Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding sent by the Cabinet Office to his Department on the sharing of GOV.UK user data with the Government Digital Service.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is implementing end-to-end performance monitoring so that GOV.UK can be designed to ensure that people can access the information and services they need as easily as possible. Departments are enabling GDS to centrally collect data on site usage across the GOV.UK estate, to provide an end to end, anonymised view of how people interact with government online. In developing this project, both GDS and departments have taken into account both the data protection regime and other guidance like the Government’s Data Ethics Framework.
Clear and robust Memorandums of Understanding set out the terms of the project. The MOUs outline the responsibilities of both the GDS and departments in a number of areas, including handling the relevant data to ensure there is no unauthorised access, loss, misuse, modification or disclosure.
The MoUs will be regularly updated in line with the government’s commitment to continuous improvement in digital services and best practice in data and privacy standards. It is a long standing government policy to operate in the spirit of full transparency, and GDS plan to publish the document in due course.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many in-flight files of EU legislation exist that effect the policy areas managed by his Department; and which in-flight files of EU legislation his Department intends to implement in UK law.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
During the time-limited implementation period, EU law will continue to apply in the UK subject to the terms set out in the Withdrawal Agreement.
The MOJ currently has two in-flight files being managed within the department which may require implementation during any agreed Implementation Period. This is without prejudice to other live files currently in-flight in the EU over which the UK may seek a post-adoption opt-in.
The Official Journal of the European Union publishes upcoming EU legislation for implementation. This is publicly available online: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/oj/direct-access.html .
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce a video link between locations in Wakefield and the magistrates' court in Leeds.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
HM Courts and Tribunals Service is aware that the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Police are investigating the potential to establish video link facilities at a location in Wakefield, for use by victims and witnesses in the area. Officials will work closely with both criminal justice partners on this matter and I have asked that you are kept updated on progress.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target time is for cases to be brought to resolution at magistrates' courts; and how many times that target has not been met in West Yorkshire in the last three years.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
HMCTS has not set specific target times for cases to be brought to resolution at magistrates’ courts – the process for which is under the control of the independent judiciary.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in HMP New Hall gave birth while imprisoned in 2017.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. To provide this information, a manual search of the record of every female prisoner held at New Hall during 2017 would be required.
We currently do not record the number of women who give birth in prisons centrally but consideration will be given on recording this information locally on prison systems.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women at HMP New Hall were given a place in a mother and baby unit in 2017.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Data relating to Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) applications is published annually and the latest published data available is for 2016/17 (at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-national-offender-management-service-digest-2016-to-2017). In 2016/17, 15 applications for a place on an MBU were approved by the MBU Admission Board at New Hall and 13 women were received into the unit there during that time. This would include women who were pregnant and women who had a child under 18 months. National data for 2017/18 will be published in the HMPPS Annual Digest on 26 July 2018.
Not all women whose applications are approved at New Hall will immediately take up a place on the unit. Some may take a place nearer, or after, giving birth, some may subsequently decide not to take up their place and some may move to an MBU at another establishment.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in HMP New Hall who had babies or infants resident with them in prison had those children taken away from them in 2017.
Answered by Phillip Lee
During 2016/17 (the year for which the most recent published data is available), 3 women returned to the general prison population at New Hall following a separation from their baby or babies.
Women in Mother and Baby Units (MBUs) may be separated from their children for a number of reasons. The most common would be the child reaching an age where it would be in its best interests to live outside of the prison environment, but there will also be cases where the mother decides that she wishes to hand out the child to family or friends or where the mother’s prison behaviour mean that separation would be in the best interests of the child.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 122617, which the prisons are which are receiving support services provided by Carillion and its subsidiaries; and what those services are at each such prison.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Carillion provides services at the following prison establishments;
Blantyre House | Bedford | Bullingdon | Coldingley |
Cookham Wood | Bure | Grendon | Downview |
East Sutton Park | Chelmsford | Huntercombe | Feltham |
Ford | Highpoint | Albany | Highdown |
Lewes | Hollesley Bay | Parkhurst | Pentonville |
Maidstone | Littlehey | Springhill | Send |
Rochester | The Mount | Winchester | Wandsworth |
Elmely | Norwich | Woodhill | Wormwood Scrubs |
Stanford Hill | Warren Hill | Bristol | Erlestoke |
Swaleside | Wayland | Channings Wood | Guys Marsh |
Aylesbury | Whitemoor | Dartmoor | Leyhill |
Exeter | Belmarsh | Eastwood Park | Portland |
Erlestoke | The Verne |
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Carillion provide a wide range of facilities management services. These include, but are not limited to, hard services such as planned and reactive maintenance, and soft services such as pest control, landscaping and cleaning.
Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many disposable coffee cups were purchased by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Phillip Lee
I can confirm that the MoJ holds a partial amount of the information that you have requested and I have provided it below.
My response is primarily restricted to purchases made via a Catering Disposable contract which commenced in June 2017 and has since supplied Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Comparative data for periods prior to June 2017 is not held.
I can provide the data for 2017/18 to date as per below;
| Number of disposable hot beverage cups |
2017/18 (Part year Apr 17 to date) | 929,960 |
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Asked by: Mary Creagh (Labour - Coventry East)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many buildings sold by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since 2010 have been (a) listed with Historic England, (b) located in a conservation area and (c) classified as being of historic significance.
Answered by Dominic Raab
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (and prior to 2016 the Ministry of Justice) has sold (as at August 2017) 23 listed buildings since 2010.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service has sold (as at August 2017) 17 courts that are located within or near a conservation area. Information regarding whether courts sold by the Ministry of Justice between 2010 and 2015 were located in conservation areas has not been recorded.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and the Ministry of Justice do not hold records relating to the historical significance of a court other than its listed status and whether it is situated in a conservation area.