On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.<\/p>
The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:<\/p>
a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;<\/p>
b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;<\/p>
c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;<\/p>
The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.<\/p>
ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Philp"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon South"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Philp"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "191774"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-07-04T16:32:34.877Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "ACRO Criminal Records Office: Internet"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing times for applications to the Criminal Record Office through the ACRO website were for (a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, (c) subject access requests and (d) record deletion were in the last three months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"} ], "uin" : "191773"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648827", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648827/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.<\/p>
The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:<\/p>
a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;<\/p>
b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;<\/p>
c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;<\/p>
The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.<\/p>
ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Philp"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon South"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Philp"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "191773"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-07-04T16:32:34.92Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-06-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "ACRO Criminal Records Office: Correspondence and Telephone Services"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a (a) telephone number and (b) correspondence address for the ACRO service for people do not have computer facilities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"} ], "uin" : "191774"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648889", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648889/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
On 3 July 2023 the UK ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) Authority confirmed its plans to expand the UK ETS to include emissions from domestic maritime, following on from our commitment to explore economic incentives in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> The government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.<\/ins><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a shipping fuel levy from 2025 on all (a) domestic and (b) international shipping from 2025, rising to a level consistent with the Government's carbon value by 2035.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648890", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandate for zero emission shipping fuel to reach five per cent of the UK fuel blend by 2030.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648596/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Table 1: Proportion of prison staff aged 60+1<\/sup> who were dismissed due to medical inefficiency/unsatisfactory attendance2<\/sup>, from 01 April to 31 March; 2013/14 to 2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> (headcount)<\/em><\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion of prison staff aged 60+ dismissed due to medical inefficiency/unsatisfactory attendance<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 1.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/p><\/td> 1.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> 1.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018/19<\/p><\/td> 1.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019/20<\/p><\/td> 1.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020/21<\/p><\/td> 1.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021/22<\/p><\/td> 1.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2022/23<\/p><\/td> 2.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes<\/p> 1. Age as at time of leaving<\/p> 2. From January 2017 to December 2019, information regarding dismissals as a result of medical inefficiencies were recorded as unsatisfactory attendances. Therefore, these categories have been combined here throughout the timeseries.<\/p> <\/p> Prison officers are part of the Civil Service Pension Scheme which has a pension age linked to the individuals state pensions age \u2013 this is between 65 and 68 depending on their date of birth. This is the same for HMPPS in England and Wales as it is for the Scottish Prison Service.<\/p> This is a defined benefit scheme which pays a pension for life without investment uncertainties. It has one of the lower employee contribution rates across the public sector, whilst employer contributions are 27%<\/p> Whilst the fire and police service pensions have a lower retirement age of 60, members of these schemes pay between 12% and 14% contributions, whereas prison officers pay only 5.45%<\/p> HMPPS takes very seriously the health and safety of all prison staff \u2013 whatever their age. All prison officers who joined the service after April 2001 must pass an annual fitness test in order to remain a prison officer.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184944, Prison Service: Dismissal, what proportion of prison staff aged 60 or over were dismissed from service because of medical inefficiency in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1648116/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on the proportion of prison staff aged 60 and over who left HMPPS due to \u2018ill health retirement\u2019 is given in the following table. Figures are presented annually for the last ten years.<\/p> There is not a specific, centrally held, leaving reason for \u2018injury\u2019 and so this part cannot be answered.<\/p> The data provided relates to headcount and not FTE.<\/p> Table 1: Proportion of prison staff aged 60+1<\/sup> who retired due to ill health2<\/sup>, from 01 April to 31 March; 2013/14 to 2022/23<\/strong><\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion of prison staff aged 60+ who retired due to ill health<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Proportion of retiring prison staff 60+ who retired due to ill health<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 0.10%<\/p><\/td> 0.57%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 0.00%<\/p><\/td> 0.00%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16<\/p><\/td> 0.00%<\/p><\/td> 0.00%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016/17<\/p><\/td> ~<\/p><\/td> ~<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017/18<\/p><\/td> 0.20%<\/p><\/td> 1.28%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018/19<\/p><\/td> 0.20%<\/p><\/td> 1.65%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019/20<\/p><\/td> 0.30%<\/p><\/td> 2.54%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020/21<\/p><\/td> 0.20%<\/p><\/td> 1.98%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021/22<\/p><\/td> ~<\/p><\/td> ~<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2022/23<\/p><\/td> 0.40%<\/p><\/td> 3.34%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes<\/p> 1. Age as at time of leaving.<\/p> 2. Includes the following reasons for leaving: 'Retirement: Medical', 'Retirement: Ill Health Retirement', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 1', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 2', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 3'.<\/p> ~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2018.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184942, Prison Service: Early Retirement, what proportion of prison staff aged 60 or over retired due to (a) ill health and (b) injury in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 11 May 2023 to Question 183809 on Prisons: Education and of 10 May 2023 to Question 183703 on Prisons: Education, what steps his Department is taking to clarify the application of the New Fair Deal pensions policy on Prison Education Service contracts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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In March 2022, the Government published a consultation package with the UK ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) Authority, exploring options to expand the scheme to include emissions from domestic maritime. The Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.<\/del><\/p>The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.<\/del><\/p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.<\/del><\/p>