via an internal HMPPS communication during the week of 22 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Parliamentary interest around this area has been received from Lord Beecham who asked an Urgent Question which was tabled in the Lords on 31 January (asking why the government had cancelled the contract of the National Careers Service) and Lord Bird who is also seeking a meeting with Lord Keen to discuss this issue.</p><p> </p><p>From this autumn, governors will be able to commission Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) through a new Dynamic Purchasing System introduced as part of the education reform arrangements. This will enable governors to shape a coherent service, reflecting the particular needs of their establishment. Until then prison governors will continue to have access to a range of existing providers for IAG advice such as DWP Prison Job Coaches, education staff (under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements) and Community Rehabilitation Company staff. Also, in line with giving greater empowerment to prison governors, they may use their budgets to fill any priority gaps locally. Due to the range of available current (and future) delivery there is no requirement for governors to seek to employ NCS staff.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work collaboratively with a range of partners to facilitate distance learning courses for prisoners. Opportunities for such study will still be available from the Open University (OU) and from the Prisoners Education Trust ‘Steps to Success Scheme’. Additional learner support is also available under the OLASS arrangements and from the Virtual Campus (VC) e-learning platform that includes a number of career planning tools and OU courses, enabling prisoners to receive a similar learning experience to that of their mainstream peers.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested in relation to the number of FTE NCS staff working in prisons, NCS provider referrals of prisoners during 2017 and colleges and universities that NCS providers have referred prisoners to during 2017 is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131647 131648 131649 131650 131651 131652 131655 131656 131657 131658 131659 131660 131661 question first answered 16/03/2018 14:48:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

831168

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Approved Premises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Sodexo and OCS will be permitted to use agency staff to operate their Approved Premises (manned) Guarding Service contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	125176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Sodexo and OCS will be able to use agency staff who meet the required security clearance and accreditation standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125174 question first answered 05/02/2018 16:40:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

831191

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the report on the investigation into the disturbance at HMP Birmingham led by Sarah Payne will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	125199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 25 January to Question 123578.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/02/2018 16:35:36 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain