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	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds in relation to perpetrators of crimes using sharp objects and (a) time spent in Pupil Referral Units, (b) housing status and (c) employment status.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	291477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As set out in the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, there are a number of risk and protective factors for involvement in serious violence, some of which relate to background or personal circumstances. The Home Office does not, however, routinely collect information about whether those who are charged with, or convicted of, offences involving sharp objects have spent time in a Pupil Referral Unit or about their housing and employment status.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not routinely collect information about whether those who are charged with, or convicted of, offences involving sharp objects have spent time in a Pupil Referral Unit or about their housing and employment status.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/10/2019 14:44:29 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 15:14:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 138591 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701874

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Hedges and Ditches: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of miles of hedgerow that has been (a) created and (b) restored since January 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment regarding the <em>total</em> number of hedgerows created or restored since 2023, however, there are now approximately 56,000 miles of hedgerows being managed through 16,000 agreements in the Government’s Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes. Under Countryside Stewardship approximately 20,680 Miles of Hedgerow have been created and restored since January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Sir Mark Spencer question first answered 22/04/2024 15:00:02 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701873

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22386 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701872

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested regarding average time-out-of-room spent by children and young people in young offender institutions during February 2024 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Cookham Wood </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feltham </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Werrington </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wetherby </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekdays </strong></p></td><td><p>3:24</p></td><td><p>5:02</p></td><td><p>8:30</p></td><td><p>4:06</p></td><td><p>6:25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekends </strong></p></td><td><p>2:01</p></td><td><p>3:49</p></td><td><p>5:47</p></td><td><p>3:10</p></td><td><p>4:33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average time spent out-of-room each day by children and young people at Oakhill Secure Training Centre in February 2024 was 13 hours. As information about Oakhill Secure Training Centre is collated on a different basis from information about young offender institutions, it is not possible to provide the requested breakdown between weekdays and weekends.</p><p>We know the importance of ensuring that time in custody is purposeful and are committed to ensuring that children and young people have the necessary and appropriate access to education, skills, and work provision with a consistent daily programme of activities.</p><p>The Youth Custody Service is reviewing regime models and staff deployment to maximise time out of room, creating as open a regime as it is safe to do so, as well as providing education and enrichment for those who cannot safely be in a classroom setting.  Additionally, work done to reduce conflict and manage behaviour, to increase the size of groups who are mixing in the regime, has increased time out of room.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 22387 question first answered 22/04/2024 12:52:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701729

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by Lay Observers entitled 2022-23 Annual Report, published on 10 April 2024, and the response from the Minister of State published on the same date, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the report's recommendations on ensuring that children and young people are (a) always transported in vehicles without adult detained persons and (b) looked after and managed by suitably trained staff.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are very grateful to the Lay Observers for their invaluable work. We have thoroughly considered their annual report and its recommendations.</p><p>Timeliness is a key consideration when conveying children and young people to and from court and, in certain circumstances, transport in vehicles with adults may be the appropriate solution. In these cases, the children and young people would be collected and supervised by staff who normally work with adults. This is provided for in the contracts, and our focus is on ensuring that the service provided for in the contracts is delivered.</p><p>On all occasions when children and young people are transported with adults, the cellular accommodation in the vehicle must be separated by a screen to ensure that the children and young people are kept apart.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701517

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Lewisham East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate on the waiting times for (a) assessment for and (b) diagnosis of autism in (i) adults and (ii) children in Lewisham East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, but may be held by individual providers or integrated care boards (ICBs). Some relevant information is available on autism assessment waiting times for the NHS South East London ICB. In December 2023, the NHS South East London ICB’s Autism Waiting Time Statistics show that there were a total of 1,425 patients with an open suspected autism referral. 100 of these patients were aged between 0 and 17 years old, and 1,325 of these patients were aged 18 years old and over.</p><p>The median waiting time of all patients in this ICB, with an open suspected autism referral, where their first care contact was in the quarter, was 545 days. For 0 to 17 year olds, the median number of days patients waited was 149 days, compared to 606 days for over 18 year olds.</p><p>Data on children and young people in this dataset is expected to be an underestimate, and caution should be used when interpreting these statistics, since they are experimental rather than official statistics. The majority of children assessed for autism in the United Kingdom are seen in child development services, which are out of the scope of this dataset. This means the published figures will underestimate the volume of referrals or diagnoses, and the associated impact on health services. NHS England continues to conduct exploratory analysis into the Community Services Dataset, with a view to including autism waiting times data from that dataset.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/04/2024 15:24:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1701516

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Autism: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to work with local authorities to increase access to support services for people with autism.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	22157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Our national autism strategy, published in July 2021, acknowledges the importance of autistic people being able to access community support, including social care, and that this support should be available at the right time, and tailored to autistic people’s needs. We are currently updating the Autism Act Statutory Guidance to support the National Health Service and local authorities in delivering improved outcomes for autistic people. This will include setting out what local authorities must and should be doing to support autistic adults.</p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, it is the responsibility of local authorities to assess individuals’ care and support needs, including those of autistic adults, and, where eligible, to meet those needs. A new duty for the Care Quality Commission (CQC), to assess local authorities’ delivery of their Care Act 2014 duties, went live on 1 April 2023, and the formal assessment period has started. The CQC will examine how well local authorities deliver their Care Act duties, including those that apply to autistic people with care and support needs. This will increase transparency and accountability and, most importantly, drive improved outcomes for people who draw on care and support.</p><p>Each integrated care board (ICB) must have an Executive Lead for learning disability and autism, to support them in delivering care and support for autistic people in their area. NHS England has published statutory guidance on these Executive Lead roles. Key areas of the Executive Lead role include, but are not limited to: supporting the board in developing a strategic plan for people with a learning disability and autistic people, with local authorities and wider partners; using joint commissioning principles to work together to facilitate appropriate community support, care, and housing; and enabling people to live well at home. It also includes working with local authorities, primary care networks, place-based partnerships, provider collaboratives, health care providers, and wider partners to address inequalities in health outcomes for people with a learning disability and autistic people.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/04/2024 15:18:36 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1699145

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many keep apart instructions were issued in HM YOI (a) Cookham Wood, (b) Feltham, (c) Parc, (d) Werrington and (e) Wetherby in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	20770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Because of the way in which the data are compiled, it is not possible to provide the information in the form requested.</p><p>Non-association alerts are used as a means of improving the safeguarding of children and young people in young offender institutions in the public sector youth estate. Such alerts should only be issued after appropriate consideration, and where there is an identified need. Where an alert has been issued, the child or young person is able to mix with other children and young people in their residential units and in education.</p><p>A “snapshot” taken on 25 March 2024 shows the following numbers and percentages of children and young people at each young offender institution in the public sector youth estate who were assessed as needing to be kept apart from one or more other children or young people in the establishment owing to safeguarding concerns. The decisions are often made at the request of the child or young person who is the subject of the non-association alert.</p><p>HMYOI Cookham Wood: <br>46 of 58 children (79.3 per cent)</p><p>HMYOI Feltham A: <br>68 of 82 children (82.9 per cent)</p><p>HMYOI Werrington: <br>57 of 68 children (83.8 per cent)</p><p>HMYOI Wetherby: <br>106 of 149 children (71.1 per cent)</p><p>These figures are taken from operational oversight data.</p><p>HMYOI Parc, which is operated under contract, is not included in these arrangements.</p><p>The YOI population has decreased significantly – from 1,998 in the year to 31 March 2010 to 332 in the year to 31 March 2023. The cohort we now have in the YOI sector of the youth estate – overwhelmingly young men – present many complex issues, however 70 per cent were sentenced to custody for a violent offence. Our staff work hard to diffuse conflict and reduce violence, both between prisoners and against members of staff.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/04/2024 09:54:35 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1699144

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Oasis Restore Secure School
	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 13 December 2023 to Question 5313 on Secure Schools, what recent estimate he has made of when the Oasis Restore Secure School will be completed.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	20769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Oasis Secure School is due to open by the end of this Spring.</p><p>The Ofsted registration process is scheduled for 9-11 April; this can take up to six weeks. If any remedial actions are required, there is a chance that this could cause delay. All efforts are being made, however, to meet the scheduled opening date.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/04/2024 09:52:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1697596

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wetherby Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of girls aged under the age of 15 (a) have been placed in the last 12 months and (b) are expected to be placed within the next 12 months at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	19717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>No girls under 15 have been placed at HMYOI Wetherby in the last 12 months. We do not expect to make any such placement in the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/03/2024 15:26:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby