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439092

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Barnardo's recent report <i>Locked Out: Children's experiences of visiting a parent in prison, </i>in particular claims that visits by children to fathers who are in prison are severely restricted<i>.</i>
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL4638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that strong family ties are an important part of helping prisoners turn away from crime, and the recommendations from the recent Barnardo’s report are currently being considered in the context of the wider prison reforms.</p><p>All convicted prisoners have a long-standing statutory entitlement to a minimum of two visits every 28 days. In addition, prisoners may also be rewarded with additional visits for good behaviour and for engaging with their rehabilitation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4639 HL4640 HL4641 question first answered 22/12/2015 16:58:52 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

439093

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement the recommendations in Barnardo's recent report <i>Locked Out: Children's experiences of visiting a parent in prison</i>.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL4639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that strong family ties are an important part of helping prisoners turn away from crime, and the recommendations from the recent Barnardo’s report are currently being considered in the context of the wider prison reforms.</p><p>All convicted prisoners have a long-standing statutory entitlement to a minimum of two visits every 28 days. In addition, prisoners may also be rewarded with additional visits for good behaviour and for engaging with their rehabilitation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4638 HL4640 HL4641 question first answered 22/12/2015 16:58:52 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

439094

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation of Barnardo's in the recent report <i>Locked Out: Children's experiences of visiting a parent in prison</i>, that visits by children to fathers in prison should be removed from the incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL4640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that strong family ties are an important part of helping prisoners turn away from crime, and the recommendations from the recent Barnardo’s report are currently being considered in the context of the wider prison reforms.</p><p>All convicted prisoners have a long-standing statutory entitlement to a minimum of two visits every 28 days. In addition, prisoners may also be rewarded with additional visits for good behaviour and for engaging with their rehabilitation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4638 HL4639 HL4641 question first answered 22/12/2015 16:58:52 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

439095

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the conditions for children visiting a parent in prison, in the light of Barnardo's recent report <i>Locked Out: Children's experiences of visiting a parent in prison</i>.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL4641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government agrees that strong family ties are an important part of helping prisoners turn away from crime, and the recommendations from the recent Barnardo’s report are currently being considered in the context of the wider prison reforms.</p><p>All convicted prisoners have a long-standing statutory entitlement to a minimum of two visits every 28 days. In addition, prisoners may also be rewarded with additional visits for good behaviour and for engaging with their rehabilitation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL4638 HL4639 HL4640 question first answered 22/12/2015 16:58:52 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

439117

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Lord Chancellor
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to issue a revised response to the report from the Constitution Committee <i>The office of Lord Chancellor </i>(6th Report, session 2014–15, HL Paper 75).
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL4661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>I welcomed the opportunity to participate in the excellent debate on this issue in July of last year, and the Lord Chancellor was similarly grateful for the opportunity to discuss his role during his annual evidence session to the Committee in December. We have no plans to revise the written response provided by the previous administration to the Committee's report.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 18:00:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

437846

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take in response to the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in <i>Hirst v The United Kingdom (No. 2) </i>Application 74025/01, and the interim resolution of 9 December of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe expressing "profound concern that the blanket ban on the right of convicted prisoners in custody to vote remains in place."
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL4548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for parliament to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 17:48:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

437053

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have undergone the programme of deradicalisation referred to as the Healthy Identities Intervention since it was accredited; how many people are awaiting access to the programme; which establishments currently offer the programme; and how many programmes are being offered at each establishment, including the number of individuals able to access each course.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
uin	HL4519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Healthy Identity Intervention (HII) has not been accredited by the Correctional Services Advice &amp; Accreditation panel (CSAAP) as it is not compatible with the criteria currently used.</p><p>There have been 65 HII completions since its pilot in 2010-11. Sixteen people are currently undertaking HII. There are currently 15 people waiting to begin the intervention. This can be for a number of reasons, including involvement in other offender behaviour programmes, or mental health problems.</p><p>Healthy Identity is targeted at those convicted under the terrorism legislation where extremism was their primary motive. Where violence is the primary motive, other Offender Behaviour programmes may be used. Healthy Identity Interventions is not commissioned for specific establishments in the same way as other offending behaviour programmes. HII is available widely across England and Wales prisons and probation services. It is delivered by trained chartered psychologists and experienced probation officers. There are currently 145 trained HII facilitators.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 17:09:04 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1987 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

436557

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total spent, above basic salaries, on staff on detached duty at young offender institutions in England and Wales in each month between October 2014 and October 2015 inclusive.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required.</p><p /> <p>The total amount spent on staff on detached duties above basic salaries could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:38:13 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436558

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Voluntary Work
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many volunteers there are currently carrying out work in each prison in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. The Ministry of Justice facilitates a wide and varied range of opportunities for volunteers to work with offenders, within prisons and in the community, and also directly recruits volunteers to sit on its Independent Monitoring Boards.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:29:11 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton

436559

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escapes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners who have previously absconded remain in open conditions.
tabling member printed	Lord Falconer of Thoroton
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In May 2014, the Coalition Government introduced a new policy so that prisoners with a history of escape, absconding or serious temporary release failure during the current sentence are prevented from transfer to open conditions, other than in the most exceptional circumstances. There has been only one case satisfying the condition of exceptional circumstances since the policy was implemented. In addition, any prisoner who absconds from an open prison is immediately returned to a higher security prison.</p><p>When the policy was implemented, it was not applied retrospectively. Prisoners already in open conditions were reassessed by senior officials in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), and any who were assessed as presenting an unacceptable risk in such conditions in light of their previous non-compliance were returned to closed prisons, with the remainder allowed to remain in open conditions because of their compliance with the regime and favourable risk assessment.</p><p>On 4 December 2015, there were 15 prisoners in open prisons who were recorded as having absconded between 1 April 2004 and 21 May 2014 when the policy change came into force.</p><p>Reliable electronic records for absconds and temporary release failures prior to 2004 are not available, therefore only incidents since 2004 could be considered. The data set used here includes prisons classified as having their predominant function to be open. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 22/12/2015 16:33:31 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2758 label Biography information for Lord Falconer of Thoroton