Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average distance between the Approved Premises and home address for (a) women and (b) men currently housed in Approved Premises in England with a home address in Wales.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the capacity of each Approved Premises in Wales; and how much of this capacity is in use as of 20 April 2023.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises in England house (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales are housed in Approved Premises.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions staff working for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service have entered data on work computer systems after (a) 6.00pm, (b) 8.00pm and (c) 10.00pm in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Mike Freer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions staff working at the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service have entered data on work computer systems during the weekend in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Mike Freer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108299 on Prison Education Review, what role the central contract management team has in the commissioning of larger Dynamic Purchasing System contracts.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is designed to enable governors to commission innovative, local projects that meet the needs of their prisoners. Where a DPS contract is delivered on multiple sites and relates to business priority deliverables, the contract management team will undertake additional assurance activity.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108299 on Prison Education Review, what additional assurance processes are put in place by the contract management team for larger DPS contracts.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
There are no formal criteria for distinguishing between larger and smaller Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts. However, those DPS contracts which are delivered on multiple sites and relate to business priority deliverables attract additional assurance activity centrally by the contract management team in the form of checks of the assurance activity that is taking place locally to ensure the contractor is delivering against the DPS contract.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108299 on Prison Education Review, what criteria are used to define a larger Dynamic Purchasing System contract.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Shadow Secretary of State for Education
There are no formal criteria for distinguishing between larger and smaller Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts. However, those DPS contracts which are delivered on multiple sites and relate to business priority deliverables attract additional assurance activity centrally by the contract management team in the form of checks of the assurance activity that is taking place locally to ensure the contractor is delivering against the DPS contract.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling digital applications for a lasting power of attorney to be made through the medium of Welsh.
Answered by Mike Freer
The Office of the Public Guardian’s services cover both England and Wales and as such we provide paper forms to allow customers to apply for Lasting Powers of Attorney in Welsh.
The Powers of Attorney Bill currently progressing through Parliament will, for the first time, provide users with the option to digitally create a lasting power of attorney and to apply to register it. We intend this digital channel to be available in Welsh to ensure our Welsh customers benefit from this service. As part of ongoing work to design how the digital service will work, officials are engaging with key stakeholders in Wales to ensure that the needs of Welsh speaking users are met.