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1723831

registered interest
date	26/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Razors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 21 May 2024 entitled Prisons safety update: wet-shave razors, HCWS493, whether she plans to implement the phased removal of wet-shave razors from an initial 30 prisons in the adult male closed estate.
tabling member constituency	Melton and Syston
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	1920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that we are continuing the plans for a phased removal of wet-shave razors and that this will be implemented in up to 30 prisons in the adult male estate in 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 02/08/2024 14:27:31 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

1723545

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will update the Victim's Code so that children who have experienced sexual exploitation are able to access immediate professional psychological help.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Victims’ Code sets out the services and support that victims and survivors of crime are entitled to receive from the criminal justice system in England and Wales.</p><p>Currently, under the Code, all victims and survivors, including children, are entitled to be given information and be referred to support services by the police to help them cope and recover from the impact of a crime. This is regardless of whether anyone has been charged or convicted of a criminal offence or when the crime itself occurred. If they choose not to report the crime, they can also access support services directly.</p><p>We will be carefully considering the implementation of measures under the Victims and Prisoners Act, including the measure to publicly consult on and issue a new Victims’ Code, and the requirement to consider whether different provision for child victims and survivors is needed in the Code to meet their distinct needs.</p><p>We recognise the importance of supporting child victims and survivors through access to various forms of support, including psychological help. The Department provides Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) with annual grant funding to commission local practical, emotional and therapeutic support services to victims and survivors of all crime, including children and young people. PCCs commission local providers at their discretion based on their assessment of local need in relation to and not exclusively for child sexual exploitation. We also provide direct grant funding to over 60 specialist organisations through the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Fund. These services offer tailored support programmes to victims and survivors of all ages, including children, to help them cope with their experiences and move forward.</p> answering member constituency Pontypridd answering member printed Alex Davies-Jones question first answered 02/08/2024 12:50:09 answering member 4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723602

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Prison Education Service for (a) increasing literacy, (b) reducing reoffending and (c) increasing employment opportunities for ex-offenders.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>There is good evidence relating to the positive impact of prison education and we continue to carry out evaluation and work to link data to better understand outcomes for prison learners.</p><p> </p><p>Literacy provision is a significant element of the current education offer, with all prisons offering functional skills qualifications in Literacy from Entry Level to Level 2.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, the number of prison learners participating in a functional skills course (English and maths) increased by 71%, from 16,866 to 28,832. Prisoners achieving a full or partial grade <strong>i</strong>ncreased by 80% from 10,755 to 19,329.</p><p> </p><p>There is good evidence that participation in any form of in-prison education reduces reoffending by up to 9 percentage points. Research from 2018 also showed that learners were significantly more likely to be in P45 employment one year from release, than non-learners (by 1.8 percentage points).</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to evaluate education initiatives such as the recent Literacy Innovation Fund and Future Skills Projects to add to our knowledge of what works. To further build understanding, the Better Outcomes through Linked Data programme is developing the quantitative evidence base with the aim of understanding the role of different types of prison education in contributing to positive employment outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 02/08/2024 14:15:00 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723603

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) started and (b) completed Prison Education Service (i) catering and (ii) construction apprenticeships in 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The ability of prisoners to undertake apprenticeships was introduced in October 2022.</p><p>Apprenticeships for prisoners are primarily undertaken by prisoners eligible to be released on temporary licence, where they start their employment and training in the community and fully complete the apprenticeship after release.</p><p>No prisoners started or completed a catering or construction apprenticeship in 2023. One apprentice started a Commis Chef Level 2 apprenticeship in November 2022 and completed their apprenticeship in April 2024 after release.</p><p>Three prisoners have started apprenticeships in the catering industry this year including one in a closed prison, where we are trialling the potential of prisoners in the closed estate to also undertake apprenticeships.</p><p>Apprenticeships are one part of the current employment and training offer. We are developing plans to support prisons to link with more employers and the voluntary sector to increase the number of ex-offenders in employment.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 30/07/2024 11:02:21 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723604

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Neurodiversity
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 prisons have neurodiversity support managers.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>All public prisons have successfully recruited a Neurodiversity Support Manager. All private prisons have also recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers, unless they already held equivalent neurodiversity specialisms and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Due to natural role attrition, as of 29 July 2024, there are 116 Neurodiversity Support Managers in post across the 124 prisons in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 02/08/2024 14:16:42 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723605

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have taken part in the Future Skills programme; and in which sectors they were trained.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Future Skills Programme is live in 23 prisons, with training being delivered across a range of sectors including construction, warehousing, hospitality, and third sector case work. The programme will run until March 2025 and is being monitored and evaluated. The requested information will be published as part of the evaluation which is anticipated to be available on GOV.UK by summer 2025.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 02/08/2024 14:26:24 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723606

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of giving prison governors in five prisons increased freedom to organise education, skills and work programmes in their prisons.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Under the current Prison Education Framework, prison governors have the freedom to design and organise delivery of education, skills and work in their prisons. This is further enabled through the Dynamic Purchasing System, which allows for the commissioning of courses in accordance with local learner need. Governor freedoms over education, skills and work will continue under the new Prisoner Education Service. Heads of Education, Skills and Work have already been introduced in all prisons to ensure Governors have the specialist knowledge and skills to maximise impact of these freedoms.</p><p>Work to increase governor freedoms in five jails was paused earlier this year to ensure successful delivery of the new Prisoner Education Service. Once this is fully mobilised in 2025, consideration of localised provision of education, skills and work will be explored further.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 30/07/2024 11:05:13 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723607

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: 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 found work within six months of their release in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	1841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>We know that finding employment in the year after release makes offenders less likely to reoffend, by up to nine percentage points. Getting ex-offenders into work is critical to the Government’s work to break the cycle of reoffending. That is why in our manifesto, this Government committed to improve access to purposeful activity, including learning, and to support prisons to link with employers and the voluntary sector to support ex-offenders into work.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number and proportion of prison leavers employed at 6 months post release is available from April 2020. The most recent figures were published on 25 July 2024 in the Offender Employment Outcomes Update to March 2024 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-employment-outcomes-update-to-march-2024." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-employment-outcomes-update-to-march-2024.</a></p><p> </p><p>The proportion of prison leavers in jobs within six months of their release more than doubled across the past three performance years, from 14% in 2020/21 to 31% in 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Scunthorpe answering member printed Sir Nicholas Dakin question first answered 02/08/2024 14:26:54 answering member 4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
tabling member	5205

1723654

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Juries: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help ensure that people carrying out jury duty do not suffer financial hardship; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of linking compensation to the real living wage.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Lewis Atkinson
uin	1888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Juries are a vital part of our criminal justice system and undertake an important civic duty. The support provided to jurors includes measures to assist those who may suffer financial hardship. The Government will keep under review all support provided to jurors throughout their service.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 30/07/2024 11:00:34 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5028

1723201

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) ACAS Early Conciliation Certificates and (b) Employment Tribunal cases (i) heard and (ii) settled before a hearing were found in the claimant's favour in (A) 2021, (B) 2022 and (C) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	1626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>All claims made to the employment tribunals after 6 May 2014 (with a limited number of exceptions) will include an Acas Conciliation certificate.</p><p>Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to an interim database with limited management information. Employment Tribunals are now in the process of transitioning to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data strategy to reintroduce the publication of Jurisdictional Outcome information at the end of this calendar year.</p><p>The data for 2020/21 is available in the published statistics (tab ET_3): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>The information for years for (A) 2021, (B) 2022 and (C) 2023 is not held.</p> answering member constituency Swindon South answering member printed Heidi Alexander question first answered 30/07/2024 10:59:22 answering member 4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander
tabling member	5359