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101195

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff from which prisons were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The definition of an inappropriate relationship is any relationship with prisoners, ex prisoners, partners, immediate family or close associates involved in criminal activities if not formally declared to the Governor or Head of NOMS unit as a potential ‘Conflict of Interest’. The information setting out how many prison staff were dismissed from each establishment solely for having an inappropriate relationship with a Prisoner(s)* is set out in the tables below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Aylesbury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP&amp;YOI Brinsford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Feltham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Highpoint</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Leicester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Maidstone</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Acklington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Coldingley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Dorchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Downview</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Full Sutton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Garth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP&amp; YOI Isis</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lindholme</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Morton Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Pentonville</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Rochester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Blantyre House</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Brixton</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hewell</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holloway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Lincoln</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Send</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Wetherby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Dismissals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Downview</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Erlestoke</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Frankland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP High Down</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Holloway</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Hull</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Liverpool</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Long Lartin</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP New Hall</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMYOI Portland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMPYOI Warren Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMP Whatton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>*The information provided has been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/11/2014 18:07:37 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101196

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have received copies of the books that supporters of the Books for Prisoners campaign have sent to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Several dozen donated books have been passed to the library at HMP Pentonville. Officials are arranging for a further batch of donated books (around 120, as of the end of October 2014) to be sent to HMP East Sutton Park.</p><p> </p><p>This is on an exceptional basis, and all of the books are searched before being made available to the library service. The books will be available for any prisoner at the two establishments to borrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211986 211987 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:26:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101197

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prisons Service spent on taxis to transport prisoners in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Prisoner Escort Custody Service (PECS), which is part of the National Offender Management Service, is responsible for the movement of prisoners between prisons, police stations and courts and their care and security while in court custody. PECS manages the secure escort contracts covering all those sent to custody in the prison estate, apart from Category A prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>However, there are occasions when the prison service may make use of taxis to provide prisons with a cost-effective, flexible way of fulfilling transport requirements for prisoners where there is a strong operational justification for doing so. This is an economical mode of transport (particularly in comparison with using cellular vehicles or purchasing cars). It reduces potential overhead costs for prisons, such as maintenance and cleaning, which have an impact on staff time. Prisons are able to access this form of transport at short notice, in response to urgent requirements</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the total amount of cost of hiring transport, including taxis, for prisoners for financial year 2013-14 for public sector prisons in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Transport Hire Costs for Prisoners </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£3,417,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>To note within the table:</em></p><p>1. It is important to note that the charges for Taxis used for medical escorts are reimbursed by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). PCTs have the commissioning and funding responsibility for all medical escorts and bedwatches for prisons but exclude Open prisons, Immigration Remand Centres and prisons in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figure for financial year 2013-14 is extracted from our central accounting code and include costs of hiring transport e.g. taxis, coaches, mini-buses etc. for taking prisoners to court and for all other escorts including bedwatches, funeral escorts and regime activities not in official vehicles. Also, the figure has been drawn from NOMS central accounting records, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>3. Private Prisons are excluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 30/10/2014 17:06:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101198

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many books his Department received from supporters of the Books for Prisoners campaign.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Several dozen donated books have been passed to the library at HMP Pentonville. Officials are arranging for a further batch of donated books (around 120, as of the end of October 2014) to be sent to HMP East Sutton Park.</p><p> </p><p>This is on an exceptional basis, and all of the books are searched before being made available to the library service. The books will be available for any prisoner at the two establishments to borrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211987 211988 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:26:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101199

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to deal with the books sent to it by supporters of the Books for Prisoners campaign.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Several dozen donated books have been passed to the library at HMP Pentonville. Officials are arranging for a further batch of donated books (around 120, as of the end of October 2014) to be sent to HMP East Sutton Park.</p><p> </p><p>This is on an exceptional basis, and all of the books are searched before being made available to the library service. The books will be available for any prisoner at the two establishments to borrow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211986 211988 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:26:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100227

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown court were awaiting trial on 1 October in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Data are published in Court Statistics Quarterly showing the number of outstanding trial cases in the Crown Court annually at the end of 2001, and quarterly at the end of each quarter commencing March 2009, including at the end of 30 September. The outstanding number of cases in magistrates’ courts is published broken down by indictable only trial cases, either way trial cases, summary motoring cases and summary non-motoring cases from the quarter ending June 2012. This data set was created in April 2012 so data is not available prior to that date. Prior to this, completed proceedings were published for magistrates’ courts. The data does not distinguish between trial cases still awaiting their trial and those who have either pleaded guilty or been convicted and are awaiting sentence. Court Statistics Quarterly is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly</a> Data to September 2014 is due to be published on 18 December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:46 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100231

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown courts received in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of proceedings held at magistrates’ court and at crown court in each year since 2010 are published on the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of cases received by the magistrates' courts can be found in table 3.1 and the number of cases received by the Crown Court can be found in table 3.3.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 17:59:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100232

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentences were handed down to each employee of the Prison Service found guilty of criminal activity in the workplace in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not hold records of employees charged with all types of criminal activity.</p><p>Whilst the vast majority of its staff are honest and hard working, NOMS is committed to detecting, deterring and disrupting all corrupt behaviour by individuals working in prisons. A dedicated NOMS Corruption Prevention Unit was set up to ensure staff corruption is identified and tackled. As part of this work NOMS has compiled a central record of staff convicted of criminal offences which meet the NOMS definition of corruption.</p><p> </p><p>The NOMS definition is: Corruption occurs when a person in a position of authority or trust abuses their position for their or another person’s benefit or gain. This would include the misuse of their role in order to plan or commit a criminal act, or a deliberate failure to act to prevent criminal behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The central record does not therefore include all types of criminality as not all offences meet the definition.</p><p> </p><p>There were 23 convictions for corruption-related offences during 2013. A breakdown of the different sentences is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sentences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years 6 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 years imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 years imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year 9 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year 4 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year 1 month imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 year imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 months imprisonment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 month custodial sentence suspended for 2 years.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 months custodial sentence suspended for a year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 months custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, 200 hours community service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years and a 6 month residency order</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 months custodial sentence suspended for 2 years, 100 hours unpaid work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 months Community Order, 150 hours unpaid work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>100 hours community service and 12 months probation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Order. Ordered to pay £85 costs and £60 to complainants</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total number of convictions by year for corruption-related offences is shown in the table below. The number of convictions has remained broadly constant over the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 16:49:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100233

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases dealt with by (a) magistrates' courts, (b) family proceedings courts, (c) county courts, (d) coroners' courts, (e) the Crown court, (f) high court, (g) the court of appeal or (h) the Supreme Court involved a party for whom there is no legal representations on the court record in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Parties with no legal representation are not a new phenomenon in our courts. Judges are used to helping persons with no legal representation, including explaining procedures and what is expected of them. We have taken steps to help people who either want or have to represent themselves in court, particularly in the family court. On 23 October we announced further support for separating parents and court users in civil and family courts.</p><p>The new support will include:</p><p>· Improving online information so that it is accurate, engaging and easy to find.</p><p>· A new strategy, funded by the Ministry of Justice, and agreed with the legal and advice sectors which will help to increase legal and practical support for litigants in person in the civil and family courts.</p><p>· A new <em>‘Supporting separating parents in dispute helpline’</em> pilot run by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) to test a more joined-up and tailored out-of-court service.</p><p>This package of support will help provide separating couples and court users with the information, advice and guidance they need to help settle disputes in the most appropriate and proportionate way.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has not been possible to answer the question within the timeframe as the information is being assembled from a variety of sources, but I will write to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available. A copy of the letter will be placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:40:26 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

100238

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Imams
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison service investigations there were into prison imams in each year since 2010; and what were the reasons for those investigations and the outcomes of such investigations.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	211257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The number of investigations into prison imams completed between 1 January 2010 and 30 June 2014 was 13, 9 of which resulted in disciplinary action. Figures have not been provided for individual years as the numbers in each year, other than 2013, are five or fewer. The detail cannot be provided to prevent identification or disclosure relating to individual cases. Similarly, information on the alleged breach of conduct and discipline is not being provided for the same reasons.</p><p> </p><p>There are 100 directly employed and also 120 sessional Muslim Chaplains. All employed Chaplains go through a robust recruitment process. Following a competency based application and panel sift there is a three part board consisting of sermon, role play and panel interview. A Chaplain also requires endorsement by their faith community - for Muslim Chaplains this would be the NOMS Muslim Adviser. Sessional Muslim Chaplains are required to have the appropriate Islamic credentials checked by our Muslim Adviser. A disciplinary investigation for an employed Chaplain follows the same process as that for any other NOMS employee.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/11/2014 17:58:23 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan