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	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently serving indeterminate prison sentences in the UK (except Scotland); and how many of those have now served longer than the maximum sentence for the offence for which they were convicted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL2728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of people currently serving indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people currently serving indeterminate prison sentences who have now served longer than the maximum sentence for the offence for which they were convicted is not routinely collected, so could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of people currently service indeterminate prison sentences in England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 30 September 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unreleased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</p></td><td><p>3,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life (all variations)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td><td><p>7,216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recalled</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,177</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life (all variations)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td><td><p>385</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes mandatory, discretionary, automatic life sentences and those relating to young adults and juveniles held in prison custody.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/11/2017 14:51:55 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

753952

	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	Prisoners: Females
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many females are currently imprisoned in England and Wales serving sentences of less than six months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>On 31 March 2017, there were 443 women in prison serving an immediate custodial sentence of less than 6 months.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/08/2017 13:08:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

731010

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 are the principal rules relating to young children visiting their parents in prison.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL26
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>As set out in our 2016 White Paper on Prison Safety and Reform, we are committed to giving prisoners the support and help they need to maintain and strengthen family ties.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Farmer was commissioned to undertake a review of family engagement, and to make proposals that will augment the Prison Safety and Reform agenda. The Ministry of Justice will consider his findings in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Visits, where appropriate, by children to their parent in prison are central to maintaining the relationship during the sentence. Ethos, statutory entitlement and practices are detailed in secondary legislation and in Prison Service Instructions, as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Prison Rules 1999, Rule 4 - ‘Outside Contacts‘, requires Governors to encourage and assist prisoners to maintain relations with persons and agencies outside of the prison which may, in the opinion of the Governor, best promote the interests of his family and own social rehabilitation. Rule 35 ‘Personal Letters and Visits’ sets out the statutory entitlement to visits and Governors may allow an additional privilege under Rule 8.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 ‘Providing Visits and Services to Visitors’ sets out, among other things, guidelines to prisons on the management of family visits.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Governors are accountable for the safeguarding and welfare of children during prison visits. This is set out through the statutory framework under the Children Act 2004. Prison Service Instruction 15/2011 ‘Management of Security at Visits’ requires social visits to be conducted in a manner which ensures the safeguarding of children and provides arrangements for this.</p><p>Prisoners can earn additional visits by demonstrating good behaviour and commitment to their rehabilitation; this is detailed in Prison Service Instruction 30/2013 ‘Incentives and Earned Privileges’.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/07/2017 12:27:48 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

681830

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons are presently serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection in England and Wales; and how many of them are more than 80 years of age.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL5143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2016 there were 3,683 prisoners serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). Of the 3,683 IPPs, 599 were pre-tariff and 3,081 were post-tariff. There are currently fewer than 3 IPP prisoners in prisons aged over 80 years old.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to reduce the backlog of parole hearings involving IPP prisoners. We have set up a new unit within the Ministry of Justice to tackle this issue and are working with the Parole Board to improve the efficiency of the process.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 14/02/2017 15:51:08 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne