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79838

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what future plans they have to support prison initiatives such as The Clink restaurants that provide a programme to increase the qualifications and communication skills of prisoners when working with members of the public.
tabling member printed	Lord Verjee
uin	HL1727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>There are a number of iniatives, including The Clink restaurants, which are available to help prisoners prepare for working with the public. These include work with retailers Timpsons, Max Spielman and Halfords who are able to offer work opportunities in prison and on release. There are also a number of locally run initiatives such as cafes and shops across the prison estate. In addition Customer Services skills and qualifications are available as part of the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) in prisons.</p><p>The National Offender Management Service is working with the Clink charity to open another training restaurant in the New Year at HM Prison Styal, a prison for women. We are always keen to explore innovative ways of working to give prisoners real work experience.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 16/10/2014 16:33:50 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4299 label Biography information for Lord Verjee

79844

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
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 application of the Conduct of Authorised Persons Rules 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The application of the Conduct of Authorised Persons Rules (“Rules”) is under continuous review. The Rules were first introduced in 2007 and revised between April and July 2013 to strengthen existing action to drive out poor practices and better protect consumers. Most crucially verbal contracts were brought to an end and a ban was imposed on claims management companies (“CMCs”) offering cash incentives or similar benefits to consumers to bring claims.</p><p> </p><p>This year, in response to concerns raised by the financial services industry, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service regarding the poor practices of some CMCs presenting financial claims, the Department's Claims Management Regulator consulted on changes to the Conduct of Authorised Persons Rules 2013 and published the response in June 2014. The new Rules will come into effect in October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 01/09/2014 13:37:52 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

79845

registered interest
date	30/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Claims Management Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many claims management companies were struck off in each year since 2005.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department’s Claims Management Regulation Unit has taken a range of enforcement actions against claims management companies (CMCs) that have breached the conduct rules to which they are subject. These include statutory action to cancel a CMC’s authorisation. The table below shows the number of CMCs that have had their authorisation cancelled each year since 2007, alongside the number of CMCs that were authorised.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total no. of authorised CMCs </strong></p><p>(at year end)</p></td><td><p><strong>Authorisation cancelled</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>1,740</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,637</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,122</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>3,213</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,007</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,693</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,097</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 13/10/2014 15:22:47 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

79690

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ranby Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes they plan to make to HMP Ranby in the light of the report of an unannounced inspection of HMP Ranby by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons published on 24 July 2014.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL1582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>A comprehensive action plan incorporating essential improvements at HMP Ranby has been drawn up in response to the unannounced inspection by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons published on 24 July 2014. This plan includes a response to all recommendations made and gives specific time-bounded actions. The plan is monitored by NOMS.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/09/2014 08:13:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

79691

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Self-harm
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ findings in respect of case management procedures to support those at risk of self-harm and the number of self-harm incidents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL1583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing self-harm in prisons. The Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) process provides a prisoner-centred, flexible case management system for prisoners identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons has made recommendations about improving the operation of the ACCT system in a number of prisons during the last year, and action is being taken to address these recommendations within those prisons. Dedicated resources and additional support are being provided to improve safer custody work in prisons, including improving the consistency of the application of the ACCT system.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/09/2014 08:11:57 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

79692

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ranby Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to increase the number of prisoners working, in the light of the findings of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report of an unannounced inspection of HMP Ranby, published on 24 July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL1584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Since the unannounced inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, activity spaces at HMP Ranby have increased by 95 places. Additional staff are being recruited to allow the workshops to employ further prisoners and further work has been secured.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 08/09/2014 08:10:40 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

79693

registered interest
date	28/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ranby Prison
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address the findings of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ report of an unannounced inspection of HMP Ranby, published on 24 July, in respect of the condition of the play area for the children of those visiting prisoners, plans to develop services, the lack of a family support worker and the lack of a parenting course.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stern
uin	HL1585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Funding has now been secured to replace and renew current toys and equipment and the list of appropriate items is being finalised. A local initiative has recently been set up whereby staff donate good quality toys and books, resulting in a significant improvement to toys and books available. Storybook dads is being delivered and extended to a larger percentage of the population. Surestart has been approached with a view to offering support during visits. A Parenting Course is being developed with a view to it being delivered by a voluntary sector organisation. Further opportunities are also being explored with voluntary sector organisations who can assist in developing the family and children pathway.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/09/2014 10:38:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2475 label Biography information for Baroness Stern

79529

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Ministry of Justice have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice laid 80 statutory instruments between the start of the calendar year and 25 July 2014. The Ministry of Justice does not keep records of which statutory instruments corrected errors in previous instruments. However, it estimates that 3 instruments (less than 4% of the total) were expressed to be correcting errors made in, in consequence of a defect in, or in substitution of, a previous instrument and were as a result issued free of charge to known recipients of the original instrument.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is strongly committed to improving the quality of statutory instrument drafting. In addition to providing training to relevant staff and adopting rigorous checking process (including a requirement that all instruments are subject to a second and third pair of eyes check by a lawyer who has not drafted the instrument), a new post of Statutory Instrument Co-ordinator has been established within the Legal Directorate to co-ordinate the sharing of best practice. The Ministry of Justice will also be participating in work being led by the Treasury Solicitor and First Parliamentary Counsel to enhance further the quality, consistency and effectiveness of statutory instruments across Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/08/2014 10:51:24 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

79542

registered interest
date	23/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	False Imprisonment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Faulks on 24 June (WA 144), what was the overall cost for the last three years of legal aid claims in respect of false imprisonment; and into which categories they record such costs as falling.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL1440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the total amounts claimed against closed false imprisonment matters from the 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 financial years. These matters cover domestic false imprisonment, and both legal and illegal immigration false imprisonment matters.</p><p>The claim values represent the total amounts paid against cases closing in the respective period, and as such, some of the expenditure against these cases may have been incurred in earlier periods. The costs are recorded as falling in the category Actions Against the Police.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Claim Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£191,556.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£134,999.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£517,980.45</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The increase in claim value in 2013/14 compared to previous years is largely due to one case which started in 2002, for which a final bill was submitted in January 2014. This case, known as Austin and Saxby, was a test case on behalf of a much larger group of individuals relating to protests on May Day 2002. They claimed that they had been unlawfully subjected to the procedure known as kettling by the Metropolitan Police. The case went to the House of Lords (Supreme Court) where they lost and the law was eventually clarified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 01/09/2014 13:37:17 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

79428

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Musical Instruments
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 balance between benefit and risk of permitting prisoners to have access to steel strung guitars in their cells.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	207013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Following feedback from prison Governors, we have made some minor adjustments to the property prisoners are allowed to have under the revised Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) framework, including metal guitar strings. Governors were notified on 15 July 2014 that, with immediate effect, it was open to them to include full metal guitar strings on their local facilities lists. This allows eligible prisoners to purchase them for use on acoustic guitars kept in-cell.</p><p> </p><p>Full metal strings are, as with the nylon and metal coiled strings which were already permitted, available by application only, issued on a one-for-one basis, and subject to local risk assessment. As with the nylon and metal coiled strings, Governors can make them available to prisoners on the Standard and Enhanced levels of the IEP framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/09/2014 16:14:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan