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1565221

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Criminal Proceedings
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 reform the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	903026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, HMG published the VAWG Strategy and the End-to-End Rape Review, in which the Government committed to more than doubling the number of adult rape cases reaching court. The number of people convicted of an adult rape offence went up by 65 percent over the past year (from 323 in the year to June 2021 to 532 in the year to June 2022).</p><p>As part of this we are rolling out Operation Soteria, a joint police and CPS programme to make investigations suspect-focussed rather than focussed on victim credibility. This has begun operating across nineteen police forces, with a national rollout ready from June 2023.</p><p>We are also increasing the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Abuse Advisors to over 1,000 by 2024/25.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/01/2023 17:46:17 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

720732

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has submitted evidence to the Prison Officers Pay Review Body; and what the reasons were for the time taken for that submission.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	70588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The government has now submitted its evidence to the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB), which outlines the pay proposals for all operational prison staff for 2017/18, following extensive talks with both the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) and the Prison Governors’ Association (PGA).</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/04/2017 10:26:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

707696

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to ensure the independence of the Prison Officers' Pay Review Body from (a) prison service management and (b) Government.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	66425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government respects and values the role of the independent Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) as a compensatory mechanism for Operational staff within the Prison Service for whom the inducement to participate in industrial action is prohibited by law.</p><p> </p><p>The PSPRB members are independently appointed through the Public Appointments Team and the panel makes independent recommendations having considered evidence from both NOMS, in agreement with wider Government, and trade unions.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/03/2017 18:05:46 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

677594

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Transfers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is her Department's policy to provide information to prisoners and their families in the event of their transfer to another prison; and by what mechanism prisoners and their families can appeal a prison transfer.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	61225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>Prison Rules require prisons to actively encourage prisoners to maintain outside contacts and meaningful family ties.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners also have a statutory entitlement to send and receive letters and are entitled to one free letter to inform someone they are being transferred. They are also given the access to make a telephone call on the day of their arrival to a new prison to inform their family of their new location if they have not been able to do so in advance. It is the prisoners’ responsibility to advise their family if they are transferring to another prison.</p><p> </p><p>The prisoner can make an appeal through the complaints system and is entitled to a reply, which should provide clear reasons for their decision. If they are not satisfied with their response they can write to the Prison Ombudsman. Families can also raise any concerns directly with the Prison.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 01/02/2017 12:18:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

536505

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Working Hours
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 implications for (a) prison officer and (b) prisoner safety of prison officers working in shifts at other prison establishments in addition to those prison establishments at which they are based.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	42816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2016 answer text <p>There is a requirement that home/parent establishments maintain records of all official duties carried out by members of staff, both those duties within their home/parent establishment and within or for any other establishment. Establishments are also required to maintain records when members of staff from other establishments carryout duties within or for their establishment.</p><p>Individual members of staff have a responsibility to support the above and are required inform their parent establishment of their wish/intention to work additional hours at another establishment, in advance of the hours being worked.</p><p>When members of staff are deployed to another establishment for a protracted period on Detached Duty they are given an appropriate induction to familiarise them with specifics of the prison and key issues relating to individual prisoners. If standard duties are carried out on an ad hoc basis for other establishments standard risk assessments and briefs will be carried out.</p><p>In all circumstances records should be maintained.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/07/2016 13:07:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

536509

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of prison officers who work additional shifts at other prison establishments; and whether line managers at those prison officers' main place of work are aware of additional shifts worked elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	42814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>There is a requirement that home/parent establishments maintain records of all official duties carried out by members of staff, both those duties within their home/parent establishment and within or for any other establishment.</p><p>Establishments are also required to maintain records when members of staff from other establishments carryout duties within or for their establishment.</p><p>Individual members of staff have a responsibility to support the above and are required inform their parent establishment of their wish/intention to work additional hours at another establishment, in advance of the hours being worked. In all circumstances records should be maintained.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/07/2016 13:19:33 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

536510

registered interest
date	14/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations she has received on prison officers working additional shifts in other prison establishments than those at which they are based without the knowledge of their line management.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	42815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2016 answer text <p>Following an audit of the arrangements under which members of staff undertake additional hours/shifts, new arrangements and requirements were introduced that mandated the need to maintain records of all attendance arrangements, both those within parent establishments and also any additional attendance within other establishments.</p><p>The above new arrangements were introduced in 2014 with the publication of Notice to Staff 43/2014.</p><p>Concerns have previously been raised relating to staff undertaking additional hours/shifts within establishments other than their home/parent establishment by the Prison Officers Association. It is felt that the introduction of the above address’s this, as the arrangements ensure that information is readily available to managers to enable them to monitor the additional attendance.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/07/2016 11:51:57 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

437206

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Holloway Prison: Deeds of Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department knew of any restrictive covenant on the use and disposal of HMP Holloway, the land upon which it is situated or its buildings before publication of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	19540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We will consider what impact the existence of any restrictive covenant would have on any future closures and new prison sites. Providing a list of restrictive covenants on the use and disposal of each prison in England and Wales could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19538 19541 question first answered 17/12/2015 10:46:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

437207

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Deeds of Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what restrictive covenants exist on the use and disposal of each prison establishment in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	19541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We will consider what impact the existence of any restrictive covenant would have on any future closures and new prison sites. Providing a list of restrictive covenants on the use and disposal of each prison in England and Wales could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19538 19540 question first answered 17/12/2015 10:46:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

437208

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Deeds of Covenant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account the prison estates review took of the existence of restrictive covenants prior to the Government's announcement of the programme of prison closures and new prison construction.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	19538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We will consider what impact the existence of any restrictive covenant would have on any future closures and new prison sites. Providing a list of restrictive covenants on the use and disposal of each prison in England and Wales could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 19540 19541 question first answered 17/12/2015 10:46:25 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson