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818811

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce overcrowding on the prison estate in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	121575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Prison numbers can fluctuate, which is why we have a robust set of plans in place to ensure we will always have enough places for offenders committed to custody by the courts. This includes modernising the estate and building new accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We will modernise the prison estate, closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose and creating in their place high-quality, rehabilitative establishments. We have started to redevelop the prisons at Glen Parva (Leicestershire) and Wellingborough (Northamptonshire). We are building a new houseblock at Stocken prison (Rutland). Additionally, we plan to build four modern prisons which includes the development of sites at Full Sutton (East Yorkshire), Hindley (Greater Manchester), Rochester (Kent) and Port Talbot (Neath Port Talbot, South Wales).</p><p>The Verne, a former HM Prison and Probation Service operated immigration removal centre in Dorset, will be reopening as a prison as early as possible this year and is expected to house 580 offenders.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/01/2018 17:28:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 33552 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

800665

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the Sudanese Government’s performance against the UN (Ruggie) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	117286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK was the first country to implement the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights (the Ruggie Principles), by producing a National Action Plan on business and human rights in September 2013 (updated in May 2016). Through our National Action Plan, we are working with countries, including Sudan, to tackle human rights challenges.</p><p>Human rights is a top priority for our engagement with the Government of Sudan. As part of this engagement, the UK will consider opportunities to promote trade with Sudan, as trade can help to open closed off political and economic systems. We continue to press the Government of Sudan to improve the human rights situation to create a more conducive business environment. We used the fourth round of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on 16 October to agree steps that the Government of Sudan would take to make further progress on human rights, and to raise our concerns on specific human rights issues. A communiqué outlining the progress made is now available on the British Government's website.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 14:07:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825539

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department took in response to reports issued between 2015 and 2017 by Independent Monitoring Boards on Carillion's execution of prison maintenance contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Each IMB report which flags up concerns on the estate has been reviewed by the HMPPS National Service Management Team who have provided information on the action being taken to address some of the issues highlighted and this has been fed back into the official responses from HMPPS. Where the issues highlighted are to do with Carillion performance these concerns have fed in through either the performance reviews held regularly at site or if necessary escalated through meetings with senior leaders from both organisations. In some instances, the concerns when investigated have related to the requirement for investment in assets which is not a responsibility of the maintenance contractors, but is managed through the internal asset investment process which decides how limited funds can be allocated to operational and maintenance priorities.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2018 15:23:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825540

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey and Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made any comparative assessments of the perfomance of Carillion and Amey under regional contracts for prison maintenance services.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Contractor performance is measured through 16 Key Performance Indicators which are reviewed monthly by the HMPPS National Service Management Team. There is no formal comparative assessment between the contractors providing FM services to public prisons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/02/2018 13:26:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825541

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department put in place any qualitative targets to monitor Carillion’s performance in delivering prison maintenance services.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The performance mechanism within the Carillion contracts contains 16 key performance indicators. These employ a mix of both quantitative and qualitative measures to monitor Carillion’s performance in delivering prison maintenance services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2018 15:24:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825542

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department signed any new or renewed contracts with Carillion for any services in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not signed any new or renewed contracts with Carillion for any services in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2018 15:24:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825543

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 15 September 2016, Official Report, Column 475WH, whether a meeting with Carillion was held; and what methods his Department subsequently used to monitor Carillion’s performance.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Minister Gyimah met with Carillion on 11 October 2016 to express dissatisfaction and made clear that significant performance improvement was required before the end of December 2016. An improvement plan was established, overseen by a weekly Joint Steering Group. Key milestones were identified, together with a high level dashboard tracking success factors. The development of alternative commercial options was also planned to inform a strategic decision about the future of Carillion as an FM provider in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2018 15:25:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

825744

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking (a) individually and (b) with other Departments to ensure that major contractors are financially able to deliver their contracted services and projects.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	123811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>a) A review of the financial stability of contractors is an integral part of both the tendering of new contracts and continued contract management undertaken by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The financial viability of suppliers is checked during the tendering process and once a contract is awarded, the MoJ will review the Supplier's financial circumstances on a regular basis to ensure that these have not significantly changed.</p><p> </p><p>b) Where a supplier is categorised as a Crown Commercial Service Strategic Supplier, MoJ work closely with the Crown Commercial Service to ensure the continued financial stability of the supplier.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/01/2018 18:47:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

892268

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Length of Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison officers have (a) 0-1, (b) 1-3, (c) 3-5 (d) 5 -10 and (e) over 10 years of continuous service in the prison service as of January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	138489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>We are significantly exceeding our prison officer recruitment targets, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent so they can successfully rehabilitate offenders. But it is also important that we retain experienced staff members, and we continue to work with governors to ensure this happens.</p><p> </p><p>Snapshot figures are taken for the last working day of the month. Figures on the length of service of band 3-5 prison officers as at 31 December 2017 can be found in Table 1:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Proportion of band 3-5 prison officers in post by length of service (full time equivalent), as at 31 December 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Completed years of service<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>31-Dec-2017</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5"><p>Band 3-5 Officers<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Under 1 year</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1-2</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3-4</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 years and over</p></td><td><p>54.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Length of service in HMPPS calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>2</sup> Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/05/2018 16:38:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944704

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the legal definitions for the offences of (a) careless and (b) dangerous driving.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	166208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 the government consulted on changes to driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury. In the response to the consultation, published in 2017, the government made clear that it does not propose to make any changes to the legal definitions of careless and dangerous driving. But it does propose to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years’ imprisonment to life, and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/07/2018 15:01:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens