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1064438

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date	20/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February to Question 217444 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm, what assessment his Department made for the reasons for trends in the level of (a) deaths, (b) assaults and (c) self-harm in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	223963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The causes of self-harm and violence in prisons are complex. They include imported factors, such as the characteristics of the population coming into prison; and custodial factors, such as the nature of the prison environment and regime. Among other factors, we know that the trade in illicit drugs is fuelling much of the violence in prisons. The drugs themselves also play a significant part in the number of deaths and the amount of self-harm. We are confident that the measures outlined in the Answer to Question 217444 will reduce the incidence of self-harm and violence. The growing population of older prisoners means that the number of deaths from natural causes is likely to continue to rise.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2019 14:56:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1055978

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) deaths, (b) assaults and (c) cases of self-harm in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Prisons should be places of safety and reform. Violence is never acceptable, and we recognise that the current level of suicide and self-harm is too high.</p><p> </p><p>With this in mind, the Government is taking unprecedented action, including:</p><ul><li>investing in over 4,300 additional staff since October 2015;</li><li>introducing new suicide and self-harm prevention training, which has already reached over 24,000 staff;</li><li>improving support for prisoners in their early days and weeks and rolling out a ‘key worker’ scheme which ensures each prisoner has dedicated support from a particular prison officer;</li><li>funding the Samaritans to provide their valuable Listeners Scheme for a further three years;</li><li>improving the ACCT case management process for those identified as at risk of self-harm or suicide.</li><li>investing an extra £70 million to improve safety, security and decency, and equipping officers with rigid-bar handcuffs, PAVA incapacitant spray and body-worn cameras to help prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners when dealing with violent incidents and assaults; and</li><li>tackling the drugs that we know are fuelling much of the violence in custody - introducing new x-ray scanners, drug-detection dogs and dedicated search teams.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also committed to taking action to improve prisoners’ health. Since April 2018, a new National Partnership Agreement has been in place, marking an even stronger level of co-operation and cohesiveness between agencies that influence the policy, commissioning and delivery of prison health services. The agreement sets out how the partnership (DHSC, NHS England, MoJ, HMPPS and Public Health England) will work together to deliver its three core objectives. It agrees ten key priority areas for 2018-2021, including reducing incidents of self-harm and self-inflicted deaths in the adult secure estate.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, NHS England has published a new Service Specification for Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Services in Prisons in England, which brings greater focus to the treatment of users of psychoactive substances and makes stronger links to mental health.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/02/2019 17:38:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1010324

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2018 to Question 186964 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm, if he will place a copy of those tables in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	192743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the Answer given to Question 186964, which now includes the tables requested.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/11/2018 14:44:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999677

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) self harm, (b) violence against prisoners and (c) violence against prison staff per 100 prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables show the numbers of self-harm incidents, assault incidents on prisoners, and assault incidents on staff, per 100 prisoners, for each prison from 2013 to 2017 inclusive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody. We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes. We have also introduced the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective challenge and support.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2018 14:48:47 question first ministerially corrected 21/11/2018 15:58:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ 186964 - Tables.xlsx title PQ 186964 - Tables previous answer version 84165 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

994585

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference the report, Offender management statistics quarterly: April to June 2018, published by his Department on 25 October 2018, what assessment he has made of the factors that have contributed to the increase in recorded (a) assaults, (b) assaults on wardens, and (c) instances of self-harm in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	183874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The causes of self-harm and violence in prisons are complex. They include “imported factors”, such as the characteristics of the population coming into prison, and “custodial factors”, such as the nature of the prison environment and regime.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep staff and prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of self-harm, suicide and violence across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. Assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers. We are taking further measures to protect our staff, including investing in 5,600 body-worn cameras and in rigid-bar handcuffs. Early next year we will begin to equip every prison officer in the adult male prison estate with PAVA incapacitant spray. PAVA can help to prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners alike, as well as being a tool to persuade prisoners in the act of violence to stop.</p><p> </p><p>But the key to this must be consistent management of prisoner behaviour with clear expectations.</p><p>We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes. We have also introduced the new key worker role, under which staff can give prisoners more effective challenge and support. We are taking action in a number of ways to identify and support prisoners at risk, including:</p><ul><li>rolling out revised and improved training for staff in assessing and managing the risk of suicide and self-harm amongst prisoners (this has already reached more than 17,000 staff);</li><li>improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody;</li><li>revising the ACCT case management process for those identified as being at risk; and</li></ul><p>renewing our partnership with the Samaritans by confirming a further three years' grant funding for their valuable Listeners Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2018 17:52:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

971367

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five prisons in the Male Category C estate reported the highest number of (a) assaults and (b) self-harm incidents occurring in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	172526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>Reducing levels of assault and self-harm in prisons is a top priority for the Ministry of Justice. We are investing across the prison estate in extra staff, training and security measures so that we can provide full and purposeful regimes, improve staff-prisoner relationships and reduce the impact of drugs.</p><p>Prisons with a high absolute number of incidents might not necessarily have the highest relative number or rate of incidents, because the number of prisoners and the nature of the population will vary between establishments. Because of this point, we have provided a list of the top 5 prisons with the highest rate of assault as a better means of comparing across prisons.</p><p>The five prisons in the Male Category C estate with the highest rate of assaults during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP/YOI Portland – (626 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Parc – (546 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Hindley – (541 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Swinfen Hall - (500 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Isis - (441 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p>The five prisons in the Male Category C estate with the highest rate of self-harm during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP &amp; YOI Parc (913 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Haverigg (691 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Swinfen Hall (668 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Moorland (604 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Buckley Hall (603 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p>Note:</p><p>HMP &amp; YOI Parc’s assault and self-harm incident numbers include incidents which occurred in the designated places for young people (aged 15-18 years old): this data cannot currently be separated from data attributable to adults.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/09/2018 16:56:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 76441 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

971368

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five prisons in the male local estate reported the highest number of (a) assaults and (b) self-harm incidents occurring in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	172527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2018 answer text <p>Reducing levels of assault and self-harm in prisons is a top priority for the Ministry of Justice. We are investing across the prison estate in extra staff, training and security measures so that we can provide full and purposeful regimes, improve staff-prisoner relationships and reduce the impact of drugs.</p><p> </p><p>Prisons with a high absolute number of incidents might not necessarily have the highest relative number or rate of incidents, because the number of prisoners and the nature of the population will vary between establishments. Because of this point, we have provided a list of the top 5 prisons with the highest rate of assault as a better means of comparing across prisons.</p><p> </p><p>The five prisons in the male local estate with the highest reported rate of assaults during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP Birmingham – (928 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bristol – (841 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Leicester – (772 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bedford – (756 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford – (727 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul><p> </p><p>The five prisons in the male local estate with the highest rate of self-harm incidents during 2017 were:</p><p>Prison (Incidents per 1,000 population)</p><ul><li>HMP Exeter – (1041 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Woodhill – (945 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Peterborough Male – (893 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Leicester – (892 incidents per 1,000 population)</li><li>HMP Bristol – (820 incidents per 1,000 population)</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/09/2018 16:57:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 76442 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts