The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Laird on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of the United States the collection of UK citizens’ data through the PRISM programme, and if so, with what result.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It is the long-standing policy of successive Governments not to comment in detail on matters of intelligence. This includes discussions with allies and liaison agencies.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they participated in the election observer presence at the recent elections in Azerbaijan; and whether OSCE or Council of Europe observer delegations were also present at those elections.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly decided not to send observers. However the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe sent a 28 member observation team.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they participated in the election observer presences at the recent elections in Turkey; and whether OSCE or Council of Europe observer delegations were also present at those elections.
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The British Government deployed 2 Long Term Observers to join 18 other Long Term Observers in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Limited Election Observation Mission for the early parliamentary elections in Turkey on 1 November 2015.
Delegations from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE also observed the elections in Turkey on 1 November.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government with which countries the UK is currently negotiating prisoner transfer agreements.
Lord Faulks
Revealing negotiations regarding prisoner transfer agreements can be counterproductive given their sensitivity. My Ministerial colleagues and I are actively engaging with a number of countries and remain determined to secure compulsory agreements wherever possible. Currently the UK has over 100 prisoner transfer agreements with other countries and territories.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours on average each prisoner spent per week (1) in a cell, and (2) on purposeful activity, in (a) each prison, (b) each category of prison, and (c) the entire prison estate, in each year since 2010.
Lord Faulks
Time unlocked and purposeful activity were two of the National Offender Management Service’s performance indicators for prisons until 2011/2012. These indicators were discontinued from the start of 2012/13. However, the figures requested are provided for 2010/11 and 2011/12 in the tables below.
Tables 1 and 2 cover time spent in cell. Average time in cell is measured per weekday and this information is provided by individual prison establishment, by prison category and across the prison estate. The figures for time in cell are derived from information collected on the average hours per weekday that prisoners are unlocked and using these to estimate hours spent locked in cell. It should be noted that time in cell includes time when prisoners are asleep. Time unlocked includes time where a prisoner is either out of their cell or where the cell door is unlocked allowing them to move freely in and out of the cell.
Tables 3 and 4 show the reported average hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week at establishment level, for each category of prison and across the prison estate
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table 1: Time in Cell by Prison Establishment: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Establishment Name |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
|
Acklington |
15.5 |
– |
|
Albany |
– |
– |
|
Altcourse |
11.1 |
12.6 |
|
Ashfield |
14.0 |
14.1 |
|
Ashwell |
14.5 |
– |
|
Askham Grange |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Aylesbury |
16.8 |
16.6 |
|
Bedford |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Belmarsh |
15.9 |
24.0 |
|
Birmingham |
16.2 |
16.1 |
|
Blantyre House |
6.0 |
6.0 |
|
Blundeston |
14.0 |
12.4 |
|
Brinsford |
14.1 |
24.0 |
|
Bristol |
15.1 |
15.7 |
|
Brixton |
17.4 |
17.4 |
|
Bronzefield |
14.1 |
14.1 |
|
Buckley Hall |
15.2 |
15.4 |
|
Bullingdon |
16.1 |
15.6 |
|
Bullwood Hall |
10.3 |
10.1 |
|
Camp Hill |
– |
– |
|
Canterbury |
13.7 |
13.3 |
|
Cardiff |
15.9 |
16.7 |
|
Castington |
16.6 |
– |
|
Channings Wood |
15.3 |
15.4 |
|
Chelmsford |
14.7 |
14.4 |
|
Coldingley |
14.4 |
14.6 |
|
Cookham Wood |
15.2 |
14.3 |
|
Dartmoor |
13.6 |
13.4 |
|
Deerbolt |
17.5 |
17.2 |
|
Doncaster |
13.4 |
11.6 |
|
Dorchester |
18.2 |
18.5 |
|
Dovegate |
14.8 |
14.3 |
|
Dover |
11.4 |
11.4 |
|
Downview |
13.8 |
14.2 |
|
Drake Hall |
5.3 |
6.5 |
|
Durham |
16.1 |
16.2 |
|
East Sutton Park |
7.0 |
7.0 |
|
Eastwood Park |
13.1 |
15.0 |
|
Edmunds Hill |
10.2 |
– |
|
Elmley |
– |
– |
|
Erlestoke |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Everthorpe |
16.7 |
16.7 |
|
Exeter |
16.2 |
15.9 |
|
Featherstone |
13.1 |
14.5 |
|
Feltham |
16.3 |
17.1 |
|
Ford |
11.5 |
11.5 |
|
Forest Bank |
13.7 |
13.7 |
|
Foston Hall |
12.5 |
14.5 |
|
Frankland |
15.1 |
14.9 |
|
Full Sutton |
15.1 |
15.0 |
|
Garth |
15.1 |
15.3 |
|
Gartree |
15.2 |
15.5 |
|
Glen Parva |
16.4 |
17.0 |
|
Gloucester |
15.6 |
16.1 |
|
Grendon |
10.3 |
10.3 |
|
Guys Marsh |
13.6 |
13.7 |
|
Haslar |
12.0 |
12.0 |
|
Haverigg |
9.2 |
9.7 |
|
Hewell |
13.3 |
13.0 |
|
High Down |
16.2 |
16.5 |
|
Highpoint |
14.5 |
13.3 |
|
Hindley |
13.9 |
13.7 |
|
Hollesley Bay |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Holloway |
15.0 |
15.0 |
|
Holme House |
16.1 |
15.4 |
|
Hull |
16.0 |
16.1 |
|
Huntercombe |
13.5 |
14.1 |
|
Isis |
– |
17.4 |
|
Isle of Wight |
14.8 |
14.5 |
|
Kennet |
13.8 |
13.7 |
|
Kingston |
14.0 |
14.3 |
|
Kirkham |
9.2 |
9.2 |
|
Kirklevington |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
Lancaster |
14.9 |
– |
|
Lancaster Farms |
16.3 |
16.4 |
|
Latchmere House |
0.0 |
1.9 |
|
Leeds |
16.2 |
13.8 |
|
Leicester |
16.5 |
16.1 |
|
Lewes |
15.3 |
15.0 |
|
Leyhill |
8.0 |
8.0 |
|
Lincoln |
17.0 |
16.2 |
|
Lindholme |
15.7 |
15.9 |
|
Littlehey |
16.3 |
15.1 |
|
Liverpool |
15.7 |
15.8 |
|
Long Lartin |
14.7 |
15.7 |
|
Low Newton |
13.4 |
13.5 |
|
Lowdham Grange |
13.2 |
12.9 |
|
Maidstone |
15.2 |
15.0 |
|
Manchester |
13.8 |
13.4 |
|
Moorland |
12.7 |
11.8 |
|
Morton Hall |
10.4 |
24.0 |
|
Mount |
13.1 |
13.0 |
|
New Hall |
14.8 |
15.7 |
|
North Sea Camp |
6.5 |
6.5 |
|
Northallerton |
15.7 |
15.0 |
|
Northumberland |
– |
15.6 |
|
Norwich |
15.2 |
15.8 |
|
Nottingham |
16.2 |
16.2 |
|
Onley |
14.8 |
14.4 |
|
Parc |
14.6 |
14.9 |
|
Parkhurst |
– |
– |
|
Pentonville |
16.3 |
16.6 |
|
Peterborough |
14.7 |
14.8 |
|
Portland |
15.1 |
15.4 |
|
Preston |
15.7 |
15.7 |
|
Ranby |
14.3 |
14.6 |
|
Reading |
15.1 |
14.4 |
|
Risley |
15.0 |
15.0 |
|
Rochester |
14.3 |
14.0 |
|
Rye Hill |
14.8 |
14.3 |
|
Send |
12.1 |
12.1 |
|
Sheppey Cluster |
15.0 |
15.2 |
|
Shepton Mallet |
14.6 |
14.5 |
|
Shrewsbury |
15.4 |
15.4 |
|
Stafford |
16.6 |
16.4 |
|
Standford Hill |
– |
– |
|
Stocken |
16.1 |
16.5 |
|
Stoke Heath |
16.2 |
15.5 |
|
Styal |
10.5 |
11.5 |
|
Sudbury |
5.0 |
5.0 |
|
Swaleside |
– |
– |
|
Swansea |
15.5 |
15.4 |
|
Swinfen Hall |
16.2 |
17.8 |
|
Thorn Cross |
9.0 |
10.2 |
|
UskPrescoed |
11.6 |
11.4 |
|
Verne |
9.0 |
9.1 |
|
Wakefield |
14.9 |
14.8 |
|
Wandsworth |
17.4 |
16.7 |
|
Warren Hill |
14.6 |
15.2 |
|
Wayland |
12.6 |
11.7 |
|
Wealstun |
16.5 |
15.7 |
|
Wellingborough |
14.2 |
15.0 |
|
Werrington |
14.3 |
14.8 |
|
Wetherby |
14.2 |
14.4 |
|
Whatton |
14.2 |
13.6 |
|
Whitemoor |
15.5 |
15.2 |
|
Winchester |
15.0 |
16.5 |
|
Wolds |
12.1 |
12.0 |
|
Woodhill |
15.0 |
14.5 |
|
Wormwood Scrubs |
16.8 |
16.9 |
|
Wymott |
15.5 |
15.5 |
|
National Total |
14.5 |
14.5 |
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 2: Time in Cell by Prison Category: Average Hours per Prisoner per Week Day
|
Category |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
|
Category B |
14.1 |
13.9 |
|
Category C |
14.2 |
14.1 |
|
Dispersal |
15 |
15.1 |
|
Female closed |
12.8 |
13.6 |
|
Female local |
13.5 |
14.1 |
|
Female open |
7.6 |
7.6 |
|
Male closed young offender |
15.8 |
16.2 |
|
Male juvenile |
14.3 |
14.4 |
|
Male local |
15.5 |
15.4 |
|
Male open |
8.1 |
8.1 |
|
Male open young offender |
9 |
10.2 |
|
Semi open |
6 |
6.2 |
|
Cluster |
14.5 |
14.5 |
|
National Total |
14.5 |
14.5 |
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
Table 3: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by establishment
|
Establishment name |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
|
Acklington |
20.7 |
– |
|
Albany |
24.2 |
24.6 |
|
Altcourse |
35.2 |
33.7 |
|
Ashfield |
29.1 |
26.7 |
|
Ashwell |
29.1 |
– |
|
Askham Grange |
40.7 |
40.0 |
|
Aylesbury |
20.7 |
21.9 |
|
Bedford |
19.2 |
18.5 |
|
Belmarsh |
18.5 |
18.4 |
|
Birmingham |
21.3 |
21.3 |
|
Blantyre House |
52.1 |
52.2 |
|
Blundeston |
25.5 |
24.6 |
|
Brinsford |
28.0 |
29.9 |
|
Bristol |
25.2 |
22.9 |
|
Brixton |
17.5 |
17.7 |
|
Bronzefield |
26.6 |
26.9 |
|
Buckley Hall |
27.0 |
26.5 |
|
Bullingdon |
22.6 |
20.9 |
|
Bullwood Hall |
24.5 |
24.0 |
|
Bure |
21.2 |
24.6 |
|
Camp Hill |
22.4 |
23.7 |
|
Canterbury |
19.7 |
21.6 |
|
Cardiff |
22.6 |
20.0 |
|
Castington |
22.3 |
– |
|
Channings Wood |
24.0 |
23.7 |
|
Chelmsford |
25.8 |
26.5 |
|
Coldingley |
25.6 |
25.7 |
|
Cookham Wood |
23.6 |
26.8 |
|
Dartmoor |
24.1 |
23.1 |
|
Deerbolt |
21.2 |
22.8 |
|
Doncaster |
23.4 |
22.1 |
|
Dorchester |
17.7 |
17.2 |
|
Dovegate |
31.8 |
33.3 |
|
Dover |
– |
– |
|
Downview |
31.4 |
28.5 |
|
Drake Hall |
34.4 |
36.0 |
|
Durham |
16.9 |
18.2 |
|
East Sutton Park |
45.0 |
45.3 |
|
Eastwood Park |
21.5 |
22.4 |
|
Edmunds Hill |
24.8 |
– |
|
Elmley |
17.1 |
17.5 |
|
Erlestoke |
24.6 |
24.8 |
|
Everthorpe |
22.5 |
22.7 |
|
Exeter |
17.9 |
18.9 |
|
Featherstone |
26.4 |
25.7 |
|
Feltham |
22.2 |
20.3 |
|
Ford |
41.6 |
41.8 |
|
Forest Bank |
25.7 |
25.3 |
|
Foston Hall |
30.9 |
29.7 |
|
Frankland |
19.7 |
20.8 |
|
Full Sutton |
20.5 |
21.1 |
|
Garth |
25.9 |
26.2 |
|
Gartree |
26.4 |
28.7 |
|
Glen Parva |
20.7 |
20.8 |
|
Gloucester |
20.7 |
19.5 |
|
Grendon |
31.9 |
33.7 |
|
Guys Marsh |
24.7 |
23.8 |
|
Haslar |
– |
– |
|
Hatfield |
– |
– |
|
Haverigg |
27.6 |
25.3 |
|
Hewell |
25.6 |
25.2 |
|
High Down |
19.2 |
18.6 |
|
Highpoint |
25.1 |
0.0 |
|
Hindley |
30.9 |
33.4 |
|
Hollesley Bay |
43.1 |
43.3 |
|
Holloway |
23.1 |
21.8 |
|
Holme House |
18.9 |
22.0 |
|
Hull |
19.8 |
19.6 |
|
Huntercombe |
27.0 |
28.4 |
|
Kennet |
25.6 |
25.7 |
|
Kingston |
29.2 |
27.3 |
|
Kirkham |
47.1 |
49.3 |
|
Kirklevington |
53.0 |
51.5 |
|
Lancaster |
26.7 |
– |
|
Lancaster Farms |
26.9 |
27.0 |
|
Latchmere House |
56.5 |
56.5 |
|
Leeds |
18.6 |
18.9 |
|
Leicester |
18.8 |
18.9 |
|
Lewes |
23.0 |
20.3 |
|
Leyhill |
39.5 |
40.0 |
|
Lincoln |
19.3 |
18.9 |
|
Lindholme |
21.4 |
21.5 |
|
Littlehey |
20.6 |
22.5 |
|
Liverpool |
20.2 |
20.8 |
|
Long Lartin |
20.0 |
21.4 |
|
Low Newton |
23.8 |
23.7 |
|
Lowdham Grange |
27.3 |
27.9 |
|
Maidstone |
25.1 |
25.9 |
|
Manchester |
23.8 |
24.7 |
|
Moorland |
29.0 |
31.1 |
|
Morton Hall |
30.9 |
0.0 |
|
Mount |
24.4 |
24.8 |
|
New Hall |
27.2 |
25.0 |
|
North Sea Camp |
45.9 |
43.1 |
|
Northallerton |
23.7 |
23.5 |
|
Northumberland |
– |
20.0 |
|
Norwich |
24.8 |
23.9 |
|
Nottingham |
26.3 |
27.0 |
|
Onley |
25.4 |
26.0 |
|
Parc |
26.8 |
26.8 |
|
Parkhurst |
21.3 |
22.9 |
|
Pentonville |
18.1 |
18.4 |
|
Peterborough |
– |
– |
|
Portland |
27.6 |
– |
|
Preston |
20.7 |
20.6 |
|
Ranby |
23.9 |
24.0 |
|
Reading |
22.4 |
22.5 |
|
Risley |
27.1 |
27.2 |
|
Rochester |
22.0 |
22.3 |
|
Rye Hill |
27.9 |
28.7 |
|
Send |
30.6 |
31.2 |
|
Shepton Mallet |
23.2 |
24.0 |
|
Shrewsbury |
25.8 |
27.1 |
|
Stafford |
26.2 |
26.6 |
|
Standford Hill |
36.7 |
40.1 |
|
Stocken |
25.7 |
24.8 |
|
Stoke Heath |
25.6 |
28.1 |
|
Styal |
24.7 |
23.1 |
|
Sudbury |
43.6 |
45.8 |
|
Swaleside |
24.3 |
26.6 |
|
Swansea |
21.6 |
20.4 |
|
Swinfen Hall |
26.3 |
23.8 |
|
Thameside |
– |
– |
|
Thorn Cross |
45.3 |
47.0 |
|
UskPrescoed |
35.0 |
33.7 |
|
Verne |
26.7 |
25.9 |
|
Wakefield |
20.5 |
21.2 |
|
Wandsworth |
17.2 |
17.6 |
|
Warren Hill |
29.5 |
28.5 |
|
Wayland |
25.2 |
25.8 |
|
Wealstun |
20.4 |
21.7 |
|
Wellingborough |
26.8 |
25.4 |
|
Werrington |
30.8 |
27.6 |
|
Wetherby |
29.7 |
27.5 |
|
Whatton |
26.0 |
25.2 |
|
Whitemoor |
24.1 |
25.5 |
|
Winchester |
19.1 |
18.0 |
|
Wolds |
24.4 |
24.1 |
|
Woodhill |
21.2 |
20.0 |
|
Wormwood Scrubs |
17.2 |
16.8 |
|
Wymott |
25.7 |
26.2 |
|
National Total |
24.7 |
24.9 |
‘-‘ Data not available
Table 4: Average number of hours per prisoner per week in purposeful activity by prison category
|
Category |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
|
Category B |
27.1 |
30.1 |
|
Category C |
24.8 |
25.2 |
|
Dispersal |
20.7 |
21.7 |
|
Female closed |
30.9 |
29.5 |
|
Female local |
24.7 |
23.8 |
|
Female open |
42.5 |
42.3 |
|
Male closed young offender |
24.2 |
24.0 |
|
Male juvenile |
28.9 |
27.5 |
|
Male local |
21.4 |
21.4 |
|
Male open |
42.5 |
44.2 |
|
Male open young offender |
45.3 |
47.0 |
|
Semi open |
43.9 |
45.6 |
|
Cluster |
25.6 |
24.7 |
|
National Total |
24.7 |
24.9 |
Note: In the above table prisons are categorised according to their predominant function, though some establishments will have more than one function.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Empey on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what communications they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the establishment of City Deals in Northern Ireland.
Lord Dunlop
The Government communicates with the Northern Ireland Executive frequently on a wide range of issues.
The Economic Pact between the Executive and the Government was modelled on some of the approaches the Government takes with City Deals but many of the policies included in City Deals in Great Britain are devolved in Northern Ireland and are the responsibility of the Executive.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Empey on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what communications they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the creation of Enterprise Zones in Northern Ireland.
Lord Dunlop
The Government communicates with the Northern Ireland Executive frequently on a wide range of issues.
In ‘Building a United and Prosperous Community’ (the ‘Economic Pact’) signed in June 2013, the Government made a commitment to consider any Executive-nominated sites to be designated as an Enterprise Zone. Budget 2014 announced that businesses located within the Executive’s proposed pilot Enterprise Zone near Coleraine could benefit from enhanced capital allowances until 2020.
I understand the Executive continues to work towards the implementation of this pilot Enterprise Zone.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the train service in the Lincoln area, to both London and Birmingham, is adequate to meet present needs, and what firm plans they have for developing the service along those rail corridors.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Government believes that Train Operators are better placed to respond to the changing demands of their customers in the creation of train services and it is the Government’s view that timetable development is an activity that should be managed by Train Operators with minimum interference from Central Government.
In 2016 we will open the competition for the East Midlands franchise, and will engage with stakeholders and run a public consultation to help specify services.
From May 2019, Stagecoach Virgin have been contracted by the Department for Transport to operate 5 additional services each day between London and Lincoln.This will provide a regular service of approximately 1 train every 2 hours in each direction. Delivery of this is subject to the rail industry’s normal timetable development process and to the Office of Road and Rail granting the necessary access rights to the operator.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans are in place to reduce the number of unplanned closures of the East Coast Main Line.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Department for Transport measures the performance of franchised train operators through a range of metrics as specified within their franchise agreements. The Office of Rail and Road monitor the performance of Network Rail. We expect all in the rail industry to work together to ensure good performance for its customers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-11-04.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 28 October (HL2621), what assessment they have made of whether the 12 unplanned closures of the East Coast Main Line in September represent an adequate level of service to the users of that line.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Department for Transport measures the performance of franchised train operators through a range of metrics as specified within their franchise agreements. The Office of Rail and Road monitor the performance of Network Rail. We expect all in the rail industry to work together to ensure good performance for its customers.