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890416

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

853299

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average proportion of prisoners on an Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork programme in each prison was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	130748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process is a multi-disciplinary case management process for managing and supporting prisoners at risk of suicide and self-harm</p><p> </p><p>There are over 2,500 prisoners who are assessed as being at risk and being managed under ACCT on any given day, and over 48,000 ACCTs were opened during 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data in the form requested is not routinely produced, and it has not been possible to answer these questions in the time allowed. I will write to the Honourable Member in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 130749 question first answered 12/03/2018 17:23:36 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

846130

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many responses to requests received by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the reason of (a) commercially sensitive information, (b) information not held, (c) information too costly to provide and (d) vexatious or repeated has been given since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	128826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received and responded to and the type of response is published on the Gov.uk website by the Cabinet Office. The information can be viewed using the following links:</p><p> </p><p>FOI performance January 2010-December 2016 can be found using the below link:</p><p><strong><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/609496/foi-statistics-q4-2016-published-data.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/609496/foi-statistics-q4-2016-published-data.csv/preview</a></em></strong></p><p>FOI performance Quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2017 can be found using the below links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-april-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-april-to-june-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p>Please note the information is displayed quarterly and annually in the publication and not monthly. Data displayed monthly can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. The information for quarter 4 2017 and the 2017 annual report are scheduled to be published in April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 128825 question first answered 26/02/2018 17:32:46 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

918460

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason his Department's budget allocations have not been fully concluded in time for the publication of its estimates memorandum.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	150729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the new Secretary of State set out his priorities for 2018 [as set out in the recently published Single Departmental Plan]. The allocations process ensured that the activities and funding of the Department aligned to these priorities. Although this work had not been finalised at the time that the Main Supply Estimate was published, all areas were aware of budget proposals to allow them to plan sufficiently, and appropriate governance arrangements were in place for the start of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 11/06/2018 16:16:15 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892189

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) courts and (b) tribunals have closed as a result of leases not being extended in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	138500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, following consultation, 24 courts have closed and the leases of the buildings were not renewed or extended. Since 2015, 1 tribunal has closed and the lease of the building was not renewed or extended. In the case of tribunals, HM Courts and Tribunals Service does not hold information centrally for closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:31:36 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

819080

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Contact Officers have been employed in each region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	121757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Our priority is to support victims, which is why the allocation of resources to victim liaison units has increased since the creation of the National Probation Service, with more staff and a greater investment in victim contact services.</p><p> </p><p>The National Probation Service (NPS) was created on 1 June 2014. Prior to that date, responsibility for liaison with victims lay with the 35 former Probation Trusts. A search for information about numbers of victim liaison officers (VLOs) employed by the Trusts, and the related budgets, would require an extensive examination of archived records and could not be undertaken without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>At the formation of the NPS, it was decided to maintain previous staffing levels across all divisions while tools were developed to determine precise staffing requirements. Since that point, the number of VLO posts has increased from 169 to 189 and there has been a significant increase in the number of administrative staff employed to support their work. The budget dedicated to this work has increased from £8.5 million to £9.6 million over the same period.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 122010 question first answered 15/01/2018 14:50:21 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

847076

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Liaison Officers have been employed in each constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	129250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 129247 129249 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:37:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

847075

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Victim Liaison Officers have been employed in each region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	129249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not recorded centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 129247 129250 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:37:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804365

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young offenders in youth custody identified as BAME in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Table 1 shows the numbers (broken down by month and yearly average) and proportions of BAME (Asian, Black , Mixed and others) young people within the youth secure estate. At this point, I will not be making a statement in the house on this issue. We are responding fully to the findings of David Lammy's review into the treatment of BAME individuals in the criminal justice system. <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>Ave</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>656</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>607</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>578</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>464</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>409</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>417</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table>*2016/17 figures are provisional</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/12/2017 15:54:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

915180

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Oakhill Secure Training Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and which of the recommendations set out in the November 2017 report into Oakhill Secure Training Centre due to be completed (a) immediately, (b) within three months and (c) within six months have been met.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	148960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is given in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recommendation </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Timescale</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All young people’s plans, interventions and risk assessments require urgent reviewing to ensure that they take full account of the young people’s offending histories, abuse histories, vulnerabilities, and other key events in their lives. Risk assessments should be regularly updated to ensure that they are effective and help to keep all young people and staff safe.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All staff who work with young people should be aware of their risk and behaviour management plans. These plans should clearly set out what staff should do to maximise the safety of all young people and staff.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that all managers at all levels are sufficiently competent and experienced to execute their roles effectively.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All staff should be confident and consistent in ensuring expected standards of behaviour and that rules, incentives, rewards and sanctions are applied fairly.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All allegations of abuse or harm should be responded to in accordance with internal policies, statutory guidance, and to the satisfaction of external safeguarding partners such as the local authority and the police service.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that all incidents of bullying are responded to swiftly, investigations are thorough and completed, and subsequent actions are monitored to reduce bullying.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young people’s psychological needs, including their offending behaviour, must be addressed swiftly with appropriate interventions and young people should have access to sufficient psychiatric and psychological services.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All force and restraint should be proportionate and subject to independent oversight.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suicide and self-harm assessments and plans should be fully recorded and take account of all available information when being constructed and reviewed.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All single separations should be properly authorised and recorded. There should be a clear policy on longer term separation that provides for a full daily regime and specifies the need for concerted efforts to resolve the issues leading to the separation.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that all searches are proportionate to risks and are fully recorded.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improve communication and collaboration between education staff and unit staff to ensure effective joint working to better support young people’s behaviour and attendance.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All impediments to implementing the new curriculum should be addressed so that it can be got underway. This includes vetting new staff as swiftly as possible and refurbishing the teaching areas.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Review the policy and procedures relating to the use of bedroom shower viewing panels to better promote young people’s safety, privacy and dignity. The use of these panels should be appropriately monitored and authorised to reduce the potential for misuse.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that all handcuff use is properly authorised and recorded, including any times when handcuffs are removed.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Managers should immediately and regularly assess the safety of the environment and remove or repair all hazards promptly.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that substance misuse staff receive formal recorded supervision.</p></td><td><p>Immediate</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All relevant staff should be competent in assessing risk and understanding the nature of offending.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Improve and then maintain the condition of the residential units to ensure that they provide a suitable standard of accommodation to meet young people’s needs.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The use of ICT should be resumed to improve teaching resources and enable young people to develop these skills and achieve accreditation.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good standards of cleanliness should be maintained throughout the centre, with young people being encouraged and assisted to take responsibility for their rooms and communal areas.</p></td><td><p>3 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extend CCTV coverage, particularly in those areas that young people repeatedly describe as unsafe, including the education department and the stairwells.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>In progress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase the opportunities for young people to express their views about the centre and be involved in future developments.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Update the information available to young people when first admitted to the centre to ensure that it is child-friendly and provides an accurate description of what they can expect.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>In progress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Develop an effective resettlement strategy informed by a comprehensive needs analysis.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The centre should work with the Youth Custody Service to reduce the number of young people who are admitted late at night to the centre.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ensure that all measures are in place to reduce the potential for any security intelligence reports to be mislaid.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food provision and portion sizes should be reviewed to ensure that they are adequate and appetising.</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>Completed</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 11/06/2018 16:22:09 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon