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1504666

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Waste Disposal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health risks, if any, posed by three-weekly rubbish collections during hot weather.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the health risks of three-weekly collections. Currently only a small minority of local authorities in England provide a three-weekly residual waste collection. The Government supports frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling collections. We want to ensure that householders are not inconvenienced by being unable to get rid of putrescent or smelly waste weekly or having insufficient capacity to recycle or to remove residual waste.</p><p>Through new powers in the Environment Act 2021, local authorities will be required to provide a separate food waste collection to every household in England. Local authorities must implement at least weekly food waste collections and should continue to provide residual waste collections at an appropriate frequency, to ensure they are meeting their legal duty and to prevent any build-up of waste that could be harmful to public health.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 26/09/2022 13:21:27 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1504740

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the turnover of prison officers in each of the last five years, and (2) their ability to recruit prison officers needed to staff any planned new prisons.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The leaving rate for prisons officers can be accessed online through HMPPS workforce quarterly, the most recent of which was for June 2022. The table below contains the leaving rate for Band 3-5 Prison officers in each of past five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leaving Rate (%)[1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022</strong></p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022</strong></p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em>Source: HMPPS Workforce Quarterly, June 2022</em></strong></p><p>[1] Leaving rate denotes the percentage of staff with a permanent contract of employment who left HMPPS, including individuals who have retired early, but excluding staff who left due to voluntary early departure schemes and redundancy (VEDSR).</p><p>We are addressing recent increases in leaving rates via dedicated recruitment and retention efforts across the board. We are also working to improve the joining experience of new employees, via increased clarity in marketing materials and increased support for new joiners via Apprenticeship coaches and New Colleague Mentors (since April 2022).</p><p>We hope that the significant rises in pay for prison staff will also help to reduce leaving rates, and we are continuing to use localised market supplements to increase prison officer pay in 18 sites.</p><p>We are committed to providing the high-quality prison places that are needed over the coming years and ensuring that they are adequately resourced and supported by sufficient prison officer staffing levels, as well as other key members of the workforce such as teachers, instructors, chaplaincy and probation staff.</p><p>The staffing requirements for new establishments continue to be assessed and factored into vacancies up to 18 months in advance in order to ensure we recruit on time and build up the experience needed to deliver safe and secure regimes</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/09/2022 13:45:43 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1504741

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of the (1) work, (2) education, and (3) training, undertaken by prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring quality education and work opportunities for prisoners. We use Ofsted inspections, Select Committee reports and other feedback, in addition to our own performance monitoring, to ensure a robust assessment of the quality of work, education and training.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our £200m a year investment to reduce reoffending and cut crime we are delivering a Prisoner Education Service. This will ensure prisoners improve skills such as literacy and numeracy, acquire relevant vocational qualifications, and access employment and training opportunities on release.</p><p> </p><p>This includes designing the next generation of education contracts and holding Governors to account to ensure His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and Ofsted recommendations are acted upon and performance targets are achieved. We are also introducing Employment Advisory Boards in 92 prisons, bringing in business leaders to chair these Boards and work with prisons to increase the employability of prisoners and introduce new job and work opportunities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/09/2022 10:30:35 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1504743

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time that (1) adult prisoners, and (2) young offenders, are locked in their cells each day.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>(1) The information requested for adult prisoners is not held by the Ministry of Justice, as it would require the detailed daily monitoring of out of cell activity of each individual prisoner in each prison establishment. We undertake regular monitoring of regime levels in prisons and formally account for all time spent out of cell engaged in regime activities.</p><p>There is no current central instruction prescribing the amount of time prisoners should spend out of their cells, however, there is a clear commitment to the delivery and performance management of time spent in purposeful activity. Governors have the flexibility to deliver balanced regimes that maintain an appropriate level of time out of cell on a range of activities such as education and employment which meet the needs of the establishment’s population with a heavy focus on reducing reoffending. This is alongside basic access to time in the open air and domestic services such showers.</p><p>We do see impact on time spent out of cell that can result from staffing availability and from operational incidents.</p><p>This government has committed to prison regime reform in the Prison Strategy White Paper and will set clearer stands for time spent in prison. A new Purposeful Activity performance measure has been introduced for the 2022/23 performance period which will drive delivery. Additional measures are in place for attendance at work, education, interventions and services. These will over time give more detailed information than that currently available.</p><p>(2) While we do not collect information on time during which young people are locked in their rooms, information is held regarding time spent out of room. In July 2022, the average time out of room offered in Youth Offender Institutions was 5 hours 50 minutes: of that, an average of 5 hours 15 minutes was taken.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 21/09/2022 15:31:09 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1504744

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual number of reported assaults on (1) prisoners, and (2) prison staff, in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales in the quarterly Safety in Custody statistics available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics</a>. The table below shows the requested data, broken down by financial year, from 2012-13 to 2021-22:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Assaults: <strong>Prisoner on Prisoner </strong>(1,2,3,4,6)</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Assaults: <strong>Prisoner on Prison Staff </strong>(1,2,3,5,6)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>11,173</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>11,651</p></td><td><p>3,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>12,953</p></td><td><p>3,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,731</p></td><td><p>5,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>19,360</p></td><td><p>7,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>22,374</p></td><td><p>9,003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>22,821</p></td><td><p>9,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>20,632</p></td><td><p>9,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>10,977</p></td><td><p>7,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>12,773</p></td><td><p>7,599</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(1) Figures include incidents at HMPPS operated Immigration Removal Centres and during contracted out escorts</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(2) Figures do not include incidents at Medway STC. For more information on Secure Training Centres, please see Youth justice annual statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/youth-justice-annual-statistics</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(3) Figures from April 2018 onwards exclude incidents occurring within the youth estate. The youth estate includes incidents occurring within Cookham Wood, Werrington and Wetherby, as well as the youth wing at Feltham and Parc. Prior to April 2018 these figures were collected via manual returns, so it is not possible to split out all youth estate incidents up to March 2018. Figures for incidents occurring within the youth estate are published within the ‘Safety in the children and young people secure estate’ statistics bulletin via the following link - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/safety-in-the-youth-secure-estate-bulletin</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Prisoner-on-prisoner assaults are a subset of all assault incidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(5) Assaults on staff are a subset of all assault incidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(6) The sum of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and assaults on staff may not equal the total number of assaults because staff may be assaulted in a prisoner-on-prisoner assault incident and other assault incidents may involve other people, e.g. visitors</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Prisons Strategy White Paper set out how we will improve safety and security in our prisons. Prison staff carry out a vital role in protecting the public and we will do all we can to protect them and prisoners from violence.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/09/2022 16:06:22 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2022-09-20 HL2154 Data Table - Assaults Last 10 Years v2.docx title HL2154_data_table
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1504746

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders: Sentencing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comparative effectiveness of (1) short prison sentences, and (2) community sentences, in reducing and preventing re-offending.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL2155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The overall proven reoffending rate has broadly decreased over the past ten years from 30.9% in 2009/2010 to 25.6% in 2019/20 (although the latest figures have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic).</p><p>Evidence suggests that community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective in reducing reoffending than short custodial sentences. A MoJ 2019 study, attached, found that the one-year reoffending rate(1) following short term custodial sentences of less than 12 months was higher than if a community sentence had instead been given (by 4 percentage points).</p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is wholly a matter for our independent courts. Sentencers should continue to have the option of imposing a short custodial sentence where appropriate. However, custody should be a last resort and we recognise that, if we are to break the cycle of re-offending, solutions will often lie in robust and effective community sentences.</p><p>1 One-year reoffending rate means the percentage of offenders, in any cohort, who were released from custody, or received a non-custodial conviction or a caution, and then went on to commit a subsequent proven offence within a 12 month follow up period (plus a six-month waiting period).</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 20/09/2022 13:49:19 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy attachment 1 file name 2022-09-20 HL2155 Annex A.pdf title HL2155 Annex A
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1490078

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Central Criminal Court: Judges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of gender balance amongst the judges sitting to hear criminal cases in the Central Criminal Court.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2022 answer text <p>As of 1 April 2022, the Central Criminal Court had 8 female and 9 male judges which includes Circuit Judges, Recorders, the Recorder of London and the Common Serjeant of London.</p><p>The statistics published in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-2022-statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-legal-professions-new-appointments-and-current-post-holders-2022-statistics#gender-1" target="_blank">Diversity of the Judiciary: Legal professions, new appointments and current post-holders- 2022</a> www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-2022-statistics - do not include specific statistics for the Central Criminal Court.</p><p>Overall, as of 1 April 2022, the proportion of women in the England and Wales courts judiciary is 35%, an increase from 24% in 2014. The Government recognises the importance of gender and diversity in our courts, which is why the Ministry of Justice, as a member of the Judicial Diversity Forum (JDF), works closely with the judiciary, the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Legal Services Board and the legal professions to take actions to increase judicial diversity.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 29/07/2022 20:37:54 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1490079

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Somerset Levels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the preparedness of flood defences in the Somerset levels and marshes for winter 2022–23.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2022 answer text <p>The Somerset Levels and Moors remains prone to flooding, due to its low-lying nature and a rapidly changing climate. £80 million of public investment has been made in this landscape following the floods of 2013-14 to help it adapt. This significant investment has allowed improved physical infrastructure that allows pre-emptive action to be taken to delay the onset of flooding and to evacuate water more effectively from this low-lying area. This enables communities to be more resilient and to recover more rapidly from flooding.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is implementing nature-based solutions at a landscape scale and working with individual landowners to support this, enhance biodiversity and increase the capacity of the landscape to absorb water and slow flooding whilst creating carbon storage.</p><p> </p><p>Construction work will start next year on the £100 million Bridgwater Barrier, one of the largest flood defence schemes in the country, which was identified as an action in the 20-year Flood Action Plan for Somerset. This will reduce tidal flood risk to over 13,000 residential homes and businesses and ensure that high tide levels do not adversely impact on the Somerset Levels and Moors.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 04/08/2022 14:58:36 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1485913

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Reconstruction: Ukraine
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capabilities of the UK (1) construction industry, and (2) related consultancy businesses, to operate in the rebuilding of Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK has led support for Ukraine during the war and we will continue to lead in supporting the Ukrainian government’s Reconstruction and Development Plan. The UK Government is exploring how we engage British construction and consultancy businesses to participate in the reconstruction effort, and we continue to work closely with the sector to identify where it has the capability and capacity to do so</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/07/2022 16:00:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1485914

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Ukraine: Development Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ukraine regarding the damaged infrastructure in that country; and what plans they have, if any, to provide financial assistance to help with the rebuilding of that infrastructure.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL1445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK and Ukrainian Governments have regular discussions on the UK's support to Ukraine, including on damaged infrastructure. Such discussions have informed the UK's plan to support Ukraine's reconstruction. This was presented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Lugano on 4 July. It includes support to address the Government of Ukraine's financial gap to ensure it can pay wages and restore critical infrastructure. Additionally, in response to President Zelenskyy's request of the Prime Minister, the UK will champion the recovery of Kyiv region. Alongside this, the UK-led £37m Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine has already begun identifying priority repair works.</p><p>We are a leading donor in response to the crisis, committing economic, humanitarian and military support totalling approximately £3.8bn. This includes £10m to the Energy Support Fund for repairs to energy infrastructure, and £10m for equipment to facilitate the movement of grain by Ukrainian railways to neighbouring countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/07/2022 16:30:27 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten