Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department planned to allocate to the Community Prisons for Women; how much savings have been accrued as a result of the cancellation of those prisons; to which programmes those savings have been allocated; and how much of those savings have been allocated to the rehabilitation and support of female offenders.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We had been developing a business case for the community prisons for women before moving to a community based approach and had not finalised a cost for these prisons. The evidence base on reoffending has continued to evolve and change. We continue to work with the model set out in Baroness Corston’s report, A review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the Criminal Justice System (2007). We believe that the steps we have outlined in the female offender strategy, including £5m of cross government funding over two years and the plan to work with local and national partners to pilot at least five residential women’s centres across England and Wales, is the right way to approach this but it remains only a first step on a journey.
The publication of the female offender strategy on 27 June is the start of a new and significant programme of work to deliver better outcomes for female offenders at all points of the justice system. It sets out our vision to see fewer women in custody, especially on short-term sentences, and a greater proportion of women managed in the community successfully. This will take some years to deliver and we will have the opportunity to revisit funding issues as we take work forward.
I remain committed to delivering these key reforms, which includes the female offender strategy, and ensuring there is sufficient funding for female offenders.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the number of reoffenders for each year since 2010.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the annual cost of prisoners who have reoffended. However, recent studies show that reoffending costs £15 billion to society and we are committed to rehabilitating offenders to reduce reoffending and create fewer victims.
We are clear that prisons must become places of discipline, hard work and self-improvement. Our reforms will help deliver a system that is focused on getting prisoners the education and training they need to live law-abiding lives when they are released.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) results of the Measuring the Quality of Prison Life survey from each of the last five years and (b) the reports generated for each prison based on that survey.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service carry out Measuring the Quality of Life surveys of individual prisons on a rolling programme.
On Thursday 26 October, the Ministry of Justice launched Justice Data, a new public facing platform for presenting published performance data. The website will be accessible at https://www.data.justice.gov.uk/prisons and includes a year of MQPL performance on Safety and Decency.
Until 2016/17 the scores for some dimensions of the prisoner surveys were included in the Prison Rating System (PRS) which was published annually. The results for 2016/17 can be found on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017 and previous years will be available in the PRS reports at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics
The PRS has been replaced with the Custodial Performance Tool and certain dimensions of the prisoner survey such as safety are part of this assessment. I have no plans to publish the reports of the Measuring the Quality of Life surveys as they are produced purely for management information.
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons use the Basic Custody Screening Tool; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the data collected by that too in the last 12 months with personally identifiable information removed.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
We have an established network of resettlement prisons which are used to facilitate the transition from custody into the community, to enable Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to work with those prisoners returning to their local area. The Basic Custody Screening Tool (BCST) is completed in all of these resettlement prisons at the beginning of a prisoner’s custodial sentence. It is not completed in non-resettlement prisons. A list of resettlement prisons is attached.
From the BCST records held centrally, removal of personally identifiable information could only be carried out at disproportionate cost. As you will appreciate it would not be appropriate to release the raw data as recorded, given the potential sensitivity of those records and indeed the regulations of the Data Protection Act.
List of resettlement prisons in England and Wales
HMP Altcourse | HMP Kirklevington Grange | |
HMP Askham Grange | HMP Lancaster Farms | |
HMP Bedford | HMP Leeds | |
HMP Belmarsh | HMP Leicester | |
HMP Berwyn | HMP Lewes | |
HMP Birmingham | HMP Leyhill | |
HMPYOI Brinsford | HMP Lincoln | |
HMP Bristol | HMP Liverpool | |
HMP Brixton | HMP Low Newton | |
HMP Bronzefield | HMP Manchester | |
HMP Bullingdon | HMP Moorland | |
HMP Cardiff | HMP Mount | |
HMP Channings Wood | HMP New Hall | |
HMP Chelmsford | HMP North Sea Camp | |
HMP Coldingley | HMP Northumberland | |
HMP Doncaster | HMP Norwich | |
HMP Dovegate | HMP Nottingham | |
HMP Downview | HMP Oakwood | |
HMP Drake Hall | HMP Onley | |
HMP Durham | HMP Parc | |
HMP East Sutton Park | HMP Pentonville | |
HMP Eastwood Park | HMP Peterborough | |
HMP Elmley | HMP Portland | |
HMP Exeter | HMP Preston | |
HMP Featherstone | HMP Ranby | |
HMPYOI Feltham | HMP Risley | |
HMP Ford | HMP Rochester | |
HMP Forest Bank | HMP Send | |
HMP Foston Hall | HMP Standford Hill | |
HMP Grendon/Spring Hill | HMP Stoke Heath | |
HMP Guys Marsh | HMP Styal | |
HMP Hatfield | HMP Sudbury | |
HMP Haverigg | HMP Swansea | |
HMP Hewell | HMP Thameside | |
HMP High Down | HMP Thorn Cross | |
HMP Highpoint | HMP Usk / Prescoed | |
HMP Hindley | HMP Wandsworth | |
HMP Hollesley Bay | HMP Wayland | |
HMP Holme House | HMP Wealstun | |
HMP Hull | HMP Winchester | |
HMP Humber | HMP Woodhill | |
HMP Isis | HMP Wormwood Scrubs | |
HMP Kirkham | ||
Asked by: Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the results of the Measuring the Quality of Prison Life survey from the last five years and the reports generated for each prison based on that survey.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service carry out Measuring the Quality of Life surveys of individual prisons on a rolling programme.
On Thursday 26 October, the Ministry of Justice launched Justice Data, a new public facing platform for presenting published performance data. The website will be accessible at https://www.data.justice.gov.uk/prisons and includes a year of MQPL performance on Safety and Decency.
Until 2016/17 the scores for some dimensions of the prisoner surveys were included in the Prison Rating System (PRS) which was published annually. The results for 2016/17 can be found on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-annual-performance-ratings-2016-to-2017 and previous years will be available in the PRS reports at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics
The PRS has been replaced with the Custodial Performance Tool and certain dimensions of the prisoner survey such as safety are part of this assessment. I have no plans to publish the reports of the Measuring the Quality of Life surveys as they are produced purely for management information.