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1349583

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Protective Clothing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his current policy is on the wearing of face coverings in his (a) Department, (b) departmental agencies and (c) related bodies during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	38197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, the Civil Service, including the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Government Legal Department (GLD), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), have followed, and continue to follow, the latest government guidance in relation to managing the risk of COVID-19 in the workplace, including any variations between the four nations of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In England, the BEIS ‘Working Safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)’ guidance provides sensible precautions employers can take to manage risk and support their staff. The guidance is available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19/offices-factories-and-labs#offices-7-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19/offices-factories-and-labs#offices-7-2</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is for individual employers to determine which mitigations are appropriate to adopt as they review their workplace risk assessments in light of the updated guidance. Face coverings, which are no longer required by law, are one possible mitigation employers could adopt if the situation / context warranted it.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS requires all court users to continue to wear face coverings in court buildings. The CPS’s advice to staff, which has been agreed with trade unions is that, unless exempt, all court users are required to wear a face covering in all public areas of court and tribunal buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The AGO, GLD, CPS, SFO and HMCPSI fully support individuals who choose to wear a face covering in the workplace.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2021 10:53:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1285143

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	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, when his Department plans to publish the delayed Proven reoffending statistics: January to March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	151647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>A delay to the proven reoffending statistics publication for the January to March 2019 offender cohort, originally scheduled for release on Thursday 28 January 2021, was announced in December 2020. This was due to the late delivery of data which had a subsequent effect on the production of the Police National Computer (PNC) data extract required for producing the proven reoffending statistics. Since this announcement, a new lockdown has been introduced and access to the PNC, a system which can only be accessed via a fixed location in our offices, has been further limited. This has delayed the process of producing the proven reoffending statistics further. A revised publication date will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/02/2021 11:06:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1254935

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted murderers were recorded as being transgender in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	119998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Number of serving prisoners convicted of murder reporting as being transgender</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data is not available prior to 2016 or currently available for 2020. Individuals may contribute towards totals in multiple years.</p><p> </p><p>We expect all prisoners to be treated fairly, lawfully and decently, with their rights and safety properly respected. Thorough and appropriate assessment of risk is of paramount importance for the management of all those in our care, regardless of an individual’s gender or any protected characteristic they may or may not have.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/12/2020 17:40:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1244210

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Governors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many district governors there are in the prison system; and what average pay rise those district governors have received in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	104709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2020 answer text <p>Average increases for governor grades in public sector prisons in each of the last three years were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Awards</p></td><td><p>Average Increase (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Group Directors</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 11)</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>£3,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 10)</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>£3,523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Group Directors</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 11)</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>£3,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 10)</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>£3,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Group Directors</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 11)</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>£3,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Governor (Band 10)</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>£2,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As senior civil servants salaries for Prison Group Directors (PGDs) are set by the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB). Increases for other Governor grades are determined through the independent Prison Service Pay Review Body process. No figures are available for 2020/21 as SCS pay awards have not yet been implemented.</p><p>Staff numbers based on staff in post as at 31st March who received a pay award that year.</p><p>Staff who had left prior to pay award being implemented each year are excluded from figures.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/10/2020 17:31:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1227402

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offenders were sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) perceived ethnicity in the last 12 months for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	78581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on sentencing up to December 2019. The number of youth offenders sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, by sex, age and ethnicity can be found in the ‘Outcome by offence data tool’, available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/888664/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2019.xlsx</a></p><p>In the pivot table:</p><ul><li>Filter the Offence field to ‘8.01 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm’. Youth offenders are categorised as ’01: Children’ in the Age group field – select this filter.</li><li>To see figures for just those sentenced, remove ‘Values’ from the Rows box in the filed list and drag the ‘Sentenced’ field into the Values box.</li><li>Drag the field of interest i.e. ‘Age range’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Ethnicity’ into the Rows box in the filed list to see the number of youth offenders sentenced by these characteristics.</li></ul> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2020 10:11:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1218078

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	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 16 June to Question 54053 on Home Detention Curfew Breaches; how many of the offenders who were recalled for breaching their curfew were returned to prison for the remainder of their original sentence.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	64870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Offenders who are recalled to custody solely for a breach of the curfew conditions of their HDC licence must serve the remainder of their custodial term before being released after they have reached their automatic release date at the half-way point of the sentence.</p><p>Offenders who are on HDC and recalled to custody for breach of the other conditions attached to their licence by, for example, failing to comply with probation supervision or commiting an offence, may be dealt with by a “standard” or fixed-term recall, depending on the circumstances. In cases where the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the offender may be safely released at the end of the fixed term period, they will be given a standard recall and will be required to remain in custody until the end of the sentence, unless released earlier by the Parole Board or Secretary of State. Offenders on HDC who are given a fixed-term recall of 14 days (for sentences under 12 months) or 28 days will be released after the fixed-term has been served, or at the automatic release date, whichever is later.</p><p>It is not possible readily to show the number of offenders on HDC throughout each month and, therefore, the proportion of those who were reported for a potential breach. The table below gives the number of people on HDC at the end of each month of 2019 plus the total number of reports of potential breach of the curfew related conditions of HDC licences received from the electronic monitoring provider each month.</p><p><strong>HDC Caseload and </strong><strong>Reports of potential breach of curfew </strong><strong>2019 by month</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HDC caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reports </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2,835</p></td><td><p>605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>2,928</p></td><td><p>432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2,956</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2,953</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2,884</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2,890</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2,807</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2,740</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>2,827</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>2,747</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>5498</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>1.The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</em></p><p><em>2. This table includes the number of prisoners on HDC at a fixed point each month and not the total number of offenders who have been on HDC at some point during the month.</em></p><p><em>3. This table includes the total number of reports received each month and not the total number of offenders reported for potential breach each month. Some will be reported for potential breach on more than one occasion across months.</em></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 64871 question first answered 06/07/2020 14:23:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1218079

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	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 16 June 2020 to Question 54053, how many offenders were on home detention curfew in each month of 2019; and how many and what proportion of people were reported for breaching their curfew in each month of that time period.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	64871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>Offenders who are recalled to custody solely for a breach of the curfew conditions of their HDC licence must serve the remainder of their custodial term before being released after they have reached their automatic release date at the half-way point of the sentence.</p><p>Offenders who are on HDC and recalled to custody for breach of the other conditions attached to their licence by, for example, failing to comply with probation supervision or commiting an offence, may be dealt with by a “standard” or fixed-term recall, depending on the circumstances. In cases where the Secretary of State is not satisfied that the offender may be safely released at the end of the fixed term period, they will be given a standard recall and will be required to remain in custody until the end of the sentence, unless released earlier by the Parole Board or Secretary of State. Offenders on HDC who are given a fixed-term recall of 14 days (for sentences under 12 months) or 28 days will be released after the fixed-term has been served, or at the automatic release date, whichever is later.</p><p>It is not possible readily to show the number of offenders on HDC throughout each month and, therefore, the proportion of those who were reported for a potential breach. The table below gives the number of people on HDC at the end of each month of 2019 plus the total number of reports of potential breach of the curfew related conditions of HDC licences received from the electronic monitoring provider each month.</p><p><strong>HDC Caseload and </strong><strong>Reports of potential breach of curfew </strong><strong>2019 by month</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HDC caseload</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reports </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2,835</p></td><td><p>605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>2,877</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>2,928</p></td><td><p>432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2,956</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2,953</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2,884</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>2,890</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2,807</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2,740</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>2,827</p></td><td><p>407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>2,747</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>5498</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>1.The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</em></p><p><em>2. This table includes the number of prisoners on HDC at a fixed point each month and not the total number of offenders who have been on HDC at some point during the month.</em></p><p><em>3. This table includes the total number of reports received each month and not the total number of offenders reported for potential breach each month. Some will be reported for potential breach on more than one occasion across months.</em></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 64870 question first answered 06/07/2020 14:23:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1200608

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have married since 23 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	54875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/06/2020 13:34:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1200236

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Curfews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on home detention curfew in each of the last three years breached their curfew condition; and what proportion of those offenders were subsequently recalled to prison.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	54053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The following table gives the number of offenders released on HDC who were reported for potential breach of the curfew related conditions of their release licence, and the number and proportion who were recalled for such breaches in 2017, 2018 and 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Breach Reports</strong></p></td><td><p>2,019</p></td><td><p>4,085</p></td><td><p>4,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recalls</strong></p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>1,484</p></td><td><p>2,183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Recalls</strong></p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>1.The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</em></p><p><em>2. A small number of recalls may be based on breach reports received the preceding year. For example, a recall on 1 January might be based on a breach report received on 31 December.</em></p><p>Where a report of potential breach of the curfew related conditions from the electronic monitoring provider is received, officials acting on behalf of the Secretary of State must decide whether there has in fact been a breach and, if so, what action should be taken. Having regard to all the offender’s overall level of compliance and to what the breach indicates as to the offender’s risk, s/he might be recalled to prison or issued with a warning. In some cases, no action will be taken, for example, where the offender had a verified legitimate reason for being absent from the curfew address.</p><p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring and other conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/06/2020 09:25:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198851

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to recommence the Partner Delivery Programme competition on probation contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	51757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Probation reform remains a top priority for the Department. We set out plans last year to strengthen probation by building on the changes introduced by Transforming Rehabilitation, while addressing some of the challenges in the system. Under these plans, contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies will end in June 2021. We are currently reflecting on the implications of COVID-19 for the future probation model, and the competitive process for Probation Delivery Partner contracts was suspended on 26 May 2020 to allow time for this consideration. We will provide an update shortly.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 51758 51759 question first answered 09/06/2020 12:12:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies