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1125243

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) scope, (b) timescale and (c) remit is of the urgent review into the reported mistaken release of Joseph McCann.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	252005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the sentence of the Court, Joseph McCann was released on 15 February 2019, after he had completed half (less time spent on remand) of a three-year determinate sentence for burglary imposed on 25 January 2018. On release, he was supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS)</p><p> </p><p>When charged with that offence and remanded into custody on 21 August 2017, he was being supervised on licence by the NPS as part of the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) which he received on 26 September 2008. An offender on an IPP licence is not recalled automatically when he is charged with a further offence or offences. The probation officer will consider whether the alleged further offences, prior offending and the offender’s current behaviour show that his risk has escalated to the point where he needs to be recalled to protect the public. The decision on whether to recall an offender is to be based on a robust assessment of risk and to reflect the professional judgment of a trained probation officer.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS has undertaken an urgent review to establish why Mr McCann was not recalled to custody, either when remanded into custody on 21 August 2017 or when he was sentenced on <ins class="ministerial">25 Jarnuary 2018</ins> <del class="ministerial">15 February 2018</del>. Mr McCann has now been charged with a number of very serious offences committed on or after 21 April this year. This has triggered a mandatory serious further offence (SFO) review, under the Probation SFO Review Procedures. The SFO review will consider in greater depth than has thus far been possible, including by interviewing relevant members of staff, the question of whether Mr McCann should have been recalled to custody when charged with and subsequently convicted of the burglary offence. Typically, an SFO review is completed within three months of an offender being charged with an SFO.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/05/2019 13:45:21 question first ministerially corrected 12/06/2019 14:34:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 118716 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137119

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison: Contracts
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 253599 on Glen Pava Prison and Wellingborough Prison: Contracts, on what date his Department plans to launch the mini-competition for the operation of the prison at Wellingborough.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of people convicted for offences under s41 of the Dentistry Act 1984 (“Unregistered person carrying on the business of dentistry”) over the last 3 years was 2; 1 in each of 2016 and 2017. It is not possible to identify whether these offences were specific to teeth whitening in centrally held data on court proceedings. </del><ins class="ministerial">We launched the mini-competition for the operation of the first new Resettlement Prison at Wellingborough on Friday 12 July 2019 and anticipate making the award to the successful operator in July 2020.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/07/2019 16:21:59 question first ministerially corrected 18/07/2019 09:47:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 129114 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151086

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reactive repair in-month completion rate was for each prison in (a) 2010 (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	2866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the reactive repairs completed each month. Faults are reported on the facilities management system online, or via a telephone help desk.</p><p>Local maintenance teams then create a work order and assign an appropriate tradesperson to complete the work. Following completion, the work order is closed on the facilities management system. Contractor performance is monitored closely.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:27:50 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2019 18:12:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ - completed work orders (002).xlsx title Work order previous answer version 1452 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1151088

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) key performance indicators are for Amey under the prison maintenance contracts and (b) average annual performance of Amey has been against those indicators.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	2868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Please see the accompanying document, which details the KPI regime for the facilities management contract HMPPS holds with Amey, as well as the recorded performance against these KPI’s averaged across the last 12 months for which this data is available (June 2017- May 2018). Contractor performance is robustly monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/10/2019 14:03:41 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 16:56:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Amey KPI's and 12 monthly average performance.xlsx title Amey KPIs and 12 Monthly Average performance previous answer version 1434 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1122871

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Birmingham Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 2 April 2019, Official Report HCWS1475 on HMP Birmingham, if he will list the new approaches that have been delivered by the private sector referred to in that Statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	247133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Privately-managed prisons have pioneered the use of modern technology to improve the running of establishments and help promote rehabilitation. This includes the development of in-cell telephony to help prisoners maintain ties with their families; interactive story-time activities between prisoners and their children; and the introduction of electronic kiosks, which allow prisoners to have greater control of managing their day-to-day lives. The use of body-worn video cameras was introduced by private prisons. Private prisons also have excellent facilities as standard, such as showers in cells, which it is not possible to provide in our older prisons.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/05/2019 14:58:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125102

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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, how many contractual improvement notices have been issued at each private prison in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	251425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Over the last 10 years, the following formal contractual notices have been issued at the following private prisons.</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP Birmingham (operated by G4S)</strong></p><p>HMP Birmingham – Incident Reporting (Improvement Notice Issued August 2016, Closed January 2017 due to sufficient improvements in performance being made)</p><p>HMP Birmingham – Release in Error (Improvement Notice Issued August 2016, Closed January 2017 due to sufficient improvements in performance being made)</p><p>HMP Birmingham - Levels of Violence, reduced purposeful activity, cleanliness (Improvement Notice issued March 2018)</p><p>HMP Birmingham – ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody, Teamwork) (Improvement Notice issued March 2018)</p><p>HMP Birmingham – Levels of Violence, reduced purposeful activity, cleanliness, (Outstanding Issues Notice issued June 2018, not closed, superseded by Step In)</p><p>HMP Birmingham – ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody, Teamwork) ( Outstanding Issues Notice issued August 2018, not closed, superseded by Step In)</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP &amp; YOI Doncaster (operated by Serco) </strong></p><p>HMP &amp; YOI Doncaster – Insufficient Progress against HMIP Recommendations, Increase in Levels of Violence and Staffing Levels (Improvement Notice Issued – March 2015)</p><p>HMP &amp; YOI Doncaster – Insufficient Progress against HMIP Recommendations, Increase in Levels of Violence and Staffing Levels (Outstanding Issues Notice Issued – July 2015)</p><p>HMP &amp; YOI Doncaster – Insufficient Progress against HMIP Recommendations, Increase in Levels of Violence and Staffing Levels (Rectification Notice Issued 12<sup>th</sup> – August 2015)</p><p>Rectification Closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP Northumberland (operated by Sodexo)</strong></p><p>HMP Northumberland – Insufficient performance against the Performance Threshold for Prisoner Working Hours (Improvement Notice Issued - June 2015)</p><p>Improvement Notice Closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in December 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP Oakwood (operated by G4S)</strong></p><p>HMP Oakwood – Areas of Reduced performance - Cleanliness, MDT, Purposeful Activity, Searching, Staffing Numbers - (Improvement Notice Issued - February 2012)</p><p>Improvement Notice closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in July 2013.</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP Peterborough (operated by Sodexo)</strong></p><p>HMP Peterborough – Healthcare Provision (Rectification Notice issued – 17<sup>th</sup> August 2018)</p><p>Rectification closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in January 2019</p><p> </p><p><strong>HMP Rye Hill (Operated by G4S) </strong></p><p>HMP Rye Hill – (i) Shortfall in staffing levels and (ii) inadequate paperwork plus non-compliance to PSO1700 (Management of Disruptive Prisoners) in operation of the Care and Separation Unit (Rectification Notice issued in March 2010).</p><p>HMP Rye Hill – Rectification Notice for above formally closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in December 2010.</p><p>HMP Rye Hill – Continued water ingress into Education Block (Corrective Action Notice Issued - September 2016)</p><p>HMP Rye Hill – Corrective Action Notice formally closed due to sufficient improvements in performance being made in January 2017).</p><p> </p><p>Every privately contracted prison is robustly scrutinised by an on-site Prison Service Controller who monitors their performance, including staffing levels. Some privately run prisons are among the best across the estate, and we are able to take rapid action if standards do not meet contractual levels, and in such circumstances remedies are applied.</p><p> </p><p>For publicly run prisons we have a Performance and Assurance Framework, which ensures that where a prisons performance falls below a certain level improvement measures can be put in place.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/05/2019 13:59:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 118256 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125767

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of Youth justice grants provided to local authorities to fund Youth Offending Teams was in each year since 2010, by council.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	252658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Table A attached sets out the total funding the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has given to local authorities in each year from 2009/10 to 2017/18 as published in the 2017/18 annual youth justice statistics (published totals for 2018/19 are not yet available). Table B breaks this down by local authority. The majority of this funding helps support the day-to-day business of Youth Offending Teams (YOTs), but it also includes some discrete additional grants for specific projects or initiatives, for example funding for restorative justice. The annual recorded value of the additional grants is set out in Table C.</p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in reporting processes the additional grants given in 2014/15 and 2015/16 were not included in the published totals in the 2017/18 youth justice statistics. The totals for these years therefore differ between Table A (where the additional grants are not included) and Table B (where they are included).</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/06/2019 17:34:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Tables 252658.docx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1125783

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vacancies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers vacancies were not filled in each prison in (a) May 2018 (b) May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	252673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The table attached provides the vacancies for Band 3-5 prison officers, by establishment (full time equivalent) on 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019 – the most recent date for which statistics are available.</p><p>Retaining and recruiting engaged and motivated staff is critical to delivering the solutions to drive improvement across the service.</p><p>We met our target to increase prison officer numbers by 2,500 early last year and have now almost doubled that.</p><p>We continue to run targeted recruitment campaigns to boost frontline staff for some of our most difficult to recruit sites, fill our remaining vacancies and stay on top of attrition.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/05/2019 13:50:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name HMPPS Vacancies for Band 3-5 prison officers, by establishment (full time equivalent)1,2, March 2018 and March 2019.docx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126464

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Joseph McCann
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date did his officials inform him that Joseph McCann had been released in error.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Joseph McCann has now been charged with a number of serious sexual offences committed on or after 21 April 2019. At the time he was being supervised by the National Probation Service (NPS) on licence, as part of the sentence of imprisonment for public protection which he had received In 2008. The NPS will now review how Mr McCann was managed in the community, in accordance with the Probation Serious Further Offence (SFO) Review Procedures, in order to identify whether there were any deficiencies in practice which must be addressed by means of a formal action plan.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking into the circumstances surrounding his release.He was released on 15 February 2019, in accordance with the sentence of the Court on 25 January 2018, having served half the three-year determinate sentence for burglary which the Court imposed, less time he had already spent on remand.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/05/2019 16:16:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126630

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 251408 on Prisons: Contracts, which versions of the Model for Operational Delivery have previously been made available to potential private prison contractors.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Two versions of the ‘Model for Operational Delivery: New Resettlement Prison’ document have been made available to bidders as part of the prison operator services competition. These were versions 1.7 and the current version, 1.8 (which has been placed in the House Library).</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/05/2019 11:53:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126631

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice System Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the recommendations made by the Taylor Review of the Youth Justice System, published in December 2016, have been (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>In January 2017 we established a programme of reform to consider how we can deliver improvements across the youth justice system (YJS) and take account of the recommendations made by Charlie Taylor in his review of the YJS, published in December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Since then we have established the Youth Custody Service to bring oversight of the whole youth secure estate under a single Executive Director directly accountable to me, and worked in partnership with DfE, DHSC and NHSE to develop the secure schools model. We hope to appoint the provider of the first secure school this summer. The Youth Justice Board has developed a new performance assessment process for Youth Offending Teams and we have increased the availability of liaison and diversion services across England.</p><p> </p><p>Work is also underway to review our criminal records processes and we have established a dedicated youth justice disproportionality team who are taking forward work to explain or address disproportionate representation and outcomes within the system. In addition, the HMCTS court reform programme has a specific workstream considering the needs of children and we are also undertaking a review of the use of remand for children.</p><p> </p><p>Work has therefore been completed, or is underway, in relation to every recommendation made in Charlie Taylor’s review and we will continue to use the review and the specific recommendations made to inform our work as we take our reform programme forward.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/05/2019 16:42:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126632

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the recommendations made in the Youth Custody Improvement Board report, published in February 2017, have been (a) fully, (b) partially and (c) not achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>In January 2017 we established a Youth Custody Reform Programme in response to the recommendations made in Charlie Taylor’s review of the youth justice system, published in December 2016. Our response to the recommendations subsequently made by the Youth Custody Improvement Board (YCIB) were also incorporated into this programme. To date, of the 19 recommendations made by the YCIB, nine have been fully achieved and six have been partially achieved. A table setting out all of the recommendations and our progress against each of them is attached below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recommendation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministers should clearly define what they believe the youth custodial system is attempting to achieve, and only then how the success criteria can be developed in order to deliver it</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> The Youth Custody Service (YCS) was established with a clear mission statement to<ul><li>support young people in custody to live positive and crime-free lives</li><li>reduce the numbers of young people released from our care who reoffend</li><li>create an environment that is educational, safe and decent</li><li>improve safety and maximise opportunities for personal growth.</li></ul>Performance of the youth justice system is monitored by a quarterly performance board chaired by the Permanent Secretary across key metrics and we are working to develop a performance framework applicable across the secure estate.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One national body should be accountable for leading and taking responsibility for overseeing the Youth Secure Estate (YSE), to ensure the vision for the estate is understood across the system, a plan for fulfilling it is implemented and that support and specialist professional advice is provided from the centre.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS was formally established in September 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decisive action should be taken to bring the 8 existing establishments within one structured system of governance and accountability.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS has oversight of the whole YSE with one Executive Director directly accountable to ministers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A new framework for assessing the performance of individual establishments should be established by the new national body</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> The YCS have an assurance framework in place and have established a programme of work to re-evaluate data recording with the ambition of developing a sector-wide performance framework.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPPS must urgently bring in appropriate expertise and leadership to boost its capacity in caring for young people.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The creation of the YCS brought expertise across the sector together by combining the Young People’s Estate with the custodial operations of the Youth Justice Board (YJB). The YCS now has experienced, directly accountable, leadership in the post of Executive Director and two new Deputy Director posts with responsibility for reform, placements and casework; assurance and contracted services.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plans for extending the autonomy of governors in the YSE should be introduced as soon as is practical.</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> The YCS has devolved additional funds and spending powers for YCS governors regarding education (amounting to £1.8m across the four public-sector YOIs in 2019/20), and we are considering other ways in which we can extend their autonomy and flexibility to innovate.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate action must be taken to appoint a skilled individual to the proposed new post of Director of the YSE.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS has had a dedicated Executive Director, accountable to ministers, since April 2017.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All new staff in the YSE should have appropriate skills and knowledge of working with young people.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS established a bespoke recruitment route and induction training programme in April 2018 to ensure staff are recruited with the right skills and values for working with young people. All new recruits will be expected to complete the new professionalisation programme (see below). We have used this recruitment route to expand the capacity of YOIs – there were 315 more Band 3-5 frontline officers in the YCS at the end of 2018 than at the end of 2017, and increase of 35%.[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A training programme for existing staff at all levels of the YSE should be developed to heighten and develop their skills working with young people.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS has established a youth custody professionalisation programme (to foundation degree level) for frontline staff of Bands 3 and 4 or their equivalents in the private sector. Thee staff will be transitioned into a new Band 4 Youth Justice Specialist role upon completion of the training. Over 400 staff have been enrolled on this training to date, and the first YJ Specialists were confirmed in post this month. We are developing further training options for managers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The MoJ should identify immediately what additional measures can be taken in each YOI and STC to improve the safety of young people.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> The YCS has introduced a new evidence-based behaviour management strategy focusing on proactive relationship-building and positive reinforcement. This will sit alongside a new holistic care framework for children and staff developed by the NHS, the recruitment of more psychology staff in YOIs, new critical case panels for the children who present the most severe issues, and the building of two new Enhanced Support Units (ESUs).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A comprehensive review of the specific needs of young people and the specific forms of interventions required should be undertaken as an essential prerequisite to opening new specialist units in YOIs and STCs. Appropriate specialist staff should also be appointed by the time such units become operational.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved. </strong> The YCS has a detailed evidence-based operating model and eligibility criteria for ESUs developed by psychological and healthcare staff. Dedicated staff were in post for each before becoming operational.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>As a priority, specific consideration must be given to the over-representation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) young people in the YSE and further action be taken urgently to ensure young BAME people do not experience discrimination whilst in custody.</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> The MoJ has created a dedicated youth disproportionality team with a key focus on explaining or changing disproportionate outcomes for BAME children in the justice system and the YCS has introduced a new behaviour management framework which requires each establishment to demonstrate a commitment to addressing discrimination and disadvantage and to promote equitable outcomes for children.[2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The government should carry out a clear needs analysis of young people in custody, with a particular focus on mental health, mental and neurodevelopmental disorders. This will allow full details of the cohort and what services they need to aid effective and appropriate commissioning.</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> The MoJ carried out a comprehensive cohort analysis, including mental health needs, of the youth secure estate at the start of the programme to guide the development of reform proposals and service commissioning. Comprehensive identification of children’s needs relating to neurodiversity and mental health are performed on entry into custody by healthcare and this process itself is under review (see below).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A review of the use of the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) should be undertaken to ensure it is effectively collecting and communicating the information about individual young people that is needed.</p></td><td><p><strong>Partially achieved.</strong> A comprehensive review of the CHAT has been undertaken by NHS England and its conclusions are being finalised, after which an action plan will be developed to implement its recommendations.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministers should consider removing the requirement for 30 hours of education and replacing it with a national framework based on ensuring each young person has mastered the basics of learning and can develop relevant academic and vocational skills.</p></td><td><p><strong>Not yet achieved.</strong> We are retendering education contracts for 2021 and intend to test elements of core day and curriculum flexibility with our current providers to inform this exercise.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National minimum standards of experience should be required for teaching in YSE establishments, with greater consideration given to the calibre of teaching staff recruited.</p></td><td><p><strong>Not yet achieved.</strong> We are retendering education contracts for 2021 and as part of this we are exploring new models and types of provider, including the staffing requirements.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>For the purposes of the pilot, the MoJ should consider direct management of the 2 secure schools through a national agency, government department or local authority model.</p></td><td><p><strong>Rejected</strong>. Secure schools will be set up and run by not-for-profit secure academy trusts. Providers will have to have a clear child-focused ethos at their core and a proven record of the knowledge and skills required to work with children in crisis. Secure academy trusts will enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State for Justice and be accountable to him</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plans for piloting secure schools should give serious consideration to how provision for young women could be made within them.</p></td><td><p><strong>Fully achieved.</strong> All children that are currently deemed suitable for placement into YOIs and STCs, including girls, will be considered for Secure Schools. In our published ‘Guidance on How to Apply to Run a Secure School’,[3] we have advised potential providers that they will deliver a provision that caters to the specific needs of girls and demonstrate how an understanding of their lives and diverse needs will inform interventions at the secure school.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Each of the piloted secure schools should be designed to test evidence-based approaches with a specific cohort of young people, for example those serving long (or short) sentences, or those that would benefit from, and respond to, a therapeutic model of intervention and care.</p></td><td><p><strong>Rejected. </strong> Any boy or girl aged 12 to 17 who is remanded or sentenced into youth detention accommodation could be placed into a secure school, and we expect them to accommodate children with a wide range of complex needs. The secure schools model has been designed to deliver an individualised, therapeutic approach to meeting children’s needs that ultimately addresses their offending behaviour and improve their life chances, which is based on evidence of what works and we believe they underpin best practice for any type of youth custody provision. Rigorous evaluations will be carried out to evaluate the benefits and impacts on children within custody, the estate’s workforce, and the community as a whole</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics</p><p>[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate</p><p>[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/secure-schools-how-to-apply</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2019 13:26:24 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126633

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of children in custody were held on remand in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the proportion of the average monthly custodial population of under 18s who were on remand for each year from 2009/10 to 2017/18:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data can be found in supplementary table “Ch 7 – Children in youth custody” of our Youth Justice annual statistics for 2017 to 2018 for England and Wales: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2019 13:28:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126634

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of looked-after children in custody have a resettlement care plan confirmed 10 working days prior to their release from custody.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254239 254241 254242 254243 254244 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126635

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children are currently held in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254238 254241 254242 254243 254244 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126636

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) young offenders institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children’s homes do not have a formal written procedure for the identification, assessment and care planning of looked-after children.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>All children in the youth secure estate have their needs and risks identified, addressed and managed in line with the requirements set out in ‘Standards for children in the youth justice system’ (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/780504/Standards_for_children_in_youth_justice_services_2019.doc.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/780504/Standards_for_children_in_youth_justice_services_2019.doc.pdf</a>). These standards apply to all secure establishments providers, including health commissioners and providers. All youth secure establishments must also follow the relevant case management guidance relating to LAC. Therefore, having or not having ‘formal written procedures’ does not in itself dictate the quality of care for LAC.</p><p> </p><p>Children detained under criminal justice legislation in secure establishments are subject to the Children Act 1989. The responsible authority continues to have responsibilities towards them in the same way as they would to other children in need – recognising that the court, by sentencing the child, has determined where he/she will live. The duties and expectations placed on all local authorities in relation to effectively caring for looked-after children and care leavers, including where they are detained in the secure estate, are set out in the relevant legislation and accompanying statutory guidance.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/05/2019 16:44:33 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126637

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children were released from (a) young offenders institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children’s homes without a confirmed education, training or employment placement in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254238 254239 254242 254243 254244 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126638

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children were released from (a) young offenders institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children’s homes without a confirmed address to go to in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254238 254239 254241 254243 254244 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126639

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children were held in (a) young offenders institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children’s homes in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254238 254239 254241 254242 254244 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1126640

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children were held in each (a) young offenders institution, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children’s home in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	254244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost. Each young person in custody’s individual record would need to be analysed in order to obtain information relating to ‘Looked After Children’ status.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 254238 254239 254241 254242 254243 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:28:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127691

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults have been committed in prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	256425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on assaults in prison, and a more detailed annual breakdown, and both are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a>.</p><p>Details of sexual assaults can be found in <em>Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2018</em> at table 3.9.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. The Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan case management process for prisoners at risk of violence has been mandated for all prisons to help staff to manage violent prisoners and those identified as posing a raised risk of being violent.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reducing violence in prison and we encourage prisoners to report assaults, so that we can take action against perpetrators and support victims. The most important support that we can provide is to ensure that all allegations are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly, and that appropriate action is taken if they are proven. Other support can include: ensuring that there is no contact between alleged perpetrator and victim; increased supervision of the person who reported the assault, to build their sense of security and confidence; and referral to other forms of help such as peer supporters, health staff, and specialist external services.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/05/2019 16:29:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127692

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for the purpose of recording the number of assaults in prison, whether his Department records information on the number of (a) incidents, which could involve multiple people, in which at least one assault takes place or (b) each individual assault by each person involved.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	256426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Prison &amp; Probation Service records the number of assault incidents, involving multiple people, in which at least one assault takes place. Where the evidence allows, we also record whether anyone involved is an assailant, a suspected assailant, or a victim. Others may be involved an incident without taking part in the assault, such as prisoners trying to help staff. Where it is not possible clearly to identify an aggressor or a victim, the incident is recorded as a fight and those involved as fighters.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the methods used for collating these data can be found in the ‘Guide to Safety in Custody Statistics’, available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797079/safety-custody-statistics-guide.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797079/safety-custody-statistics-guide.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/05/2019 16:30:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127693

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all courts staff in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	256427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The cumulative experience of all HMCTS staff was 197,800.2 years in 2018. The earliest held comparable data is from 2012 and shows 165,282.7 years. Variable case loads and the adoption of new technologies play a part in setting HMCTS workforce requirements and, as such, overall experience can be more accurately measured by the average length of service of our staff. This shows an increase in the average length of service from 11.2 in 2012 to 12.5 in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2019 16:25:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127694

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average expected spend on commissioning for each of the 11 areas under the new probation model is.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	256428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>We have set out our plans for the future of probation services. We are now working out how these plans will be implemented. It is not possible to provide these figures as details of the future commercial framework are not yet finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/05/2019 16:31:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127695

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at which private prisons have directors shared data on staffing levels with on-site controllers in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	256429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>As we have previously stated all staffing matters lies with Contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The HMPPS Controller at each privately managed prison has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators including staff numbers 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.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/05/2019 16:32:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1127778

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average prison population and (b) average in-use certified normal accommodation was in each prison in the 12 months to September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA), or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners. CNA differs to the operational capacity of a prison which is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Directors on the basis of operational judgement and experience.</p><p>Where the operational capacity of a prison is higher than the CNA it will be classed as having the potential to be 'crowded', which can mean prisoners share cells. In the financial year 2017-18, 24.2% of the prison population was being held in crowded conditions, down from 24.5% in the previous year.</p><p>As part of prison reform, the long-term goal is to reduce crowding, while maintaining sufficient capacity in the prison estate to manage the demands of the courts and the sentenced population as efficiently as possible. This level is kept under constant review, considering fluctuations in the prison population and useable capacity across the estate</p><p>The average population and in-use certified normal accommodation for each prison in England and Wales in the 12 months to September 2018 is set out in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>*The Verne ceased operating as an Immigration Removal Centre in December 2017. It then reopened as a prison in July 2018 and monthly in-use CNA and population data from July 2018 has been included in the answer.</p><p>Individual prison population and capacity information (including in-use certified normal accommodation) for every prison in England and Wales is published monthly on the Ministry of Justice website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2019</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/06/2019 15:29:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ257059 Table.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1128390

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were released from prison into homelessness in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Making sure that we address female offenders’ housing and support needs is an absolute priority, at national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) and the National Probation Service (NPS) are required to facilitate access to housing and support services for the female offenders that they are managing. This includes working together with local partners to help women find accommodation and supporting them to maintain their accommodation as part of a package of support tailored to meet their individual needs.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to probation are designed to encourage long-term rehabilitation and ultimately reduce reoffending – and the first step in this is ensuring that everyone leaving prison has access to secure and stable accommodation. We are improving support for offenders leaving prison with a £22 million investment in through-the-gate services which will help to strengthen ties with key partners, including the third sector, local authorities and the police.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that improvements need to be made to current probation services and are working with providers to consider further action that we might take.</p><p> </p><p>The data for the years before 2017-2018 could obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>There is published data for the period 2017-2018. You can access this data here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729062/accommodation-cirumstances-tables-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729062/accommodation-cirumstances-tables-2018.xlsx</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Accommodation at Release from Custody: </strong> <strong>Accommodation Circumstances by Gender, 2017-18, England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Settled accommodation</p></td><td><p>Bail/probation accommodation</p></td><td><p>Rough sleeping</p></td><td><p>Other homeless</p></td><td><p>Other unsettled accommodation</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>3,368</p></td><td><p>403</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>831</p></td><td><p>778</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>6,033</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/06/2019 15:55:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1128391

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were recorded as being of No Fixed Abode on their arrival in custody in each prison in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Everyone should have a safe and suitable home to live; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending.</p><p>The Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million</p><p>initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England. As part of this</p><p>strategy, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</p><p>(MHCLG), will be investing approximately £6m in a pilot scheme to support ex-offenders secure</p><p>suitable accommodation upon release; the pilots will operate in HMPs Pentonville, Bristol and</p><p> </p><p>Staff in both National Probation Service and Community Rehabilitation Companies work together with local authorities and other providers of accommodation with the aim of ensuring all offenders under our supervision have accommodation especially when they are released from prison.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides data on the number of prisoners that declared their accommodation status as of ‘No Fixed Abode’ on their reception into custody in each prison in each year since 2010. The data for 2014 is not held.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PRISONS</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Altcourse </strong></p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>859</p></td><td><p>1047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bedford </strong></p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>537</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Belmarsh</strong></p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Birmingham </strong></p></td><td><p>696</p></td><td><p>1062</p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>1036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Brinsford </strong></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bristol </strong></p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bronzefield</strong></p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>736</p></td><td><p>1006</p></td><td><p>1022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bullingdon </strong></p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cardiff </strong></p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chelmsford </strong></p></td><td><p>523</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Doncaster</strong></p></td><td><p>701</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dovegate </strong></p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Drake Hall</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Durham </strong></p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>541</p></td><td><p>926</p></td><td><p>943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eastwood Park </strong></p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>454</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Elmley </strong></p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1082</p></td><td><p>1115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Exeter </strong></p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>694</p></td><td><p>723</p></td><td><p>695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Forest Bank </strong></p></td><td><p>878</p></td><td><p>1008</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>1252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Foston Hall </strong></p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Glen Parva </strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hewell </strong></p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>1027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>High Down </strong></p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hollesley Bay </strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Holloway </strong></p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Holme </strong></p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hull </strong></p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>661</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Isle of Wight </strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Kirkham </strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leeds </strong></p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Leicester </strong></p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lewes </strong></p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lincoln </strong></p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Liverpool </strong></p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>555</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Low Newton</strong></p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Manchester </strong></p></td><td><p>547</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>New Hall </strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Norwich </strong></p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>647</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nottingham </strong></p></td><td><p>759</p></td><td><p>988</p></td><td><p>923</p></td><td><p>1226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Parc </strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pentonville </strong></p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>808</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Peterborough</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>764</p></td><td><p>544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Peterborough Female </strong></p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>496</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Preston </strong></p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stoke Heath </strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Swansea </strong></p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Thameside </strong></p></td><td><p>1229</p></td><td><p>1188</p></td><td><p>1463</p></td><td><p>1611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wandsworth </strong></p></td><td><p>1421</p></td><td><p>1682</p></td><td><p>1541</p></td><td><p>1423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Winchester </strong></p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Woodhill </strong></p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>499</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wormwood Scrubs </strong></p></td><td><p>1165</p></td><td><p>1103</p></td><td><p>1063</p></td><td><p>1096</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em></p><p>1) The Basic Custody Screening Tool (BCS) is completed on entry to custody for all prisoners for each calendar year 2015-2018. It therefore will include a mix of those received into custody on remand and those sentenced from court. Using just the BCS, there is no way to determine which of those received into custody on remand were released un-convicted, therefore it is important to stress that this data covers prisoners, and can’t be used to describe offenders, as some of those counted will ultimately not have been found guilty of any offence.</p><p>2) NFA on reception is determined where the answer to question B3.1 OR B3.4 on the BCS has been answered as ‘NFA’. If B3.1 is answered NFA then B3.4 isn’t made available to be answered, so it is not possible to double count NFA within the same BCS.</p><p>3) The two questions are: B3.1 – What was your accommodation status before prison &amp; B3.4 – What type of housing did you live in before you came to prison</p><p>4) These questions from the BCS Part 1 are recorded as per the prisoner’s answers and are not assessed.</p><p>5) The total number of prisoners shown is for the number of fully completed BCS Part 1s for each year, based on the Reception Date for each prisoner.</p><p>6) A proportion of prisoners will enter custody multiple times each year and for this PQ all responses have been included as a prisoner may provide different answers to these questions over time.</p><p>The figures have not been checked by statistician</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/06/2019 16:50:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1128392

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of a personal independent payment appeal at the first-tier tribunal in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. The cost of Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance hearings is included in the overall cost of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support Appeal).</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 06/06/2019 11:03:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1128393

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which areas the eleven new probation regions will be coterminous with.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out its plans for the future of probation in the response to the public consultation <em>Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence</em>, published on 16 May 2019. We are now working with stakeholders and partners to develop more detailed plans for the future model.</p><p> </p><p>Our intention is that probation regions to be created as part of future arrangements in England and Wales will be coterminous with police force areas.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/06/2019 16:19:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1128394

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
	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 number of people who have died in custody while under an imprisonment for public protection sentence broken down by the number of years they were over tariff.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	257599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time over tariff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of deceased offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>within tariff</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 - 2 years</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 - 3 years</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 - 4 years</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 - 5 years</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 - 6 years</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 - 7 years</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 - 8 years</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>8 - 9 years</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 - 10 years</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 - 11 years</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 - 12 years</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>tariff not recorded</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>“Over tariff” means the offender died in custody after his or her tariff expiry date, having never been released. It therefore excludes offenders who died after having been released on licence and recalled to custody.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS focuses on giving offenders serving IPP sentences the support, opportunities and motivation they need to progress more quickly so that, when the Parole Board reviews a case, offenders have the best possible prospect for securing release. A key part of the joint IPP action plan, co-owned by the Parole Board and HMPPS, is psychology-led reviews of cases that are not progressing as hoped. Part of the purpose of these reviews is to improve offenders’ engagement with their sentence plans, and to provide support to in relation to any issues that may be hindering their progression.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 15:14:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129182

	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	Prisoners' Release: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were released from custody into homelessness in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, as there would be a need to check individual records of all young people released from custody since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 06/06/2019 15:30:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129183

	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	Ministry of Justice: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all (a) ongoing and (b) planned reviews (i) conducted by and (ii) initiated by his Department; when those reviews will finish; and when they are scheduled to report.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking a Tailored Review of the Parole Board which was launched on 4th February 2019. The report of the review is due to be published in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>No other Tailored Reviews, which are reviews of Arms Length Bodies, are currently underway and there are no plans to conduct any other reviews as part of the current programme which concludes at the end of 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a central record of reviews commissioned by the department. Reviews that have been carried out by the department can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129184

	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department conducted or commissioned before the decision to introduce 11 new probation regions.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Proposals for a consolidation of probation regions in England and Wales were included in the public consultation <em>Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence</em>. Feedback on these proposals formed part of the Department’s considerations in addition to further consultation with Police and Crime Commissioners, Local Authorities and other key stakeholders to ensure the proposed regional structure effectively facilitates joint working between probation providers and key partners at a regional and local level .</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2019 16:45:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129186

	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	Prisoners: Self-harm
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the frequency of self-harm incidents among (a) the general prison population and (b) IPP sentenced prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on self-harm in prison, and a more detailed annual breakdown, and both are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Information about self-harm incidents up to December 2018 for the general prison population, and broken down by type of custody, including those serving IPP sentences, can be found in table 2.6 of the document entitled <em>Self-harm in prison custody 2004-2018</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons, including redoubling our efforts to address the record levels of self-harm. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. This is allowing us to implement the key worker role, allowing staff dedicated time to provide support to individual prisoners. We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and working to improve the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those at risk of suicide or self-harm.</p><p>We have rolled out a revised and improved Introduction to Suicide and Self-harm Prevention course. This is being completed by all new staff and is being delivered as refresher training to all existing staff. 25,000 staff have already begun this training and over 14,000 have completed all six modules.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2019 16:49:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129187

	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	Prisoners: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP sentenced prisoners have been refused access to a therapeutic community in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>No prisoners are refused access to a Therapeutic Community based on their sentence type, with each individual case having been assessed on the basis of their readiness and suitability to engage in therapy. Referral and assessment processes for Therapeutic Communities include a structured clinical assessment to determine a prisoner’s suitability to participate in a therapeutic programme. This assessment considers levels of risk and complexity, readiness, motivation to engage, security status and appropriate medical information such as current mental state.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2019 14:33:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129189

	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	Prisons: Contracts
	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 15 May 2019 to Question 251409 on Prisons: Contracts, what assessment he has made of how minimum staffing levels potentially effect the ability of private prison operators to innovate provision; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of how minimum staffing levels potentially affect the ability of private prison operators to innovate provision, however, the issue of staffing will be subject to thorough scrutiny.</p><p>Our contracts with current private prison operators set out the services they are required to deliver and the standards they are expected to reach. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to determine and maintain the number of staff necessary to discharge the requirements of the contract.</p><p>To manage the performance indicators set out in the contracts, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller, all employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. 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><p>Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p>Private prisons have been recognised for their innovation, for example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>HMP Altcourse has been praised by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) for its innovative approach to violence reduction.</li><li>HMP Parc founded a ground-breaking families intervention programme that has been replicated in the Netherlands and continues to receive international praise.</li><li>Prisoners at HMP Lowdham Grange introduced a photobooth in March last year, as part of efforts to help families and children have a more positive experience of visiting their fathers. HMIP described this as a “good innovation”.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition we will expect bidders to adequately resource their respective establishments to deliver a safe, decent and secure regime. We will robustly evaluate bidder responses for both quality and cost, in consultation with subject matter experts across the organisation using a public sector compactor, which includes proposed staffing levels. This will provide assurance that bidders have the resources required to ensure a safe, decent, secure and rehabilitative regime that delivers quality, value for money and affordability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/06/2019 12:55:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129190

	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	Prisons: Trade Unions
	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 15 May 2019 to Question 251409 on Prisons: Contracts, what comparative assessment he has made of provision quality in prisons where there (a) is and (b) is not trade union recognition.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Recognition rights with recognised Trade Unions are currently in place in all public and private sector prison establishments in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 15:01:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129590

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the courses provided for prisoners in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes data on prison education participation and completion rates and details on the academic years 2010/11 to 2017/18 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/06/2019 16:44:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129881

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 18 to 21 were released from custody to homelessness in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>It is vital that everyone leaving prison has somewhere safe and secure to live. Having somewhere stable to live acts as a platform for ex-offenders to be able to access the services and support needed to turn their back on crime for good.</p><p> </p><p>The full information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. Some of the data is available, however, and this is detailed below. <br> <br> Published statistics for 2017/18 showing the accommodation status for all offenders, which include a breakdown by age, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-march-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England, we are investing up to £6.4 million over two years in a pilot scheme to help ex-offenders into accommodation from three prisons: Bristol, Pentonville and Leeds. The pilots will focus on male prisoners who have served shorter sentences, who have been identified as having a risk of homelessness. Contracts have now been awarded in the three areas and, following a mobilisation period, we expect services to commence in summer of this year. This is a concrete step in our commitment to tackling rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 16:48:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129882

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Length of Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Band 3-5 prison officers’ cumulative length of service was in each prison in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Band 3-5 prison officers’ cumulative length of service in each prison for 2010 and 2018 are provided in the accompanying excel table.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 16:52:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 260072 final table v2.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129883

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2019 to Question 251411 on Prisons: Contracts, at which privately operated prisons information on staffing levels is submitted through management information requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>All privately-managed prisons provide general management information, which will include references to staffing levels. It does not include figures on number of staff employed, or staff at work on any particular day. The Ministry of Justice responds to Freedom of Information requests in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the guidance issued from time to time by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Any information the Ministry holds in relation to privately-managed prisons would be assessed for commercial sensitivity. We do not, however, collect statistics on staff employed or deployed by privately-managed prisons.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 260074 question first answered 10/06/2019 16:44:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129884

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2019 to Question 251424 on Prisons: Contracts, whether exemptions applied according to Section 43 can include information on staffing levels.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>All privately-managed prisons provide general management information, which will include references to staffing levels. It does not include figures on number of staff employed, or staff at work on any particular day. The Ministry of Justice responds to Freedom of Information requests in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the guidance issued from time to time by the Information Commissioner’s Office. Any information the Ministry holds in relation to privately-managed prisons would be assessed for commercial sensitivity. We do not, however, collect statistics on staff employed or deployed by privately-managed prisons.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 260073 question first answered 10/06/2019 16:44:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129885

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Mental Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many IPP sentenced prisoners have been refused access to a mental health treatment courses in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held. NHS England has statutory and financial responsibility for providing health care in English prisons, including delivering mental health treatment.</p><p> </p><p>No prisoners should be refused access to a mental health treatment based on their sentence type. Individual cases are assessed on the basis of the offender’s readiness and suitability to engage in treatment.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:05:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1129887

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving IPP sentences have been released from each prison in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	260076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of first releases from IPP sentences by establishment, England and Wales, 2015 – 2018. Please note that the releasing prison is not necessarily where risk reduction interventions have been undertaken. In many cases, prisoners may be transferred to participate in risk reduction work or other interventions, or moved nearer to their home area before release.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>562</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>576</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>506</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Askham Grange</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwyn</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blantyre House</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brixton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckley Hall</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bullingdon</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bure</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Channings Wood</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coldingley</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downview</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drake Hall</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sutton Park</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastwood Park</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmley (Sheppey cluster)</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foston Hall</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frankland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garth</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gartree</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grendon/Spring Hill</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guys Marsh</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hatfield</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haverigg</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hewell</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Down</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highpoint (North and South)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hindley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hollesley Bay</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holloway</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holme House</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkham</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklevington Grange</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster Farms</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leyhill</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lindholme</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Littlehey</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Newton</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorland</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mount</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Hall</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Sea Camp</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onley</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pentonville</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough (Female)</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough (Male)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prescoed</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ranby</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Risley</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochester</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Send</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standford Hill (Sheppey cluster)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stocken</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke Heath</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Styal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudbury</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaleside (Sheppey cluster)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swinfen Hall</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thorn Cross</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Usk</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wayland</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealstun</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whatton</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodhill</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wymott</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*An asterisk has been used to suppress values of two or less. This is to prevent the identification of individuals. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to remember that prisoners serving IPP sentences have committed serious sexual or violent offences and remain in prison because the independent parole board have assessed their risk of serious harm to the public to be too great to warrant their release. Prisoners who have served their minimum tariff have their suitability for parole reviewed by the Parole Board at least every 2 years</p><p> </p><p>Due to improvements in IT systems, detailed statistics are available from 2015 only and therefore</p><p>pre-2015 figures for releases from IPP sentences broken down by establishment have not been included.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that:</p><p>HMP Blantyre House was temporarily taken out of use from January 2015</p><p>HMP Downview reopened in May 2016 after a period of refurbishment.</p><p>HMP Holloway closed in May 2016</p><p>HMP Kennet closed in December 2016</p><p>HMP Berwyn opened in February 2017</p><p> </p><p>HMP Peterborough is a dual purpose prison for men and women.</p><p> </p><p>'..' Indicates that the establishment was not in use during the entire period</p><p> </p><p>As with any large-scale recording system, administrative IT systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Data provided is a further breakdown from table A3.1 of the Annual Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796917/releases-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/796917/releases-2018.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of first releases from IPP sentences for the years 2011 to 2014 are provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>419</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/07/2019 16:00:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130917

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Homelessness
	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 5 June 2019 to Question 257595, what the estimated cost is of establishing how many women were released from prison into homelessness in each year from 2010-11 to 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	262417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer to Question 257595, the cost of establishing how many women were released from prison into homelessness in each year from 2010-11 to 2016-2017 is estimated as £62,500.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/06/2019 16:18:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130918

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rehabilitation: Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason all accredited programmes run by (a) prisons and (b) the Probation Service have not been subject to an impact and outcome evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	262418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken several outcome evaluations of accredited offending behaviour programmes, and further evaluations are currently underway. In 2018 we invested in new resources to address the backlog in evaluations. Impact evaluations may not be suitable for all accredited programmes due to the low volume of participants. In these circumstances other types of evaluations are undertaken, for example studies to assess whether delivery is in line with the evidence.</p><p> </p><p>All accredited programmes are assessed against a set of principles which are drawn from the evidence base about what works and considered against the latest thinking internationally. All programmes are subject to evaluation, but this can take many years due to the sample sizes required to meet academic standards.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Secretary of State’s policy to make accredited offending behaviour programmes available to people convicted of crime. An evaluation plan must be submitted in order to achieve initial accreditation and the evaluation results must be provided to achieve reaccreditation (usually after 5 years). Accreditation also requires that the programme is designed based on the best available evidence, and that robust monitoring of practice is in place.</p><p> </p><p>Research has shown that HMPPS programmes, when properly targeted, can reduce reoffending by 8 percentage points, and up to 17 percentage points for violent offenders.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 262422 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:01:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130919

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of courses for prisoners to demonstrate safety for release.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	262419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>A wide range of accredited programmes are available for prisoners to attend where they are identified as suitable. Referrals for courses and volumes delivered are kept under review and suitability for any accredited programmes will be considered as part of a prisoner’s wider sentence plan. We always try to ensure that courses are available to prisoners at a suitable time in their sentence. In particular, we prioritise indeterminate sentence prisoners for courses to ensure that Parole Board recommendations can be implemented as soon as practicable. However, the completion of accredited programmes is not a mandatory requirement to secure release.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of parole eligible prisoners. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision. Prisoners are managed using a sentence plan which contains interventions that have been identified to help them to address the risks that they pose. Management of the sentence plan is a matter for HMPPS and not the Parole Board. The Parole Board will consider how interventions identified by HMPPS, and undertaken by prisoners, have impacted on the levels of risk posed by individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to Parole Board recommendations is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>While HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 262421 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:53:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130920

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the rate of self-inflcted deaths among (a) people serving sentences under imprisonment for public protection and (b) the prison population.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	262420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on self-inflicted deaths in prison, and a more detailed annual breakdown, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1.1 of the document ‘Deaths in prison custody 1978-2018’ shows the rate of self-inflicted deaths for the prison population in each calendar year. In 2018 the rate was 1.12 per 1000 prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1.11 of the same document shows the number of self-inflicted deaths among those serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection in each calendar year. In 2018 there were 5 such deaths. This was at a rate of 1.38 per 1,000 IPP prisoners. Figures such as this for rates should be considered with caution when derived from relatively small numbers of events.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is taking unprecedented action to improve safety in prisons, including redoubling our efforts to prevent self-inflicted deaths. We have recruited over 4,700 more prison officers since October 2016, and we now have the greatest number in post since early 2012. This is allowing us to implement the key worker role, allowing staff dedicated time to provide support to individual prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and working to improve the multi-disciplinary ACCT case management process for those at risk of suicide or self-harm.</p><p>We have rolled out a revised and improved Introduction to Suicide and Self-harm Prevention course. This is being completed by all new staff and as refresher training by all existing staff. Nearly 25,000 staff have already begun this training and over 14,000 have completed all six modules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/06/2019 14:35:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1130921

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) type of parole board recommendations for courses to be undertaken by prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	262421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>A wide range of accredited programmes are available for prisoners to attend where they are identified as suitable. Referrals for courses and volumes delivered are kept under review and suitability for any accredited programmes will be considered as part of a prisoner’s wider sentence plan. We always try to ensure that courses are available to prisoners at a suitable time in their sentence. In particular, we prioritise indeterminate sentence prisoners for courses to ensure that Parole Board recommendations can be implemented as soon as practicable. However, the completion of accredited programmes is not a mandatory requirement to secure release.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the independent Parole Board to review the detention of parole eligible prisoners. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough that the National Probation Service and its partner agencies can safely manage them in the community under supervision. Prisoners are managed using a sentence plan which contains interventions that have been identified to help them to address the risks that they pose. Management of the sentence plan is a matter for HMPPS and not the Parole Board. The Parole Board will consider how interventions identified by HMPPS, and undertaken by prisoners, have impacted on the levels of risk posed by individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to Parole Board recommendations is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>While HMPPS is focused on giving all prisoners opportunities to progress towards release, public protection must remain our priority.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 262419 question first answered 13/06/2019 15:53:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon