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1625072

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Funerals: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that funeral services remain affordable for all.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority continues to monitor the funerals market following its recent investigation, publishing annual reviews on developments in the market. The first review, published in January 2023, set out evidence that since the introduction of transparency rules (part of the Competition and Markets Authority’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funerals-market-investigation-order-2021" target="_blank">Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021</a>)  funeral prices are flat after many years of real-terms rises. This means that costs paid by UK consumers for funeral services are likely to be lower as a result of the Competition and Markets Authority’s intervention.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority will continue its work to ensure that all consumers are able to benefit from the measures introduced in the Order and it has the information required to monitor consumer outcomes.</p><p>Additionally, the Government helps with the cost of funeral services for many bereaved families through the Funeral Expenses Payment scheme and the Children’s Funeral Fund.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 17/05/2023 16:09:47 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1625147

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to help prevent racial discrimination in prisons in England.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	183542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Our response to the HMI Prisons thematic on the experiences of adult black staff and black prisoners recently set out our ambition to take a zero-tolerance approach to racism and discrimination. This is a long-term commitment to change the culture of HMPPS for the better, with a plan focussed on actions and underpinned by clear accountability.</p><p>Our approach includes short, medium, and long-term actions to ensure there is equal opportunity and equal outcomes for all staff and people in custody. This will include reviewing the impact of use of force, developing a nationwide reverse mentoring programme, creating more targeted recruitment campaigns and continuing to work closely with third sector partners, trade unions and our staff networks, such as RISE, which focuses on black and other underrepresented staffing groups.</p><p>Routinely, prisons are responsible for identifying and tackling disproportionality locally. This is done via diversity and inclusion forums where racial issues are raised, discussed, and solutions actioned. In addition, the HMPPS Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit (TUBU) began work in August 2020 in order to change workplace behaviours (focussing on staff on staff behaviour) for the better, by providing additional support to managers investigating concerns and ensuring that investigations are carried out fairly and consistently and any unacceptable behaviour is challenged and dealt with appropriately.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/05/2023 10:18:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1625148

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Racial Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on outcomes for prisoners from ethnic minority backgrounds of the report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales entitled The experiences of adult black male prisoners and black prison staff, published on 13 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	183543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>HMPPS take the findings of reports from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons very seriously. We recognise that improving outcomes for Black prisoners and staff will require a long-term commitment from the entire organisation.</p><p> </p><p>A full response, which sets out the detailed actions we will take to address the findings of the HMI Prisons Inspectorate thematic inspection on the Experience of Adult Male Prisoners and Black Staff was published 22 March and can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thematic-review-of-the-experience-of-adult-male-prisoners-and-black-staff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thematic-review-of-the-experience-of-adult-male-prisoners-and-black-staff</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:55:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1625170

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted under the single justice procedure in each month of 2022 broken down by offence; and what the plea rates were for offences charged under the single justice procedure in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	183405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Data showing the number of defendants dealt with via single justice procedures (SJP) notices at the magistrates’ courts by plea and offence in England and Wales from January to December 2022 (latest available) can be found in the attached table.</p><p>The data supplied is a subset of published information relating to the timeliness of defendants dealt with by SJP notice which is available in Table T1 of the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly, latest to December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/05/2023 10:01:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-05-09 PQ 183405 Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1625207

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has allocated to providing improved camera equipment for prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	183438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The total investment over the course of the four-year Body Worn Video Camera contract will be £8.138m. This figure includes £3.1m Capital Departmental Expenditure that was provided as part of the 2021 Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The total amount includes both the cost of the equipment and necessary implementation costs, as well as supporting services throughout the contract, such as cloud hosting, software licences, warranty and maintenance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:54:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1625224

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
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 implications for his policies of the debate on European Convention on Human Rights and national constitutions, which took place at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 25 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	183386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has noted with interest the debate on the European Convention on Human Rights and national constitutions, and the associated report by the Assembly’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights which recognises “the UK having the lowest number of ECtHR applications (and indeed admissible applications), per capita, of Council of Europe member States.</p><p>The Government has also noted the discussion in the Committee’s report of legislation currently before this Parliament. The United Kingdom is committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. We will always make sure that our laws work in the best interests of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 09/05/2023 16:37:37 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1625226

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	European Court of Human Rights
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 implications for his policies of the debate on Implementation of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, which took place at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 26 April 2023.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	183388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to fulfilling its international human rights obligations. This includes the obligation to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights against the UK. Currently, only 14 judgments against the UK are still under the supervision of the Committee of Ministers. This is lower than almost all member States with similar population size. At the end of 2022, outstanding judgments and decisions against the UK made up only 0.23% of the total [14 out of 6,112]. We support the Council of Europe’s work to improve the effectiveness of the tools available to the Committee of Ministers in the supervision of the execution of judgments.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/05/2023 15:18:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1625250

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of his Department's budget was spent on food in prisons in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the food supplied to prisons in each of those years was produced by UK farmers.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	183343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The spending information is not collected centrally and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. Prison food budgets are determined locally (by the Governor in public sector prisons, or the Director in privately managed prisons) and kept under review as part of normal budget allocation planning.</p><p> </p><p>While the contract requires our food supplier to provide a monthly country of origin report, it is not possible from this to disaggregate supply from British farming.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/05/2023 16:50:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1625272

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoner Escorts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays to court proceedings in 2022 resulted from prisoners who were the responsibility of (a) Serco Ltd and (b) GEOAmey Ltd not being delivered to the required courtroom at the required time.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>For the purposes of the Prisoner and Escort Custody Services contract, a late arrival at court occurs if, through the actions or inactions of the contractor, a prisoner is not available in the courtroom at the required time, and court proceedings are consequently delayed.</p><p>The table below shows the number of prisoners escorted to court by both suppliers and their overall performance against the Contract Delivery Indicator.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>GEO Amey</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Performance (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Serco</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Performance (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>10581</p></td><td><p>99.83</p></td><td><p>9360</p></td><td><p>99.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>10389</p></td><td><p>99.83</p></td><td><p>9182</p></td><td><p>99.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>11387</p></td><td><p>99.93</p></td><td><p>10425</p></td><td><p>99.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>10142</p></td><td><p>99.90</p></td><td><p>9049</p></td><td><p>99.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>11265</p></td><td><p>99.84</p></td><td><p>10161</p></td><td><p>99.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>10604</p></td><td><p>99.88</p></td><td><p>9524</p></td><td><p>99.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>10251</p></td><td><p>99.90</p></td><td><p>9307</p></td><td><p>99.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>10663</p></td><td><p>99.91</p></td><td><p>9844</p></td><td><p>99.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>10419</p></td><td><p>99.89</p></td><td><p>9720</p></td><td><p>99.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>12025</p></td><td><p>99.79</p></td><td><p>11365</p></td><td><p>99.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>13088</p></td><td><p>99.63</p></td><td><p>11991</p></td><td><p>99.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>11510</p></td><td><p>99.57</p></td><td><p>9384</p></td><td><p>99.50</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:46:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1625276

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the contract between his Department and BFS Group Ltd for the supply of food to prisons in England and Wales, what proportion of raw poultry used by BFS Group in the service of that contract over the course of financial year 2022-23 was sourced from within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The HMPPS food contract purchased 1,228,106.40 kg of Raw poultry in 2022-23 with 99.40% being sourced from UK suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>VOLUME KG</p></td><td><p>% of Volume</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>1,228,106.40</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>1,220,693.77</p></td><td><p>99.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>7,412.63</p></td><td><p>0.60%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/05/2023 15:49:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry