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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"When a prisoner is released, they are not even at base camp in their rehabilitation unless they have accommodation. Some local authorities actively discriminate against ex-offenders—for example, by claiming that they have no local connection because they have been sent to a prison a long way away. Fairness is what …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"In order to encourage more businesses to take on ex-offenders, the Government need to lead by example and not just by exhortation. The Ban the Box initiative was brought in across Government a few years ago to encourage that. How is ex-offender employment going within Government and the public sector?..."
Andrew Selous - View Speech

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 10 Jan 2018
Mental Health in Prisons

"The hon. Lady has a long-standing and serious interest in these issues. Does she agree that one thing that would help in this area would be training prisoners in work in which they could get jobs on release, to fill shortages out in the community, and that that is part …..."
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Written Question
Pupils: Attendance
Tuesday 12th December 2017

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) fines for school attendance orders were issued by courts in England, and of that number how many were unpaid and (b) prison sentences there were for non-payment of school attendance orders, and of those numbers how many were for Gypsy and Traveller children in the last year for which figures are available.

Answered by Dominic Raab

There were 122 fines imposed in the Magistrates’ Courts for failure to comply with the requirements of a school attendance order during the financial year 2016-17, and 129 in the latest 12 month period for which data is available (July 2016 – June 2017). It is not possible to identify how many of these relate to Gypsy and Traveller children as HMCTS do not record this information.

Information on the number of unpaid fines and the number of prison sentences for non-payment of school attendance orders could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"While strongly supporting the initiative of my hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon), will the prisons Minister tell the House which construction companies get this and actually offer fair opportunities to ex-offenders in the construction sector? Will he perhaps also tell us which companies need a bit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Parc Prison outside Bridgend in south Wales, parent teacher evenings take place in the prison so fathers can demonstrate their ongoing responsibility to their children’s education. Will the Minister tell us if any other prisons are going to follow the excellent example set by Parc?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Oct 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Full-body scanners that detect drugs that are concealed within the person are successfully used across America. The Ministry of Justice has trialled one scanner. Has there been an evaluation, will we see more trials, and could the scanners be used on a mobile basis?..."
Andrew Selous - View Speech

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Oct 2017
Prisons Policy/HMP Long Lartin

"I am sure the whole House will want to thank the Tornado team that restored order at Long Lartin last night. I think there is considerable support on both sides of the House and among the public for our taking yet further action on returning foreign national offenders. If the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State look at how families are treated by the insurance industry when a householder gets a criminal conviction? The Salvation Army recently highlighted several cases in which insurance had either been denied or made prohibitively expensive in a way that seems to me, as a former …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Apr 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Prisoners in Lewes, as elsewhere, will reoffend less if they get sustainable work. Many private sector employers are rising to the challenge of providing ex-offenders with work. Will the Minister give us an update on what is happening across the wider public sector so that it can lead by example?..."
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