created new houseblocks in HMP Peterborough, HMP Parc, HMP The Mount, HMP Thameside and HMP Stocken which has delivered an additional 1,465 prison places.<\/li><\/ul> <\/p>
Of the £1.3 billion planned capital investment, the total spent to date (i.e. to the end of July 2019) has been around £0.25 billion. This has been spent on the early stages of long-term projects including the building of the new prison at HMP Wellingborough and the start of work at Glen Parva. Significant further spend is expected in future years to complete these projects.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department\u2019s press release of 9 November 2015, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary relating to the 2015 Spending Review, how much of the Government's planned £1.3 billion capital investment to transform the prison estate has been spent since the 2015 Spending Review; which (a) new prisons have been successfully opened and (b) prisons have closed since the 2015 Spending Review; and how many (i) new prison places and (ii) additional prison places have been created since the 2015 Spending Review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Education is key to helping prisoners break a cycle of reoffending, therefore it is essential that prisoners have access to books and libraries. The prison library aims to provide an accessible service which has a focus on supporting learning, improving literacy and to promote reading as a source of pleasure and wider cultural engagement.<\/p>
Every prison is required to have a library and every prisoner must be allowed to have and exchange library books under the Prison Rules.<\/p>
The new Education contracts launched in April gave prisons more freedom to shape the way prisoners had access to libraries. Prisons could continue to receive library provision from its Local Authority or opt into new provision through the Prison Education Framework (PEF).<\/p>
Family and friends of prisoners are able to hand or send books in directly. They may also order books via the approved book retailers scheme (as set out in Prison Service Instruction 30/2013). Prisoners are also able to purchase books with monies earned in prison or where sent in by family and friends.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the number of books available in prisons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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According to Rule 31 of the Prison Rules 1999, while convicted prisoners can be required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day, the same does not apply to prisoners held on remand. Rule 31(5) merely states \u201cAn unconvicted prisoner shall be permitted, if he wishes, to work as if he were a convicted prisoner\u201d. We do not collect data centrally relating to the number of prisoners remanded in custody who are in employment in prisons and this information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
<\/p>
Prisons must be places of rehabilitation, which will ultimately reduce reoffending. Our Education and Employment strategy sets out how we will transform our approach to ensure prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release. We are engaging with employers to take on ex-prisoners via the New Futures Network (NFN) and have consulted on proposals to increase the opportunities available to prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces through Release on Temporary Licence.<\/p>"}
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The Sharps Helpline was launched in November 2017. Posters, guidance documents and key fobs with the Sharps Line telephone are publicised and issued nationally through England and Wales. Routes of communication include HMPPS intranet and Senior Leaders Bulletin and also in writing and in meetings/committees with Employee Relations, Human Resources, Health and Safety, Trade Unions, staff network groups and prison Care Teams.<\/p>"}
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The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of adult females sentenced to immediate custody broken down by custodial sentence length, by Police Force Area and by offence group in the Court Outcomes by Police Force area data tool available here:<\/p>
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804509/court-outcomes-by-PFA-2018.xlsx<\/p>
<\/p>
Select \u2018All\u2019 in the Court Type filter.<\/p>
Select \u201902: Female\u2019 in the Sex filter and \u201903: Adults\u2019 in the Age Group filter.<\/p>
Select \u201915: Immediate Custody\u2019 in the Outcome filter.<\/p>
<\/p>
In the pivot table, filter Police Force Area to Dyfed-Powys, Gwent, North Wales and South Wales.<\/p>
<\/p>
In the pivot table field list, drag \u2018Offence Group\u2019 from Filters to Rows, beneath \u2018Police Force Area\u2019.<\/p>
<\/p>
Custodial sentence lengths can be selected using the Custodial Sentence Length filter.<\/p>
<\/p>
Police Force Areas provide breakdowns of where offences were dealt with (not where they were committed).<\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women received an immediate custodial sentence for (a) less than six months and (b) six months or more in each of the four Police Force areas in Wales in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017 and (v) 2018 in each offence category.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/p>
Information on the number of occasions on which additional days were awarded to prisoners by offence is publicly available at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
For ease, both the number of awards and the number of days that were added to a prisoner\u2019s custodial time, in each year since 2011 is shown in the table below. The information requested for 2010 is not provided due to data quality issues:<\/p>
<\/p>
The Number<\/strong> of awards where additional days were given and total number of days of additional days, 2011 \u2013 2018, England and Wales Can be found in the attached Table.<\/strong><\/p>"}
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