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	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners escaped from prison vans in each year since 2010; how many such prisoners remain on the run; of what offences each such prisoner was convicted; and what length of custodial sentence each such prisoner was given.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to consulting fully on our proposals prior to the introduction of any legislation and will announce further details in due course.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We will adhere to any guidance published by the Cabinet Office in respect of the pre-election periods. We have and will continue to seek to work with the devolved administrations to deliver a modernised and reformed human rights framework for all of the United Kingdom.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">NOMS has implemented a range of measures in recent years to improve the security surrounding prisoners on escort. Between 2010-11 and 2014-15, 23 prisoners escaped from vehicles operated by NOMS or by contractors. All were re-captured. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Overall, the number of escapes from prison escorts almost halved from 102 between 2005-06 and 2009-10, to 59 between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The tables below provide the details requested for each escape and for each year and provide details on the overall number of escapes from escorts outside of a prison over the last 10 years. </ins></p><table><tbody><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><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of escapes</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></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 colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) Of the 23 vehicle related escapes between April 2010 and March 2015, none remain unlawfully at large</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Vehicles primarily refer to prison vans used for escorting prisoner but do include other vehicle types. A distinction cannot be made in the data between vehicle types.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">(3) Includes all such escapes regardless of duration.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 2: Escapes from escorts while entering or leaving vehicles or en route to or from venue by sentence length and main offence, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sentence length<sup>1</sup></strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Main offence</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010/11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Other criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Extended Sentence for the Public Protection - 4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Life</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Possessing firearm with intent to endanger life</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Using disorderly behaviour, or threatening abusive or insulting words likely to cause harassment alarm or distress</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Being concerned in offer to supply controlled drug - Class A - Cocaine</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011/12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Indeterminate Sentence for the Public Protection</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wounding with intent</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012/13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Conspiracy to Rob</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">ABH</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Aggravated burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackmail</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013/14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3y</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6m</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Theft</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Robbery</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014/15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Remand</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Burglary</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Information is given on the main offence and the sentence attached to that specific offence. In some cases there are other offences which may have a consecutive or concurrent sentence length.</ins></li></ol></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Table 3 provides information about escapes which have taken place from prison escort and private escort contractors from 2005/06 to 2014/15. The table includes escapes from courts but not those escapes of less than 15 minutes’ duration and covers the full duration of the escort process. </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Table 3: KPI Escapes<sup>1</sup> from Prison Escort<sup>2</sup> and from Private Escort Contractors (PECS)<sup>3</sup> from 2005/06 to 2014/15</strong></ins></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><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2005</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/06</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2006 /07</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2007 /08</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2008</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/09</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2009</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Prison Escorts Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>8</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>6</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>4</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>3</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>0</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Contracted Out Escort (PECS) Escapes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>10</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>12</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">KPI Category A Escapes during Escort</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>-</strong></ins></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><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">1) The definition of a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Escape if (i) the prisoner is at liberty for 15 minutes or more before recapture or (ii) a prisoner escapes and is charged with another criminal offence</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">2) Escaping the control of escorting prison service staff.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><ins class="ministerial">3) Escapes from the secure vehicles or supervision of contracted prison escorts. This includes escapes from court where contracted prison escort staff have been notified</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 17:57:12 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 13:59:53 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 41289 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

446862

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by (a) escaped or (b) absconded prisoners in each year since 2010; and what those offences were.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 13:56:32 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

446870

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Dismissal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff from which prisons were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases of staff dismissed for having had an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner/ ex-prisoner are set out in the table below. Information on conduct and discipline cases is published in the Ministry of Justice Diversity Report on a financial year basis and to maintain consistency with these figures the table is presented in the same way.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Table: Number of staff dismissed for having had an inappropriate relationship with a prisoner/ ex-prisoner, 2009/10 to 2014/15</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>No individual establishment had more than 5 cases in each year so only total numbers are provided in the table.</p><br /><p>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time, to ensure consistency of reporting. However the database itself is dynamic, and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate, and to present unrounded figures would be to overstate the accuracy of the figures. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures.</p><br /><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 5 or fewer. Low numbers are suppressed, in conjunction with the rounding policy to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 16:56:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

446871

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Discipline
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the five items most commonly recorded by the Incident Report System are; and how many of each such item were recorded in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 14:13:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

446878

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Police Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times police cells were used to hold prisoners overnight in each month in 2014 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	23552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>There are occasions, for logistical reasons, where prisoners may be temporarily held overnight in police cells. Police cells are used not due to a lack of space across the prison estate but because it is not always possible to transfer prisoners from courts to prisons in the time available at the end of court sittings.</p><br /><p>The number of prisoners held overnight in a police cell has been cut from a peak of over 50,000 in financial year 2007-08.</p><br /><p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts and will aim to deal with the prison population in a way that gives taxpayers the best possible value for money. Operation Safeguard, have not been used since 22 September 2008 and no police cells under Operation Safeguard have been on stand-by since the end of October 2008.</p><br /> <br /><p>The following table shows the total number of prisoners who were temporarily held overnight in police cells in England and Wales in each month in 2014-15. The totals include adults, young adults (18 to 20-year-olds) and young people (15 to 17-year-olds).</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><br> <br> <br> <br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of uses of police cells</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1745</p></td><td><p>1442</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 26/01/2016 18:01:03 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter