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1552132

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, whether privately operated prisons are required to have a Regime Management Plan.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	111675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>There is no contractual requirement for privately managed prisons to have Regime Management Plans. The terms of each privately managed prison contract require the provider to support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime. HMPPS contract management teams provide assurance that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services in accordance with the contract.</p><p>Regimes must include, but are not limited to: education, training and work; interventions and offending behaviour programmes; resettlement activities; and peer support roles</p><p>Each privately managed prison will determine regime delivery based upon available resources, and risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111676 111677 question first answered 21/12/2022 12:55:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1552133

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, what activities must be provided under a full regime in privately operated prisons.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	111676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>There is no contractual requirement for privately managed prisons to have Regime Management Plans. The terms of each privately managed prison contract require the provider to support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime. HMPPS contract management teams provide assurance that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services in accordance with the contract.</p><p>Regimes must include, but are not limited to: education, training and work; interventions and offending behaviour programmes; resettlement activities; and peer support roles</p><p>Each privately managed prison will determine regime delivery based upon available resources, and risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111675 111677 question first answered 21/12/2022 12:55:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1552134

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, what limitations are put in place when a privately operated prison is not fully staffed.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	111677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>There is no contractual requirement for privately managed prisons to have Regime Management Plans. The terms of each privately managed prison contract require the provider to support the rehabilitation of offenders through a safe, decent and secure regime. HMPPS contract management teams provide assurance that the prison provides safe, decent and secure services in accordance with the contract.</p><p>Regimes must include, but are not limited to: education, training and work; interventions and offending behaviour programmes; resettlement activities; and peer support roles</p><p>Each privately managed prison will determine regime delivery based upon available resources, and risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 111675 111676 question first answered 21/12/2022 12:55:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1151824

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 cost to the public purse of ending private sector involvement in the prison system.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	4349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>We remain committed to a role for the private sector in operating custodial services. I have not made any assessment of the cost associated with the ending of private sector involvement in the prison system.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the private sector has an important role to play in delivering custodial services in England and Wales, and currently runs some high-performing prisons, in the delivery of an estate which is both decent and secure.</p><p>We believe that competition can deliver improvements to service quality, encourage innovation, secure capital investment, and achieve value for money.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/10/2019 17:24:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1141891

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Written Statement of 22 July 2019 on Prisons and Probation, HCWS1783, what assessment he has made of how partnering with the private sector to operate prisons offers value for money.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	281832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>A balanced estate, with a mix of public, voluntary and private sector involvement has been shown to introduce improvements and deliver value for money for the taxpayer. The private sector has an important role to play in our system; it has led the way in driving innovation in areas such as in-cell technology and family support services.</p><p> </p><p>Some privately run prisons are among the best performing across the estate. For example, HM Inspectorate of Prisons said in July 2018 that Oakwood is an “impressive prison” and found it to be reasonably good or better on all four healthy prison tests (safety, respect, purposeful activity, and rehabilitation and release planning). General living conditions, staff-prisoner relationships and prisoner consultation were reported to be very good or excellent.</p><p> </p><p>To manage the performance indicators set out in the contracts, each privately managed prison has a full-time on-site Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller, all employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators that will reflect numbers of staff in post, recruitment, training, sickness, and attrition. Where action is needed, progress is monitored by the Controller and escalated within HMPPS where appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the contract. This may include a requirement for urgent improvement and/or financial deductions.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Operator Framework will increase the diversity and resilience of the custodial services market in England and Wales, by creating a pool of prison operators who can provide high quality, value for money, custodial services and enable us to effectively and efficiently manage a pipeline of competition over the next six years. The MoJ sets out very clearly the standards that all private prison operators are required to deliver. Bids will be subject to value for money and affordability tests. Contracts will not be awarded if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds based on a public sector benchmark, and in this scenario, HMPPS would act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>Although privately managed prisons do face many of the same challenges encountered in public sector prisons, by providing good quality custodial and rehabilitation services, private operators are helping us to reduce reoffending and deliver long term savings to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/09/2019 14:37:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137038

registered interest
date	04/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 cost to his Department of procuring services for prisons in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	273432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2019 answer text <p>The annual cost for private sector operated prisons that have been procured by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Operator</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong> <strong>Actual Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>Fazakerley Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£48,425,005.16</p></td><td><p>£51,970,141.05</p></td><td><p>£54,556,862.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>G4S Care &amp; Justice Services (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£29,625,016.19</p></td><td><p>£21,301,059.54</p></td><td><p>£26,107,663.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>G4S Care &amp; Justice Services (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£18,224,143.75</p></td><td><p>£30,129,179.72</p></td><td><p>£22,320,715.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>Bridgend Custodial Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£59,834,123.90</p></td><td><p>£50,307,689.96</p></td><td><p>£56,896,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>Onley Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>£21,936,086.30</p></td><td><p>£23,219,028.52</p></td><td><p>£24,643,663.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>Pucklechurch Custodial Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£13,991,939.98</p></td><td><p>£17,424,228.98</p></td><td><p>£12,524,092.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>Serco Group plc</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£14,035,689.44</p></td><td><p>17,581,044.61</p></td><td><p>£18,390,805.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>Moreton Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£37,334,239.19</p></td><td><p>£40,414,432.72</p></td><td><p>£40,385,837.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>Lowdham Grange Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£25,647,285.74</p></td><td><p>£26,419,233.30</p></td><td><p>£26,231,479.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>BWP Project Services Limited</p></td><td><p>Serco</p></td><td><p>£34,430,177.00</p></td><td><p>£36,692,427.64</p></td><td><p>£36,458,230.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>Ashford Prison Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£30,863,063.19</p></td><td><p>£39,674,207.43</p></td><td><p>£34,689,221.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>Agecroft Prison Management Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£40,925,828.04</p></td><td><p>£34,217,521.34</p></td><td><p>£40,888,128.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Sodexo Limited</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£24,975,506.05</p></td><td><p>£18,223,623.78</p></td><td><p>£19,634,565.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Peterborough Prison Management Ltd</p></td><td><p>Sodexo</p></td><td><p>£ 38,626,224.48</p></td><td><p>£43,423,742.08</p></td><td><p>£44,867,246.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Monthly invoices are submitted for each contract and are verified by the Department in accordance with their respective payment terms.</p><p> </p><p>We continually monitor each privately managed prison and a full-time on-site Controller is employed by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The Controller has regular review meetings with the contractor against a range of performance indicators. The Controllers undertake a number of compliance checks to ensure that the Contractors are discharging their contractual obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to a role for the private sector in operating custodial services. The sector has an important role to play, and currently runs some high-performing prisons, as part of a decent and secure prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>A balanced approach to custodial services provision, which includes a mix of public, voluntary and private sector involvement has been shown to introduce improvements and deliver value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/07/2019 11:47:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1135979

registered interest
date	01/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many of the funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison were filled as of the dates those figures relate to.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	271529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As we have stated previously, all staffing matters, including the responsibility of ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, sit with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice. We do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/07/2019 16:28:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134991

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on prisons: private sector, how he defines funded posts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The term funded posts refers to the cost of employing suitably skilled staff.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 16:09:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134995

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
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 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many sufficiently trained and experienced (a) prison custody officers and (b) other staff have contractors at each establishment told the Government they require to maintain safe and decent prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As we have stated previously, all staffing matters, including the responsibility of ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, sit with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on the number of Prison Custody Officers certified. The role of the Controller is to monitor performance at the prison across a range of indicators. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed with the provider, and, where necessary, appropriate action is taken in accordance with the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269812 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:53:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1134997

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector and of 11 June 2019 to Question 259342 on Prisons: Contracts, whether HMPPS Controllers are required to keep a record of the number of prison custody officers certified to act as such at establishments for which they have responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	269812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>As we have stated previously, all staffing matters, including the responsibility of ensuring the availability of sufficiently trained and experienced staff to maintain safe and decent prisons, sit with contractors. There is no requirement in the contracts to agree staffing levels with the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on the number of Prison Custody Officers certified. The role of the Controller is to monitor performance at the prison across a range of indicators. Any concerns in relation to these performance indicators are discussed with the provider, and, where necessary, appropriate action is taken in accordance with the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers continue to play an important role in the prison estate and I can assure you that performance of all providers is closely monitored and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 269810 question first answered 04/07/2019 13:53:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon