The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into G4S over fraud in the prisoner tagging contracts.
Andrew Selous
The Serious Fraud Office investigation relating to G4S prisoner tagging is ongoing.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on the level of costs and changes for treatment for personal injury resourced by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
Dominic Raab
The Government received and analysed data from numerous sources when formulating the announcement in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. We will continue to work with a wide range of stakeholders including other Government departments, solicitors and insurers in taking forward the new reform package. The Government will consult on the detail of these measures in due course. The consultation will be accompanied by an impact assessment.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will use his powers under clause 2, section 10 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to appoint a crown servant to act as governor of the Medway Secure Training Centre.
Andrew Selous
Kent Police and Medway Council’s child protection team have launched an investigation into the allegations made about Medway Secure Training Centre (STC). The Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board will do everything we can to assist and support the investigation. Our immediate priority has been to make sure that the young people in custody at Medway are safe, which is why HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Ofsted visited the STC last week.
The YJB have ceased placements into the STC with immediate effect. They have also increased their own monitoring at Medway and that of the independent advocacy service provided by Barnardo’s.
We are currently considering how we can best ensure young people at Medway are in a safe, secure and rehabilitative environment and any further decisions will be announced in the normal way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre are (i) qualified social workers and (ii) registered with the Mental Health and Care Professions Council.
Andrew Selous
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each secure children’s home are qualified speech and language therapists.
Andrew Selous
The information is not held centrally. However, certain roles within Secure Training Centres (STC) must be filled by qualified social workers. Qualification requirements for staff in Secure Children’s Homes (SCH) are set by the Department of Education.
All young people undergo a health and education assessment upon arrival into custody, whilst all staff undergo training in child and adolescent development and safeguarding. STC and SCH providers should ensure that they meet the needs of all detained persons including those with Special Education and Needs (SEN) requirements, and that all staff are suitably qualified to support young people and make referrals to other specialist support where this is appropriate.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner officers who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010 have been re-employed as prison officers.
Andrew Selous
I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 19304 on 7th March 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of a terrorism offence had previously served a custodial sentence in each year since 2010.
Dominic Raab
The information below records the number of offenders convicted under Terrorism Act (TACT) legislation in each calendar year since 1 January 2013 who had previously served a custodial sentence. Information prior to 2013 is not available.
In 2013, 25 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, none of which had previously served a custodial sentence.
In 2014, 17 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, of which 1 had previously served a custodial sentence.
In 2015, 37 offenders were convicted of TACT offences, of which 2 had previously served a custodial sentence.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of air quality in London.
Rory Stewart
We assess compliance annually for a range of pollutants covered by European directives for all UK zones, including Greater London. The latest compliance report Air Pollution in the UK 2014 was published in September last year and is available on the UK-Air website:
http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annualreport/viewonline?year=2014_issue_1
The air quality plan we published in December last year sets out the measures we are taking to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide in London. The plan is available on the GOV.UK website at:
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times a prisoner from each prison has been airlifted to receive medical attention in each of the last five years.
Ben Gummer
This information is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses to his Department’s consultation on the closure of Hammersmith Court were (a) in favour of and (b) against the closure.
Andrew Selous
The number of responses received on the proposal to close Hammersmith County Court (formally West London County Court) were (a) two in favour and (b) 14 against.
The consultation response is available online at www.gov.uk/moj.
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