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782428

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison: Mothers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of promoting the use of community-based sentences as a first option for offences that presently require custodial sentences, in order to ensure that mothers are not separated from their children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill
uin	HL2851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>It is important that there are robust community options available to sentencers so that vulnerable women with complex needs, including those with children, are only sent to prison when it is absolutely necessary.</p><p>We are developing a strategy for female offenders to improve outcomes for women in custody and in the community. As part of this work we are already investing £1 million seed funding between 2016 and 2020 to help local areas develop improved, multi-agency approaches to support female offenders in their area.</p><p>Sentences in individual cases are decided by the courts, who take into account guidelines issued by the independent Sentencing Council.</p><p>In February 2017, the Council issued its guideline “Imposition of Community and Custodial and Sentences”, which makes it clear that prison should be reserved for the most serious offences, and that custody should not be imposed where a community order could provide sufficient restriction on an offender’s liberty (by way of punishment) while addressing the rehabilitation of the offender to prevent future crime. The guideline also notes that for offenders on the cusp of custody, imprisonment should not be imposed where there would be an impact on dependants which would make a custodial sentence disproportionate to achieving the aims of sentencing.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 11:29:56 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4179 label Biography information for Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

784667

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Newcastle upon Tyne
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 Keen of Elie on 26 September (HL1527), whether they intend that the full range of Newcastle magistrates' court proceedings will be conducted at the premises referred to; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL2885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service intends that the proposed magistrates’ court facilities at Newcastle Combined Court will be capable of hearing a range of magistrates' courts work including cases involving custody. If workload levels exceed the hearing and custodial capacity of the court then cases will be listed into other nearby magistrates’ court buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 17:51:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

784705

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 performance of privatised prison services in the past year; and whether they intend to review the case for returning those services to the public sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL2923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We have robust processes in place to closely monitor privately managed prisons and will not hesitate to take action if and when standards fall short. There is a HMPPS Controller based in every privately managed prison, accountable for providing assurance that the contracts are delivered in accordance with agreed contractual delivery indicators, and that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services. Senior Contract Managers (SCMs) provide an additional level of operational assurance and support for the Controllers.</p><p> </p><p>Privately managed prison contracts set out a strict performance framework, consisting of prescriptive performance targets. Failure by the provider to meet performance targets results in performance points and, potentially, financial remedies being applied against the provider. It is important to recognise, however, that privately managed prison providers achieve the majority of their contractual targets.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to revoke a contract to operate a privately managed prison will be made after following a clear process and where the operator fails to improve performance despite this process. We do not currently anticipate any such action taking place against any privately managed prison.</p><p> </p><p>Privately managed prisons have been a key feature of the prison estate for over 20 years and will continue to play an important role.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 17:51:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

784720

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the proposal by the President of the Family Division that children should be dealt with in new "problem-solving" courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Laming
uin	HL2938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice works with other departments to achieve the best outcomes for children both outside and within the court process. We are committed to ensuring that young people in the youth justice system receive the support they need to prevent them from committing further offences, with youth offending teams leading a multi-agency approach involving the courts, children’s services and other local services as appropriate. We recognise that problem-solving approaches can provide alternatives to a traditional court process, and may lead to improved outcomes for children and their families. We are supportive of such approaches in family proceedings, for example Family Drug and Alcohol Courts and the current piloting of settlement conferences.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 17:50:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

784754

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Local Criminal Justice Boards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which local Criminal Justice Boards in England and Wales are chaired by the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL2972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold or collect information on the membership of local Criminal Justice Boards in England and Wales, including whether they are chaired by the local Police and Crime Commissioner.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/11/2017 17:53:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

786801

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, what information his Department holds on contractual performance relating to (a) education provision, (b) levels of activity, (c) time out of cell and (d) any other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In the youth custodial estate three establishments are currently operated by providers under contract: Parc Youth Offending Institution (YOI), Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) and Rainsbrook (STC). HMPPS took over the running of Medway STC in May 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Education provision</p><p> </p><p>In both STCs and the private sector YOI, the contractual expectation is that young people spend 25 hours in education. Performance against this measure is set out below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of hours expressed as an average per young person per week of taught education and vocational training delivered in contracted STC and private YOI, in each calendar year for 2010 to 2017.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Year ending December</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)</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>Medway<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.54</p></td><td><p>24.82</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.93</p></td><td><p>N/A<sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill</p></td><td><p>24.91</p></td><td><p>24.90</p></td><td><p>24.96</p></td><td><p>24.97</p></td><td><p>24.86</p></td><td><p>24.75</p></td><td><p>24.63</p></td><td><p>24.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>24.67</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.85</p></td><td><p>24.77</p></td><td><p>24.84</p></td><td><p>24.88</p></td><td><p>24.87</p></td><td><p>26.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC<sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.80</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.88</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.84</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</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>Parc</p></td><td><p>22.97</p></td><td><p>25.27</p></td><td><p>25.45</p></td><td><p>23.23</p></td><td><p>25.79</p></td><td><p>23.52</p></td><td><p>23.36</p></td><td><p>24.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.47</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for Medway STC is up to May 2016. This is when the centre transferred from being a contracted service to HMPPS.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill and Rainsbrook STCs is up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 cover the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This information is drawn from operational management information.</p><p> </p><p>Time out of cell</p><p> </p><p>The expectation in STCs is that young people will be unlocked for 14 hours per day. At Parc YOI the expectation depends on the young person’s Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) level. IEP is set against behaviour and can range from 9 to 12 hours during the week and between 7.75 and 10.75 hours at the weekend.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of hours a young person spent unlocked from their room.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: The number of hour’s young people spent unlocked from their room expressed as an average per day in contracted STC and private YOI in each calendar year from 2010 to 2017.</strong></p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Training Centre (STC)<sup>(1)</sup></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>Medway</p></td><td><p>14.03</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.01</p></td><td><p>13.96</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>14.00</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakhill<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>12.84</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>13.93</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.86</p></td><td><p>13.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainsbrook</p></td><td><p>13.75</p></td><td><p>13.88</p></td><td><p>14.23</p></td><td><p>12.79</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td><td><p>13.97</p></td><td><p>13.55</p></td><td><p>12.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All STC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.38</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Young Offenders Institution (Private YOI)</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>Parc<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>10.14</p></td><td><p>11.03</p></td><td><p>10.78</p></td><td><p>10.93</p></td><td><p>10.65</p></td><td><p>10.01</p></td><td><p>9.16</p></td><td><p>10.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.78</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.93</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.65</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.07</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li><p>Data for contracted STCs is available up to May 2017.</p></li><li><p>Data for Oakhill 2014 is an 11 month average due to a data reporting issue.</p></li><li><p>For Parc YOI the data for 2017 covers the nine months from January to September.</p></li><li><p>This data has been taken from data submitted each month by secure establishments via the YJB’s Youth Justice Application Framework (YJAF) database.</p><p> </p></li></ol><p><strong>General notes:</strong></p><p>Administrative databases; All data above has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.</p><p> </p><p>Other Activity</p><p> </p><p>As well as education (which can take the form of classroom based education, vocational training and Physical Education) young people may also receive a range of other interventions based on their specific needs, for example, a young person may require specialist mental health or speech and language support to enable learning and improve behaviour. Young people may also participate in enrichment activities at evenings and weekends.</p><p> </p><p>Other measures recorded for the youth custodial estate</p><p>A broad range of data is collected from establishments to inform commercial, commissioning and performance management processes. These measures do not necessary relate to commissioned targets, but offer an indication on how a particular service is operating.</p><p> </p><p>The Youth Justice Annual Statistics document provides further data and information relating to the youth custodial estate. This document is a snapshot of the cohort and describes its characteristics. For example, it provides data on the average population of young people in custody in the youth secure estate, both remanded and sentenced as well as the average time spent in custody.</p><p> </p><p>The document can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 15:55:37 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786802

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, if he will place in the Library the maps that show the location of (a) youth justice institutions and (b) women's prisons in relation to centres of population.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I have placed in the House Library, maps that show the location of sites that hold young people in custody and for women’s prisons for which the Ministry of Justice is responsible.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 15:58:26 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786806

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of full-time equivalent staff at governor and managerial level at pay bands seven to 11 was in the prison estate in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalent managerial staff in post, in Public Sector Prisons, as at 31 March 2010 to 30 June 2017, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Band 6-11 Non operational</p></td><td><p>Band 7-9 Operational</p></td><td><p>Bands 10-11 Operational</p></td><td><p>Governors (Band 9-11)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2010</p></td><td><p>1,633</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>2,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>2,684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td><td><p>802</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>854</p></td><td><p>749</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2014</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>1,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2015</p></td><td><p>746</p></td><td><p>669</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>1,629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2016</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>1,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2017</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>645</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2017</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>1,466</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li><p>Bands 6-11 and Governor grades have been presented, as these are the bands which most closely align to pay bands 7 to 11.</p></li><li><p>Governors include data for Deputy Governors</p></li><li><p>Managerial staff include both Operational and Non-Operational Staff</p></li><li><p>The figures cover all staff working in prison establishments.</p></li><li><p>The current band structure was introduced in April 2012. Data for earlier periods and staff still working under the old structures post 2012 relates to equivalent grades in the previous pay and grading structure.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/11/2017 16:25:06 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786811

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Medway Secure Training Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of the (a) initial contract when agreed and (b) total lifetime value of the contract with G4S relating to Medway Secure Centre up to its termination.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The original 15 year contract commenced in 1998 for the design, build, finance and operation of a 40-bed Secure Training Centre at Medway had a projected total value of £109.5 million.</p><p>The operator at Medway STC was initially Rebound ECD ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Solutions Limited. Global Solutions Limited was acquired by G4S in 2008 at which point G4S became the operator.</p><p>In 2002 the contractual capacity was increased to 76 places and extended for three years beyond the original planned contract length. Indexation rates, which determine the variable element of the contract price, also impacted on the costs, compared with the original, standard indexation projections. The total lifetime value of payments made under the 18 year extended contract between 1998 and 2016 was therefore increased to £210.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>The changes made to the contract prevent direct comparisons between the original contract value and the eventual whole life spend. No payments were made to G4S as the operator of Medway outside of contractual agreements.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 112319 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:58:06 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

786812

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Medway Secure Training Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amounts were paid to G4S in relation to Medway Secure Centre outside of amounts agreed in the initial contract.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	112319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The original 15 year contract commenced in 1998 for the design, build, finance and operation of a 40-bed Secure Training Centre at Medway had a projected total value of £109.5 million.</p><p>The operator at Medway STC was initially Rebound ECD ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Solutions Limited. Global Solutions Limited was acquired by G4S in 2008 at which point G4S became the operator.</p><p>In 2002 the contractual capacity was increased to 76 places and extended for three years beyond the original planned contract length. Indexation rates, which determine the variable element of the contract price, also impacted on the costs, compared with the original, standard indexation projections. The total lifetime value of payments made under the 18 year extended contract between 1998 and 2016 was therefore increased to £210.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>The changes made to the contract prevent direct comparisons between the original contract value and the eventual whole life spend. No payments were made to G4S as the operator of Medway outside of contractual agreements.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 112320 question first answered 20/11/2017 15:58:06 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon