Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his policy for prisons to give permission for young people referred by (a) police and (b) young offending teams to visit prisons as part of the KeepOut crime diversion scheme; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales, published in December 2016, considered the use of programmes in which either prison officers or prisoners themselves attempted to deter children from criminality by showing or explaining the realities of life in prison. The report of the Review expressed concern at the use of such programmes in England & Wales, in the light of international evidence that such interventions can increase the likelihood of offending among children and young people.
In view of the report’s examination of this issue, HM Prison & Probation Service reviewed these programmes and decided that they should no longer be facilitated.
Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service on young people at risk of offending visiting prisons under (a) the KeepOut crime diversion scheme and (b) other initiatives.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales, published in December 2016, considered the use of programmes in which either prison officers or prisoners themselves attempted to deter children from criminality by showing or explaining the realities of life in prison. The report of the Review expressed concern at the use of such programmes in England & Wales, in the light of international evidence that such interventions can increase the likelihood of offending among children and young people.
In view of the report’s examination of this issue, HM Prison & Probation Service reviewed these programmes and decided that they should no longer be facilitated.
Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of positive tests from mandatory drug testing in prisons in England and Wales was in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The information requested is published in the Annual NOMS Digest 2016/17, available at.
Select Supplementary Tables and MDT Data Tool > 07 Random Mandatory Drug Testing > Table 7.1
Asked by: Crispin Blunt (Independent - Reigate)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 14 June 2016, Official Report, column 1617, on EU Prisoner Transfer Directive, to which EU member states the 102 prisoners transferred from England and Wales under the EU prisoner transfer agreement have been transferred.
Answered by Andrew Selous - Second Church Estates Commissioner
The information requested is provided in the table below.
MEMBER STATE TO WHICH TRANSFER HAS TAKEN PLACE | NUMBER OF PRISONERS TRANSFERRED |
Belgium | 7 |
Czech Republic | 4 |
Denmark | 1 |
Italy | 3 |
Latvia | 5 |
Lithuania | 1 |
Netherlands | 44 |
Poland | 3 |
Romania | 15 |
Slovakia | 13 |
Spain | 5 |
Malta | 1 |