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804361

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Custodial Treatment: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question HL 3476, on Custodial Treatment: Private Sector, how much was paid out of the public purse to private providers in each year since 2010 for the management of custodial sentences; what the total planned expenditure to private providers will be in each year up to 2020 and which private companies he estimates will receive the largest amount of funding in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Year Forecast (At end of November 2017)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Draft </strong><strong>Medium Term Financial Planning (MTFP) Budgetary Estimates, for planning purposes and not yet agreed or allocated as budgets</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£469,511,861</p></td><td><p>£479,914,867</p></td><td><p>£492,105,132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The provider projected to receive the largest sum over the years in question is G4S as the operator in a total of five of the fourteen privately managed prisons in England and Wales. The amounts shown in the summary above are inclusive of payments to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) which act as the prime contractors for three of those five privately managed prisons and pay G4S to operate them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804367

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly payment was to a legal aid lawyer providing early legal help for (a) family court, (b) housing, (c) welfare benefits and (d) employment cases in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Legal Help is a level of service that provides initial early advice. It can be provided face-to-face and additionally, in some categories of law, through the specialist telephone advice service, Civil Legal Advice (CLA). There are different payment mechanisms for each.</p><p> </p><p>Most Legal Help work is paid through fixed fees rather than hourly rates, and therefore the Legal Aid Agency does not hold the information necessary to meaningfully calculate annual average hourly payments for this work. The fixed fees (and where applicable the hourly rates) are set out in the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/12/2017 14:31:52 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804363

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female offenders who have accommodation found for them on the first night out of prison by a community rehabilitation company; and if he will make statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms, all offenders now get targeted support before and after they leave prison to help them reintegrate into society. This includes working with local partners to help them find accommodation including, where necessary, emergency accommodation. Local authorities are statutorily responsible for working with and supporting an individual in order to assist them into securing settled accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We currently publish the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies against Assurance Metric C, which measures the percentage of offenders who have settled accommodation on release from custody. The latest published information can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: April to June 2017’ on Gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the development of a performance measure for accommodation on first night out of prison for introduction in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804364

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in excess of Certified Normal Accommodation there have been in the prison estate in each of the last five years; and what estimate the Government has made of that number in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on how many prisoners in excess of Certified Normal Accommodation there have been in the prison estate in England and Wales in each of the last five years is set out in the following table. This information can also be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a> We do not forecast CNA levels.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>In Use Certified Normal Accommodation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Population</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prisoners in excess of In Use Certified Normal Accommodation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012</p></td><td><p>79,450</p></td><td><p>86,352</p></td><td><p>6,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013</p></td><td><p>77,730</p></td><td><p>83,796</p></td><td><p>6,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>76,017</p></td><td><p>85,582</p></td><td><p>9,565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>77,220</p></td><td><p>86,028</p></td><td><p>8,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>76,819</p></td><td><p>85,130</p></td><td><p>8,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>76,026</p></td><td><p>85,863</p></td><td><p>9,837</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong> CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the HM Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts. Our reforms will close ageing and ineffective prisons and replace them with buildings fit for today’s demands. Our prison estate will have modern prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804365

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups
	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 young offenders in youth custody identified as BAME in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 1 shows the numbers (broken down by month and yearly average) and proportions of BAME (Asian, Black , Mixed and others) young people within the youth secure estate. At this point, I will not be making a statement in the house on this issue. We are responding fully to the findings of David Lammy's review into the treatment of BAME individuals in the criminal justice system. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Ave</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>656</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table>*2016/17 figures are provisional</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/12/2017 15:54:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804350

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Northern Powergrid: Powers of Entry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of times that Northern Powergrid has exercised the provision in section 9(1) (a) of Schedule 6 of the Electricity Act 1989 to enter a person’s property to place a new electric line in that property in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no requirement for Northern Powergrid or the other Distribution Network Operators to provide this information to the Department. Therefore, this information is not collected and, as a consequence, we do not hold it.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 11:53:06 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804362

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 116478 on Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), how many people work in the Contract Management Teams (CTM); what the annual budget is of the CTMs; how many times a CMT notified a CRC that its staffing levels needed to be increased; and what criteria CMTs use to assess the adequacy of a CRC's level of staffing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The CRC Contract Management Group in the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Directorate of Community Interventions is responsible for managing the 20 CRC contracts in England. The Group currently operates with an annual budget of £5,302,127, and 80.19 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contract Management of Wales CRC is the responsibility of HMPPS in Wales, and currently employs 4.25 FTE staff for this purpose, with an annual budget of £233,000.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our CMTs closely monitor and robustly manage providers on a local basis, taking into account the regional context, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon