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1362489

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date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women are (a) imprisoned and (b) held on remand across the prison estate.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The death of ‘Baby A’ was a tragedy and we have taken a range of actions to prevent this from happening again in partnership with Health.</p><p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women, including reforms that address the learning from Baby A.</p><p>As part of our reforms, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication on 29 July, which covers the period July 2020 - April 2021, showed that on average there were 26 women in prison self-declared as pregnant each week. At present, there is no central collection that breaks this data down into those sentenced and those held on remand, however this is collected locally by individual prisons to ensure care is appropriate.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services compared to that which they would find in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. For information on the commissioning of clinical services for pregnant women in prison please refer to NHS England and NHS Improvement, the responsible authority.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 61069 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362490

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison: Perinatal Mortality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman entitled Investigation into baby death at HMP Bronzefield HMP identifies key failings, published on 22 September 2021, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the finding that every pregnancy in prison is high risk.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The death of ‘Baby A’ was a tragedy and we have taken a range of actions to prevent this from happening again in partnership with Health.</p><p>On 20 September the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a new policy on pregnancy, Mother and Baby Units and maternal separation from children up to the age of two in women’s prisons, which contains a range of reforms for improving the care of pregnant women, including reforms that address the learning from Baby A.</p><p>As part of our reforms, we have increased central data collection on self-declared pregnancies in women’s prisons. We will be publishing annual snapshots in the HMPPS Annual Digest. The first publication on 29 July, which covers the period July 2020 - April 2021, showed that on average there were 26 women in prison self-declared as pregnant each week. At present, there is no central collection that breaks this data down into those sentenced and those held on remand, however this is collected locally by individual prisons to ensure care is appropriate.</p><p>Women in prison should have access to the same range and quality of healthcare services compared to that which they would find in the community, including midwifery, obstetric and health visiting services. For information on the commissioning of clinical services for pregnant women in prison please refer to NHS England and NHS Improvement, the responsible authority.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 61068 question first answered 01/11/2021 17:48:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362491

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which women's prisons are operating (a) under capacity, (b) at capacity and (b) over capacity.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:45:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362492

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Female Offenders Strategy, published on 27 June 2018, what his Department's timeline is for meeting the objective of reducing the women's prison population.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The publication of the Female Offender Strategy in June 2018 was the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders. There was no deadline attached to delivering the Strategy when it was published and we have always been clear that it will take several years to deliver its objectives, including reducing the women’s prison population.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2018, the female prison population was 3,803. This had reduced by 16% to 3,196 by June 2021, although it is likely that the impact of the pandemic will be responsible for some of this reduction. As of October 2021, there were 3,227 women in prison.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:47:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362493

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Non-payment: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are held in prisons in England and Wales for the non-payment of fines.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2021, 6 women were held in prisons in England and Wales for non-payment of fines.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:50:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362494

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of women prisoners in England and Wales are in prison as a result of non-violent offences.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The most recent data indicates that 36% of the female prison population are held for offences of violence against the person. However, of the remaining 64%, there may be other offenders held for offences where violence has occurred but because there is no set guidance on which other types of offences should be classed as ‘violent’/’non-violent’, it is difficult to provide an exact total proportion.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021#population" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: January to March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:56:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362495

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisons and (b) young offenders institutions have been served with an Urgent Notification in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Urgent Notification (UN) process was launched in 2017. Since then, the UN was invoked seven times across Her Majesty’s Prisons and Young Offenders’ Institution:</p><p> </p><p>2018</p><p>- HMP Nottingham – invoked on 17 January.</p><p>- HMP Exeter – invoked on 30 May.</p><p>- HMP Birmingham – invoked on 20 August.</p><p>- HMP Bedford – invoked on 13 September.</p><p> </p><p>2019</p><p>- HMP Bristol – invoked on 13 June.</p><p>- HMP/YOI Feltham A – invoked on 24 July.</p><p> </p><p>2021</p><p>- HMP/YOI Chelmsford – invoked on 27 August.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of the establishments have made crucial improvements in the areas of concerns highlighted by the Inspectorates. Some of this is noted by the Inspectorates in their follow up visits at the establishments.</p><p> </p><p>The safety and wellbeing of all children and prisoners under our care is paramount so they can turn their lives around. Any concerns raised by the Inspectorates during their visits are taken seriously.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the establishments that were issued with an Urgent Notification can be found on the gov.uk website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/urgent-notification-process" target="_blank">here.</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:51:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362496

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Distance Learning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cells across the (a) youth estate and (b) prison estate have access to technology capable of delivering in-cell education.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>In-cell technology is available in three prisons and one young offender institution. We are currently deploying in-cell technology into a further 11 prisons – including the remaining three young offender institutions.</p><p>The technology provides access to digital services and includes educational, mental health content and more.</p><p>We plan to make the education providers ‘virtual campus’ system available on the in-cell equipment in due course.</p><p>Access to digital education continues to be available to prisoners in other areas of the prison.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:52:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362497

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, £100 million crackdown on crime in prison, published on 13 August 2019, how much of the £100 million for improving prison security has been spent on the installation of 74 x-ray scanners as announced by his Department on 14 October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>£6m has been spent on the installation of 74 x-ray body scanners. This sum is comprised of hardware, installation and commissioning costs combined with construction works required in prisons to accommodate the hardware. Some additional associated spend linked to MOJ project and programme resourcing has been incurred but has not been included as is not directly attributed to specific projects.</p><p>The remaining investment is for the implementation of measures across a number of priority sites to operate ‘airport style’ gate security, drugs trace detection, mobile phone blocking, an expanded counter corruption investigation team and a new ‘corruption prevention’ function and multi-agency investigations into high harm Serious and Organised Criminals.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:57:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1362498

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of frontline prison staffing levels in the context of current prison population projections.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	61077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>As prison capacity expands, total staffing requirements are increasing. The department carefully monitors resourcing levels to ensure that we can manage current staffing levels and make accurate predictions around future needs. Work is ongoing to define the workforce need in association with the new prisons and expansion projects.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/11/2021 17:53:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy