Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, what the timescale is for the reprocurement of (a) prison video calling software and (b) video conferencing in probation.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, by what date all youth custody estates will have implemented in-cell technology.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, which nine prisons will have in-cell technology implemented in 2021-2.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on re-offending of implementing the (a) 2021-2 commitments and (b) 2024 vision set out in that strategy.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, how many additional closed prisons are planned to complete their roll-out of in-cell telephony in 2021-2.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data & Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, what estimate he has made of the revenue cost savings for HMPPS of implementing the (a) 2021-2 commitments and (b) 2024 vision.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost of implementing the 2024 vision set out in that strategy.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service Digital, Data and Technology Strategy, published on 15 June 2021, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the 2024 vision set out in that strategy.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been funded from within our SR20 settlement. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
The work being undertaken in 21/22 has been agreed within current funding. Future funding will be subject to the upcoming Spending Review.
Within 2021-22, In Cell Technology will be implemented at 11 Adult prisons; Lindholme, Ranby, Stokeheath Styal, new Hall, Garth, The Mount, Swaleside, Erlestoke, and refreshed at Berwyn and Wayland.
Part of the work being carried out in 21/22 is the measuring the impact of the implementation of the work, in particular in relation to in-cell technology and digital services. This will inform our understanding of any savings for future years.
We will install in-cell telephony in additional 16 closed prisons by the end of March 2022.
By Mar-22, all YCS sites will have implemented In Cell Technology (Cookham Wood, Feltham, Wetherby and Werrington.
The reprocurement process for the Prison Video Calling software (which will allow families to contact prisoners with video calling software) completed last week (w/c 14 June). A preferred supplier has been identified and all bidders have been informed. We expect to sign the contract with the preferred supplier on week commending 28 June 2021 and for the decision communicated publicly after this point.
The current contract under which video conferencing for Probation is provided will continue for another two years. During this time, the provision for future video conferencing will be competed and we will be publishing a procurement pipeline in July 2021 which describes our plan for this.
It's our intention to continue to provide tools and services that are simpler, clearer and faster to use, which we anticipate will free front line staff up to spend more time with those on custodial sentences and under supervision in the community. We continue to work on how to best evaluate the impact of the strategy and the digital and technology implementation in prison and probation.
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