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225918

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have (a) left and (b) joined the workforce in each privately-run prison in England and Wales in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Staff working at private prisons are employed by a number of providers, to deliver a range of services. These include, for example, probation services, education and healthcare, as well as custodial services. While each prison is managed by a main contracted provider, it is not possible to provide information covering workforce staff employed by all these providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:32:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

178338

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers took sick leave in each privately run prison in England and Wales in each month since March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	223708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Although the contracted-out prisons submit staff sickness absence data to the National Offender Management Service for use in the prison rating system, this relates to all staff and does not provide a breakdown by grade, such as prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for average working days lost relating to total full-time equivalent staff in the contracted prisons for 2013-14 are published in the Excel document entitled ‘Prison rating system dataset 2013 to 2014’ at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>. Please see in particular column BE of the sheet labelled ‘Data’.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2014-15 will be published on 30 July at the following web page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that specific staffing arrangements and the management of sickness absence of staff in the contracted out prisons is the responsibility of the individual contractors and not Ministry of Justice (MoJ). However, MoJ closely monitors the performance of private prisons and we ensure appropriate numbers of staff are in place to deliver safe and secure regimes in every public and privately-run prison.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 223709 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:33:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

225920

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average starting salary is for prison officer grade staff in each privately-run prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on average starting salaries for Prison Custody Officers in privately-run prisons in England and Wales is given in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HM Prison</p></td><td><p>Starting salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>21,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>20,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>23,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>20,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>21,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>21,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>20,804</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:45:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

225919

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days' training on average new prison officers receive before starting work in each privately-run prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On average each prison custody officer receives 45 days of training before commencing officer duties. The training given is approved by the Ministry of Justice and equates to that undertaken by new-entrant prison officers in the public sector. Candidates who do not complete the course satisfactorily will not be employed.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:45:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

178337

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sick leave days were taken by prison officers in each privately-run prison in England and Wales in each month since March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	223709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Although the contracted-out prisons submit staff sickness absence data to the National Offender Management Service for use in the prison rating system, this relates to all staff and does not provide a breakdown by grade, such as prison officer.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for average working days lost relating to total full-time equivalent staff in the contracted prisons for 2013-14 are published in the Excel document entitled ‘Prison rating system dataset 2013 to 2014’ at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>. Please see in particular column BE of the sheet labelled ‘Data’.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2014-15 will be published on 30 July at the following web page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that specific staffing arrangements and the management of sickness absence of staff in the contracted out prisons is the responsibility of the individual contractors and not Ministry of Justice (MoJ). However, MoJ closely monitors the performance of private prisons and we ensure appropriate numbers of staff are in place to deliver safe and secure regimes in every public and privately-run prison.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 223708 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:33:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

176549

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wormwood Scrubs Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was taken to close the art, design and media department in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	222423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Art, Design and Media Studies were taught at HMP Wormwood Scrubs as part of the learning offer under the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements, although there was no actual art, design and media department at the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Following an Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) report, and a curriculum review under the OLASS arrangements, and after consultation with Ofsted, the Skills Funding Agency and A4e (the then OLASS provider), a local decision was taken in November 2014 to withdraw provision for Art, Design and Media Studies at the prison and to focus delivery more on literacy and numeracy. The subjects were withdrawn in January 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 222422 question first answered 04/02/2015 16:30:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

438725

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Burglary and Sexual Offences: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were given non-custodial sentences for (a) burglary, (b) rape and (c) sexual assault in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	20171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Details of the number of offenders sentenced (with sentencing disposals, both custodial and non-custodial) at all courts for the above offences in each of the last 10 years can be found in the “outcomes by offence” table available at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/12/2015 15:58:43 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

420268

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were on the basic level of the IEP scheme in (a) HM Young Offender Institution Feltham, (b) HM Young Offender Institution Wetherby, (c) HM Young Offender Institution Werrington, (d) HM Young Offender Institution Cookham Wood and (e) Parc Young People's Unit on the latest date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	11254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Information on IEP levels for all prisoners by prison function is published annually in the management information addendum of the NOMS Annual Report. The table below shows the number of young people on basic level of the IEP scheme as at the end of March 2015 in all the under 18 Young Offender Institutions.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cookham Wood</p></td><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>Parc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that Feltham and Parc are split sites so data provided is inclusive of young adults</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/10/2015 10:30:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

422333

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under-18 year olds in prison have been starred up in each prison in each month during each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	12319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Starring up is the term used to define the process whereby young people under the age of 18 can be moved into the young adult estate prior to their eighteenth birthday. The starring up process can be used for a range of reasons, but past usage has mainly been in relating to the management of disruptive or violent behaviour or transfers to Mother and Baby Units.</p><br /><p>In practice, the starring up process is rarely used and then only in exceptional circumstances.</p><br /><p>No young person has been starred-up into the young adult estate since January 2014. Data in relation to the number of young people who were starred-up into the young adult estate in the three years prior to that, broken down by the establishment they were starred-up from and the month in which the decision was made is provided in the tables below.</p><br /><p>2011</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></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>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></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>2012</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></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>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></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></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>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></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 23/10/2015 12:26:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

416255

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers: Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 years old in each Young Offenders Institution have been transferred to adult prisons in each month since January 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	8686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 8687 question first answered 14/09/2015 14:55:41 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington