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1122871

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 2 April 2019, Official Report HCWS1475 on HMP Birmingham, if he will list the new approaches that have been delivered by the private sector referred to in that Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	247133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Privately-managed prisons have pioneered the use of modern technology to improve the running of establishments and help promote rehabilitation. This includes the development of in-cell telephony to help prisoners maintain ties with their families; interactive story-time activities between prisoners and their children; and the introduction of electronic kiosks, which allow prisoners to have greater control of managing their day-to-day lives. The use of body-worn video cameras was introduced by private prisons. Private prisons also have excellent facilities as standard, such as showers in cells, which it is not possible to provide in our older prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/05/2019 14:58:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1124534

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are managed by (a) community rehabilitation companies and (b) the National Probation Service in each constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	250488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) and the National Probation Service (NPS) work with offenders within contracted and divisional areas, and as such statistics relating to parliamentary constituencies are not collated.</p><p>The number of offenders supervised in the community, broken down by CRC and NPS regions, are included in the quarterly Offender Management statistics. This data is included in the attached table, and is taken from the latest publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/05/2019 16:16:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125083

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	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 18 April 2019 to Question 243526 on Prisons: Contracts, if the criteria for the qualitative evaluation of operational resources will include minimum staffing levels.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>One of the key aims of the competition is to secure high quality, value for money bids. We expect providers to adequately resource their respective establishments to deliver a safe, decent and secure regime but also want to encourage innovation in service delivery. We believe setting a mandatory minimum threshold for staffing would not fully deliver the aims of the competition and could stifle the ability to innovate, both now and in the future.</p><p>However, we will robustly evaluate bidder responses, for both quality and cost in consultation with subject matter experts across the organisation. It provides a full resourcing model based on the design of the prison, operating capacity, security category, the vision for the regime and the type of services that would best meet the needs of the cohort within.</p><p>The PSC will enable us to rigorously evaluate the operational and financial aspects of the bids and provide assurance that bidders have the resources required to ensure a safe, decent, secure and rehabilitative regime that delivers quality, value for money and affordability.</p><p>Recognition rights for trade unions are a matter for individual bidders and therefore are not mandated in the contract.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 251409 question first answered 15/05/2019 16:11:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 117681 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125085

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	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 16 April 2019 to Question 243531 on Prisons: Contracts, and with reference to House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0487, Model for Operational Delivery: New Resettlement Prisons, Version 1.8, April 2019, if he will publish all previous versions of that document which have been made available to potential private prison contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The document placed in the house library pursuant to question 243531 is the most recent and up to date version of the Model for Operational Delivery. It can be used by bidders to develop their bids as part of the mini competition for Wellingborough. We do not consider it useful to publish all previous versions of this document and do not intend to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/05/2019 16:24:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125086

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, whether contracts for new private prison operators will specify (a) minimum staffing levels and (b) trade union recognition.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>One of the key aims of the competition is to secure high quality, value for money bids. We expect providers to adequately resource their respective establishments to deliver a safe, decent and secure regime but also want to encourage innovation in service delivery. We believe setting a mandatory minimum threshold for staffing would not fully deliver the aims of the competition and could stifle the ability to innovate, both now and in the future.</p><p>However, we will robustly evaluate bidder responses, for both quality and cost in consultation with subject matter experts across the organisation. It provides a full resourcing model based on the design of the prison, operating capacity, security category, the vision for the regime and the type of services that would best meet the needs of the cohort within.</p><p>The PSC will enable us to rigorously evaluate the operational and financial aspects of the bids and provide assurance that bidders have the resources required to ensure a safe, decent, secure and rehabilitative regime that delivers quality, value for money and affordability.</p><p>Recognition rights for trade unions are a matter for individual bidders and therefore are not mandated in the contract.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 251407 question first answered 15/05/2019 16:11:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125087

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page three of the House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, if he will place a copy of the Framework Agreement in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The final version of the Framework Agreement will be published following the award of the the Prison Operator Services Framework Competition. This will be published on the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/05/2019 15:45:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125090

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page five of the House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, if he will place a copy of the Competition Operator Requirements in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Competition Operator Requirements (COR) are based on the requirements contained in the existing custodial specifications – which are publicly available at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/noms-directory-of-service-specifications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/noms-directory-of-service-specifications</a></p><p>The COR does not include requirements relating to high secure estate, women or the community as these are not applicable to any of the prisons that could be competed under the Prison Operator Services Framework Competition.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 251414 question first answered 15/05/2019 15:47:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125091

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page five of the House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, if he will list the Core Custodial Requirements that apply to all prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Competition Operator Requirements (COR) are based on the requirements contained in the existing custodial specifications – which are publicly available at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/noms-directory-of-service-specifications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/noms-directory-of-service-specifications</a></p><p>The COR does not include requirements relating to high secure estate, women or the community as these are not applicable to any of the prisons that could be competed under the Prison Operator Services Framework Competition.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 251413 question first answered 15/05/2019 15:47:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125092

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 10 of the House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, if he will place a copy of the Prison Operator Competition Mobilisation Strategy in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The Prison Operator Competition Mobilisation Strategy is due to be reviewed in readiness for the competition in respect of Wellingborough. Once this revised document is complete and published, a copy will be placed in the House of Commons library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/05/2019 15:49:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125093

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison: Kier Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 11 of the House Commons Library Deposited Paper, DEP2019-0490, Prison Operator Competition Contract Summary, when the decision to appoint Kier as construction partner for HMP Wellingborough was made.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Kier were engaged by the Ministry of Justice using a two-stage contract. The first stage, which is primarily for the design of the prison, was executed on 14 February 2018. The second stage, which is primarily for the construction of the prison was executed on 15<sup>th</sup> April 2019</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/05/2019 15:50:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon