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1726486

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for all released prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL611 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726487

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners receiving benefits.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726488

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners on training schemes for job placements.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726489

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners in work.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL612 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726490

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what regulations govern training for prisoners while still in prison for job placements on release.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The prison education curriculum enables prisoners to gain the skills they need to get employment on release. In addition to English, maths and vocational training we offer bespoke, local training via the Dynamic Purchasing System. We are developing other training through our Future Skills Programme in a variety of sectors, such as construction and hospitality with employers guaranteeing interviews to prisoners on completion of the course. Prisoners may also undertake other work placements during their sentence which prepares them for work on release. Some are within the prison setting e.g. prison kitchens, but prisoners in open prisons may also go out to work in a variety of sectors under Release on Temporary Licence conditions. We also work with the Department for Education who fund a ‘skills bootcamp’ to deliver training in skills needed to work in the rail industry alongside continuing to develop the opportunities for serving prisoners to undertake apprenticeships.</p><p>Prison Education delivered by HMPPS is underpinned by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, the Prison Rules 1999 and the Prison Education and Libraries Framework. The delivery of apprenticeships to prisoners is governed by the Apprenticeships (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2017. All aspects of education, skills and work are inspected by Ofsted alongside HMIP.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson question first answered 06/09/2024 13:09:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1722189

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Brexit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission a study on the benefits and disbenefits of the UK’s departure from the EU, and in particular its impact on the UK economy.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently focused on looking forwards and resetting the relationship with our European friends. As such the Prime Minister hosted 45 leaders from across Europe to the European Political Community on Thursday 18 July, to enhance cooperation on European security and other shared challenges the continent faces. Publicly available research on the interactions between the UK-EU relationship and the UK economy is widely accessible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 27/08/2024 14:35:08 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1723372

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Standards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the Care Quality Commission when inspecting dental businesses; and whether they have any plans to ask them also to consider the availability of NHS appointments when carrying out dental inspections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/08/2024 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates all health and social care services including dental services in England. CQC carries out assessments of primary dental services to determine if they are compliant with regulations. CQC inspects 10% of dental services each year, as they are considered to pose a lower risk to patient safety than other regulated sectors, though they can, and do, inspect more frequently if concerns are raised. Instead of a single rating, CQC displays ticks and crosses against each of their five key questions to show if any enforcement or improvement actions are required.This results in a ‘regulations met’ or ‘regulations not met’ judgement. The availability of NHS dental appointments is not a condition of registration, nor is it a regulated activity, and so is not something that would be inspected. CQC does not currently look at wider areas, such as access to dental services, equity of access, efficiency of care provision, or the effectiveness of dental services. The ongoing review of the CQC by Penny Dash – and the broader regulatory landscape – will consider wider issues of how to assess, and improve, access to care, innovation in care delivery and use of resources – for all health and care services.</p><p>Integrated Care Boards took control of commissioning NHS dental activity in April 2023.</p><p>Activity in NHS dentistry is measured by the number of Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) commissioned and delivered and by the number of courses of treatment delivered. The number of appointments delivered are not used as a measurement of dental activity. Data on the number of UDAs commissioned and delivered is published each month on the NHS Business Services Authority Open Data Portal in an online format only.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 20/08/2024 11:12:44 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

1723349

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Speech and Language Disorders
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accessibility of mental health services to (1) children and young people, and (2) older adults, who have speech, language and communication needs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/08/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the NHS Priorities and Operational Planning Guidance for 2024/25, NHS England is continuing to expand access to mental health services. This includes increasing the number of children and young people accessing comprehensive mental health support, as well as the number of adults and older adults completing a course of treatment for anxiety and depression via NHS Talking Therapies, some of whom having speech, language, and communication needs. Support may include provision of speech and language therapy as part of a local offer, however decisions about service provision are down to local determination by integrated care boards, to meet locally identified need.</p><p>As set out in the Equality Act 2010, all organisations, including those in health and social care, must take steps to remove the barriers individuals face because of disability. The National Health Service must make it as easy for disabled people to use health services as it is for people who are not disabled. NHS organisations and publicly funded social care providers must also comply with the Accessible Information Standard, to meet the communication needs of patients and carers with a disability, impairment, or sensory loss.</p> answering member printed Baroness Merron question first answered 19/08/2024 14:40:02 answering member 347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1721246

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the eligibility criteria for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme to allow visas for the UK to be issued to those who were employed indirectly as well as directly to work for UK government departments or armed forces.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL26
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2024 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme already provides resettlement routes within the existing criteria for those formerly employed, directly or indirectly, by the UK Government. There are no current plans to widen the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme’s full eligibility criteria can be found via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>The new team of Ministers have made ARAP an early priority for the Department, to tackle problems which have been faced with processing ARAP applications and ensure the scheme delivers on our commitments to those brave Afghans who worked in support of UK objectives in Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Coaker question first answered 15/08/2024 13:21:28 answering member 360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker attachment 1 file name Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.pdf title Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1724763

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners: Electoral Systems
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to revert to a preferential voting system for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rennard
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2024 answer text <p>The government published details of its legislative programme alongside the King's Speech. We are committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of elections, and our first step will be to ensure every legitimate voter is able to exercise their right to vote. We will consider the Electoral Commission report on the 2024 General Election when it is published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage grouped question UIN HL527 question first answered 15/08/2024 10:40:54 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
	tabling member	2484 label Biography information for Lord Rennard