Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department has made on implementing the reintegration planning recommendations outlined in the report on an unannounced inspection of HM Prison Littlehey of March 2015.

HMP Littlehey has made good progress on implementing the recommendations set out in the unannounced report published in July 2015. Offender managers and supervisors assess pre-release needs and as part of a local initiative, two staff from the local CRC (BeNCH) support the referral to resettlement services. The policy response for managing the over 55 year old population has been reviewed. A range of sex offender treatment programmes as well as a Thinking Skills programme to assist with addressing the risks presented by this cohort of prisoners have been commissioned.

The National Career Service (NCS) provides improved prisoner skills assessment and employment options on reception as well as group work sessions. Discharge clinics are provided by Healthcare to ensure forward planning of prisoner health and wellbeing on release.