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1466441

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2022
	date	26/05/2022
	date tabled	26/05/2022
	ddp created	26/05/2022 17:17:31
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/05/2022 17:36:10 06/06/2022 13:02:09
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	identifier	9943
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/06/2022 12:30:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Probation Service staff, who retired in the past 12 months, are currently employed as agency staff in the service; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of these staff.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 9943
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9943
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466440

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2022
	date	26/05/2022
	date tabled	26/05/2022
	ddp created	26/05/2022 17:17:26
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/05/2022 17:36:07 06/06/2022 13:02:11
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	identifier	9942
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/06/2022 12:30:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of agency staff working in the Probation Service, broken down by region.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 9942
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9942
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466438

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2022
	date	26/05/2022
	date tabled	26/05/2022
	ddp created	26/05/2022 17:17:16
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/05/2022 17:36:00 06/06/2022 13:02:13
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	identifier	9941
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/06/2022 12:30:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff are currently working in the Probation Service by region.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 9941
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9941
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of agency staff for the month of April 2022, by probation region, is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Total Spend £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>60,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>164,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>51,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>139,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>367,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>39,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>55,299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central</p></td><td><p>70,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>46,626</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>14,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>116,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,778</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>The number of agency staff employed changes from day to day: it would not be possible to collate regional or national totals without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of retired staff working as agency staff. This is considered to be the personal information of these agency staff and is therefore not requested.</p> question first answered 06/06/2022 12:30:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466436

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2022
	date	26/05/2022
	date tabled	26/05/2022
	ddp created	26/05/2022 17:16:44
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/05/2022 17:35:52 06/06/2022 12:59:09
	hansard heading	Probation Service: Vacancies
	house id	1
	identifier	9940
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/06/2022 12:27:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies there are in the Probation Service, by region, as of 26 May 2022.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 9940
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9940
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The difference between required staffing and staff in post in the Probation Service, by region, as of 31<sup>st</sup> March is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Difference</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Probation Service</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Central Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales Probation Service</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber Probation Service</p></td><td><p>-123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-1,106</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The overall Spending Review settlement continues investment in probation services and provides significant wider investment in new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime. The funding secured for the next 3 years of the spending review (April 22 – March 25) has seen an additional £155m made permanent in the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Probation Service recruited a total of 1,007 trainees in 2020/21; we committed to recruiting a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2021/2022 and we met this target, recruiting 1,518 in total. The Probation Service will also recruit a further 1,500 trainee probation officers in 2022/23. In addition, we are recruiting around 500 additional unpaid work supervisors, Probation Service Officers (PSOs) and case administrators.</p><p> </p><p>Source: HMPPS Single Operating Platform, Required Staffing database and Workforce planning returns.</p><p>Note: Difference is a proxy for vacancies. Negative figures indicate staff in post is less than required staff level</p> question first answered 06/06/2022 12:27:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1466433

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/06/2022
	date	26/05/2022
	date tabled	26/05/2022
	ddp created	26/05/2022 17:16:27
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	26/05/2022 17:35:44 06/06/2022 16:05:17
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
	house id	1
	identifier	9939
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/06/2022 15:34:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's contract with OCS to provide security staff on the HMCTS estate contains provisions relating to staff pay.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 9939
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9939
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our contract sets out the certain provisions relating OCS staff pay. The relevant provisions are available on contracts finder by following the link: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bea0732-afb6-4948-a502-bb1594c396c9" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bea0732-afb6-4948-a502-bb1594c396c9</a>.</p> question first answered 06/06/2022 15:34:37 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1400384

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/01/2022
	date	06/01/2022
	date tabled	06/01/2022
	ddp created	06/01/2022 17:40:58
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	06/01/2022 17:52:11 12/01/2022 16:49:10
	hansard heading	Power Failures: Compensation
	house id	1
	identifier	99024
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/01/2022 16:17:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compensation available for homes that experience power cuts in severe weather; and whether it is his policy that those who experience a power cut for 24 hours as a result of a Category 2 Storm should be eligible for compensation.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 99024
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	99024
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ofgem, the independent regulator for the UK’s energy networks, sets service levels which Distribution Network Operators must meet, with rules on how and when compensation payments are issued to consumers if the standards are not met. This is set out in the Quality of Service Guaranteed Standards.</p> question first answered 12/01/2022 16:17:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239923

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2020
	date	02/10/2020
	date tabled	02/10/2020
	ddp created	02/10/2020 14:30:41
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	02/10/2020 14:46:18 07/10/2020 10:55:12
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	identifier	98732
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/10/2020 10:23:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2017-18 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 98732
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98732
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 title 8412 - Army Recruitment
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239922

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2020
	date	02/10/2020
	date tabled	02/10/2020
	ddp created	02/10/2020 14:30:38
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	02/10/2020 14:46:15 07/10/2020 10:55:09
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	identifier	98731
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/10/2020 10:23:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2016-17 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 98731
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98731
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 title 8412 - Army Recruitment
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1239921

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2020
	date	02/10/2020
	date tabled	02/10/2020
	ddp created	02/10/2020 14:30:36
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	02/10/2020 14:46:12 07/10/2020 10:55:14
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	identifier	98730
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/10/2020 10:23:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted in the financial year 2015-16 who were (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 at enlistment dropped out of the army before completing their Phase Two training.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 98730
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98730
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor, (Anne Marie-Trevelyan), gave her on 30 January 2020, to Question 8412.</p> question first answered 07/10/2020 10:23:27 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey attachment 1 title 8412 - Army Recruitment
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1546055

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/12/2022
	date	28/11/2022
	date tabled	28/11/2022
	ddp created	28/11/2022 21:58:01
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	28/11/2022 22:34:42 02/12/2022 11:13:13
	hansard heading	Alternative Fuel Payments
	house id	1
	identifier	97757
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/12/2022 10:42:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when households which will be eligible for the Alternative Fuel Payment but will not receive the payment automatically because they do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier will be able to make an online application.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 97757
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	97757
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Eligible households will receive the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) this Winter.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on when households that do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier can apply for the AFP will be confirmed shortly.</p> question first answered 02/12/2022 10:42:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	creator	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts