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1718450

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released 18 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26515 26516 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718451

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released between 35 and 60 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26514 26516 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718452

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released 70 days early under the end of custody supervised licence scheme since October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>End of Custody Supervised Licence began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data, and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 26514 26515 question first answered 20/05/2024 11:09:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1718453

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to regularly publish data on prison (a) population and (b) changes.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	26517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Prison population figures are published weekly at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2024" target="_blank">Prison population figures: 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This publication also shows the operational capacity of the prison system as well as the weekly change.</p><p> </p><p>The monthly reports at the same link also provide further population information broken down by prison.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed quarterly statistics on offenders in custody (including offence groups, sentence lengths and nationalities) can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2023" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2024 11:11:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690780

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is fully compliant with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office designs work and workplaces to adapt to the needs of individuals. The majority of our Estate has modern, flexible, ergonomic workplaces to accommodate individuals’ requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a major transformation programme, Building A Better Cabinet Office (ABCO) and over the last few years has implemented improvements in workplaces and technology to provide modern, flexible working environments for our people. These improvements include, for example, the modernisation &amp; refurbishment of furniture at London: 1 Horse Guards Road, Newcastle: Benton Park View and York: Imphal Barracks and also the move to new accommodation in Glasgow and in York. These sites now provide access to a series of working environments, including desks, collaborative working spaces and meeting rooms.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has a comprehensive framework to ensure individuals who have any additional requirements are not disadvantaged and are adequately supported to have the appropriate workplace adjustments in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 26/02/2024 17:47:58 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690781

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade ensures compliance with this principle through the delivery of the following;</p><p>Provision of workplaces and equipment that comply with applicable legislation and standards. Arrangements that ensure any colleagues that may require workplace, equipment, or procedural adaptations are assessed and acted on, where reasonably practicable</p><p>HR line manager arrangements that ensure stimulating and engaging objectives are set, and flexible work arrangements that offer colleagues flexibility in how they work and deliver their tasks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 26/02/2024 17:17:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690787

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport adopts smart working principles ensuring its workplaces are designed appropriately for the intended tasks. Each of its offices has a balanced mix of workspaces and considers accessibility for colleagues with additional needs.</p><p> </p><p>Workplace adjustments are used to remove barriers, or disadvantages, enabling anyone with a disability or health condition to do their job. This can be a change to HR-related policies, working arrangements or the equipment provided to do a job.</p><p> </p><p>Office workstations are provided with a varying range of adjustable equipment designed to cater for the majority of individuals.</p><p> </p><p>For operational areas of the organisation, risk assessment processes are in place to assess the varying range of tasks and reduce health and safety risks to our colleagues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 26/02/2024 13:03:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690788

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>On joining DWP, all members of staff must complete a DSE assessment, which will highlight any special requirements specific to their role. Members of staff are then required to revisit this assessment every 3 years or at any time their circumstances change.</p><p> </p><p>DWP endeavours to provide a contemporary and safe working environment, which meets the requirements of the Approved Documents (Building Regulations) in England and their equivalents in the devolved nations. We also follow the guiding principles of a variety of government specifications e.g. Publicly Available Specification 3000 for ‘Smart Working’ (PAS300), which recommends the use of a range of different work settings throughout a typical day to encourage movement, collaboration, and wellbeing. As well as the Government Property Agency’s Workplace Design Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also has a Reasonable Adjustment Process for complex needs. This can include changes to the physical environment, alternative working patterns, or changes to work tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes to the way people are expected to work that might introduce significant new risk are identified and their impact considered against existing DWP health and safety policies and procedures.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Health and Safety Impact Assessments are designed to give step by step support to programmes and projects who may introduce new risk. They provide a framework to help identify hazards and who might be harmed and enables DWP to record what needs to be done to reduce the risk to an acceptable level. It is mandatory for use by new programmes and projects with managers consulting with Trade Union representatives during the process.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 26/02/2024 15:39:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690799

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a Health and Safety and Fire Management system within which risk assessments are conducted and reviewed appropriately for our buildings and people.</p><p>The Home Office complies with all UK Health, Safety and Fire Safety statutory provisions proportionate and relevant to its undertaking including principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.</p><p>The control measures in said risk assessments apply the principle of prevention using the hierarchy of controls e.g. elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative controls, health surveillance and the issue of personal protective equipment.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 16:49:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690488

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 289 on Cabinet Office: Correspondence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 22 August 2023 from the Public and Commercial Services Union on the ruling in Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts & Ors.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	14900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding fully to this letter. My officials are working closely with our shared services provider (SSCL) to implement a solution. I will write to the Public and Commercial Services Union with an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/02/2024 14:11:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens