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1669031

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the construction of the HS2 station at Old Oak Common on the mainline services from south Wales to London terminals.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	1205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>Construction of the Old Oak Common conventional station will involve a number of partial and complete closures of the Great Western Main Line during the period up to 2030 which will impact passenger services and freight operations. My department is working with Network Rail, HS2 Ltd and the train operating companies to minimise the impacts of disruption and ensure the continued operation of rail services between south Wales and London.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 14/11/2023 11:16:38 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668566

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on alternative accommodation for asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that destitute asylum seekers are housed in safe, habitable, and fit for purpose accommodation, and that they are treated with dignity whilst in our care.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 16:59:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668568

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policies are in place to ensure the safety of asylum-seeking (a) women and (b) children in asylum accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Across our estate there is an expectation that there will be mixed cohorts within our accommodation.</p><p>Some of our core Initial Accommodation may be configured to provide segregated areas specially for families and singles. Similarly in our Dispersed Accommodation there will be a mix of family properties and Houses of Multiple Occupation that are specifically for either males, females or mothers and babies.</p><p>Women with children who are in receipt of support are not required to share sleeping quarters with unrelated individuals of the opposite sex but may depending on the circumstances be placed in accommodation facilities that are used to house such individuals.</p><p>The Home Office has published the Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework</a>.</p><p>This framework sets out a joint, overarching approach, as well as the key controls and reporting mechanisms in place, across the AASC contracts, for safeguarding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 875 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668569

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Boats and Military Bases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to house (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees who are (i) women and (ii) children on (A) barges and (B) military bases.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The sites are or will be accommodating single adult male asylum seekers between the ages of 18 and 65.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/11/2023 16:31:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668570

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a comparative assessment of potential risks to asylum seekers who are women across each type of accommodation used to house those asylum seekers in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>Across our estate there is an expectation that there will be mixed cohorts within our accommodation.</p><p>Some of our core Initial Accommodation may be configured to provide segregated areas specially for families and singles. Similarly in our Dispersed Accommodation there will be a mix of family properties and Houses of Multiple Occupation that are specifically for either males, females or mothers and babies.</p><p>Women with children who are in receipt of support are not required to share sleeping quarters with unrelated individuals of the opposite sex but may depending on the circumstances be placed in accommodation facilities that are used to house such individuals.</p><p>The Home Office has published the Asylum Support Contracts Safeguarding Framework at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-support-contracts-safeguarding-framework</a>.</p><p>This framework sets out a joint, overarching approach, as well as the key controls and reporting mechanisms in place, across the AASC contracts, for safeguarding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 873 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:57:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668088

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Question 30 of the oral evidence given by the Minister for Prisons and Probation to the Justice Committee on 24 October 2023, HC 1929, what estimate he has made of staffing underspends in the Probation Service.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>We are not forecasting a staffing underspend in the Probation Service for this financial year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 17:20:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668096

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of probation officers that have workloads that are too high in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>HMIP report <em>Caseloads, Workloads and Staffing Levels in Probation Services, </em>March 2021 is publicly available. This indicates a recommendation that caseloads should not exceed 50.</p><p>Region by region analysis is shown below. As of 8th November 2023, 98% of Probation Officers hold less than 50 cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of Band 4 Probation Officers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Band 4 Probation Officers with under 50 cases (=</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Probation Officers with under 50 cases (=</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Probation Officers with over 50 cases (&gt;50)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Probation Officers with over 50 cases (&gt;50)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>99.08</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>93.86</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent Surrey Sussex Region</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>97.18</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>94.99</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>5.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Region</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Region</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>98.86</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>99.57</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>99.73</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>99.24</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3352</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3298</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98.39</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.61</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Individual officers will hold a mixture of cases corresponding to their available capacity at the time, their experience and specific expertise. The Probation Service is committed to providing a quality service in order to achieve its mission of protecting the public, supporting victims and reducing reoffending.</p><p>We have implemented a Prioritisation Framework to support demand management on priority areas of delivery where there are workload and staffing challenges. We continue to run centralised recruitment campaigns in priority regions to help bolster the number of applications and improve time to hire for key operational roles. We have also offered financial support to incentivise staff to move permanently to areas with the most significant staffing challenges.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/11/2023 17:15:52 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668113

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Cohabitation: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of accessibility of information on a deceased partner’s pension for unmarried couples where the couple had (a) remained together and (b) recently separated prior to the death of the partner.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>There has been no recent assessment of the accessibility of information on a deceased partner’s State Pension for unmarried couples, where the couple had either remained together or recently separated prior to the death of the partner.</p><p> </p><p>Private pensions rights to survivor benefits in private occupational pensions are many and varied, and will depend on factors such as scheme rules, and choices made by the scheme member.</p><p> </p><p>General information on survivor benefits for unmarried couples is available from Money Helper and delivered by the Money and Pensions Service: <a href="https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en" target="_blank">https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 15:53:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1668117

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	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	Cohabitation: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of a bereaved unmarried couple's ability to access a deceased partner’s workplace pension following a separation on grounds of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has recently looked at cohabiting couples’ rights in relation to their deceased partner’s occupational pension more widely, in response to recommendation 5 of the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s Second Report into Cohabiting Couples.</p><p> </p><p>Our assessment was published on pages 5 and 6 of <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/31430/documents/176284/default/" target="_blank">The rights of cohabiting partners: Government response to the Committee’s Second Report (parliament.uk)</a> on 1<sup>st</sup> November 2022. A <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/40946/documents/199454/default/" target="_blank">Letter from the Minister for Pensions on the rights of cohabiting partners</a> to the Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, published on 18<sup>th</sup> July this year outlined my Department’s most recent work in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2023 16:26:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1666562

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operational capacity was of prisons in Wales (a) in each of the last three years and (b) for the most recent period in which data was available, by prison.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	203881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The operational capacity is the actual capacity of a prison. It is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by Prison Group Directors as set out in the Certified Prisoner Accommodation Policy Framework.</p><p>The operational capacity of all prisons in England and Wales is published monthly here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The data for prisons in Wales for the last Friday in September between 2020 and 2023, has been replicated below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Prison Name</p></td><td><p>Operational Capacity September 25th 2020</p></td><td><p>Operational Capacity September 24th 2021</p></td><td><p>Operational Capacity September 30th 2022</p></td><td><p>Operational Capacity September 29th 2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwyn</p></td><td><p>1801</p></td><td><p>1810</p></td><td><p>1820</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>779</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>1693</p></td><td><p>1689</p></td><td><p>1685</p></td><td><p>1815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>468</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk / Prescoed</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 203882 question first answered 26/10/2023 11:14:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts