Safe, decent, rehabilitative prisons require excellent and experienced staff, as does supervising offenders in the community to keep the public safe.<\/p>
We want them to stay in the Prison Service and to support retention, we have:<\/p>
Accepted every penny of the Prisons Service PRB pay recommendations for 2023/24.<\/p><\/li>
Injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year since 2021 to support Probation staff to deliver more robust supervision.<\/p><\/li>
Rolled out BWV to every officer, to help protect staff by defusing volatile situations.<\/p><\/li>
Introduced a New Colleague Mentor scheme to help new recruits feel supported in their early weeks and months.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>
Retention for prison officers is improving, with the staff resignation rate dropping from around 10.7% to around 8.3% over the last year to December 2023.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-27T13:05:24.97Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prison and Probation Service: Labour Turnover"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to help increase the retention rate of staff in HM Prison and Probation Service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"} ], "uin" : "902217"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1646522", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1646522/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
All those serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence in the community on licence have an individual, bespoke risk management plan which outlines how they will be managed and supported. The Probation Service works with other statutory and community agencies to ensure the required support is in place, whether that be in relation to accommodation, employment or health needs. A probation officer will hold regular supervision sessions with the offender, to discuss progress and identify any further support needed.<\/p>
<\/p>
The IPP Action Plan, now fully reviewed and updated, will provide the best opportunities for those serving an IPP sentence in prison to progress towards a safe and sustainable future release and help those serving the IPP sentence on licence in the community to navigate the challenges they face and to work towards applying successfully, once eligible, to have their licence terminated.\u202fThe Plan is accessible via the following link: Letter from the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on the Imprisonment for Public Protection Action Plan (parliament.uk)<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Data on the IPP population, including the number of those remaining is prison are routinely published as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1355889/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " On Monday 13 September, I announced the details of the Government\u2019s response to the situation in Afghanistan, and the effort to support Afghans resettling to the UK, in a statement to Parliament. Further information on the eligibility criteria for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk, available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement<\/a>.<\/p> This statement confirms that there will not be a formal application process for the ACRS. Instead, eligible people will be prioritised and referred to the UK. Some of those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk \u2013 including women\u2019s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists, will be the first to be resettled under the ACRS.<\/p> We are working urgently to stand up the remaining elements of the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set out the eligibility criteria for resettlement under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement programme; when the Afghan citizens resettlement programme will open to applicants; and for what reason that programme is not yet open to applicants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/p><\/td> | Sum of Lot 1: Accommodation services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Lot 2.1 Finance, Benefits and Debt services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Lot 2.2 Education, Training and Employment services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Lot 3: Dependency and Recovery services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Lot 4: Family, Lifestyle and Wellbeing services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Lot 5: Women services<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> % of indicative Dynamic Framework contract value<\/p><\/td> 9%<\/p><\/td> 9%<\/p><\/td> 11%<\/p><\/td> 15%<\/p><\/td> 43%<\/p><\/td> 13%<\/p><\/td> 100%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Lot 4 includes a separately-commissioned contract for support to Young Adults in Wales only.<\/p> <\/p> This is drawn from data made available to prospective bidders in July 2020. All values provided are indicative only and subject to change. They should not be viewed as confirmation of contract values, Call-Off term or actual volumes. It should be noted that for some lots, they may be co-commissioned with other partners, and some of these co-commissioned services may be procured through an alternative procurement route than the Probation Services Dynamic Framework. This particularly applies to the Finance, Benefit & Debt and Dependency & Recovery lots. It is not possible to provide either:<\/p> <\/p> a) the proportion of contract value expected to derive from resettlement activity to support individuals leaving prison, as distinct from support for individuals serving a community sentence; or<\/p> b) the proportion of contract value expected to derive from education support as distinct from employment support.<\/p> <\/p> This is because these values will depend on the outcome of the procurement process, the nature of the services delivered and future volumes of activity.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral answer of the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1367, how much of the £100 million announced for the future probation system will be spent on (a) rehabilitative, (b) resettlement, (c) education and (d) employment services.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69550 on ICT, for what reason his Department determined that the wide application means the presumption in law that computer systems are working properly is unsuitable for review in light of the changes since 1999 in the (a) design, (b) operation and (c) ubiquity of computer systems.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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