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657221

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places of safety and reform, and so it is right that offenders who break prison rules are properly punished. Where this amounts to a criminal offence, prisoners should expect to be investigated by the police and face more serious sanctions.</p><p>We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action. This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones, while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.</p><p>Information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners as a result of adjudications for assaults against staff and prisoners in each of the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 13:57:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 56955 - table.xlsx title assaults against staff & prisoners - adjudications previous answer version 26782 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

657213

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Team have been called out to prisons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	57183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 22415 on 18 January 2016, and to PQ45566 on 16 September 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:38:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

657222

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Weapons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons have been confiscated in prisons in each year since 2010; and what (a) number and (b) proportion of such weapons were firearms.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to PQ 24706 on 10 February 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:36:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

657223

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each prison in England and Wales have been accommodated in cells designed for (a) one person but occupied by two and (b) two people but occupied by three in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:34:18 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

657212

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any member of the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Team has been injured during a call-out in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	57182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:31:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654905

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have taken long-term sick leave and for what reasons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Dedicated prison staff work in an extremely challenging environment in which, on a daily basis, they face unique circumstances unlike most others in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced a major shake-up of the prison system with 2,500 extra prisons officers and new security measures to tackle drones, phones and drugs and help make prisons places of safety and reform.</p><p><br> The safety, welfare and wellbeing of our staff is a top priority and we will always ensure prisons have enough staff to run safely and securely.</p><p> </p><p>Long-term sick leave is defined within the Civil Service as periods of absence of more than 28 calendar days. The number of Band 3-5 prison officers to have taken long-term sick leave between 2010/11 and 2014/15 is available in the answer to PQ 37734. Data for 2015/16 is provided below.</p><p><strong>Instances<sup>1,2</sup> of Long Term Absence Amongst Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers </strong></p><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>International Classification of Diseases Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mental and Behavioural Disorders</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Musculoskeletal System</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injury and Poisoning</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digestive System</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Circulatory System</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nervous System and Sense Organs</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genitourinary System</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infective and Parasitic Diseases</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respiratory System</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neoplasms</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pregnancy Complications</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eye and Adnexa</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ear and Mastoid Process</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symptoms Ill-Defined</p></td><td><p>627</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank / Unknown<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Cases</p></td><td><p>2,978</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1 Where an officer has two or more periods of absence for the same reason within a year they are counted as one, where the reasons differ they are counted separately.</p><p>2 absences that straddle two years are counted in each year.</p><p>3 also includes reasons where small numbers (2 or fewer) would otherwise be supressed for data protection reasons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/12/2016 17:29:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654904

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents involving the use of drone technology have been recorded at each type of prison facility in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 33806.</p><p> </p><p>There were 2 reported incidents in 2014 and 33 reported incidents in 2015. The Ministry of Justice intends to routinely publish information on prison drone incidents in the future and 2016 data will be provided in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We remain vigilant to all incidents involving drones and take the threat they pose to prison security very seriously. A range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate. We have already introduced new legislation to further strengthen our powers, making it illegal to land a drone in prison or to use a drone to drop in contraband. Anyone found using a drone in an attempt to get contraband into prisons can be punished with a sentence of up to two years imprisonment. We take a zero tolerance approach to smuggling of contraband into prisons and work closely with the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to ensure those caught are prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>Note: All figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/12/2016 17:23:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654907

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Hostage Taking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hostage incidents in which a (a) prison officer and (b) prisoner was taken hostage there have been in each prison establishment in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of hostage incidents, broken down by type of hostage, for each prison in England and Wales is published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/12/2016 17:18:19 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654903

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18 years of age and (b) young people aged 18 to 24 were granted legal funding under the Exceptional Case Funding Scheme in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>We believe that the exceptional funding scheme is functioning as intended. Its purpose is to provide funding where it is legally needed.</p><p> </p><p>Every ECF application is carefully considered by the Legal Aid Agency on an individual basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>The number of granted applications for Exceptional Case Funding by age of applicant and financial year of application shown in the table below.</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Please note, because client date of birth was only routinely recorded from October 2013 onwards figures for the above 2 years are not comparable.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the avoidance of doubt, this data relates to the number of applications granted. It is possible for an individual to hold multiple legal aid certificates, and thus this data may not correspond with the number of discrete individuals granted funding.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 13/12/2016 17:13:31 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654902

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many concerted indiscipline incidents of each type have occurred in each prison establishment in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of incidents of concerted indiscipline, broken down by type, for each prison in England and Wales is published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/12/2016 17:08:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon