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1421190

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms held a (a) criminal and (b) civil legal aid contract in each region of England and Wales for each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	121917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the attachment.</p><p> </p><p>The data has been broken down both by individual provider based on geographical location of the lead office, and at office level to account for providers with a permanent presence in multiple regions throughout England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The data shows both the total number of active providers with a presence in each region of England and Wales as at 1 April for each year since 2008. Data for the current year is correct as at 10 February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The term ‘provider’ refers to a particular firm or organisation who holds a contract with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA). The LAA only tracks the number of contracted providers, not the number of individual practitioners who provide legal aid services.</p><p> </p><p>Providers may have one or more office and may hold a contract to provide civil legal aid, criminal legal aid or both civil and criminal legal aid services.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision around the country and moves quickly to secure additional provision where necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/02/2022 10:37:32 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name 2022-02-21 121917 table attachment.xlsx title 121917_table
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1421241

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners across the prison estate have access to in-cell laptops.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Approximately 4,900 prisoners have access to in cell laptops over nine establishments which includes four Youth Custody Service sites.</p><p>Currently a further six establishments are planned to be given access to laptops during 2022 which equates to approximately 4,200 prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121761 question first answered 21/02/2022 16:46:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1421242

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are planned to be given access to laptops.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Approximately 4,900 prisoners have access to in cell laptops over nine establishments which includes four Youth Custody Service sites.</p><p>Currently a further six establishments are planned to be given access to laptops during 2022 which equates to approximately 4,200 prisoners.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 121760 question first answered 21/02/2022 16:46:34 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1421243

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department plans to provide for the purpose of giving prisoners access to laptops.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The project is currently funded to complete deployment to 15 prisons; 9 of which have already been done and 6 to be completed during 2022.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/02/2022 17:17:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1421245

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Computers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) functionality and (b) software is included on laptops available to prisoners.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Prisoners have access on their laptops to transactional services which provides self service capability, such as menu and canteen ordering, e-mail a prisoner and topping up pin-phone credit, as well as Content Hub, which is software developed in-house by one of our MoJ Digital and Technology teams. This provides secure access to a tightly controlled selection of digital services and includes a range of appropriate educational, vocational, mental health and wellbeing (such as combating addiction) content.</p><p>Users of these devices do not have access to the internet and multiple layers of security protection ensure services and devices are secure. Automated monitoring is in place to ensure any suspicious activity is detected and investigated.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/02/2022 16:49:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1421268

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts buildings closed have subsequently been sold since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Since 2010, HMCTS have sold a total of 164 court buildings. This figure includes the sale of freehold court buildings; it does not include court buildings that were occupied under leasehold arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, sale proceeds totalling £211m have been reinvested in the HMCTS Reform programme, to transform the justice system, including introducing 21st century technology and online services to increase access to justice and improve efficiency.</p><p><br> The decision to close any court is not taken lightly. It only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to another that remains open.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 21/02/2022 10:46:26 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1421341

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in prison as a place of safety in the (a) women’s and (b) male prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	121894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>In January 2021, the Government committed to end the use of prison as a place of safety in the Reforming the Mental Health Act White Paper. There is currently no centralised source of data to record the use of this power. In order to better understand how often and in what circumstances people are sent to prison as a place of safety, we have established a cross-departmental working group. This group will analyse existing data sources to provide a more accurate picture of the use of these powers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/02/2022 14:54:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1421342

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 10 December 2021 from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South requesting a meeting with a constituent.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	121736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>I apologise to the Hon. member for Houghton and Sunderland South for the delay in responding to her correspondence. I can confirm that a response was sent on Monday 21 February.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/02/2022 10:54:38 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1421359

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Personality Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the National evaluation of the offender personality disorder pathway.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	121748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>We hope to be able to publish the commissioned national evaluation of the OPD pathway, led by Professor Moran, once it has completed progressing through standard MoJ/HMPPS clearance and publication procedures.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/02/2022 16:39:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1421467

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths have occurred in custody in each prison in Wales in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	121859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics concerning deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics. Data on deaths in custody from 2019 onwards, broken down by establishment, is available in section 1.13 of the <em>Deaths in Custody 1978-2021</em> table, in addition to quarterly bulletins outlining trends at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-september-2021" target="_blank">Safety in custody: quarterly update to September 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/02/2022 16:44:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts