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1043085

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date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Nottinghamshire
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 prisoners given custodial sentences who were homeless before sentencing in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>We are unable to provide data based on the total number of prisoners who were given custodial sentences in Nottinghamshire and were homeless before sentencing as this data isn’t held. Instead the following table sets out the number of people of no fixed abode serving sentences who had an origin address link to Nottinghamshire and who were held in prisons at intervals since 2015. It does not include those held on remand, who are held on a non-criminal basis or those held in immigration removal centres.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) works to ensure that prisoners due to be released from prison have accommodation arranged for them upon release. It is recognised that securing suitable accommodation is a vital part of an offender's resettlement, and we are working collaboratively with other government departments and interested parties to ensure that we meet the accommodation needs for prisoners on their release. There are currently 100 Approved Premises (AP), providing over 2,200 bed spaces nationally. The recent introduction of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 will also help facilitate resettlement for the prisoners back into areas without APs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its Rough Sleeping Strategy in August 2018, launching a £100 million initiative to reduce and ultimately eliminate rough sleeping across England. As part of this strategy, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), will be investing approximately £6m in a pilot scheme to support ex-offenders secure suitable accommodation upon release; the pilots will operate in HMPs Pentonville, Bristol and Leeds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/01/2019 16:12:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1043086

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what schemes that tackle homelessness in the Midlands receive government funding.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>Local authorities in the Midlands are receiving funding from the following government programmes:</p><ul><li>Homelessness Prevention Trailblazers</li><li>Rough Sleeping Initiative</li><li>Housing First Pilots</li><li>Rapid Rehousing Programme</li></ul> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/01/2019 14:06:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1042298

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support young people from deprived backgrounds to progress in the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>We recognise that more needs to be done to ensure that the workforce of the Creative Industries better reflects the diversity of UK society. The need to broaden access was highlighted in the 2018 Creative Industries sector deal.</p><p>Amongst other measures, we are providing £2 million seed funding for an industry-led Creative Careers Programme over the next 4 years to improve the supply of talent and open up opportunities to a broader audience.</p><p>Additionally, the British Film Institute (BFI) leads on a number of initiatives to encourage people from all backgrounds to pursue careers in the screen sector, from the BFI diversity standards to the BFI Film Academy. We will also continue to work with industry through the joint government-industry Creative Industry Council to open up employment opportunities in the sector. The CIC have identified this issue as a priority, setting out a set of actions to improve diversity across the industry in its “Create Together” growth strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/01/2019 09:44:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1042299

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prosecutions for psychoactive substances dealing.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	209405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions for offences relating to supply of psychoactive substances for the last 5 years are published and can be found in the ‘Experimental statistics: Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’ at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant offences can be found by searching the ‘Detailed offence’ filter for psychoactive substances.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office are responsible for policy relating to the Psychoactive Substances Act.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/01/2019 11:34:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley