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Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which places of detention on the prison estate have (a) a member of staff assigned to the role of foreign national co-ordinator and (b) more than one foreign national co-ordinator; how many such co-ordinators there are across the prison estate; and at what salary grade they are paid.

Jeremy Wright

While prisons are required to ensure that systems are in place to both facilitate the identification of foreign national prisoners and to meet their distinct needs, there is no mandatory requirement for prisons to have a designated foreign national co-ordinator. It is for Governors and Directors to decide how best to allocate their staffing resources, dependent upon the make-up and needs of their population and their staffing resource. While some will choose to assign dedicated staff to a foreign national co-ordinator role, in either a full or part-time capacity, others will have in place an arrangement that spreads responsibility for this work amongst a number of staff. Information on the arrangements in place at each prison is not recorded centrally.

01/11/2022

Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

Jeremy Wright

The Ministry of Justice Language Services Contract commenced on the 31st October 2011 and went live operationally in January 2012. The new interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system and saved taxpayers £15m in its first year. We have seen dramatic improvements over the life of the contract so far, with performance currently at 94% success rate, record numbers of bookings are now being made and fulfilled, and we continue to drive further improvement in performance.

The number of occasions on which interpretation services were used, and the total cost of these for each prison in 2013, can be found in the table below:

Prison	Number of Jobs	Total Cost
HMP Shepton Mallet NOMS – Prisons	1	£37.30
HMP Sudbury NOMS – Prisons	1	£165.75
HMP Bedford	151	£2,307.40
HMP Belmarsh	274	£88,467.31
HMP Blundeston	10	£254.86
HMP Brixton	27	£2,488.47
HMP Bure	4	£646.30
HMP Cardiff	34	£211.13
HMP Dartmoor	4	£402.55
HMP Elmley	23	£796.05
HMP Erlestoke	3	£1,611.97
HMP Frankland	136	£25,122.43
HMP Guys Marsh	13	£802.64
HMP Haverigg	10	£454.78
HMP Hewell	61	£858.92
HMP Highpoint	48	£2,220.03
HMP Holme House	34	£1,220.84
HMP Leeds	108	£1,449.70
HMP Leyhill	3	£314.74
HMP Lindholme	18	£2,356.99
HMP Lindholme Learning Centre	2	£1,110.90
HMP Littlehey	13	£340.70
HMP Liverpool	99	£2,919.94
HMP Long Lartin	148	£182,180.50
HMP Manchester	635	£50,444.73
HMP Manchester – Public Protection	1	£101.76
HMP Manchester – Security	2	£223.74
HMP Norwich	403	£3,956.21
HMP Pentonville	355	£13,976.57
HMP Ranby	56	£1,232.89
HMP Send	22	£6,838.05
HMP Stocken	6	£165.27
HMP Sudbury	5	£1,835.27
HMP Swaleside	13	£2,015.00
HMP Swansea	70	£1,004.74
HMP Usk and Prescoed	51	£10,967.74
HMP Wandsworth	848	£114,603.82
HMP Wellingborough	1	£58.00
HMP Whatton	215	£53,315.58
HMP Woodhill	270	£4,613.79
HMP Wormwood Scrubs	133	£1,913.12
HMPOI Aylesbury	2	£94.65
HMPYOI Foston Hall	17	£413.64
HMPYOI Hindley	76	£1,164.26
HMPYOI Holloway	622	£6,280.04
HMPYOI Lewes	33	£412.99
HMPYOI Low Newton	112	£1,573.07
HMPYOI Moorland	120	£9,226.49
HMPYOI New Hall	189	£5,480.24
HMPYOI Reading	85	£5,259.40
HMYOI Portland	34	£1,803.30
Prison Service College	82	£27,913.31
HMP Acklington/Castington	20	£221.37
IRC Dover	1149	£9,902.50
HMP Durham	73	£471.58
HMP Hull	23	£743.00
HMP Huntercombe	123	£5,065.04
IRC Morton Hall	2762	£44,677.50
HMP Nottingham	169	£1,867.61
HMP Wakefield	163	£107,301.70
HMPYOI Warren Hill	16	£431.49
HMP Whitemoor	92	£30,026.31
HMP Wymott	25	£1,157.87
HMP Isle of Wight	10	£1,228.67
HMP YOI Isis	14	£1,101.08
Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group	282	£92,537.70
HMPYOI Brinsford	148	£1,462.78
HMP Bristol	49	£428.42
HMP Bullwood Hall	28	£7,846.42
HMP Canterbury	14	£152.28
HMYOI Chelmsford	163	£2,672.87
HMYOI Deerbolt	90	£1,013.15
HMP Dorchester	21	£183.41
HMPYOI Downview	17	£341.50
HMPYOI Drake Hall	136	£1,150.58
HMP Eastwood Park	422	£3,591.42
HMP Featherstone	37	£554.06
HMYOI Feltham	284	£2,910.20
HMP Gartree	12	£210.45
HMYOI/RC Glen Parva	132	£1,381.49
HMP Gloucester	15	£134.67
IRC Haslar	1121	£11,545.50
HMYOI Lancaster Farms	42	£420.75
HMP Leicester	75	£1,064.05
HMP Lincoln	103	£1,241.73
HMP Maidstone	8	£193.36
HMP Preston	52	£650.34
HMP Risley	73	£2,030.13
HMP Shrewsbury	3	£15.06
HMYOI Styal	113	£1,243.83
HMP The Verne	20	£322.28
HMP Wayland	6	£64.52
HMYOI Wetherby	42	£798.14
HMP Winchester	66	£1,891.31
HMP Exeter	43	£384.50
HMP High Down	35	£244.37
Hounslow Junior Attendance Centre	4	£34.22
HMP Buckley Hall	1	£36.00
HMP Bullingdon	16	£467.50
HMP Onley	11	£67.04
HMPYOI Swinfen Hall	4	£33.94
Equalities Group	1	£1.29
London (Romford) Junior Attendance Centre	23	£263.44
Bournemouth Junior Attendance Centre	1	£10.20
HMYOI Werrington	20	£246.41
HMP KENNET	4	£13.34
HMPYOI Northallerton	8	£71.75
HMYOI Rochester	12	£140.22
Cricklewood Junior Attendance Centre	1	£5.26
HMP Full Sutton	28	£2,540.22
HMP Stafford	2	£28.20
HMP Wealstun	3	£19.14
HMP Ford	1	£62.82
HMYOI Stoke Heath	9	£104.18
South London Greenwich Senior Attendance Centre	1	£28.60
HMP Everthorpe	3	£28.40
Essex Junior Attendance Centre (Wickford)	1	£0.77
Fulham Junior Attendance Centre	1	£11.75
Hertford Junior Attendance Centre	1	£232.80
HMPYOI Askham Grange	1	£1.74
HMP The Mount	5	£137.68
Assisted Prison Visits Unit	1	£940.63
HMP Garth	1	£6.88
Total	14138	£994,041.28

The costs for the provision of language services detailed in the table provided vary dependent upon the nature of the service used, and the length of the assignment. These services may include, Face to Face interpreters including provision for the deaf and deafblind, Telephone Interpreters and Written Translations.

01/11/2022

Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a criminal conviction is a disqualification for a Community Rehabilitation contract.

Jeremy Wright

Final bids to run the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are expected at the end of June 2014, and will be rigorously assessed against robust quality, legal, commercial and financial criteria. In the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, bidders were required to declare that their organisation, directors or partners or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control had no convictions in relation to criminal offences such as conspiracy, corruption, bribery or fraud and that their organisation had no convictions for criminal offences relating to the conduct of their business or profession and acts of grave misconduct. As set out in the Invitation to Negotiate, bidders are required to notify the department of any changes to the position set out in their declarations or anything that may affect their continued participation in the competition and the department reserves the right to undertake a full re-assessment and, if grounds for rejection exist, exclude the bidder from further participation in the competition.

The MoJ also undertook extensive due diligence of bidders on a range of matters, including integrity and legal compliance issues. As a consequence we have a robust and diverse market.

01/11/2022

Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-17.

Mr Shailesh Vara

We expect to generate around £35m in additional gross income in 2014/15 and subsequent years from increased Notice to Seek Possession fees.

However, as part of our reforms we also removed the listing and allocation fees for possession claims in the county and high court.

01/11/2022

Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the treatment of child victims and witnesses within the courts system.

Damian Green

We do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.We are piloting recorded pre-trial cross-examination, allowing vulnerable witnesses for the first time to give evidence in advance of trial.

In ‘Transforming the Criminal Justice System: Strategy and Action Plan’ (June 2013), the Ministry of Justice committed to improving the consistency and take-up of special measures for vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses, such as the use of live-link, screens in court and the use of an intermediary (communication specialist). We are working with other criminal justice agencies to deliver this.

Child victims and witnesses are automatically eligible for special measures when giving evidence in court. The presumption in most cases is that they should give their evidence by video-recorded statement, and that any subsequent cross-examination is conducted by live-link with a supporter present who has been approved by the court.

The pre-trial cross-examination pilot ends in October 2014 and the evaluation of the pilot will inform plans for any future rollout of the measure.

01/11/2022

Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses within the courts system; and if he will make a statement.

Damian Green

We do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.We are piloting recorded pre-trial cross-examination, allowing vulnerable witnesses for the first time to give evidence in advance of trial.

In ‘Transforming the Criminal Justice System: Strategy and Action Plan’ (June 2013), the Ministry of Justice committed to improving the consistency and take-up of special measures for vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses, such as the use of live-link, screens in court and the use of an intermediary (communication specialist). We are working with other criminal justice agencies to deliver this.

Child victims and witnesses are automatically eligible for special measures when giving evidence in court. The presumption in most cases is that they should give their evidence by video-recorded statement, and that any subsequent cross-examination is conducted by live-link with a supporter present who has been approved by the court.

The pre-trial cross-examination pilot ends in October 2014 and the evaluation of the pilot will inform plans for any future rollout of the measure.

01/11/2022

Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from (a) charities, (b) hon. Members and (c) other individuals on the provisions available to support child victims and witnesses.

Damian Green

My Department from time to time receives representations about provisions to support child victims and witnesses. In recent months, my officials have held discussions with NSPCC and Barnardo’s on the subject, and a number of honourable Members and members of the public have written to Ministers.

01/11/2022

Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from insside a court building in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Damian Green

We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.

The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).

The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England & Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.

HMCTS Region	Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.
Wales	22
London	32
South East	52
South West	35
Midlands	40
North West	31
North East	37
Total	249

01/11/2022

Yasmin Qureshi – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yasmin Qureshi on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims and witnesses have given evidence from a remote site in each of the last five years.

Damian Green

We must do everything we can to support child witnesses and help them give their best possible evidence to bring offenders to justice.

The department does not hold data on the number of child victim and witnesses that use video links to give evidence (either a court building, or from a remote site).

The list below sets out the number of courthouses in each of the seven HMCTS Regions in England & Wales; criminal justice is a devolved matter for Scotland and Northern Ireland. These facilities enable any victim or witness to appear by video link from a different court location to that of the trial court; it is also possible for third party users to access the court system through a secure bridge.

HMCTS Region	Number of courthouses enabled for remote video link.
Wales	22
London	32
South East	52
South West	35
Midlands	40
North West	31
North East	37
Total	249

01/11/2022

Paul Flynn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Flynn on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he had on nuclear power with (a) his Chinese counterpart and (b) other members of the delegation of the Chinese prime minister during their visit to the UK in June; what matters were agreed; and if he will publish texts of any such agreements reached.

Michael Fallon

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with Premier Li and various Chinese companies to discuss areas of on-going cooperation within the nuclear power sector. During these discussions the UK and Chinese Governments signalled a deepening of their partnership on civil nuclear energy through the signing of a joint statement on civil nuclear power.

Alongside this, HMG have signed a Four Party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Civil Nuclear Fuel Cycle Supply Chain with the INS, CNNC and CAEA to further cooperation across the civil nuclear backend fuel cycle, creating potential commercial opportunities for UK companies.

Both countries see the importance of working together on the UK’s nuclear new build programme, China’s own domestic civil nuclear programme and in third country markets, to maximise the billion pound opportunities this presents for both UK and Chinese companies.

Both the joint statement and Four Party MoU are published on our website at

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/multimillion-boost-to-uk-economy-as-china-and-uk-government-sign-civil-nuclear-agreement-and-sign-agreement-to-deepen-cooperation-on-climate-change.

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