Helen Grant: ...private Member’s Bill ballot in the summer and on introducing this worthwhile measure. In promoting the Bill, he has given the House the opportunity to debate the security and good order of our prisons, which is important. The Bill was fully debated on Second Reading, and Members made some helpful contributions. It also passed successfully through Committee. Clearly, there is...
Jeremy Wright: Since 5 December 2011, two British citizens have been transferred to prisons in England and Wales under the EU prisoner transfer agreement which entered into force on that date. A further 38 British citizens have been transferred from prisons in other EU member states to prisons here under other prisoner transfer arrangements. The transfer of prisoners to Scotland and to Northern Ireland is...
Jeremy Wright: The Government do not hold information on the number of prisoners transferred between other member states of the European Union. To date no prisoners have been transferred from England and Wales to other EU member states under the EU prisoner transfer agreement which entered into force on 5 December 2011. A small number of requests for transfer to other member states have been made and...
Rebecca Harris: ...up people and, more to the point, we do not know how to reach them and treat them when we do pick them up. The examples that I have given show not only how important it is to identify dyslexia in prison but why we should improve dyslexia screening provision throughout the education system, but that is a debate for another day and another Minister. I seriously believe that a greater focus...
Jeremy Wright: The following table gives the information requested for each of the last five years. Information relating to the transfer of prisoners prior to 2007 is not available. USA EU Rest of world 2007 10 34 19 2008 8 17 24 2009 4 38 10 2010 5 52 17 2011 2 45 11 Total 29 186 81 The figures given in the table relate to England and Wales only. The transfer...
Jeremy Wright: ...of an individual following agreement for repatriation is not recorded on NOMS IT systems. In order to obtain the information required an examination of each of the individual case files for the 215 prisoners returned since 2007 would have to be made and a calculation made. This could be done only at disproportionate cost. NOMS is not routinely informed of the date on which a prisoner...
Chris Grayling: ..., who brings knowledge of both sides of that challenge to our team. We intend to continue to work as hard as we can to secure the deportation of offenders after their sentences, as well as to transfer prisoners when we can during their sentences.
Earl Howe: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of Mental Health Act transfers between prisons and hospitals and this is shown in the following table. Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Transfers 873 926 940 945 953 Source: Ministry of Justice Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2011. The Government do not have reliable information about the time taken to...
Lord Ramsbotham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that transfer of prisoners to hospitals under the Mental Health Act are completed within 14 days in line with the recommendation in the Bradley report.
Jeremy Wright: ...my hon. Friend’s concern. He has spoken out about this a number of times. However, I have at least some good news for him. European Union nationals account for about a third of foreign national prisoners. A European Union prisoner transfer agreement came into force in December last year, and EU countries are implementing it this year. I hope that that will not only help to remove foreign...
Peter Bone: ..., given all the things that he has to deal with, but this is not just a little local matter—it needs to be addressed. Immediately after I heard the announcement on the closure of Wellingborough prison, I applied to Mr Speaker’s office for an emergency debate under Standing Order No. 24. Although Mr Speaker was sympathetic to the important issue, he was unable to grant me an immediate...
Lord Quirk: To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in each year since 2000 in education managers receiving prisoners' records at the time of transfer between institutions.
Crispin Blunt: An offender serving a life sentence for murder will generally be approved for transfer to open prison only following a positive recommendation from the independent Parole Board. In exceptional circumstances, the Secretary of State for Justice also has the discretion to consider cases for transfer to open conditions executively where the prisoners can demonstrate exceptional progress (that is,...
Crispin Blunt: Ministerial colleagues and I are in regular contact with overseas counterparts to explain the benefits of prisoner transfer agreements and encourage EU member states to implement the EU Framework Decision on the Transfer of Prisoners; this provides for compulsory prisoner transfers. We are also examining our offender management processes in the UK to identify how more foreign national...
Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have escaped from custody (a) during transfer between prisons and (b) in other circumstances in each month of the last five years.
Crispin Blunt: As at 31 March 2012 there were 4,821 prisoners under sentence for murder in closed prisons and 363 in open prisons in England and Wales. The figures for open prisons include those held in open prisons/YOIs and the relevant parts of multi-site establishments. It does not include those held in semi-open prisons or in small (under 50 place) open units at closed prisons. These figures have been...
Crispin Blunt: Costs associated with the transfer of a prisoner i.e. flights, and escort costs, are met by the receiving state unless otherwise agreed. Since 2007, NOMS has met the cost of transferring eight foreign national prisoners to their country of origin at an average cost of £3,804.48. Costs associated with the transfer of all other foreign national prisoners during this period were met by the...
Lord Judd: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 11 June (WA 207), whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel about the transfer of Palestinian child prisoners to detention facilities located in Israel, in the light of Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with which foreign national governments Ministers in his Department have had discussions on the extension and negotiation of prisoner transfer agreements; (2) with which EU member states he has discussed the implementation of the EU framework decision on the transfer of prisoners.
Henry Bellingham: ..., the fact that perhaps we are getting a bit too over-optimistic and giddy about what might be achievable. However, I say to him that throughout the work done since I took over this brief in May 2010—I have worked with the Foreign Secretary and received a lot of encouragement from our Prime Minister—I think we have been realistic about our expectations and we have been careful not to...