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  • Bridget Phillipson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Bridget Phillipson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bridget Phillipson on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23948, what the names are of the seven community rehabilitation companies referred to.

    Andrew Selous

    The information requested is commercially sensitive. It is normal Government practice not to release commercially sensitive information.

    The use of action plans is part of an ongoing standard contract management process used routinely with all 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) to promptly and proactively address issues which have been identified.

    We have robust contract management in place to monitor these plans, including commercial and financial specialists to ensure that providers deliver effective services and value for money. Robust performance management systems and audit arrangements are in place to manage the contracts. This approach is in line with National Audit Office contract management standards.

  • Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) drugs of each type and (b) other items were confiscated from visitors to each prison in each year since 2010.

    Andrew Selous

    We have a range of security measures and searching techniques to prevent smuggling into prisons and to detect items of contraband including drugs. We have legislated to make smuggling New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) into prison illegal, use specially trained dogs to detect illicit drugs and will evaluate the use of Body Scanners to reveal drugs concealed within the body.

    We refer all visitors to prisons found in possession of drugs to the police. We also use closed visits, where the prisoner and visitor are prevented from physical contact, to deal with visitors and prisoners who smuggle or are suspected of conveying drugs through visits.

    The table below shows the number and type of drugs confiscated from visitors in each prison for the period 01 October 2015 to 31 December 2015. Prior to 01 October 2015 the Incident Reporting System (IRS) did not specifically record who possessed the drugs found.

    Number of incidents where drugs were found in visitor’s possession, October to December 2015, by establishment and drug type

    Establishment

    Drug type

    Number of incidents12

    Aylesbury

    Cannabis

    3

    Birmingham

    NPS: Black Mamba

    1

    Brinsford

    Cannabis

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Bristol

    Other

    1

    Bullingdon

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Cardiff

    Amphetamines

    1

    Buprenorphine/Subutex

    1

    Heroin

    1

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Other

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Channings Wood

    Heroin

    1

    Chelmsford

    Cannabis

    2

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Coldingley

    Unknown

    1

    Doncaster

    Amphetamines

    1

    NPS: Other

    1

    Other

    2

    Unknown

    3

    Dovegate

    Other

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Elmley

    Cocaine

    1

    Featherstone

    Unknown

    1

    Feltham

    NPS: Other

    1

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Forest Bank

    NPS: Black Mamba

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Guys Marsh

    Unknown

    1

    Haverigg

    Unknown

    3

    High Down

    Unknown

    1

    Highpoint

    NPS: Other

    1

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Hewell

    Cannabis

    3

    NPS: Other

    1

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Other

    1

    Steroids

    1

    Holme House

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Humber

    Amphetamines

    1

    Lancaster Farms

    Unknown

    1

    Leeds

    Amphetamines

    1

    Cocaine

    1

    NPS: Other

    1

    Lindholme

    Cannabis

    1

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Lowdham Grange

    Cannabis Plant

    1

    Manchester

    Cannabis

    1

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Moorland

    NPS: Spice

    3

    Other

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Morton Hall

    NPS: Spice

    1

    New Hall

    Unknown

    1

    Northumberland

    Unknown

    2

    Norwich

    Heroin

    1

    Oakwood

    Heroin

    1

    Other

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Onley

    NPS: Spice

    1

    Steroids

    1

    Unknown

    1

    Parc

    Unknown

    1

    Peterborough Male

    Other

    1

    Peterborough Female

    Crack

    1

    Heroin

    1

    Ranby

    NPS: Other

    1

    Risley

    Cannabis

    1

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Unknown

    2

    Rochester

    Cannabis

    1

    Crack

    1

    Unknown

    2

    Stoke Heath

    NPS: Other

    1

    The Mount

    Cannabis

    1

    Heroin

    1

    NPS: Other

    1

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Verne

    NPS: Other

    1

    Wayland

    NPS: Spice

    2

    Wymott

    NPS: Other

    1

    (1) Number of incidents where each drug type were found.

    (2) Where establishment is not listed, no confiscations were reported in the period

    Data Sources and Quality
    These figures have been drawn from the NOMS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

  • Catherine McKinnell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Catherine McKinnell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Catherine McKinnell on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 20722, what figures his Department used for the number of motor accidents in each year from 2006 to 2015 in formulating that Answer.

    Dominic Raab

    Data on the number of motor accidents between 2006 and 2015 was obtained from publicly available datasets published by the Department for Transport. This data can be obtained from:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/497176/ras45004.xls

    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/461863/ras10013.xls

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  • Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons of which type have been confiscated from visitors to prisons in each year since 2010.

    Andrew Selous

    The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

  • Christian Matheson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Christian Matheson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Christian Matheson on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests have taken place related to the death of UK citizens whilst at sea in each year including and since 2010.

    Caroline Dinenage

    The information requested is not held centrally.

  • Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the National Offender Management Service’s budget was for its allocation of illicit alcohol-detecting dogs in each of the last five years; and how many finds have been made by those dogs in each of those years.

    Andrew Selous

    There are more than 500 specially trained dogs used within prisons to search prisoners, visitors, prison perimeters and suspicious packages for illicit items, such as drugs, weapons, alcohol and mobile phones. Many dogs are trained so that they can detect a range of contraband rather than one particular substance. The specific combination of capabilities is managed by regional search teams so that dogs can be used most effectively to tackle prevalent risks in that region.

    For those reasons, it is not possible to allocate a specific budget to dogs who have been trained to detect alcohol. Data on the number of alcohol finds made by dogs is not recorded.

  • Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Andy Slaughter – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times (a) knife, (b), shiv, (c) shank, (d) chib and (e) another slang word for a blade were recorded on the Incident Report System in each prison since 2010.

    Andrew Selous

    The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

  • Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was between a fatal accident occurring in construction and the start of a prosecution on the latest date for which data is available.

    Justin Tomlinson

    For fatalities in construction (Standard Industrial Classification, section F) reported to HSE between 2005/06 and 2014/15, the average time between the date of incident and the date prosecution action was approved is 751 days. This number does not include some more recent or complex incidents, which remain under investigation. The time between the incident and prosecution approved to date by yearly time bands is as follows:

    Time between incident and approval

    Number

    Percentage

    0 – 1 year

    43

    23

    1-2 years

    51

    27

    2-3 years

    56

    30

    3-4 years

    28

    15

    4-5 years

    9

    5

    5 years +

    2

    1

    189
  • Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change there has been in the length of time between a fatal accident and a prosecution over the last five years.

    Justin Tomlinson

    For fatalities in construction (Standard Industrial Classification Section F) resulting in a prosecution approval by HSE between 2010/11 and 2014/15, the average time between the date of incident and the date prosecution action was approved in each year is as follows:

    Year of approval

    Average number of days between incident and prosecution approval by HSE

    2010/11

    877

    2011/12

    841

    2012/13

    783

    2013/14

    851

    2014/15

    879
  • Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-02-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of construction prosecutions has resulted in a conviction in each of the last five years.

    Justin Tomlinson

    The percentage of construction (Standard Industrial Classification, section F) prosecutions completed in the relevant year and resulting in a conviction in each of the last five years, is as follows:

    Year

    Cases for which legal proceedings have been instituted

    Convictions

    Percentage resulting in conviction

    2010/11

    218

    201

    92%

    2011/12

    241

    220

    91%

    2012/13

    220

    209

    95%

    2013/14r

    225

    209

    93%

    2014/15p

    258

    243

    94%

    p – provisional

    r – revised