Ministry of Justice

written question – answered on 31 July 2019.

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  • Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on Home Detention Curfew in each year since 2010 were serving sentences relating to (a) criminal damage...

  • Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence who had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and...

  • Prisoners: Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison education is provided under the dynamic purchasing system in each prison.

  • Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to introduce tougher sentences for people convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.

  • Assaults On Police: Convictions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of assault of a police officer in each year since 2007 who had (a) 26 to 50, (b) 51 to 75, (c) 76 to 100 and (d) over 100...

  • Crime: Convictions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who have previously received (a) 25 or more and (b) 50 or more convictions or cautions, have been convicted of an offence and not been...

  • Prison Sentences

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive...

  • Alternatives to Prison

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the largest number of community sentences previously received by an offender who was (a) convicted of a crime and (b) convicted of a crime and...

  • Burglary: Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people sentenced for domestic burglary for (a) the third time and (b) more than three times received an immediate custodial sentence...

  • Offenders: Homelessness

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on the (a) effectiveness of joint-working between criminal justice...

  • Probation: Death

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to (a) monitor, (b) investigate, (c) learn lessons for prevention from and (d) respond at a (i) local and (ii) national...

  • Prisons: Drugs

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of prisoners being released on temporary licence on the supply of drugs into prisons.

  • Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls have been made to his Department's Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline by each prison in each month since December 2017.

  • Prisons: Teachers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative years experience of teachers working in prisons in (a) 2010 (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.

  • HM Inspectorate of Prisons

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve its procedures for implementing the recommendations made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

  • Prisons: Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816, how enabling a governor to determine (a) what the curriculum is, (b) how it is delivered, and...

  • Prison Officers: Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training his Department provides to prison officers on Rule 39 in relation to private legal post.

  • Reoffenders: Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the largest number of previous convictions received by a person sentenced to immediate custody for the first time was in each year since 2007.

  • Prison and Probation Service: Overtime

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of overtime were worked by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff in each year since 2010.

  • Prisoners' Release: Curfews

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under home detention curfew having been imprisoned for (a) violence against the person, (b) theft, (c) drug offences, (d)...

  • Sentencing

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average length of sentence for and (b) the number of people convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii)...

  • Prison Officers: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement, Pay rise for prison officers 2019, published by his Department on 22 July 2019, how much additional funding the...

  • Prisons: Rehabilitation and Reoffenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in prisons to (a) reduce reoffending rates and (b) improve offender rehabilitation.