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173675

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the treatment in the criminal treatment system of women experiencing domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Domestic abuse is the worst possible violation of the trust that those in close relationships place in one another. That is why tackling domestic violence and abuse has been one of this Government’s top priorities. We are committed to ensuring that victims of this serious crime are considered in all aspects of the criminal justice system, and supported appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims’ Code was implemented in December 2013. It sets out to criminal justice agencies the enhanced services and support they must provide to victims of the most serious crimes, including victims of domestic violence. This includes providing information on pre-trial therapy and counselling and referral to specialist organisations for support.</p><p>As part of the current pilot of adult out-of-court disposals, the Ministry of Justice has issued guidance to the three participating police forces (Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Leicestershire) setting out how the framework should be used for low-level offences involving domestic violence. The guidance imposes a number of restrictions on the forces and requires them to obtain the victim’s consent for the matter to be dealt with out of court.</p><p>In addition, the National Offender Management Service’s framework <em>Supporting Women offenders who have experienced domestic or sexual violence</em>, published in September 2011, is designed to provide guidance to those working with female offenders in custody and the community. The framework intends to ensure that interventions and services take place within an environment in which women who have been victims of domestic violence are able to both disclose abuse and receive support and advice in a safe, female only environment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these pieces of guidance, my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department has issued the <em>Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan</em>, which sets out the Government’s approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse, and is supported by guidance to victims, their friends, families, employers and colleagues.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/01/2015 17:40:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

175968

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence have been imprisoned for contempt of court in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	222123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Domestic violence and abuse is a dreadful crime and has no place in our society. Tackling it has been one of this Government’s top priorities. We are determined to support victims in rebuilding their lives and reporting these crimes, and to make sure perpetrators are brought to justice. We have piloted and rolled out Clare's Law and domestic violence protection orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; and placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learned from individual tragedies. More recently we have added an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill at Commons Committee stage to create a new offence of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible separately to identify from this centrally held information how many people imprisoned for contempt of court have also been victims of a crime. This detailed information may be held on court records but is not reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. As such, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/02/2015 17:50:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173680

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what practice directions are in place on the allocation of judges in civic and family courts to domestic violence cases; and how many judges on average are involved in such cases.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The allocation of judges in Family Court cases involving domestic violence is governed by Part 5 of the Family Court (Composition and Distribution of Business) Rules 2014, which came into force on 22nd April 2014.</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/840/part/5/made</a></p><p>The allocation process for applications and proceedings in domestic violence cases (set out in Part 5 of the Rules) is governed by whether the application is being brought under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996.</p><p>Domestic violence cases brought to the Family Court under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996 can therefore be heard by any judge sitting in the Family Court. We do not collect data on how many of the Family Court judges are involved in domestic violence cases.</p><p>Practice Direction 12J (Child Arrangements and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm) sets out what the Family Court should do in any case in which it is “alleged or admitted, or there is other reason to believe, that the child or a party has experienced domestic violence or abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a risk of such violence or abuse”;</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_12j</a></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 19/01/2015 17:11:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173130

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many punishments of removal from wing were given to children at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014; and how many children were punished with removal from wing following an adjudication in that institution in each of those months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Discipline Procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Young Offender Institution (YOI) Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for young people to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. A possible outcome of an adjudication hearing is for a young person to be removed from their wing or living unit for a period of up to 21 days under YOI R 60 (1) (g). Removal from unit means that the young person is relocated to other accommodation within the establishment but otherwise continues to participate, as far as possible, in normal regime activities. No young people were given an adjudication award of removal from unit at Feltham in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Young people in custody are some of the most vulnerable people in society and their safety and welfare is our highest priority. We aim to use segregation as little as possible, but there are occasions when behaviour is so challenging and violent that it is necessary to remove a young person from association in order to guarantee their safety and that of others.</p><p> </p><p>Young people detained in under 18 public sector Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) must only be segregated when absolutely necessary. This may be to protect the safety of persons living in, working in or visiting an establishment, for their own protection, for a short period pending an adjudication hearing or to maintain order and discipline. Young people must be segregated under the proper authority as provided by the YOI Rules. Any decision to segregate a young person is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated and they cannot be segregated as a punishment.</p><p>Table A below shows the ethnicity of young people located in the Care and Separation Unit (CSU) at Feltham in each month of 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table A</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Stated</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a definitive reason for the dips and spikes in figures around particular months in the table above as it is normal for the numbers to fluctuate. However, we know that this is consistent with data on assaults from the establishment which may be a contributory factor. We also know that in October there were a number of multi perpetrator assaults which led to a large number of young people being segregated for short periods of time in the immediate aftermath.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of young people located on Feltham’s CSU who have an identified mental health condition, and information on the number of young people subject to Feltham’s single unlock policy, is not collected centrally. In order to provide this information we would need to check individual records and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 220347 220348 220350 question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173131

