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1138853

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to (a) monitor, (b) investigate, (c) learn lessons for prevention from and (d) respond at a (i) local and (ii) national level to deaths of offenders in the community on post custody supervision.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	277251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>All deaths of offenders under supervision are the subject of an internal review by the relevant probation provider, which must consider from the circumstances whether any areas of probation practice could be improved. This includes the deaths of those being supervised after release from custody. Probation providers report annually to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service on the numbers of deaths and their causes, and share learning points from the reviews that they have conducted. A small number of deaths under post-release supervision, including those that occur in Approved Premises, are independently investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders who died under supervision increased from 704 in 2010/11 to 955 in 2017/18. The Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) was introduced on 1 February 2015 and resulted in an increase in the number of offenders on post-release supervision. While the total number of deaths under supervision has continued to increase, the number of deaths post-release fell by 8% in the last year, from 401 in 2016/17 to 367 in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The National Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies people in contact with the criminal justice system as a high-risk group, and we recognise that the time following release from prison can be a particularly high-risk period for suicide and for deaths from other causes. The primary role of probation is to protect the public and prevent re-offending, and people under supervision in the community are not in the care of HM Prison and Probation Service in the way that they are when in custody. While probation staff do everything they can to help offenders find access to vital services including healthcare, housing, and treatment for drug and alcohol problems, they do not have sole responsibility for caring for them. We are conducting a review of post-release deaths, which aims to identify what further actions may be appropriate to prevent them, while recognising that a range of other organisations share responsibility for their wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing an extra £22m in ‘through-the-gate’ assistance for offenders, to help them find the support they need on issues such as housing, healthcare and employment, and they have the same access to these services as any other person in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths under post-release supervision during 2017/18, broken down by time elapsed since release and by cause of death, is in the attached table. The figures are taken from probation providers’ annual reports. Care is taken when processing and analysing them, but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 277252 277253 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:14:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 277251-53 Bambos Charalambous MP figures.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1138854

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the rise in deaths of people on post-custody supervision since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	277252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>All deaths of offenders under supervision are the subject of an internal review by the relevant probation provider, which must consider from the circumstances whether any areas of probation practice could be improved. This includes the deaths of those being supervised after release from custody. Probation providers report annually to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service on the numbers of deaths and their causes, and share learning points from the reviews that they have conducted. A small number of deaths under post-release supervision, including those that occur in Approved Premises, are independently investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders who died under supervision increased from 704 in 2010/11 to 955 in 2017/18. The Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) was introduced on 1 February 2015 and resulted in an increase in the number of offenders on post-release supervision. While the total number of deaths under supervision has continued to increase, the number of deaths post-release fell by 8% in the last year, from 401 in 2016/17 to 367 in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The National Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies people in contact with the criminal justice system as a high-risk group, and we recognise that the time following release from prison can be a particularly high-risk period for suicide and for deaths from other causes. The primary role of probation is to protect the public and prevent re-offending, and people under supervision in the community are not in the care of HM Prison and Probation Service in the way that they are when in custody. While probation staff do everything they can to help offenders find access to vital services including healthcare, housing, and treatment for drug and alcohol problems, they do not have sole responsibility for caring for them. We are conducting a review of post-release deaths, which aims to identify what further actions may be appropriate to prevent them, while recognising that a range of other organisations share responsibility for their wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing an extra £22m in ‘through-the-gate’ assistance for offenders, to help them find the support they need on issues such as housing, healthcare and employment, and they have the same access to these services as any other person in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths under post-release supervision during 2017/18, broken down by time elapsed since release and by cause of death, is in the attached table. The figures are taken from probation providers’ annual reports. Care is taken when processing and analysing them, but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 277251 277253 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:14:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 277251-53 Bambos Charalambous MP figures.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1138855

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people died whilst under post-release supervision in 2017-18; and what the (a) number of days between release from prison and date of death and (b) cause of death was in each of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	277253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>All deaths of offenders under supervision are the subject of an internal review by the relevant probation provider, which must consider from the circumstances whether any areas of probation practice could be improved. This includes the deaths of those being supervised after release from custody. Probation providers report annually to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service on the numbers of deaths and their causes, and share learning points from the reviews that they have conducted. A small number of deaths under post-release supervision, including those that occur in Approved Premises, are independently investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders who died under supervision increased from 704 in 2010/11 to 955 in 2017/18. The Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) was introduced on 1 February 2015 and resulted in an increase in the number of offenders on post-release supervision. While the total number of deaths under supervision has continued to increase, the number of deaths post-release fell by 8% in the last year, from 401 in 2016/17 to 367 in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>The National Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies people in contact with the criminal justice system as a high-risk group, and we recognise that the time following release from prison can be a particularly high-risk period for suicide and for deaths from other causes. The primary role of probation is to protect the public and prevent re-offending, and people under supervision in the community are not in the care of HM Prison and Probation Service in the way that they are when in custody. While probation staff do everything they can to help offenders find access to vital services including healthcare, housing, and treatment for drug and alcohol problems, they do not have sole responsibility for caring for them. We are conducting a review of post-release deaths, which aims to identify what further actions may be appropriate to prevent them, while recognising that a range of other organisations share responsibility for their wellbeing.</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing an extra £22m in ‘through-the-gate’ assistance for offenders, to help them find the support they need on issues such as housing, healthcare and employment, and they have the same access to these services as any other person in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The number of deaths under post-release supervision during 2017/18, broken down by time elapsed since release and by cause of death, is in the attached table. The figures are taken from probation providers’ annual reports. Care is taken when processing and analysing them, but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 277251 277252 question first answered 31/07/2019 15:14:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 277251-53 Bambos Charalambous MP figures.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1167200

