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1189873

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date	23/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remand in Custody
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been remanded in custody in England and Wales in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. Court data up to the year ending December 2019 is due to be published in May 2020, and data for the year ending December 2020 is planned for publication in May 2021. Prison receptions data covering January to March 2020 is planned for publication in July 2020 and data covering April to June 2020 is planned for publication in October 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/05/2020 15:44:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1189874

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were sentenced to a prison term of six months or less in each month of 2020 to date.
tabling member printed	Lord German
uin	HL3385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. Data on custodial sentences up to December 2018 has been published. Data for the years ending December 2019 and December 2020 is due to be published in May 2020 and May 2021 respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/05/2020 15:48:20 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German

1189882

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners they have so far released, temporarily or permanently, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic; how many were pregnant women; and what is their response to the Prison Governors Association’s call for the release of 15,000 prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>On 31 March, we announced that pregnant women and prisoners with their babies in custody will be considered for Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) on compassionate grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Friday 1 May, 21 pregnant women and mothers with babies in custody have been released.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 1 May, 30 offenders have been released under this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Policy and guidance for both the End of Custody Temporary Release and COVID-19: Use of Compassionate ROTL can be found on gov.uk and is attached with this answer.</p><p><br> HMPPS took decisive action in March to restrict regimes and minimise movements between jails to save lives. Strong further measures were introduced to ease pressure on prisons with the early release of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/measures-announced-to-protect-nhs-from-coronavirus-risk-in-prisons" target="_blank">low-risk offenders</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prison-estate-expanded-to-protect-nhs-from-coronavirus-risk" target="_blank">temporary expansion of the estate</a>, and work to reduce the number of those held on remand.</p><p>Latest modelling informed by new Public Health England advice shows that creating headroom of c. 5,000 could be effective in limiting the spread of the virus. The population has already reduced by almost 3,000 over a seven-week period. Combining a reduction in the prison population, creating additional headroom in the estate, and managing prisoners through ‘compartmentalisation’, HMPPS can continue to protect life.</p><p>The modelling can be found on gov.uk and is also attached with this answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name covid-19-population-management-strategy-prisons.pdf title covid-19-population-management-strategy-prisons 2 file name covid19-use-compassionate-rotl.pdf title covid19-use-compassionate-rotl grouped question UIN HL3396 question first answered 11/05/2020 11:08:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1189884

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the opportunity for a prisoner to use a mobile telephone is determined by their good conduct; and what assessment they have made of the impact of mobile telephone usage on preventing the breakup of families in the absence of visits.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>In recognition of the importance of continued contact with family and to ensure stability in our jails the Government has moved quickly to keep prisoners in touch with their family members by the introduction of 900 secure mobile PIN phones for those prisons which do not already have in-cell telephony. These are in addition to, but operate in the same way, as wing PIN phones which remain in use.</p><p> </p><p>Behaviour is not part of the formal risk assessment for the allocation of mobile telephones for prisoners’ use. Access to the locked mobile PIN phones is given following completion of a risk assessment, for those deemed to represent the greatest risk to the public and require additional safeguards approval must be given by the Governing Governor.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no recent assessment of the impact of mobile PIN telephone use on families in the absence of visits. However, Lord Farmer’s Report in June 2019, “The Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders' Family and other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime” shows that facilitating regular family contact can reduce a prisoners’ likelihood of reoffending by 39%. Family members are also able to contact the National Prisoners’ Families helpline or the prison’s safer custody line if they have individual concerns.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 07/05/2020 16:01:34 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1189885

registered interest
date	23/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their criteria for the temporary or permanent release of prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>On 31 March, we announced that pregnant women and prisoners with their babies in custody will be considered for Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) on compassionate grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Friday 1 May, 21 pregnant women and mothers with babies in custody have been released.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme. This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. As of Friday 1 May, 30 offenders have been released under this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Policy and guidance for both the End of Custody Temporary Release and COVID-19: Use of Compassionate ROTL can be found on gov.uk and is attached with this answer.</p><p><br> HMPPS took decisive action in March to restrict regimes and minimise movements between jails to save lives. Strong further measures were introduced to ease pressure on prisons with the early release of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/measures-announced-to-protect-nhs-from-coronavirus-risk-in-prisons" target="_blank">low-risk offenders</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prison-estate-expanded-to-protect-nhs-from-coronavirus-risk" target="_blank">temporary expansion of the estate</a>, and work to reduce the number of those held on remand.</p><p>Latest modelling informed by new Public Health England advice shows that creating headroom of c. 5,000 could be effective in limiting the spread of the virus. The population has already reduced by almost 3,000 over a seven-week period. Combining a reduction in the prison population, creating additional headroom in the estate, and managing prisoners through ‘compartmentalisation’, HMPPS can continue to protect life.</p><p>The modelling can be found on gov.uk and is also attached with this answer.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name covid-19-population-management-strategy-prisons.pdf title covid-19-population-management-strategy-prisons 2 file name covid19-use-compassionate-rotl.pdf title covid19-use-compassionate-rotl grouped question UIN HL3393 question first answered 11/05/2020 11:08:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton