Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were held on remand for non-violent offences in (1) January, (2) February, (3) March, and (4) April.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
In answering this question we have interpreted ‘violent’ as ‘Violence Against The Person’.
The table below therefore provides information on the total numbers of prisoners that were held on both pre-trial and post-conviction remand for offences excluding those in the ‘Violence Against The Person’ offence group on 31 January, 29 February and 31 March 2020. It has not been possible to provide this information for April because the data will not be available until the end of July 2020 when the next Offender Management Statistics Quarterly will be published.
Table 1: Remand prison population (excluding (alleged) “Violence Against The Person” offence group), as at 31 January to 31 March 2020; England & Wales
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Total 'non-violent' remand population | 7,622 | 7,709 | 7,589 |
Data sources and quality
The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Source: PQ HL 3825 (Ministry of Justice; DASD-JSAS)
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to seek powers for the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme to apply to Secure Children’s Homes, and if so, when.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
The safety and well-being of children in custody is of utmost importance. We are committed to containing the spread of COVID-19 within all secure settings, including in secure children’s homes (SCHs) – all of which are abiding by the principles of physical distancing within revised regimes.
The End of Custody Temporary Release (ECTR) scheme does not currently apply to SCHs.
Although there are currently no children in SCHs who would meet the public or child protection criteria for ECTR, we will determine how to extend ECTR to SCHs should it become necessary i.e. a child is identified as potentially being or becoming in-scope.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government at which prisons temporary cells are being created; and how many temporary cells are to be provided in each such prison.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
Further to the statement I made during the debate on 23 April relating to this issue, I can confirm that as of 11 May nearly 450 cells have been delivered to 13 HMPPS sites. The below table shows the number of cells we have agreed to deploy at each site and how many have currently been delivered:
Site | Number of Cells Agreed | Number of Cells Delivered to date |
Askham Grange | 48 | 48 |
Coldingley | 48 | 48 |
Foston Hall | 34 | 0 |
Guys Marsh | 24 | 0 |
Hatfield | 36 | 36 |
Highpoint | 24 | 24 |
Hollesley Bay | 24 | 24 |
Kirkham | 86 | 0 |
Kirklevington Grange | 24 | 24 |
Lindholme | 24 | 24 |
Littlehey | 24 | 24 |
Moorland | 48 | 48 |
North Sea Camp | 48 | 48 |
Prescoed | 40 | 36 |
Stafford | 15 | 15 |
Sudbury | 80 | 0 |
The Verne | 24 | 0 |
Wymott | 48 | 48 |
Grand Total | 699 | 447 |
The former Medway Secure Training Centre, has been brought back into operation temporarily as an annex to HMP/YOI Rochester. The location, which is the site of the first secure school, will provide temporary accommodation for 70 category D adult males, with provision managed by HMPPS and staffed by HMPPS officers. The first men were received on 29 April.
Our ambition is to secure and install around 2,000 additional cells to help contain the spread of COVID-19 within our prisons. These cells are a temporary measure to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Prisoners will return to their usual accommodation arrangements when safe to do so. Once the units are no longer required they will be removed.
We continue to consider other suitable locations based on whether extra accommodation is needed and if there is sufficient space.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were, are, or will be within two months of the end of their release date in (1) March, (2) April, (3) May, and (4) June 2020.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
In the prison population serving a determinate sentence (excluding recalls) as at 31 March 2020, there were:
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been remanded in custody in England and Wales in each month of 2020 to date.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
The requested data is not available at this time. Court data up to the year ending December 2019 is due to be published in May 2020, and data for the year ending December 2020 is planned for publication in May 2021. Prison receptions data covering January to March 2020 is planned for publication in July 2020 and data covering April to June 2020 is planned for publication in October 2020.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were sentenced to a prison term of six months or less in each month of 2020 to date.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
The requested data is not available at this time. Data on custodial sentences up to December 2018 has been published. Data for the years ending December 2019 and December 2020 is due to be published in May 2020 and May 2021 respectively.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners were released on temporary licence from each category of prison in the most recent twelve-month period for which figures are available.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
All offenders must meet strict criteria and pass a thorough risk assessment before being considered for release on temporary licence (ROTL). ROTL is proven to reduce reoffending, helping offenders build and maintain family ties as well as find work.
The table below shows the number of prisoners released on temporary licence in England and Wales between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019 by category/type of prison from which they were released for the first time during that period.
Table 1: Individuals released on temporary licence by predominant prison function, October 2018 - September 2019 | |||||||||
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Open | 7,106 |
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Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the completion rate for individuals undertaking a staff apprenticeship delivered by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
HMPPS has made 20 apprenticeships available to staff since 2017.
There are plans to expand the number of apprenticeships offered to staff across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies, including Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
To date, HMPPS have not met their annual apprenticeship targets due to the need to delay the Prison Officer apprenticeship launch until annual recruitment levels make this operationally feasible. HMPPS forecast to meet their annual target from 2020-21 onwards.
There are currently no apprenticeship completions within Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Completion data will be available as appropriate from providers.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is on target to deliver its share of the 30,000 apprenticeships by 2020, as part of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Scheme.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
HMPPS has made 20 apprenticeships available to staff since 2017.
There are plans to expand the number of apprenticeships offered to staff across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies, including Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
To date, HMPPS have not met their annual apprenticeship targets due to the need to delay the Prison Officer apprenticeship launch until annual recruitment levels make this operationally feasible. HMPPS forecast to meet their annual target from 2020-21 onwards.
There are currently no apprenticeship completions within Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Completion data will be available as appropriate from providers.
Asked by: Lord German (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to expand the number of staff apprenticeships offered by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
HMPPS has made 20 apprenticeships available to staff since 2017.
There are plans to expand the number of apprenticeships offered to staff across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies, including Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.
To date, HMPPS have not met their annual apprenticeship targets due to the need to delay the Prison Officer apprenticeship launch until annual recruitment levels make this operationally feasible. HMPPS forecast to meet their annual target from 2020-21 onwards.
There are currently no apprenticeship completions within Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Completion data will be available as appropriate from providers.