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ethnicity was of children held in the segregation unit at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Discipline Procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Young Offender Institution (YOI) Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for young people to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. A possible outcome of an adjudication hearing is for a young person to be removed from their wing or living unit for a period of up to 21 days under YOI R 60 (1) (g). Removal from unit means that the young person is relocated to other accommodation within the establishment but otherwise continues to participate, as far as possible, in normal regime activities. No young people were given an adjudication award of removal from unit at Feltham in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Young people in custody are some of the most vulnerable people in society and their safety and welfare is our highest priority. We aim to use segregation as little as possible, but there are occasions when behaviour is so challenging and violent that it is necessary to remove a young person from association in order to guarantee their safety and that of others.</p><p> </p><p>Young people detained in under 18 public sector Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) must only be segregated when absolutely necessary. This may be to protect the safety of persons living in, working in or visiting an establishment, for their own protection, for a short period pending an adjudication hearing or to maintain order and discipline. Young people must be segregated under the proper authority as provided by the YOI Rules. Any decision to segregate a young person is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated and they cannot be segregated as a punishment.</p><p>Table A below shows the ethnicity of young people located in the Care and Separation Unit (CSU) at Feltham in each month of 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table A</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Stated</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a definitive reason for the dips and spikes in figures around particular months in the table above as it is normal for the numbers to fluctuate. However, we know that this is consistent with data on assaults from the establishment which may be a contributory factor. We also know that in October there were a number of multi perpetrator assaults which led to a large number of young people being segregated for short periods of time in the immediate aftermath.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of young people located on Feltham’s CSU who have an identified mental health condition, and information on the number of young people subject to Feltham’s single unlock policy, is not collected centrally. In order to provide this information we would need to check individual records and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 220346 220348 220350 question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:38 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173132

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children held on the segregation unit at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham had an identified mental health issue in each month in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Discipline Procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Young Offender Institution (YOI) Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for young people to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. A possible outcome of an adjudication hearing is for a young person to be removed from their wing or living unit for a period of up to 21 days under YOI R 60 (1) (g). Removal from unit means that the young person is relocated to other accommodation within the establishment but otherwise continues to participate, as far as possible, in normal regime activities. No young people were given an adjudication award of removal from unit at Feltham in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Young people in custody are some of the most vulnerable people in society and their safety and welfare is our highest priority. We aim to use segregation as little as possible, but there are occasions when behaviour is so challenging and violent that it is necessary to remove a young person from association in order to guarantee their safety and that of others.</p><p> </p><p>Young people detained in under 18 public sector Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) must only be segregated when absolutely necessary. This may be to protect the safety of persons living in, working in or visiting an establishment, for their own protection, for a short period pending an adjudication hearing or to maintain order and discipline. Young people must be segregated under the proper authority as provided by the YOI Rules. Any decision to segregate a young person is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated and they cannot be segregated as a punishment.</p><p>Table A below shows the ethnicity of young people located in the Care and Separation Unit (CSU) at Feltham in each month of 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table A</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Stated</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a definitive reason for the dips and spikes in figures around particular months in the table above as it is normal for the numbers to fluctuate. However, we know that this is consistent with data on assaults from the establishment which may be a contributory factor. We also know that in October there were a number of multi perpetrator assaults which led to a large number of young people being segregated for short periods of time in the immediate aftermath.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of young people located on Feltham’s CSU who have an identified mental health condition, and information on the number of young people subject to Feltham’s single unlock policy, is not collected centrally. In order to provide this information we would need to check individual records and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 220346 220347 220350 question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173134

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times children have been subject to single unlock at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014; and how many children were subject to single unlock at that institution in each of those months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Discipline Procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Young Offender Institution (YOI) Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for young people to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. A possible outcome of an adjudication hearing is for a young person to be removed from their wing or living unit for a period of up to 21 days under YOI R 60 (1) (g). Removal from unit means that the young person is relocated to other accommodation within the establishment but otherwise continues to participate, as far as possible, in normal regime activities. No young people were given an adjudication award of removal from unit at Feltham in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Young people in custody are some of the most vulnerable people in society and their safety and welfare is our highest priority. We aim to use segregation as little as possible, but there are occasions when behaviour is so challenging and violent that it is necessary to remove a young person from association in order to guarantee their safety and that of others.</p><p> </p><p>Young people detained in under 18 public sector Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) must only be segregated when absolutely necessary. This may be to protect the safety of persons living in, working in or visiting an establishment, for their own protection, for a short period pending an adjudication hearing or to maintain order and discipline. Young people must be segregated under the proper authority as provided by the YOI Rules. Any decision to segregate a young person is subject to regular review and a range of safeguarding measures are in place to ensure appropriate oversight of their care. There are careful limits placed on the length of time for which young people can be separated and they cannot be segregated as a punishment.</p><p>Table A below shows the ethnicity of young people located in the Care and Separation Unit (CSU) at Feltham in each month of 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Table A</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White British</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Irish</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Other</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Stated</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to give a definitive reason for the dips and spikes in figures around particular months in the table above as it is normal for the numbers to fluctuate. However, we know that this is consistent with data on assaults from the establishment which may be a contributory factor. We also know that in October there were a number of multi perpetrator assaults which led to a large number of young people being segregated for short periods of time in the immediate aftermath.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of young people located on Feltham’s CSU who have an identified mental health condition, and information on the number of young people subject to Feltham’s single unlock policy, is not collected centrally. In order to provide this information we would need to check individual records and this could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 220346 220347 220348 question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:39 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

173133

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were employed at the children's site at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham in each month in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	220349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>I have interpreted your reference to “children's site at HM Young Offender Institution Feltham” as covering the juvenile facility holding under 18s of HMYOI Feltham.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to disaggregate staffing figures for the different facilities within HMYOI Feltham because staff are recorded across the establishment as a whole. However, I am happy to provide you with a link to the NOMS Quarterly Workforce Bulletins which include, in Table 10, information on the total number of prison officers at HMYOI Feltham. The latest version is as at 30 September 2014:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/01/2015 17:46:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

166590

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been held in the segregation unit at HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	216281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text It has not been possible to answer the question within the allotted timeframe.I will write to the Hon. Member in due course. <br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 216277 216278 216279 216280 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:56:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

166591

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Feltham Young Offender Institution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average and (b) longest stay was for children held on the segregation unit at HM Young Offenders Institution Feltham in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	216280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text It has not been possible to answer the question within the allotted timeframe.I will write to the Hon. Member in due course. <br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 216277 216278 216279 216281 question first answered 02/12/2014 17:56:16 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra