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1035028

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates on which each prison establishment last undertook full night-time fire contingencies exercises.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	205271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The dates on which public sector prisons in England and Wales last undertook night-time fire contingency exercises; whether a formal report from Fire and Rescue Services was provided; and whether additional staff were requested as a result of such exercises, is provided in the attached table. Arrangements are being made to ensure that prisons listed as not yet completing for the period to undertake a fire contingency exercise.</p><p>Prison Fire Safety leads engage regularly with Fire and Rescue Services to ensure contingency plans are fit for purpose, and any issues or concerns are highlighted as part of this ongoing engagement. Additionally, Fire and Rescue Service Senior Fire Officers are required to highlight significant problems or concerns to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Operations Committee. The NFCC have confirmed that no reports on the outcomes of night-time fire contingency testing have been received.</p><p>Privately Managed Prisons (PMPs) are also obliged to follow Prison Service Instruction 11/2015, Fire Safety in Prison Establishments. This requires Directors of PMP’s to regularly test the fire contingency plans for both day and night state; contingency plans for fire must be tested at least annually.</p><p>Operators of PMPs hold data for their own contract sites. Each PMP has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators or any other concerns relating to the delivery of the contract are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS. Where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2019 19:20:31 question first ministerially corrected 23/01/2019 12:21:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ205271,272,273 - Night time fire contingency testing.xlsx title Table for 205271, 205272, 205273 previous answer version 95757 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

419149

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total and (b) average monthly cost has been of the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme for prison officers since that scheme's introduction.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	10461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Using centrally held financial records it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to determine the costs of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme.</p><p>Information on the average monthly provision of Band 3 to 5 prison officers received as part of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme, since November 2013, are shown in the table below. November 2013 was the first full month of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme.</p><p>Average provision of Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers on detached duty to public sector prisons in England &amp; Wales, November 2013 - June 2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Equivalent Full Time Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2013</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2014</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2014</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2015</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2015</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2015</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All figures in the tables are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures. Values of 5 or fewer are denoted as ‘~’</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 10508 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:38:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

419150

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prison officers on detached duty was in each month since the introduction of the nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme in October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	10508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Using centrally held financial records it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to determine the costs of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme.</p><p>Information on the average monthly provision of Band 3 to 5 prison officers received as part of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme, since November 2013, are shown in the table below. November 2013 was the first full month of the nationally coordinated detached duty scheme.</p><p>Average provision of Band 3 to 5 Prison Officers on detached duty to public sector prisons in England &amp; Wales, November 2013 - June 2015</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Equivalent Full Time Officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2013</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2013</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2014</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2014</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov 2014</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2014</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan 2015</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb 2015</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun 2015</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All figures in the tables are rounded to the nearest 10, with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Rounding to 10 accurately depicts the level of certainty that is held with these figures. Values of 5 or fewer are denoted as ‘~’</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 10461 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:38:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

437226

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Offender Management Service: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many NOMS staff have been dismissed for corruption in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	19593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The vast majority of NOMS staff undertake their duties with honesty and integrity. However, like all large organisations a minority of staff engage in corrupt activity. This is particularly challenging for NOMS given its role. We are committed to ensure that corruption will be investigated and eliminated to ensure prisons remain a safe and secure environment for staff, prisoners and visitors. Allegations against staff that are potentially criminal in nature are referred to the police for investigation.</p><br /><p>A Corruption Prevention Unit delivers the key elements of the Agency’s corruption prevention strategy, including: detection, enforcement, training and support for staff. As part of this work NOMS collates records centrally of staff dismissed for offences which meet its definition of corruption.</p><br /><p>The number of dismissals over the last five years of NOMS staff for corruption related offences has been provided in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>79</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Data covers staff directly employed by NOMS and not contractor staff.</li><li>The information provided has been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</li></ol> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/12/2015 10:51:32 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

437228

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff were employed by NOMS on 31 March in each year since 2010; and how many such people were employed on the latest day for which statistics are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	19635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers in post, and on the number who joined and left the public sector Prison Service, is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The 30 September edition of the bulletin can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19636 question first answered 15/12/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

437229

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer grade staff have (a) joined and (b) left the prison service in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	19636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Band 3 to 5 prison officers in post, and on the number who joined and left the public sector Prison Service, is published in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The 30 September edition of the bulletin can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-september-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19635 question first answered 15/12/2015 13:12:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1202293

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether workplace risk assessments were (a) shared and (b) agreed with staff unions before the decision to reopen courts was taken; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	57975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>As a Government, we have outlined the risks posed by the COVID-19 virus, and the control measures required to avoid exposure and transmission. In parallel, we have been clear that the work of the justice system must continue throughout the prevailing public health emergency. Accordingly, it has been necessary to keep some courts and tribunal buildings open, and we are working hard to open more so long as that can be achieved safely.</p><p>HMCTS is committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of all staff, members of the judiciary and visitors to its sites, as far as it is reasonably practical whilst they are on the premises.</p><p>In order to aid implementation of the required control measures, and to monitor and assure ourselves of compliance, we developed and implemented an assessment tool to be carried out in each of our open sites.</p><p>The tool was developed in consultation with trade union health and safety representatives. The finalised tool was issued to each site, with instruction that it should wherever possible be completed in conjunction and consultation with a Trade Union representative. I understand that wherever possible our officials did conduct those assessments with trade union colleagues, and continue to do so as the results are regularly reviewed.</p><p>We are confident that our open sites are safe, and can confirm risk assessments will be available to be shared on request very soon.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 15:50:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1202294

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information on assessed risks from covid-19 in courts was shared with staff unions before jury trials restarted; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	57976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>A judicial led Jury Trials Working Group (JTWG) was set up to establish ways in which jury trials can be commenced safely. The JTWG developed a Crown Court Jury Trial checklist which was discussed with the Departmental Trade Union Side (DTUS) on 30 April and a copy shared with them on 4 May. Completed risk assessments were shared with the DTUS before the first jury trials resumed on 18 May.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 15:51:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1202295

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Coronavirus
	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 adequacy of availability of personal protective equipment for HM Courts and Tribunal Service staff who are not able to socially distance in the workplace during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	57977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has comprehensively assessed the risk to its staff and users. We have published and implemented safety controls to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>Face coverings are available on request for staff, judges and jurors. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is available to staff where local assessments show that this is necessary. In line with Government guidance, PPE will be reserved for those most at risk of close contact through their workplace, such as security officers involved in interventions, fire-marshals and first-aiders.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the use and distribution of PPE under close review and we will continue to ensure that we comply with Government guidance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 15:52:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

390423

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Insolvency: Conditional Fee Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the delay in commencing reforms to conditional fee agreements for insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	7186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward the Coalition Government’s commitment to review this issue and it will set out further details later in the year. As part of that process, the Government will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders, including Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Insolvency Service and insolvency practitioners and their representatives.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 7187 7197 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:30:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon