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1548329

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date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Charter Flights
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 4 November 2022 to Question 73001 on Ministry of Justice: Charter Flights, how many departmental (a) officials and (b) special advisers accompanied the Rt. Hon Member for Esher and Walton on each of those flights.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	102852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by six Ministry of Justice officials, a government photographer, and two Special Advisers. This delegation accompanied the Deputy Prime Minister to support him in his important meetings with the International Criminal Court and international partners regarding accountability for war crimes in Ukraine. All nine were present on both outbound and return flights, and included in the published flight cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 13/12/2022 17:04:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1548330

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Police Custody
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 estimate of the duration of Operation Safeguard.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	102853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>Operation Safeguard will be in use for no longer than is necessary. We are taking all practical steps available to us to support the continued running of the criminal justice system by fulfilling our primary responsibility to accommodate those sentenced or remanded to custody. Despite the pressures, the safety and wellbeing of the prisoners in our care and of our staff will continue to be a priority.</p><p>On top of essential work to maintain the estate, we have committed to delivering 20,000 new prison places. We have already created 3,100 so far and the opening of HMP Fosse Way next spring will allow 1,700 offenders to be held when full. We are also creating thousands of further places through new houseblocks and major refurbishment programmes.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/12/2022 09:55:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1548353

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress the Government has made on increasing the number of BAME members of the judiciary since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	102984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has published annual statistics on judicial diversity covering both judges and magistrates since 2020: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-2022-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-2022-statistics</a>. Prior to 2020, judicial diversity statistics were published by the Judiciary: <a href="http://www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/diversity/judicial-diversity-statistics/" target="_blank">www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/diversity/judicial-diversity-statistics/</a>.</p><p>Since 2017, the proportion of judges from an ethnic minority has grown from 8% to 10%. 14% of new judges appointed in 2021/22 were from ethnic minority groups. The proportion of magistrates from an ethnic minority has also grown over the same period: from 11% to 14%. 15% of new magistrates appointed in 2021/22 were from ethnic minority groups.</p><p>The government recognises there is more to do and the Ministry of Justice, as a member of the Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF), works closely with the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission and the legal professions to take actions to increase judicial diversity. MoJ’s actions include funding judicial education and support programmes for lawyers from groups under-represented in the judiciary.</p><p>The Government has invested over £1 million to support the recruitment of new and diverse magistrates, the Government’s top priority for the magistracy. A new digitised recruitment process alongside an inclusive marketing campaign was launched in January 2022 as part of this programme of work, targeting underrepresented groups to ensure the magistracy is reflective of the communities it serves. A new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) was also introduced, allowing the MoJ to monitor the diversity of applicants which will help inform future recruitment activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/12/2022 12:33:08 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1548356

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Crimes against the Person
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 estimate of the number of staff who have been victims of (a) sexual harassment and (b) bullying in his Department in its Westminster premises each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	102864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>There is zero tolerance for bullying across the civil service. The MoJ also has policies in place to support staff facing any form of bullying, harassment or victimisation while at work.</p><p>The table below shows the number of grievances raised by MoJ staff where the grievance reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; or &quot;Harassment - sex&quot;, and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;, and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House, by year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Harassment - sex&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes and caveats:</strong></p><ul><li>Please note: grievance data only accounts for staff grievances raised about other members of staff. <del class="ministerial">Any complaints against Ministers or Special Advisers are registered in a separate system run by the Cabinet Office.</del></li><li>Data suppression is applied where the number of cases is less than 5.</li><li>Grievances can be raised for multiple reasons; cases are selected where the relevant reason is cited.</li><li>Year is based on year the grievance was opened on the case management system.</li><li>Grievances are included where the outcome was &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;.</li><li>If an appeal on the original case outcome has been made, the appeal outcome is used rather than the original case outcome.</li><li>In a small number of cases multiple outcomes are recorded, these have been included if &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot; is one of the outcomes.</li><li>Data covers employees in Ministry of Justice Head Quarters, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.</li><li>Cases are selected if the member of staff’s HR database Employee Location field is either 102 Petty France or Clive House.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/12/2022 17:48:38 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2022 16:41:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 41407 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547582

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Christmas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has he made of the cost to the public purse on Christmas decorations in (a) Category A, (b) Category B and (c) all other prisons in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	101734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Information on the cost of Christmas decorations across the public prison estate is not collected centrally and this data could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 101735 question first answered 07/12/2022 09:10:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547583

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Christmas
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 estimate of the cost to the public purse of Christmas decorations in (a) all, (b) Category A and (c) Category B prisons in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	101735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Information on the cost of Christmas decorations across the public prison estate is not collected centrally and this data could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 101734 question first answered 07/12/2022 09:10:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547584

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Christmas
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 estimate of the number of offenders who will be granted (a) early release, (b) temporary license and (c) home detention curfew by each offence committed by those offenders at Christmas in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	101736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Prisoners are not released early or on home detention curfew (HDC) to allow them to go home for Christmas. Prisoners who are eligible for HDC and meet all relevant criteria will be released on or after they reach the eligibility date, whenever it falls.</p><p>The number of people released on HDC in the week including Christmas Day in 2020 was 166, and in 2021 it was 202.</p><p>Where a prisoner is serving a sentence of 5 days’ imprisonment or more and their automatic release date falls on a weekend or bank holiday the law requires their release on the preceding working day so that there are appropriate services and support available when they are released. In 2020, 116 prisoners whose automatic release date fell on 25 or 26 December were released on Thursday 24 December as a result of this provision. In 2021, 145 prisoners whose automatic release date fell on 25 or 26 December were released on Friday 24 December.</p><p>On 25 December 2020, the recorded data indicates there were 14 individuals recorded as temporarily released from prison. On 25 December 2021 the figure was 1,377.</p><p>It is not possible to robustly estimate the number of prisoners that will receive ROTL, HDC and early release over Christmas 2022, by offence, within the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 101737 question first answered 07/12/2022 16:00:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547585

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Christmas
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 number of offenders granted (a) early release, (b) temporary license and (c) home detention curfew over Christmas in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	101737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>Prisoners are not released early or on home detention curfew (HDC) to allow them to go home for Christmas. Prisoners who are eligible for HDC and meet all relevant criteria will be released on or after they reach the eligibility date, whenever it falls.</p><p>The number of people released on HDC in the week including Christmas Day in 2020 was 166, and in 2021 it was 202.</p><p>Where a prisoner is serving a sentence of 5 days’ imprisonment or more and their automatic release date falls on a weekend or bank holiday the law requires their release on the preceding working day so that there are appropriate services and support available when they are released. In 2020, 116 prisoners whose automatic release date fell on 25 or 26 December were released on Thursday 24 December as a result of this provision. In 2021, 145 prisoners whose automatic release date fell on 25 or 26 December were released on Friday 24 December.</p><p>On 25 December 2020, the recorded data indicates there were 14 individuals recorded as temporarily released from prison. On 25 December 2021 the figure was 1,377.</p><p>It is not possible to robustly estimate the number of prisoners that will receive ROTL, HDC and early release over Christmas 2022, by offence, within the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 101736 question first answered 07/12/2022 16:00:06 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547586

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Maladministration and Prisoner Escapes
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 inmates who have been (a) released in error and (b) escaped prison in the month of December in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	101738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>A prisoner escapes if they breach the secure perimeter of a closed prison. While incidents are extremely rare, prisoners face prosecution and more time behind bars when recaptured. The vast majority of escapees are promptly recaptured by police within hours.</p><p>A prisoner is released in error if released earlier than their correct release date. They will be unlawfully at large until they are subsequently released correctly or returned to custody.</p><p>Data on escapes and releases in error for the month of December in each year since 2018 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Releases in error</p></td><td><p>Escapes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-20</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p><p>These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing returns but the detail is subject to the to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Although shown to the last case, the figures may not be accurate to that level.</p><p>(1) A prisoner is released in error if they are released earlier than their correct release date they will be unlawfully at large until and unless they are subsequently released correctly or returned to custody.</p><p>(2) A prisoner escapes when they are able to pass beyond the perimeter of a secure prison or the control of escorting staff. This may involve overcoming physical security restraints such as a wall or fence; locks, bolts or bars; a secure vehicle; handcuffs; or the direct supervision of escorting staff.</p><p>(3) Includes both escapes from establishments (by breaching the secure perimeter of prison grounds) and escort areas (either the control of escorting prison staff or the secure vehicles or supervision of contracted prison escorts).</p><p>Figures for the number of escapes and releases in error from prison custody are published in the Annual Digest in July each year, the latest published year being 2021-22. Figures from April 2022 onwards are exempt for future publication.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/12/2022 16:02:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1547620

registered interest
date	02/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by the Department, including predecessor Departments and its agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	101685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The above listed suppliers have provided the following services to MoJ including its Executive Agencies and ALBs during the period specified:</p><ul><li><p>Estates Professional Services;</p></li><li><p>Management Consultancy Services;</p></li><li><p>Financial Services; and</p></li><li><p>Digital and Technology Services.</p></li></ul><p>Please see attached Annex for a breakdown by financial year</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/12/2022 16:39:45 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer attachment 1 file name 2022-12-07 101685 - Annex 1 (2).xlsx title Annex
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer