Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service. In our most recent People Survey 11% of respondents, on average, told us that they'd experienced bullying or harassment at work in the 12 months preceding the survey.
While this figure has remained stable since 2016, we recognise that some staff are more like to say they have experienced this type of unacceptable behaviour than others. This includes those with long-term limiting conditions who, in the vast majority of departments and agencies, were more likely to say they'd been bullied or harassed in the last 12 months than staff members with no long-term limiting conditions.
We are strengthening the routes for all staff to report bullying and harassment to ensure that they are fully supported throughout the process, and to ensure cultures are positive and inclusive.
The high level People Survey results for each organisation, including reported rates of bullying and harassment, were published last December on gov.uk.
Each spring the Cabinet Office conducts and publishes a range of further analysis on the People Survey responses, including the results by gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and health status. Similar analysis will be conducted again this year and made available on gov.uk.
The results for the 2017 survey are summarised below with the organisations that make up the MoJ highlighted. A copy of this table has been placed in the House.
Civil Service People Survey 2017: results by organisation and health status
Long-term health status is captured in the People Survey through questions J04 and J04A. J04 asks if the individual has a "long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?" and, if they answer yes, J04A asks whether their condition, illness or disability has an impact on their daily activity or the work they can do.
Results are aggregated in to two broad categories: "No long-term limiting condition", combining those who answer “No” to either J04 or J04A; and, "Long-term limiting condition", those who answer “Yes” to J04 and who answer that their condition limits what they can do either "a little" or "a lot" at J04A.
Answered “Yes” to the question “During the past 12 months have you personally experienced bullying or harassment at work?” | No limiting long-term illness | Has a limiting long-term illness |
Acas | 8% | 21% |
Accountant in Bankruptcy | 4% | 0% |
Animal and Plant Health Agency | 10% | 23% |
Attorney General's Office | 4% | .. |
Cabinet Office | 9% | 19% |
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | 7% | 22% |
Charity Commission | 10% | 22% |
Civil Service HR | 13% | 22% |
Companies House | 4% | 11% |
Competition and Markets Authority | 11% | 33% |
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority | 8% | 31% |
Crown Commercial Service | 10% | 20% |
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service | 10% | 35% |
Crown Prosecution Service | 8% | 21% |
Defence Electronics and Components Agency | 17% | 38% |
Defence Equipment & Support | 10% | 25% |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 6% | 15% |
Department for Communities and Local Government | 6% | 19% |
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 4% | 12% |
Department for Education | 7% | 17% |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7% | 16% |
Department for Exiting the European Union | 6% | 25% |
Department for International Development | 10% | 20% |
Department for International Trade | 10% | 17% |
Department for Transport | 6% | 14% |
Department for Work and Pensions | 8% | 20% |
Department of Health | 6% | 9% |
Disclosure Scotland | 9% | 27% |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 6% | 16% |
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | 17% | 37% |
Dstl | 10% | 27% |
Education Scotland | 19% | 36% |
Estyn | 5% | .. |
FCO Services | 9% | 37% |
Food Standards Agency | 16% | 27% |
Food Standards Scotland | 8% | 7% |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 12% | 22% |
Government Actuary's Department | 7% | .. |
Government Internal Audit Agency | 9% | 21% |
Government Legal Department | 8% | 11% |
Health and Safety Executive | 10% | 21% |
HM Courts and Tribunals Service | 8% | 21% |
HM CPS Inspectorate | 31% | .. |
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services | 20% | 23% |
HM Prison and Probation Service HQ | 10% | 14% |
HM Revenue & Customs | 9% | 22% |
HM Treasury | 7% | 20% |
Home Office: Border Force | 14% | 40% |
Home Office: HM Passport Office | 11% | 25% |
Home Office: Immigration Enforcement | 13% | 28% |
Home Office: Policy and Enablers | 9% | 21% |
Home Office: UK Visas and Immigration | 9% | 20% |
Intellectual Property Office | 7% | 10% |
Land Registry | 6% | 14% |
Legal Aid Agency | 5% | 16% |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 14% | 42% |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | 9% | 23% |
Met Office | 8% | 21% |
Ministry of Defence | 10% | 26% |
Ministry of Justice HQ | 7% | 18% |
MoJ Arms Length Bodies | 6% | 18% |
National Crime Agency | 11% | 26% |
National Records of Scotland | 5% | 12% |
National Savings & Investment | 7% | 45% |
Office for National Statistics | 9% | 18% |
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets | 7% | 11% |
Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation | 7% | 6% |
Office of Rail and Road | 12% | 20% |
Office of the Public Guardian | 15% | 26% |
Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator | 15% | .. |
Ofsted | 5% | 15% |
Public Health England | 11% | 19% |
Registers of Scotland | 7% | 5% |
Revenue Scotland | 7% | .. |
Rural Payments Agency | 10% | 25% |
Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Offices | 7% | 15% |
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service | 7% | 19% |
Scottish Government | 8% | 17% |
Scottish Housing Regulator | 5% | .. |
Scottish Prison Service | 15% | 40% |
Scottish Public Pensions Agency | 13% | 23% |
Serious Fraud Office | 9% | 20% |
Student Awards Agency Scotland | 8% | 16% |
The Insolvency Service | 6% | 13% |
The National Archives | 5% | 21% |
The National Probation Service | 10% | 25% |
The Planning Inspectorate | 4% | 11% |
The Prison Service | 13% | 28% |
Transport Scotland | 9% | 17% |
UK Debt Management Office | 7% | .. |
UK Export Finance | 16% | 7% |
UK Hydrographic Office | 8% | 17% |
UK Statistics Authority | 15% | .. |
Valuation Office Agency | 6% | 17% |
Vehicle Certification Agency | 12% | .. |
Veterinary Medicines Directorate | 6% | 27% |
Welsh Government | 7% | 18% |
Wilton Park | 8% | .. |
Note: ‘..’ indicates value supressed due to small sample size |
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Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Ofsted's Freedom of Information request datasets 2017: Residential education provision as at 16 November 2017, published on 9 January 2019, when the most recent Ofsted inspection of the residential education provision at Rainsbrook Secure Training centre took place; and what the effectiveness grade was of that assessment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Secure Training Centre (STC) | Date of latest published inspection | Date report published | Assessment score (‘The achievement of young people’) |
Medway | 26 February – 21 March 2018* | 11 May 2018 | Requires improvement |
Oakhill | 5-15 June 2018 | 6 August 2018 | Requires improvement |
Rainsbrook | 2-12 October 2018 | 27 November 2018 | Good |
Notes
- Assessments are made on a four-point scale: Outstanding; Good; Requires improvement to be good; Inadequate.
- The Ofsted inspection framework may consider more than just education in the ‘achievement of young people’ section of their reports, however this is the section where education is best represented.
- *Medway STC has recently been inspected by Ofsted and their report is expected to be published shortly.
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Ofsted's Freedom of Information request datasets 2017: Residential education provision as at 16 November 2017, published on 9 January 2019, when the most recent Ofsted inspection of the residential education provision at Oakhill Secure Training centre took place; and what the effectiveness grade was of that assessment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Secure Training Centre (STC) | Date of latest published inspection | Date report published | Assessment score (‘The achievement of young people’) |
Medway | 26 February – 21 March 2018* | 11 May 2018 | Requires improvement |
Oakhill | 5-15 June 2018 | 6 August 2018 | Requires improvement |
Rainsbrook | 2-12 October 2018 | 27 November 2018 | Good |
Notes
- Assessments are made on a four-point scale: Outstanding; Good; Requires improvement to be good; Inadequate.
- The Ofsted inspection framework may consider more than just education in the ‘achievement of young people’ section of their reports, however this is the section where education is best represented.
- *Medway STC has recently been inspected by Ofsted and their report is expected to be published shortly.
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Ofsted's Freedom of Information request datasets 2017: Residential education provision as at 16 November 2017, published on 9 January 2019, when the most recent Ofsted inspection of the residential education provision at Medway Training centre took place; and what the effectiveness grade was of that assessment.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Secure Training Centre (STC) | Date of latest published inspection | Date report published | Assessment score (‘The achievement of young people’) |
Medway | 26 February – 21 March 2018* | 11 May 2018 | Requires improvement |
Oakhill | 5-15 June 2018 | 6 August 2018 | Requires improvement |
Rainsbrook | 2-12 October 2018 | 27 November 2018 | Good |
Notes
- Assessments are made on a four-point scale: Outstanding; Good; Requires improvement to be good; Inadequate.
- The Ofsted inspection framework may consider more than just education in the ‘achievement of young people’ section of their reports, however this is the section where education is best represented.
- *Medway STC has recently been inspected by Ofsted and their report is expected to be published shortly.
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals there have been involving SEND appeals in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those appeals were successful in each of those years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Information about the number of appeals received by the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) and the proportion of those appeals which were successful is published at www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mandatory training is provided to prison officers working in under-18 young offender institutions; and what is distinctive about this training in comparison to that provided to officers working with adult prisoners.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018
Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.
All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.
We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prison officers working in each of the under-18 young offender institutions that have undergone a DBS enhanced check.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018
Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.
All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.
We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers in each of the under-18 young offender institutions that were dismissed or disciplined in each of the last five years; and for what reasons was each of those dismissed or disciplined.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018
Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.
All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.
We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of prison officers in each of the under-18 young offender institutions in each of the last five years.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
HM Prison and Probation workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The figures are broken down by establishment and by prison category including male Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) for those aged 15-17. All staff working with children have to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of the vetting process before taking up such roles. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2018
Attached are tables showing the staff numbers at YOIs and details on the numbers of those dismissed or disciplined. Values of 2 or fewer have not been included to avoid the possibility of identification of individuals and to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
In relation to conduct and discipline cases this meant a breakdown of the reasons behind the actions could not be provided due to the very low numbers involved. Please also note that since June 2016 HMPPS has taken over the running of Medway Secure Training Centre and 151 FTE staff transferred in. In September 2017, 59 FTE staff transferred in to the newly created Youth Custody Service.
All prison officers working in under 18 YOIs currently undergo a young person specific and child-centred Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) course. This course incorporates both the Working with Young People in Custody (WYPC) course and Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR) training elements. The structure of the 10 week course allows learners to understand the ethos, values, morals and ethics that are integral to working with young people.
We are introducing a new Youth Justice Specialist role and are providing funding for every Prison Officer in the Youth Custody Service to undertake a distance-learning university-accredited qualification in youth justice so that they can transition them to this role. Supervising Officers will also be funded to undertake this training and transition to the new role on level transfer. All staff undertaking the qualification will be offered the opportunity to continue their study for another year to achieve a full foundation degree, fully-funded by the Youth Custody Service (YCS). There are over 300 frontline staff currently enrolled on this qualification and we will fund 250 places on this qualification per year for staff in the youth secure estate over the next four years. We intend for this to be the new standard training for frontline officers in the YCS by 2023