2019 YTD<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.<\/p> <\/p> Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where<\/p> standards fall short.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents have there been of pregnant women being transported in cellular vehicles since the introduction of the Women\u2019s Policy Framework in December 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131712", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131712/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.<\/p> <\/p> A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.<\/p> <\/p> Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.<\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> | Number of instances OF failure to separate females<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2014<\/p><\/td> | 297<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2015<\/p><\/td> | 226<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2016<\/p><\/td> | 262<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2017<\/p><\/td> | 81<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2018<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2019 YTD<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.<\/p> <\/p> Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where<\/p> standards fall short.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many instances there have been of women being transported to prison in the same prison transport vehicle as men in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131713", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131713/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract is specifically designed for the movement of prisoners in cellular vehicles that meets MOJ standards.<\/p> <\/p> A total of 191 pregnant women have been transported since December 2018, with 1 being moved by a cellular vehicle because she did not declare her pregnancy before the move.<\/p> <\/p> Below is a table showing the number of instances when both women and men have been transported in the same vehicle. PECS contracts include a Contract Delivery Indicator which requires women to be separated from men for at least 97% of all journeys made. The current national performance is 99.93% of total journeys made.<\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> | Number of instances OF failure to separate females<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2014<\/p><\/td> | 297<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2015<\/p><\/td> | 226<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2016<\/p><\/td> | 262<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2017<\/p><\/td> | 81<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2018<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2019 YTD<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Contracts also include a requirement that individuals should not remain on a cellular, or any other vehicle, overnight and there have been no instances where women have been held in such circumstances.<\/p> <\/p> Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate. We will continue to closely the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where<\/p> standards fall short.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service prison transport contract specifies that women and men should be transported to prison separately.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131715", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents there have been of women being held in a cellular vehicle overnight until prison reception opens in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there has been any change in applicable standards for endocrine disrupting chemicals resulting from regulations made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the same exemption for back payments of employment support allowance from the capital means test for legal aid eligibility as was applied for payments made under the Windrush compensation scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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