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1202423

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men received a prison sentence of under six months in (i) March, (ii) April and (iii) May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	58047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The requested data is not available at this time. National Statistics on sentencing for the first and second quarter of 2020 are due for publication in August and November 2020, with detailed data, including offender characteristic, for the whole of 2020 planned for publication in May 2021.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 15:53:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1202425

registered interest
date	10/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Remote Hearings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many video hearings were conducted by magistrates courts in each of the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	58048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The estimated number of video hearings conducted in the Magistrates’ Courts in the last three months is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>April 2020</p></td><td><p>5,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2020</p></td><td><p>20,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2020 (to 11<sup>th</sup> June 2020)</p></td><td><p>9,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This data is manually collated each day and reported by individual courts and must be considered in that light with all the inherent risks in relation to possible input errors and missed submissions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/06/2020 16:07:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1186854

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners released from prison during the covid-19 outbreak are being tested for that disease before release.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	32720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>Public health authorities decide whether to carry out tests on individual prisoners and there are no plans to test prisoners for COVID-19 before they are released from prison. This is in line with PHE guidance which states that requests for laboratory testing of individuals must meet the criteria for a possible case of COVID-19. We are working closely with PHE and will continue to follow their guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/03/2020 15:13:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183685

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27029 27031 27032 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183687

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional resources he will allocate to prisons to ensure prisoners suspected of having covid-19 are able to attend outpatient appointments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27028 27031 27032 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183689

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to covid-19, what steps he is taking to provide spaces for self-isolation throughout the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27028 27029 27032 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1183690

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to coronavirus, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to soap and cleaning materials in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	27032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>HMPPS is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, based on the very latest scientific and medical advice. We are working closely with Public Health England, the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care to manage the challenges we face.</p><p>The safety and wellbeing of staff, prisoners and visitors is paramount and at the heart of our approach.</p><p>Basic hygiene is a key part of tackling the virus and good practice is being promoted on posters throughout the estate. Handwashing facilities are available to all prisoners – not just in cells but other shared areas such as education blocks and kitchens. Staff and visitors also have access to handwashing facilities and we have worked closely with suppliers to ensure adequate supply of soap and cleaning materials.</p><p>Prisons have existing, well-developed policies and procedures in place to manage outbreaks of infectious diseases. This means prisons are well prepared to take immediate action whenever cases or suspected cases are identified.</p><p>We are ensuring that where necessary, personal protective equipment is available to staff. In line with broader clinical advice, HMPPS has introduced a procedure for the protective isolation of individuals in prison custody when it is considered that they may be potentially infected with the virus.</p><p>Our capacity to isolate prisoners varies across the estate depending on the type of establishment, its configuration and the category of prisoner held. Each establishment has in place local contingency plans setting out how it will manage should isolation of prisoners be necessary.</p><p>People in prison custody who become unwell have the benefit of on-site NHS healthcare services which provide the first line assessment and treatment response. HMPPS has worked closely with our partners in the NHS to make arrangements for transfer to hospital should an individual be sufficiently unwell to require hospital admission, building on our business as usual procedures for access to healthcare.</p><p>We have procedures agreed with our public health colleagues for protecting staff in the workplace but, like any member of the community, some prison staff may need to self-isolate in line with public health advice, or may become infected. We are taking steps to boost staff availability and so enable us to look after prisoners properly and minimise the impacts on prison regimes of staff absences.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 27028 27029 27031 question first answered 13/03/2020 14:38:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1180218

registered interest
date	25/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Women's Centres: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Women's Centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	900827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the challenges that women’s community services, including women’s centres, face in securing stable funding. Sustainable community provision that provides specialist support for vulnerable women is essential to delivering the Female Offender Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the Strategy in June 2018, we have invested £5.1 million funding in women’s services across England and Wales. With my officials, I am reviewing progress on delivering the Strategy 20 months on from its publication. This will include looking at the question of funding.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2020 17:48:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1170367

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Fixed Penalties: Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for offences of shop (a) of goods under £100 and (b) overall in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>he Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. However (PQ 2640, 2641, 2642), this data does not identify the context or specific location of offences, i.e. whether that offence has been carried out on a shop worker or on retail premises.</p><p>The Home Office collates and publishes information on fixed penalty notices.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802305/out-of-court-disposal-tool-2018.xlsx<br> <br>PQ 2637<br>• In the PND pivot replace ‘Outcome’ with ‘Offence’ in the ‘Row’ field. The total number of PNDs issued for ‘DA12 Theft (retail under £100)’ will then be displayed in row 28.</p><p>PQ 2638<br>• In the Cautions filter by ‘offence’ to include only ’46 Theft from Shops’. The total number of cautions issued for these offences in each year will then be displayed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2638 2640 2641 2642 question first answered 17/01/2020 12:01:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1170368

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Alternatives to Prosecution: Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out of court disposals have been issued for shop theft offences in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	2638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>he Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions in England and Wales. However (PQ 2640, 2641, 2642), this data does not identify the context or specific location of offences, i.e. whether that offence has been carried out on a shop worker or on retail premises.</p><p>The Home Office collates and publishes information on fixed penalty notices.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on out of court disposals including Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) and cautions up to December 2018. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Out of Court Disposals data tool.</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802305/out-of-court-disposal-tool-2018.xlsx<br> <br>PQ 2637<br>• In the PND pivot replace ‘Outcome’ with ‘Offence’ in the ‘Row’ field. The total number of PNDs issued for ‘DA12 Theft (retail under £100)’ will then be displayed in row 28.</p><p>PQ 2638<br>• In the Cautions filter by ‘offence’ to include only ’46 Theft from Shops’. The total number of cautions issued for these offences in each year will then be displayed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2637 2640 2641 2642 question first answered 17/01/2020 12:01:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill