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418491

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration was given to the findings of the inspection of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, published on 20 May 2015, in making the decision to award new contracts for the running of that centre.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The procurement process for the operation of both Rainsbrook STC and Medway STC was undertaken objectively and transparently against the published evaluation criteria and in accordance with the published evaluation booklet that was signed up to by bidders as part of the procurement process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/09/2015 12:01:51 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418489

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to award the contracts for running Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2015 answer text <p>Tenders to run Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres were evaluated using a standard approach balancing quality and price. This included criteria relating to the quality of proposals for custodial services, property and facilities management, mobilisation and ICT.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/10/2015 15:08:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418490

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, why his Department did not award new five year contracts to run Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres at the time originally scheduled.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The award date was indicative only and it is not unusual for this to change. This has been a large and complex procurement that has involved extensive dialogue with all five bidders and a stringent governance process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 13:27:00 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418488

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost per place of (a) MTCnovo's contract to run Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre and (b) G4S Care and Justice Services contract to run Medway Secure Training Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>Secure Training Centres (STCs) play an important role in helping young people to reform and turn their lives around. They typically cater for younger offenders with multiple or complex needs, and therefore have smaller units and higher staff ratios than some other youth establishments.</p><p>The estimated average annual cost per place over the 5 year contract period at Rainsbrook STC is £136k and at Medway STC it is £138k. These figures are based on the bid price, uplifted in line with forecasted inflation.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/11/2015 14:47:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

418487

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Secure Training Centres: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any staff redundancies are planned as a result of the allocation of new contracts at Rainsbrook and Medway secure training centres.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	10090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Staff employed at Rainsbrook STC at the time of the transfer will transfer to the new provider, MTC Novo, under TUPE Regulations, unless they choose not to.</p><p>It is not appropriate to speculate or prejudge staffing requirements or the outcome of the transfer process.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/09/2015 13:46:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349404

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 92, which prisons recorded no positive random drug test results in all months in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	1752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has a comprehensive drug strategy for prisons, which includes elements to both reduce the demand and supply of drugs in prisons. The success of the strategy is illustrated by the reduction of drug misuse in prisons, as measured by the random Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) programme, which has declined by 17.5 percentage points over the past 17 years, despite the fact that NOMS is testing for more drugs than previously. Positive rates were 7.8% in 2009/2010 and 6.9% in 2014/2015.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of prisons in England and Wales reported drug free months in the last year; however a single episode of drug misuse over a defined period would deprive a prison of drug free status. Prisons can perform very well in keeping drugs out of prison but technically not be drug free. One prison, Blantyre House, reported no positive random drug tests in every month over the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/06/2015 16:33:17 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349834

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken to improve the conditions at Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre since Ofsted rated it as inadequate; and whether the contract awarded by his Department to G4S for running that centre is under review.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	2014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The safety and welfare of young people in custody is vital and the Ministry of Justice takes the issues raised in the recent Rainsbrook inspection report extremely seriously. We have taken immediate action to make sure these issues were being addressed by the operator</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) are closely monitoring the implementation of an action plan to review all elements of recruitment, selection, training and supervision at Rainsbrook, with a strong focus on improving leadership, conduct and culture. A new Director has also been put in place and formal, disciplinary action has been taken in relation to a number of staff.</p><p> </p><p>YJB staff are meeting frequently with the Director and leadership team at Rainsbrook to seek evidence of timely and effective progress being made in addressing the concerns highlighted in the report. The G4S Regional Managing Director will also conduct a review of the service in conjunction with the YJB.</p><p> </p><p>A further, unannounced inspection will take place in the autumn. If G4S fail to resolve the issues raised, further contractual remedies are available, including contract termination.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts for the Medway and Rainsbrook Secure Training Centres are currently being retendered. Announcements regarding the competition will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/06/2015 13:56:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

177552

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	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 availability of drugs in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	223036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) takes the issue of all contraband in prisons extremely seriously and deploys a comprehensive range of robust searching and security measures to detect items of contraband both at the point of entry to the prison and concealed within the prison. We do not tolerate drugs in prison and anyone caught with them will be punished and could face further prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has in place a comprehensive drugs strategy. The success of this strategy is illustrated by the reduction of drug misuse - as measured by the random mandatory drug testing programme - which has declined by 17.0 percentage points over the past fifteen years (positive rates were 24.4% in 1996/7 and 7.4% in 2013/14) despite the fact that more drugs are being tested for. Random MDT provides a reliable and statistically valid way of measuring patterns and trends of drug misuse in prisons at national and regional level.</p><p> </p><p>There is growing evidence that there has been an increase in the use and seizure of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) into prisons. We have already announced a series of measures to crack down on this and will ensure Governors have the powers and support they need to tackle it.</p><p> </p><p>New, additional powers in the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill will give powers to specify non-controlled drugs (including New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and prescription drugs) which can be tested for as part of the Mandatory Drug Testing Programme.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS has also very recently circulated new guidance to prison governors, which sets out clearly for the first time the measures available to them to deal with NPS. This will reinforce the prison estate’s zero tolerance approach to contraband.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 10/02/2015 16:29:45 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

226048

	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	Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under his Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	226779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since 2010 MoJ has delivered major changes by reducing costs in the services we provide and seeking to improve the way we provide them. Our extensive reform programme, covering all areas of the justice system, including back office functions, has reduced net spend by £1.7bn, or 19% in real terms, in 2013-14 compared to 2010-11, and is expected to reduce by a total of over £3bn or 34% in real terms by 2015-16.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has been working hard to deliver its commitments from the 2010 coalition agreement including major programmes such as Transforming Rehabilitation, which is now changing the lives of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We have met our commitment to revolutionise rehabilitation by establishing a new National Probation Service and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies, which are now up and running, supervising offenders. We have changed the law to ensure that every offender will receive rehabilitative support for at least a year after release from prison. The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 also introduces a new Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to aid in the rehabilitation of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the prison system to create a fit-for-purpose, modern estate which provides accommodation at a much lower cost to the taxpayer. We are ensuring that the sentencing framework operates as efficiently and effectively as possible and delivers appropriate punishment of offenders, without compromising on public safety. We are continuing to transform the prison system, and we have announced the construction of a new prison in Wales. The construction of four new house blocks at established prisons will provide modern accommodation at a lower cost to the taxpayer, and three of these have already been completed.</p><p>We are transforming youth custody to create a more cost-effective system which ensures that young people are appropriately punished, while at the same time receiving the support and education required to turn away from a life of crime. We have legislated to create Secure Colleges and we have awarded new education contracts in Young Offender Institutions that will more than double the number of hours education young people receive.</p><p>We are creating a more affordable and sustainable Legal Aid system. The Legal Aid Transformation Programme was put in place after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act came into force on 1 April 2013. Its aim is to examine the possibilities of further legal aid savings, including the concept of tendering to be a criminal legal aid provider, and to identify ways in which public confidence could be improved.</p><p>We have met our commitment to provide greater transparency by extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to Academy schools and the Association of Chief Police Officers amongst others.</p><p>Only one policy from the 2010 Coalition Agreement, as set out in the ‘Programme for Government’ document, has not been implemented. The Coalition government made it clear from the outset that it would only extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants if there was clear and sound evidence to justify it. The proposal was not progressed. An announcement to this effect was made in November 2010.<br> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:33:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

475779

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that private contractors invest in prisons throughout the length of the management contract.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	31146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) is responsible for the management of the 14 private prisons in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of each contract include an agreed level of service. There are financial remedies which apply where a provider fails to achieve this expected level of performance, making sure that they have an incentive to properly support the rehabilitation of offenders on an ongoing basis.</p><p> </p><p>There are clear processes in place to monitor performance and identify emerging issues. Each private prison has an on-site Controller, accountable for providing assurance that the contracts for each prison are delivered in accordance with agreed contractual delivery indicators, and that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services in line with performance standards.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/03/2016 17:30:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn