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1128956

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cultural Heritage: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 249255, what the outcome was of the meeting between his officials and heritage rail sector representatives; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>My officials held a productive meeting with representatives of the heritage rail sector in May and they continue to have ongoing discussions with DEFRA on this subject. They committed to raise the issues discussed with their relevant counterparts in Government, and to undertake further discussions with the heritage rail sector following this.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/06/2019 16:39:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128959

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has been made by (a) his Department and (b) Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service of the number of new employees the service will need to recruit to support the transfer of case management work in England from Community Rehabilitation Companies to the National Probation Service at the end of 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We are reviewing workforce requirements as part of the delivery of the programme to implement new future probation arrangements. Statutory transfer arrangements will apply to those staff currently working in CRCs who are delivering offender management services which will in future be delivered by the National Probation Service.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with Trade Unions, current providers and staff to minimise disruption and support planning for the transition to the future model.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:47:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128960

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: National Probation Service for England and Wales
	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 risk to public safety of the transition of case management work in England from Community Rehabilitation Companies to the National Probation Service at the end of 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Public protection is our top priority as we manage the transition of case management work. We will carefully consider how to manage transition to the new model in a way which minimises disruption to staff, offenders and those that interact with the probation service in the wider criminal justice system. We will take a staged approach to transition, ensuring that staff and offenders are supported throughout the change and that the public is protected at all times.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:49:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128961

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals have been made by National Probation Service regions against the scores awarded by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation before publication of inspection reports; and how many times have those appeals been upheld and the score revised.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>There is no appeal procedure. Inspection reports are sent to Her Majesty’s Prison &amp; Probation Service in advance of publication with a request for any comments on factual accuracy. HMPPS is not permitted to challenge the inspection ratings themselves or the judgements made by the Inspectorate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:59:34 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128985

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Seetec: Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department made of the business proposal put forward by Seetec to manage probation services in South West England and Wales following the collapse of the previous provider, Working Links; and whether that proposal was evaluated against a public sector bid.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Kent, Surrey &amp; Sussex CRC, operated by Seetec, was selected as the preferred provider of probation services in the South West and Wales following a competitive process involving the evaluation of bids against a range of factors including in relation to the quality of service delivery and value for money.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:55:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128987

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rates were of prisoners supervised by the National Probation Service in each year since 2015 for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is included as part of quarterly re-offending statistics, and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payment-by-results-statistics</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 15:00:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128989

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	National Probation Service for England and Wales: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of staff turnover has been at the National Probation Service in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Information on staff joining and leaving the National Probation Service (NPS) is provided in the Workforce Statistics Bulletin published quarterly by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. The latest bulletin was published on 16 May. Prior to June 2017, this information was provided in the National Offender Management Service Workforce Statistics Bulletin. The quarterly bulletins, which include annual data, can be accessed at the following link:</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:58:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128991

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Community Rehabilitation Companies have spent on investing in new ICT case management systems; and what will happen to those systems new ICT systems following his Department's decision to return to the original case management systems NDelius and OASYS.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) providing probation services have invested in the development of case management systems as part of their wider transformation activities and alignment with their target operating models. The cost of implementing and maintaining these systems were met by the CRCs and their parent organisations as part of their expenditure on overall service delivery.</p><p> </p><p>A number of the CRCs have subsequently elected to continue to operate with the MoJ provided systems that were in use at the start of the contracts. Those new systems that have been introduced by providers are currently being assessed by the Department to establish what benefits they may offer under the future model for probation services.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:57:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1129293

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: National Probation Service for England and Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has conducted staff surveys of (a) National Probation Service and (b) Community Rehabilitation Company staff on the proposed changes of joining up case management.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Probation staff have been widely engaged throughout the development of the future model for probation. Five staff events were held across England and Wales as part of the public consultation <em>Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence</em>, with at least 250 staff attending from both the National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies. We listened closely to feedback from these events as well as written submissions in developing our plans for the future of probation, and as our plans move forward we are continuing to engage with staff from all probation providers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:50:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1128957

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the (a) one-off cost and (b) annual cost thereafter would be to re-nationalise the case supervision component of services delivered by Community Rehabilitation Companies.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	259126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has produced an initial indicative assessment of the cost of bringing the case supervision component of services delivered by Community Rehabilitation Companies under the supervision of the National Probation Service. These costs include one off exit costs for current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts which are subject to change as the commercial framework and negotiations are not yet finalised with providers. Releasing these figures may compromise that negotiation so we cannot do so at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 259127 question first answered 11/06/2019 13:22:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies