All establishments holding young offenders (either \u201cyoung adults\u201d, who are aged 18-21, or \u201cyoung people\u201d, who are aged 15 to 17) are designated as young offender institutions. In 2017 there were three self-inflicted deaths of young adults, and no self-inflicted deaths of young people.<\/p>
<\/p>
There are no \u2018juvenile wings of prisons\u2019, as any site with a population that includes both adults and young people is designated as both a prison and a young offender institution. The only such establishment in the estate at this time is HMP/YOI Parc, where there were no self-inflicted deaths of young people (or of adults) in 2017.<\/p>
<\/p>
The safety and welfare of every young person in custody is our priority. That is why we are already investing in more front-line staff and building on our reforms to youth custody. We are expanding front-line staff capacity in public-sector YOIs by 20%, equating to over 120 new recruits. Since the creation of our youth justice reform programme last year, inspection reports have highlighted improvements in all the under-18 sites they have inspected, and we continue to drive forward these vital reforms so that we have safer, more rehabilitative young offender institutions.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4137", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rory Stewart"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Penrith and The Border"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rory Stewart"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-13T16:07:28.187Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Young Offenders: Suicide"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of suicides in (a) young offenders institutes and (b) juvenile wings of prisons in 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"} ], "uin" : "200673"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022938", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022938/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Members of the public who are dissatisfied with the service provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) headquarters or its staff (including the Data Protection Officer) and wish to complain are directed to the complaints procedure on MoJ\u2019s Gov.uk website<\/a>. MoJ\u2019s Executive Agencies similarly each have a complaints procedure (on Gov.uk) and complaints by members of the public will be addressed by each business area in this way. Data is not held centrally on whether any complaints are related to breaches of the Civil Service Code.<\/p> All civil servants are bound by the Civil Service Code which sets out the core values; integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. If staff feel that they or their colleagues have done or been asked to do something that contravenes these core values, or breaches the Code, they are encouraged to raise these by following the whistleblowing procedure.<\/p> The Civil Service Commissioners provide an independent avenue of appeal for staff if they feel their concern has not been satisfactorily resolved internally, though their legal powers are limited to only investigating cases brought by Civil Servants.<\/p> The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman provides an independent and impartial handling service for complaints of maladministration brought by members of the public that have not been resolved by the NHS in England and UK government departments. Information on MoJ complaints handling is included in the Ombudsman\u2019s report for 2016/17<\/a> and 2017/18<\/a>. This is also included in the MoJ Annual Report & Accounts 2017-18<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what complaints procedure is open to members of the public if they wish to complain that (a) his Department\u2019s Data Protection Officer and (b) any staff of his Department is in breach of the Civil Service Code; how many complaints have been made in each of the last two years against staff of his Department for breaches of the Civil Service Code; when, how and by whom those staff have been investigated; and what outcomes of those investigations have been recorded.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir George Howarth"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr George Howarth"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022945", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022945/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " As set out in my answer to PQ 194146, the Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty\u2019s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a \u2018public sector benchmark\u2019, against which potential operators\u2019 bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.<\/p> <\/p> For the competition for the operation of Wellingborough this work has already been undertaken and informed the specification and affordability threshold for this competition. The affordability threshold is based on the specification that has been set for the competition and an understanding of how the public sector would deliver this specification.<\/p> <\/p> Creation of the affordability threshold and specification was undertaken by the Prison Estate Transformation Programme in conjunction with colleagues across HMPPS, finance, commercial and analytical services and involved staff from a range of grades.<\/p> <\/p> The affordability threshold for the competition for Wellingborough is £299m Net Present Cost in 2019/20 prices. Both the threshold and the specification were published on the Ministry of Justice\u2019s eSourcing portal as part of the competition documentation on 6 December 2018. The specification and affordability threshold for the competition for the operation of Glen Parva will be developed throughout next year.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194146 on Prisons: Contracts, what the estimated cost is of the production of the public-sector benchmark against which potential operators\u2019 bids will be assessed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022949/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no current plans to implement key work in the open estate. Open prisons focus on the testing and reintegration of prisoners back into their communities with increased opportunities for temporary release (on licence) to undertake work, training and engage with services in their communities as well as their families and significant others.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of key worker activity will be undertaken by Band 3 Prison Officers. As all residential officers will be key workers, there are no \u2018target numbers\u2019. Each officer will be looking after a case load of around six individuals. They will meet regularly (on average 45 minutes per prisoner, per week) and provide supportive challenge to prisoners, to motivate them to use their time in custody to best effect.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of the key worker element of the model is being managed centrally, to allow for recruitment and training to be coordinated at a national level. Roll-out is under way with 72 prisons who have commenced delivery of key work and 18 being fully rolled out at the end of October 2018. The project to manage the implementation of the new model, both key work and case management, is now in its final phase (Implementation and evaluation). It is due to conclude in December 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the set number of profiled hours for the keyworker system is in each open prison; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4126", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Glindon"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022950", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022950/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no current plans to implement key work in the open estate. Open prisons focus on the testing and reintegration of prisoners back into their communities with increased opportunities for temporary release (on licence) to undertake work, training and engage with services in their communities as well as their families and significant others.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of key worker activity will be undertaken by Band 3 Prison Officers. As all residential officers will be key workers, there are no \u2018target numbers\u2019. Each officer will be looking after a case load of around six individuals. They will meet regularly (on average 45 minutes per prisoner, per week) and provide supportive challenge to prisoners, to motivate them to use their time in custody to best effect.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of the key worker element of the model is being managed centrally, to allow for recruitment and training to be coordinated at a national level. Roll-out is under way with 72 prisons who have commenced delivery of key work and 18 being fully rolled out at the end of October 2018. The project to manage the implementation of the new model, both key work and case management, is now in its final phase (Implementation and evaluation). It is due to conclude in December 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target number of keyworkers is for each prison establishment to enable it to deliver the keyworker system.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Glindon"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022951", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1022951/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no current plans to implement key work in the open estate. Open prisons focus on the testing and reintegration of prisoners back into their communities with increased opportunities for temporary release (on licence) to undertake work, training and engage with services in their communities as well as their families and significant others.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of key worker activity will be undertaken by Band 3 Prison Officers. As all residential officers will be key workers, there are no \u2018target numbers\u2019. Each officer will be looking after a case load of around six individuals. They will meet regularly (on average 45 minutes per prisoner, per week) and provide supportive challenge to prisoners, to motivate them to use their time in custody to best effect.<\/p> <\/p> The introduction of the key worker element of the model is being managed centrally, to allow for recruitment and training to be coordinated at a national level. Roll-out is under way with 72 prisons who have commenced delivery of key work and 18 being fully rolled out at the end of October 2018. The project to manage the implementation of the new model, both key work and case management, is now in its final phase (Implementation and evaluation). It is due to conclude in December 2019.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target date is for each prison to have a full complement of keyworkers in place to deliver the keyworker system.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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All deaths in custody are subject to an inquest, regardless of the apparent cause of death. The table below gives the numbers of inquests opened in each year for which the MoJ funded representation.
|