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release and Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison on each day from 17 December 2018 to 31 December 2018; and how many of those people were recalled to prison within one month of release.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	7196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>A total of 2,853 prisoners were released from prison between 17 December 2018 and 31 December 2018 inclusive. Of these, 325 individuals had a licence recall within one month (31 days) of release although not all would have been apprehended by the Police and returned to prison custody within that timeframe.</p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision and are liable to be recalled to custody where they breach their licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The figures detailed in the answer have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/11/2019 16:24:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1143573

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Blood Cancer: Enfield Southgate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is available for people who have been diagnosed with blood cancer in Enfield Southgate constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	284990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is responsible for commissioning local services, including mental health services, on behalf of their local populations taking into account local needs and priorities. For the year 2018/19, overall spend on mental health services in the Enfield CCG area was £64.6 million.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all those who need support with their mental health, whatever their circumstances, are able to access the services they require in a timely manner based on their clinical need.</p><p>To support this, we have increased spending on mental health to a record £12.5 billion in 2018/19. In addition, the NHS Long Term Plan committed at least a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24. This investment will transform and expand services for people with mental health conditions, building on our current targets.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 18:04:29 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1138852

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many referrals have been made by (a) prison and (b) probation services to local authorities under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 duty to refer since October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	277250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Everyone leaving custody should have a safe and suitable home to go to on release; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending. While statutory responsibility for housing (including planning) and homelessness lies with local authorities in England, and with the Welsh Assembly in Wales, we are committed to working with other departments to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a gradual flow of referrals from prisons and probation providers since the commencement of the ‘Duty to Refer’ on 1 October 2018. Between 1 October and 30 June: 926 referrals made by probation staff were recorded on the probation operational database, NDELIUS; 613 referrals made by prison staff were recorded on the prison operational database, P-NOMIS.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months we will be re-promoting the duty ten months on from commencement, while reviewing the guidance issued to reflect lessons learnt.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 16:26:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1138850

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on the (a) effectiveness of joint-working between criminal justice agencies and local authorities and (b) homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	277248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Everyone leaving custody should have a safe and suitable home to go to on release; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending.</p><p>Ministry of Justice officials are working closely with officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to monitor the referrals being made and to facilitate joint working between local authorities and prison and probation providers.</p><p>Overcoming the many barriers offenders face to securing suitable accommodation is something that Ministry of Justice cannot do in isolation. While statutory responsibility for housing (including planning) and homelessness lies with local authorities in England, and with the Welsh Assembly in Wales, we are committed to working with other departments to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 14:46:29 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1151563

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Nutrition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that his Department's education programmes include objectives on nutrition.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	3821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Helping poor countries provide 12 years of good quality education, particularly for girls, is a top priority for this Government. When children get all the basic nutrients they need in the first 1000 days of life, they do better in school and earn more as adults.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s 2018 education policy commits us to delivering early education and nutrition interventions together, where possible. We are pursuing this by building the evidence base through the new ‘Thrive’ early childhood development research programme and through investments in early education in Rwanda and our funding to the Global Partnership for Education.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is a global leader on nutrition; we have reached 60.3 million people with nutrition services in 25 countries since 2015.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/10/2019 15:11:04 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1147059

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department will take to ensure the implementation of the political declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage across its investments in health and human development.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	292312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Strengthening health systems to deliver Universal Health Coverage is a priority for the UK. Our support for implementation of the political declaration includes funding to the World Health Organisation to assist countries to develop Universal Health Coverage country plans and the health financing strategies needed to meet the commitment to increase public spending on health, with an emphasis on primary health care. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/alok-sharma-speech-to-un-general-assembly-on-universal-health-coverage" target="_blank">Our announcement</a> at the UN General Assembly of £600m to buy family planning supplies will <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/uk-announce-600m-aid-family-planning-us-ramps-anti-abortion/" target="_blank">provide access to family planning</a> for 20 million women and girls each year up to 2025. This programme will support countries to meet the commitment to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 08/10/2019 11:30:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1143284

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Haematology: Enfield Southgate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many haematological Clinical Nurse Specialists there are in Enfield Southgate constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	284615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 19:01:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous