Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the funding will come from for the building of the proposed prison at Hindley.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The proposed redevelopment of Hindley prison is part of the £1.3 billion investment to reform and modernise the prison estate by replacing ageing and ineffective prisons with up to 10,000 modern prison places. The oldest and most inadequate local prisons will be considered for closure and the receipts will be used to fund this transformation programme.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of how many staff are employed in a 1,300-capacity category C prison (a) directly and (b) in the supply chain.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
The following are the current 1,300-capacity category C prisons:
Latest figures on the number of staff directly employed at HMP Highpoint (which is a public sector prison) can be found in HM Prison and Probation Service annual workforce statistics bulletin in table 12 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/614643/noms-workforce-tables-march-2017.xlsx.
Latest figures on the number of staff employed at HM Prison Oakwood, and HM Prison Northumberland (which are privately operated prisons) are as follows:
| Full-time equivalent staff in post, June 2017 |
HM Prison Oakwood | 504.4 |
HM Prison Northumberland | 429.2 |
HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Parc | 682.1 |
We do not hold figures on the number of staff employed as part of a supply chain.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of (a) directly employed staff and (b) people employed in support of Hindley Prison is.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Information on the number of staff directly employed at HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley can be found in table 12 in the latest workforce bulletin at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-march-2017
We do not hold information regarding people employed in support of Hindley prison.
Asked by: Yvonne Fovargue (Labour - Makerfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has to require insurers to pass on to consumers the potential savings arising from the proposed reform to whiplash and small claims; and whether she plans to impose penalties on those insurers that do not comply.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Leading insurers have already, following publication of the Government’s consultation in November, committed to pass on savings from the reforms to consumers through lower premiums.
Motor insurance is intensely competitive and insurance companies will have little choice but to pass on savings or risk being priced out of the market. The Government will monitor the industry’s reaction to the reforms announced on 23 February and will consider further action if required.