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1178959

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to rehabilitate prisoners convicted of terrorism offences; and which (a) organisations and (b) individuals provide rehabilitation programmes to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) use tailored interventions with offenders - psychological, ideological and theological - to support their disengagement and rehabilitation.</p><p>We continue to regularly review Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) intervention programmes to ensure they are informed by the most up to date research on correctional rehabilitation. Interventions are delivered by in-house HMPPS CT specialists or through a range of external providers. We are unable to disclose further information regarding external providers as we are concerned about the adverse impact disclosure will have on national security.</p><p>More widely, we have trained over 29,000 prison staff to recognise, report and challenge extremist behaviour in prison. HMPPS works closely with partners, including with law enforcement, to understand and manage the risks that terrorist offenders present in prison, using a range of control and rehabilitation measures. This is underpinned by a specialist counter terrorism case management process, which is led by HMPPS Counter Terrorism specialists.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 15:53:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1179286

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the offences committed by those offenders who had previously been released on licence and recalled to custody but who had not been returned to custody by 31 December 2019; and how many of those offences were in the categories of (a) violence against the person and (b) sexual offences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>On 30 January 2020 the quarterly offender management statistics were published which set out the list of original offences committed by those offenders recalled, but not returned, to custody since 1984 as of 31 December 2019. Of the 1953 offenders within this cohort, 330 had originally committed offences categorised as violence against the person and 60 as sexual offences. The full breakdown is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>31-Dec-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,953</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Violence against the person</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other and attempted homicide</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wounding</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assaults</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other violence against the person</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sexual offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other sexual offences</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gross indecency with children</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Burglary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Theft and handling</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fraud and forgery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Drug offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>388</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Motoring offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Once officials on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice have revoked an offender’s licence, it is for the Police to find, apprehend and return the offender to custody.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/02/2020 10:50:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179288

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prison officers were convicted of an offence as a result of having a relationship with a prisoner in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Data relating to how many (a) male and (b) female prison officers were convicted of an offence as a result of having a relationship with a prisoner is not held centrally. This is because Misconduct in Public Office (MIPO) offences are not broken down into this category</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 16:25:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179291

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time served of a sentence of imprisonment was (a) in total and (b) by (i) male and (ii) female offenders for (A) violence against the person offences and (B) each other category of offence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The table attached gives the mean and median average period spent in custody by males and females released from determinate sentences of imprisonment between 2016 and 2018, by category of the main offence for which they were serving the sentence.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is entirely a matter for our independent courts. When deciding what sentence to impose the courts take into account the circumstances of the offence and any mitigating and aggravating factors, in line with the sentencing guidelines – which are issued by the independent Sentencing Council. The sentencing framework and sentencing guidelines apply equally to all offenders.</p><p> </p><p>Men tend to serve longer in prison and there are a number of factors which help to explain why this is. Principally, men tend to be convicted of more serious offending which attracts longer custodial sentences, including extended determinate sentences, where release is at the two thirds point of the sentence rather than half way. This in turn means that women are more likely to be eligible for early release under the home detention curfew (HDC) scheme, which allows release up to 135 days before the halfway point of the sentence and is limited to offenders sentenced to less than four years. Those serving extended determinate sentences are excluded. In addition, the data in these tables also includes time served following recall to prison from licenced supervision. Recalled men tend to be serving longer sentences (12 months or more) and will generally serve longer after recall than recalled women, who tend to be serving less than 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 16:23:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 18570.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179293

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time served in prison was for people sentenced to immediate custodial sentences for terrorist offences in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Keeping the public safe is this Government’s first priority – which is why we have brought forward emergency legislation that will ensure no terror offender is released before the end of their sentence without a through risk assessment by the Parole Board.</p><p>We do not hold centrally the information requested for terrorism-related offenders. However, we are able to provide data based on those serving in prison for a ‘terror legislation’ offence. Please find below a table showing this information:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average sentence lengths, average time served (inc. remand; in months), and proportion of sentence served in prison for those with a 'terror legislation'(1) offence; prisoner releases from determinate sentences from 2009 to 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(mean; months)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (mean) sentence length</p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td><p>75.3</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td><td><p>120.0</p></td><td><p>67.9</p></td><td><p>67.5</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>29.0</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (mean) time served (inc. remand)</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>46.6</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>35.1</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of sentence served in prison<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(median; months)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (median) sentence length</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>59.0</p></td><td><p>84.0</p></td><td><p>120.0</p></td><td><p>81.0</p></td><td><p>67.5</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>36.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (median) time served (inc. remand)</p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of sentence served in prison<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) For data from 2009 to 2015, the prison releases of offenders with a corresponding 'PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT' offence have been included. For data from 2015 onwards, the prison releases of offenders with a corresponding offence under a piece of terrorism legislation have been included. The effect of this difference is that in the pre-2015 data, the “PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT” included a smaller range of the most serious terrorism offences (which is reflected in the higher average sentence length figures for pre-2015 years in the table above), and other terrorism offences would have likely been recorded as other offences.</p><p> </p><p>(2) In 2015 we made significant changes to our data source and processing. Following these changes, we are able to extract much more detailed offence information. Data for 2015 has been presented twice in the above table, one using the 'old data' processing and once under the 'new data' processing - this has been done to provide an indication of the magnitude of the break in series.</p><p> </p><p>(3) Whilst the majority of determinate sentenced prisoners are released at their sentence half-way point, there are a number of reasons why someone may be released before this point. One of which is the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) for Foreign Nationals – whereby an offender can be released up to 270 days before their sentence half-way point for the purpose of deportation or removal from the UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures in these tables 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><p> </p><p>Source: PQs 18572 &amp; 18573 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-JSAS)</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 18573 question first answered 02/03/2020 15:58:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179294

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison sentence handed down by courts was served in prison by each offender convicted of a terrorist related offence in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Keeping the public safe is this Government’s first priority – which is why we have brought forward emergency legislation that will ensure no terror offender is released before the end of their sentence without a through risk assessment by the Parole Board.</p><p>We do not hold centrally the information requested for terrorism-related offenders. However, we are able to provide data based on those serving in prison for a ‘terror legislation’ offence. Please find below a table showing this information:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average sentence lengths, average time served (inc. remand; in months), and proportion of sentence served in prison for those with a 'terror legislation'(1) offence; prisoner releases from determinate sentences from 2009 to 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(mean; months)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (mean) sentence length</p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td><p>75.3</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td><td><p>120.0</p></td><td><p>67.9</p></td><td><p>67.5</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>29.0</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (mean) time served (inc. remand)</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>46.6</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>35.1</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of sentence served in prison<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>48%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>68%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>(median; months)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (median) sentence length</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>59.0</p></td><td><p>84.0</p></td><td><p>120.0</p></td><td><p>81.0</p></td><td><p>67.5</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>36.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average (median) time served (inc. remand)</p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>42.0</p></td><td><p>69.0</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of sentence served in prison<sup>(3)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) For data from 2009 to 2015, the prison releases of offenders with a corresponding 'PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT' offence have been included. For data from 2015 onwards, the prison releases of offenders with a corresponding offence under a piece of terrorism legislation have been included. The effect of this difference is that in the pre-2015 data, the “PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT” included a smaller range of the most serious terrorism offences (which is reflected in the higher average sentence length figures for pre-2015 years in the table above), and other terrorism offences would have likely been recorded as other offences.</p><p> </p><p>(2) In 2015 we made significant changes to our data source and processing. Following these changes, we are able to extract much more detailed offence information. Data for 2015 has been presented twice in the above table, one using the 'old data' processing and once under the 'new data' processing - this has been done to provide an indication of the magnitude of the break in series.</p><p> </p><p>(3) Whilst the majority of determinate sentenced prisoners are released at their sentence half-way point, there are a number of reasons why someone may be released before this point. One of which is the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) for Foreign Nationals – whereby an offender can be released up to 270 days before their sentence half-way point for the purpose of deportation or removal from the UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures in these tables 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><p> </p><p>Source: PQs 18572 &amp; 18573 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-JSAS)</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 18572 question first answered 02/03/2020 15:58:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179385

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Age of Criminal Responsibility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>We do not have any plans to change the age of criminal responsibility.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 16:32:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the number of behaviour management incidents in custody for young offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of children in custody has declined by 70% over the past decade, leading to a concentrated cohort of children with particularly complex needs, most of whom are serving sentences for more serious or violent offences. The safety of all children and staff is paramount, so we have taken the following measures:</p><ul><li>Last year, the Youth Custody Service published, and began implementing, a new approach to behaviour management – “Building Bridges” – developed with the NHS.[1] This is based on the importance of leadership, trusting staff-child relationships and the benefits of reward, prevention and proactive techniques.</li></ul><ul><li>We are funding all our frontline officers to undertake a youth justice qualification up to foundation degree level, which will enable them to better analyse need and risk, and deploy more effective interventions.</li><li>We recruited more psychologists and healthcare workers to work with children to help them overcome the issues at the root of their poor behaviour. For those children with the most complex needs, we have created two specialist enhanced support units so they can receive the intensive support they need.</li><li>We have commissioned a review of pain-inducing restraint techniques, which we expect to publish shortly, and set up a taskforce to review separation practice and policy.</li></ul><p>We anticipate this range of new measures will lead to improved behaviour, fewer incidents and better outcomes for children.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bridges-a-positive-behaviour-framework-for-the-children-and-young-people-secure-estate</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/03/2020 15:49:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson