Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have been made for victims of the Daesh atrocities in each year since the passing of that Act.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Justice holds data on prosecutions and court outcomes for modern slavery offences; however, centrally held information in the courts proceedings database cannot identify the exact circumstances of the offence that led to a slavery or trafficking reparation order, for example, to identify that it was issued under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 as a result of a Daesh atrocity. This information may be held on court record but can only be obtained by manually searching court records at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure agreements have been entered into by his Department in each of the last five years in respect of a personnel matter relating to a Minister in his Department.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
In each of the last five years, there have been no non-disclosure agreements entered into by the Department in respect of personnel matters relating to any Minister for my Department.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
Answered by Phillip Lee
There is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. The service levels are strict and high to make sure value for money is achieved for the taxpayer. This includes tighter turnaround times for the delivery of occupational health services and financial penalties for poor performance.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what date will standard service level agreements for occupational health services for personnel of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service come into effect with its third party service provider.
Answered by Phillip Lee
4 October 2017 was the date when the new occupational health services contract standard service level agreement for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service came in to effect with OH Assist.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there was a standard service level agreement for contracted out occupational health services on behalf of HM Prison and Probation Service at the time those services were contracted out to a third party service provider in July 2017.
Answered by Phillip Lee
There was a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services for HM Prison and Probation Service in July 2017. However, the new occupational health services contract, which came in to effect in October 2017, has stricter and more stringent service levels.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has plans to introduce variations in the standard service level agreement for contracted out services for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service Occupational Health service.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The new standard service level agreement - with supplier OH Assist - for contracted out Occupational Health services for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service has the flexibility for the introduction of future variations at any point during its four year duration, depending on operational need and in line with Public Contract Regulations.
As part of the Secretary of State’s strategy for prison reform, new freedoms have been afforded to Governors that enable prisons to leave national contracts, like the OH Assist Occupational Health Services contract, in order to make their own local arrangements.
Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll and Bute)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many open cases were transferred to the third party service provider HML when that company's contract started July 2017.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The Ministry of Justice does not have any contractual relationship with the third-party service provider HML and no cases have been transferred.