Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Our new agreement with Albania has cut Albanian small boat arrivals by more than 90%, and we recently - Speech Link
Asked by: Fleur Anderson (Labour - Putney)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce over-crowding in HMP Wandsworth.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
In prisons where we have crowding in place, a rigorous cell certification process is undertaken that ensures the use of cells is subject to a formal assessment of safety and decency.
We continue to pursue the package of longer-term measures the Lord Chancellor announced on 16 October 2023 to reform the justice system and address the prison capacity challenges. The measures include: the extension of the Early Removal Scheme to deport Foreign National Offenders (FNOs), introducing a presumption to suspend sentences of 12 months or less, curtailing the licence period for IPP sentences and extending the use of Home Detention Curfew. On 11 March, the Lord Chancellor announced the next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing FNOs. This includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners, such as Albania, and the creation of a new taskforce across the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to change the way we process FNO cases radically.
To meet pressing demand, we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these, including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way, and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.
The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal justice system.
Oral Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Committee: International Relations and Defence CommitteeFound: Albania is on the brink of joining the European Union. It is a NATO ally.
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024Found: 2021) suggest that four nationalities make up the vast majority of MLRs submitted within detention (Albania
Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Windrush Compensation Scheme data: March 2024Found: claims by country of residence4,16 Back to Contents Quarter/Month All Resident All primary resident Albania
Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) Given the success of the agreement with Albania, which has considerably reduced the number of illegal - Speech Link
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Joint Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and DevelopmentFound: Mr President, I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the 81 governments of Albania
Found: In addition, Kosovo would join the “mini -Schengen” zone announced by Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notesFound: Print this page Related content Pakistan: country policy and information notes Albania
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: UK-Rwanda Treaty completes ratification processFound: Europe exploring similar agreements, including Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Italy in their deal with Albania