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1005696

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements with cannabis testing conditions on reducing rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	190515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) include a condition for regular drug testing. However, these are not specific to a drug.</p><p> </p><p>There is good evidence from a Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-Public Health England (PHE) data share that community based drug and alcohol treatment can be effective in reducing reoffending. Recently published experimental statistics show that among those who committed an offence in the two years before undergoing drug or alcohol treatment, there was a 33% reduction in the number of offences they committed in the subsequent two years. Forty-four percent of offenders did not go on to reoffend in the subsequent two years following treatment.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and PHE to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs.</p><p> </p><p>The CSTR protocol focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour. This is operating across five courts within England (as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham, Sefton and Plymouth.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC has led an evaluation of the implementation of the protocol across the five sites, looking at aspects of CSTRs that are working well and changes in the use of CSTRs over the evaluation period. The evaluation report will be published early next year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:32:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1006015

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question 172523 on Prisons: Private Sector, what information his Department holds on individual prison custody officers approved under Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	190939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>With regards to when the Ministry of Justice stopped holding data on the number of certified staff and the reasons for doing so, it may help if I explain that the MoJ has never collected this information. Whilst Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 confirms that a Prison Custody Officer (PCO) is approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of performing escort and custodial duties, it does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State approves PCOs for the purpose of performing escort functions or custodial duties or both and PCO’s are accordingly authorised to perform them. However, there is not a process in place whereby the Secretary of State formally issues certificates to new PCOs, and as mentioned previously, Section 89 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 does not oblige the Secretary of State to collect or publish such information.</p><p> </p><p>All staffing matters, including the responsibility for ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, lies with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, all staff working in privately managed prisons are fully certified and, as such, the figures we hold, and have provided on several occasions, include the funded posts for fully certified staff.</p><p>As you know, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed at these meetings. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 190556 190557 190560 190561 question first answered 21/11/2018 17:05:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1006016

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that victims of domestic abuse are protected in cases where their attacker's restraining order is varied.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	190858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 allows the court, upon conviction or acquittal, to make a restraining order for the purpose of protecting the victim from conduct that amounts to harassment or that will cause fear of violence.</p><p>The primary consideration of the court is that restraining orders remain necessary for the purpose of protecting the victim. When an application to vary a restraining order is made, the judiciary must consider the impact on the victim. Any application to vary must be shared with the victim to allow them to give their views before an order can be varied. All decisions on a variation are always communicated to the CPS, the police and the victim so that consideration can be made as to any additional protection that may be required. Departmental procedures require the police to receive notice within 30 minutes of an order being varied, so that they can take immediate steps if that is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 16:42:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1006067

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison on 22 December 2017; and how many of those people were recalled within one month of release.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	190796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p><strong>791<sup>(1)</sup> </strong>people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, on 22 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Of those 791, <strong>98</strong> were recalled within one month of their release date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1,777<sup>(1)</sup></strong> people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, between 18 December and 22 December 2017 (inclusive).</p><p> </p><p>Of those 1,777, <strong>200</strong> were recalled within one month of their release date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>The number of offenders released do not include those re-released following recall.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our priority and recall is used to ensure that offenders on licence who present a high risk of harm to the public or are at risk of re-offending are returned to custody as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 190797 question first answered 21/11/2018 17:17:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1006068

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison between 18 and 22 December 2017; and how many of those people were recalled within one month of release.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	190797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p><strong>791<sup>(1)</sup> </strong>people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, on 22 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Of those 791, <strong>98</strong> were recalled within one month of their release date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1,777<sup>(1)</sup></strong> people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, between 18 December and 22 December 2017 (inclusive).</p><p> </p><p>Of those 1,777, <strong>200</strong> were recalled within one month of their release date.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(1) </strong><strong>The number of offenders released do not include those re-released following recall.</strong></p><p> </p><p>Public protection is our priority and recall is used to ensure that offenders on licence who present a high risk of harm to the public or are at risk of re-offending are returned to custody as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 190796 question first answered 21/11/2018 17:17:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1006069

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison on each Friday in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	190798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is extracted from the most recent data available and is detailed in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners are released when they have a statutory entitlement to be released once they have reached their automatic release date, or are released on a discretionary basis by the Parole Board, the Secretary of State or through early release on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) by prison governors.</p><p> </p><p>If the automatic release date – which for the majority of prisoners is the half-way point in their sentence – falls on a weekend or Bank holiday, the law (Section 23(3) Criminal Justice Act 1961) requires the release to be brought forward to the first preceding working day. To defer the release date would mean holding the person unlawfully.</p><p> </p><p>The exception is where the sentence is 5 days or less. In such cases the law provides for release to be on the Saturday if the automatic release date falls on a weekend or Bank Holiday.</p><p> </p><p>We have no evidence of any statistically significant difference in reoffending outcomes for prisoners released on a Friday.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/11/2018 17:21:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ190798.xlsx title Table
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1006177

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage more prison officers to stay in post.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Retaining and recruiting engaged and motivated staff is critical to delivering the solutions to drive improvement across the service. We know that retention of staff will take more than a ‘one size fits all’ approach, and specific action is being taken where attrition is most acute.</p><p> </p><p>We launched a Retention Framework and Action Plan, designed to support prisons in identifying drivers of attrition and local interventions. Governors are proactively using the Framework to implement the actions required to tackle attrition at their prisons. A Retention Board has also been established to review Band 3-5 Prison Officer resignation rates, providing support and targeted interventions to prisons with acute issues or increasing resignation rates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/11/2018 17:17:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1006178

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take against (a) drone operators and (b) prisoners involved in receiving messages or contraband.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	190891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for organised criminals to bring drugs and mobile phones into prisons. These drone operators can be prosecuted for offences related to conveyance of items into prison under the Prison Act 1952. Last year we launched Operation Trenton, a specialist team of police and Prison Service investigators, to work together to intercept drones and track down the criminals behind them.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 October, following the largest investigation of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for using drones to drop drugs into several prisons. One member of the gang received a sentence of 10 years’ custody, the highest single sentence for drone-related activity to date.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners who break the law in prison should expect to be sanctioned according to the severity of the crime, with serious crimes being referred to the police for investigation. The maximum sentence that a court may impose will depend on the facts of the case and the offence the prisoner has been found guilty of committing. In respect of controlled drugs, for example, prisoners involved in their delivery may receive a sentence of up to 10 years’ custody and an unlimited fine.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/11/2018 17:16:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1005683

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Home Office's news story entitled New fund to support vulnerable EU citizens apply for settled status, published on 25 October 2018, for what reasons that fund has been set up rather than his Department extending provision of legal aid to cover vulnerable EU citizens applying for pre-settled and settled status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	190453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will provide a streamlined, user-friendly process, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union published on 19 March 2018. This scheme will allow resident EU citizens and their family members to apply to obtain the UK immigration status which they will require in order to remain in the UK beyond the end of the planned implementation period on 31 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>For those EU citizens who might need additional help when applying under the scheme, the Home Office have announced a grant scheme for the voluntary and community sector which will help ensure support is available.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid may be available through Exceptional Case Funding, where there is a breach, or risk of a breach, of enforceable EU law or ECHR rights.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:31:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1005685

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people being held in prisons by the expected end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	190383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Prison population projection data for England and Wales from July 2018 to March 2023, is regularly published by the department and is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/11/2018 17:35:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell