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1007819

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the article in the Guardian of 13 November 2018 entitled Female prisoners in England left to give birth without midwife, what steps he is taking to ensure midwifery care is provided to perinatal women in custody.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	191915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>All pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers and new guidance will make clear that pregnant women should have access to 24-hour midwifery advice.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 13:05:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1007838

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the projects announced in the Victims Strategy in September 2018 which are for (a) England only and (b) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191973 191974 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007842

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the projects in the Victims Strategy which incur Barnett consequentials for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191972 191974 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1007843

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials incurred for Wales from the Victims Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	191974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I attach tables of the commitments in the Victims Strategy for England only, England and Wales, Wales only and the United Kingdom. We are working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Victims Strategy can be implemented effectively in Wales. We will continue to evaluate the financial implications and as part of the work on reviewing the Victims’ Code and developing the consultation on a Victims’ Law we will consider whether there are any additional funding pressures for devolved services in Wales. Whether particular commitments being taken forward by other departments create additional funding pressures for devolved services is a matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 191972 191973 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:32:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Annex - Victims Strategy Commitments.docx title Tables
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1006016

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Restraining Orders
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 ensure that victims of domestic abuse are protected in cases where their attacker's restraining order is varied.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	190858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 allows the court, upon conviction or acquittal, to make a restraining order for the purpose of protecting the victim from conduct that amounts to harassment or that will cause fear of violence.</p><p>The primary consideration of the court is that restraining orders remain necessary for the purpose of protecting the victim. When an application to vary a restraining order is made, the judiciary must consider the impact on the victim. Any application to vary must be shared with the victim to allow them to give their views before an order can be varied. All decisions on a variation are always communicated to the CPS, the police and the victim so that consideration can be made as to any additional protection that may be required. Departmental procedures require the police to receive notice within 30 minutes of an order being varied, so that they can take immediate steps if that is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 16:42:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1006044

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
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 ensure that pregnant female prisoners receive adequate medical care (a) during their pregnancy and (b) when giving birth.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	190753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>All pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers.</p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 10:46:59 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 85793 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1005880

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministry of Justice secures extra £52 million for targeted expenditure, published in 30 October 2018, how much of the £52 million for targeted expenditure is planned to be allocated to help reduce violence in prisons in South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	190477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently working on allocating the exact split of the additional £52m investment across its estate, including how much will be assigned to improve safety and security. Consequently, we do not yet have the level of detail split by prison.</p><p>We have committed to spending £30m on improvements to the safety and decency of our prison estate, enhancing security and tackling drugs through roll out of body scanners, and accelerating our digital capability which includes development of mobile phone blocking technology. This is on top of the £40m announced over the summer, meaning a total of £70m is already being directed to tackling drugs and violence, and improving the basic conditions of our prisons. including targeted investment in our 10 priority prisons, which includes six prisons in Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/11/2018 18:42:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 85153 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1003667

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (iii) HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	189714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The following tables provides details of the consumption and costs of electricity and gas for the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service and HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>11,641</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>3,714</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>8,401</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>3,316</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>11,102</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Consumption and costs for the Ministry of Justice are not directly comparable because of differences in scope. The consumption figures comprise consumption by MoJ HQ, other agencies (excluding HMCTS and HMPPS) and non-departmental public bodies. Costs are for MoJ HQ only.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>118,111</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>159,633</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>103,341</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>158,038</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>106,571</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>152,425</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HM Prison and Probation Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>317,399</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>739,733</p></td><td><p>28.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>386,905</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>760,559</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>322,348</p></td><td><p>41.0</p></td><td><p>732,050</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and the department as a whole has reduced its carbon emissions by 35% since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 189715 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:26:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003668

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (iii) HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	189715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The following tables provides details of the consumption and costs of electricity and gas for the Ministry of Justice, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service and HM Prison and Probation Service in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>11,641</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>3,714</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>8,401</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>3,316</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>11,102</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>2,239</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Consumption and costs for the Ministry of Justice are not directly comparable because of differences in scope. The consumption figures comprise consumption by MoJ HQ, other agencies (excluding HMCTS and HMPPS) and non-departmental public bodies. Costs are for MoJ HQ only.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>118,111</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>159,633</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>103,341</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>158,038</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>106,571</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>152,425</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HM Prison and Probation Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (MWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>317,399</p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>739,733</p></td><td><p>28.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>386,905</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>760,559</p></td><td><p>25.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>322,348</p></td><td><p>41.0</p></td><td><p>732,050</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The MoJ is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and the department as a whole has reduced its carbon emissions by 35% since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 189714 question first answered 20/11/2018 12:26:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003763

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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 people were sentenced to prison for less than (a) one month, (b) three months an (c) six months in the first six months of 2018 by Home Office offence code.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody from January to June 2018 for (a) less than 1 month, (b) 1 month to less than 3 months and (c) 3 months to 6 months, broken down by Home Office offence code, can be viewed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 and Table 3 break this information down by men and women respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our message is simple – if you commit a serious offence, you should expect to go to prison. We will not reduce the prison population just to save money.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 189756 189757 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 189756 189757 and 189758 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon