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registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of closed-contact visits in prisons to prevent smuggling.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Visits play an important part of reducing reoffending as good relationships with family and friends is proved to reduce risk of reoffending.</p><p>The management and guidance for the use of closed visits is within Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 15/2011. The PSI specifies that closed visits should be imposed where there is an identified risk of smuggling prohibited items.</p><p>We recognise the benefits that Internet Based Video Services (IBVS) can provide in assisting prisoners with maintaining family ties. At present, however, prisoners are not allowed to use an IBVS as a way of communicating, due to operational concerns about the control measures available to safeguard the use of such communications. Work is currently underway to explore the options for the use of IBVS in establishments with strict safeguards in place, and the possibility of making greater use of such within prisons in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 187327 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:14:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

856945

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed by the Prison Service to book family and solicitor visits for prisoners and people on remand in prisons; on how many occasions phone lines and internet facilities to make those bookings were unavailable in January and February 2018; and what effect the level of unavailability had on solicitor visits during that time period.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	131457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Prisons in England and Wales are required to carry out these duties in line with Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 16/2011. This PSI can be found at: <a href="https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2011" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/psis/prison-service-instructions-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>This specific information requested is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:35:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

845372

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any public transport is available for visitors to (1) HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, and (2) the Oakwood, Brinsford, and Featherstone group of prisons; and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL5572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We recognise how important it is for prisoners to maintain ties with their families. We publish this information on the Prison Finder page for each prison at Gov.uk , and is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>For HMP Berwyn:</p><p>Train: There are two local train stations. Wrexham General and Wrexham Central.</p><p>Bus: There is a limited bus service to Bridge Road operating from Wrexham Bus Station on King Street LL11 1LF.</p><p>For the HMPs Featherstone and Oakwood:</p><p>Train: Nearest Railway Station is Wolverhampton, complete rest of journey by bus</p><p>Bus: No 872 bus from Wolverhampton, No 70 bus from outside University of Wolverhampton or Community bus service - 0800 316 9048.</p><p>For HMP Brinsford</p><p>Train: The nearest rail station is Wolverhampton.</p><p>Bus: A bus service runs between Wolverhampton and Cannock (874), The bus station is situated immediately outside the railway station. Any visitors arriving by bus will need to book the second visits session. There is no public bus service on a Sunday.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 06/03/2018 17:09:36 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

843546

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides on the provision of nursing rooms in prisons for the use by breastfeeding mothers who attend domestic visits.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	127887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>All prisons are expected to facilitate requests from nursing mothers to breastfeed their child during the course of a prison visit and must make every possible effort to accommodate these requests.</p><p>There is currently no central policy which sets out detailed arrangements for breastfeeding mothers who are visiting prisons and decisions on such matters are made locally. However, Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) requires prisons to take account of, inter alia, the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers when leaving and returning to a prison establishment during a visit.</p><p>Information on the nursing facilities available at prisons across the prison estate is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 127888 question first answered 22/02/2018 17:32:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

843547

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of prisons that provide nursing rooms for the use by breastfeeding mothers who attend domestic visits.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	127888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>All prisons are expected to facilitate requests from nursing mothers to breastfeed their child during the course of a prison visit and must make every possible effort to accommodate these requests.</p><p>There is currently no central policy which sets out detailed arrangements for breastfeeding mothers who are visiting prisons and decisions on such matters are made locally. However, Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) requires prisons to take account of, inter alia, the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers when leaving and returning to a prison establishment during a visit.</p><p>Information on the nursing facilities available at prisons across the prison estate is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 127887 question first answered 22/02/2018 17:32:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

767646

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on assisted prison visits of the system going online.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	106748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>‘<strong>Help with Prison Visits’</strong> is a new digital service, launched in June 2017, that administers the Assisted Prison Visits Scheme in addition to the paper process. It has been essential to develop an alternative payment method for our most vulnerable claimants as giro cheques have been discontinued.</p><p>We have been monitoring and improving the service since it was launched and plan to evaluate implementation more fully in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 17/10/2017 16:39:25 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane