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711068

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Police Custody: Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custody suites in courts were closed in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	67895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Custody suites were closed in six courts during the 2015-16 financial year. Five of these closures were as a consequence of the closure of the courthouse.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 20/03/2017 15:12:14 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

711067

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were on leave of absence due to mental illness in 2015-16; and for how many days each such absence lasted.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	67892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2015-16, 1,405 band 3-5 prison officers took sickness absence due to mental and behavioural disorders. In accordance with the Data Protection Act, figures on the length of each sickness absence cannot be published.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS is committed to providing safe, decent and secure places of work and takes the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees extremely seriously. The Ministry of Justice is investing an extra £100m annually to boost the frontline by 2,500 officers.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS also recognises that the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of employees is paramount to attracting and retaining staff that will build a strong and capable organisation. All NOMS staff have access to an occupational health service and employee assistance programme. This includes 24 hour, 365 days a year access to signposting and counselling; trauma support services; a wide ranging health promotion website and personal wellbeing zone.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, counselling is available to staff who have experienced trauma. Fast track referrals to see an occupational health nurse are encouraged for staff who have experienced trauma and, where staff are absent as a result of a mental and behavioural disorder, an immediate referral to occupational health is recommended.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/03/2017 11:44:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694268

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Inspectorate of Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings she and Ministers of her Department have had with the Chief Inspector of Prisons in the last six months; what the dates of those meetings were; and what was discussed at each such meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice had meetings with the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the following dates:</p><p> </p><p>18<sup>th</sup> July 2016</p><p>13<sup>th</sup> September 2016</p><p>29<sup>th</sup> November 2016</p><p>15<sup>th</sup> February 2017</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State also met with the Chief Inspector on 15<sup>th</sup> December 2016 at a round table seminar with inspectors.</p><p> </p><p>Sam Gyimah, the Prisons and Probation Minister, met with the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the following dates:</p><p> </p><p>21<sup>st</sup> July 2016 (this was an introductory phone call)</p><p>26<sup>th</sup> September 2016</p><p>15<sup>th</sup> November 2016</p><p>6<sup>th</sup> February 2017</p><p> </p><p>Dr Phillip Lee, Minister for Victims, Youth and Family Justice, met with the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the following dates:</p><p> </p><p>26<sup>th</sup> July 2016 (introductory phone call)</p><p>24<sup>th</sup> October 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2017 16:41:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694267

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the re-locking of prisons since May 2012; and what the cost of those incidents have been to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2005 and May 2010 there were 16 relocks which resulted in costs of £1,280,234.</p><p> </p><p>In the period from May 2012 to Feb 2017 there were 6 full or partial relocks of prisons in England and Wales as a result of theft or loss of keys at a total cost of £192,420 to the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The cost of a relock will depend upon the size of the prison establishment and on which keys have been lost or compromised. If a complete set of keys are lost, a full relock of the prison will be undertaken, whereas if a single key is lost only a partial relock will be needed, incurring a lower cost.</li><li>Numbers of re-locks of private sector prisons are included in the above but costs of re-locks at private sector prisons are met in full by the private contractors operating the prisons at nil cost to the public purse and as such these costs are not included in the financial cost totals.</li><li>Prisons are also responsible for re-locks of crown court cells. Figures exclude any numbers or costs of re-lock of cells in crown courts during the period.</li><li>Figures include re-locks arising from loss of keys and where keys have been forcibly taken from staff.</li><li>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</li></ol> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2017 16:46:34 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694266

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional places her Department plans to create in public sector prisons in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We will close down ageing and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands. HM Prison Berwyn opened at the end of February this year, with a capacity of around 2,100 places. In addition, we will build up to 10,000 further prison places on a ‘new for old’ basis. No decisions have yet been made on who will operate the new prisons.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2017 16:49:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694259

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Facilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male, (b) adult female and (c) youth female prisons on 1 March (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015 and (iv) 2016 in (A) the prison estate and (B) each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Central records are not currently kept for prisoner activity spaces in a manner that would enable the question to be fully answered without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/03/2017 11:35:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694257

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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, how many (a) self-inflicted, (b) non self-inflicted, (c) other non-natural causes, (d) restraint, (e) homicide and (f) awaiting classification deaths there were in (i) adult male, (ii) adult female, (iii) youth male and (iv) youth female prisons in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly statistics on deaths in custody, including their apparent causes. Those and the latest annual figures, which include data on the ages of the deceased and the prisons in which the deaths occurred, can be viewed in the Safety in Custody section on gov.uk</p><p>The very small number of individuals who have died whilst being restrained are not shown as a separate category.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/03/2017 11:33:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

694256

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving custodial sentences for serious violent and sexual assaults were held in open prisons on 1 January (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016 and (e) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/03/2017 17:40:10 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

693818

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2017
	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, how many reported incidents of violence in prisons resulted in (a) arrest and (b) charge, by type of offence in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be collected at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/02/2017 16:59:56 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

693368

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	65231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested in planned for routine publication by the Ministry of Justice and will be available in the annual NOMS Digest on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/02/2017 17:52:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi