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93355

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in unemployment pay to offenders in each prison in England Wales under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the latest (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	210451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service's central accounting system has a single accounting code for Public Sector prisoners' earnings. It does not separately identify unemployment pay or details of the number of prisoners in receipt of such payments.</p><p>To obtain this information for both public and private prisons would require us to examine individual prisoner employment records from each establishment to establish those who are in receipt of unemployment pay last week, month and year and this would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210452 question first answered 17/10/2014 13:49:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

93356

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much NOMS has spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	210431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to a previous answer of 4 September 2014 to question 207330, <em>Official Report, </em>column 316W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140904/text/140904w0001.htm#14090443000651" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140904/text/140904w0001.htm#14090443000651</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/10/2014 08:57:01 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

93357

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each prison in England and Wales were eligible for unemployment pay under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the latest (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	210452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service's central accounting system has a single accounting code for Public Sector prisoners' earnings. It does not separately identify unemployment pay or details of the number of prisoners in receipt of such payments.</p><p>To obtain this information for both public and private prisons would require us to examine individual prisoner employment records from each establishment to establish those who are in receipt of unemployment pay last week, month and year and this would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 210451 question first answered 17/10/2014 13:49:27 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

93358

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were working in industrial activity in each public sector prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	210453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response of 21 October to his earlier question (207329) on this subject: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=230&amp;dept=54&amp;uin=207329" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=230&amp;dept=54&amp;uin=207329</a></p><p> </p><p>I am sorry for the delay in replying.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/10/2014 16:55:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

93359

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners with determinate sentences with more than two years to serve until their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	210430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply I gave, the Member for Exeter on 4 September 2014, Official report, column 319W.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/10/2014 08:26:12 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89792

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each prison in England and Wales were eligible for unemployment pay as set out in paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service's central accounting system has a single accounting code for Public Sector prisoners' earnings. It does not separately identify unemployment pay or details of the number of prisoners in receipt of such payments.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain this information for both public and private prisons would require us to examine individual prisoner employment records from each establishment to establish those who are in receipt of unemployment pay last week, month and year and this would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207335 question first answered 12/09/2014 11:18:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89799

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many determinate sentence prisoners with more than two years to serve to their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Determinate sentence prisoners are not allocated to open prisons with more than two years to serve to their expected release date.</p><p> </p><p>Categorisation and allocation to open prison is never an automatic progression. Public protection is foremost in the decision making process. Only prisoners who have successfully completed offending behaviour essential to their risk reduction and whose risks are manageable in conditions of low security will be allowed to an open prison.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:23:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89800

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid in unemployment pay to offenders in each prison in England and Wales under paragraph 2.2.1 of Prison Service Order 4460 in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service's central accounting system has a single accounting code for Public Sector prisoners' earnings. It does not separately identify unemployment pay or details of the number of prisoners in receipt of such payments.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain this information for both public and private prisons would require us to examine individual prisoner employment records from each establishment to establish those who are in receipt of unemployment pay last week, month and year and this would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207336 question first answered 12/09/2014 11:18:04 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89802

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in each prison in England and Wales were working in industrial activity in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged in real work whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>The number of prisoners working in industrial activity reported by public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 (the first year for which figures are available) to around 9,900 in 2013-14. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 14.2 million hours, as published in the <em>National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2013-14: Management Information Addendum </em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Private sector prisons have also been supporting this agenda and have reported that they delivered over 1½ million prisoner working hours in commercial and industrial workshops in 2012-13 which provided work for over 1,200 prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>An establishment-level breakdown of the average number of prisoners is set out in the table attached for the years 2010-11 to 2013-14, alongside the average population and the proportion of population that were working in industrial activities at each public sector prison site.</p><p> </p><p>The variation between levels of industrial activity at each site is influenced by a number of factors, chiefly by the category and role of the prison and the types of prisoner available to work. For example the transient nature of the prisoner population in local establishments, as well as the requirements of commercial customers, mean that this is a more challenging, and often less suitable environment into which to introduce work.</p><p> </p><p>The physical capacity of prisons – primarily available space and operating environment – is an additional limiting factor. Many prisoners were built without large work shops.</p><p> </p><p>These differences in capacity and capability are reflected in prison Service Level Agreements and in the performance framework; establishments with higher capacity and capability to deliver industrial activity will have higher target hours and this will carry a higher weighting in the prison rating system than for establishments with lower levels of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to industrial work, prisoners also take part in a large number of other activities including education, training and offending behaviour programmes. There are also a large number of prisoners who work in areas that contribute to the upkeep of the prison, for example food preparation and serving as well as cleaning.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Rule 31 (1) specifies that a convicted prisoner shall be required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day and arrangements shall be made to allow prisoners to work, where possible, outside the cells and in association with one another.</p><p> </p><p>The regime in prisons is changing for convicted prisoners as NOMS implements the benchmark core day and the opportunities it provides to extend the working day as well as the potential to increase time in other activities including education. To support this, recreational activities will take place outside the main working part of the day.</p><p> </p><p>Under our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework, came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013, prisoners are expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 21/10/2014 16:49:57 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name Prisoners Working in Industrial Activities.xls title Prisoners Working in Industrial Activities
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89803

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	National Offender Management Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not subsidise its retail canteen service contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 04/09/2014 16:05:55 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw