Tag: Andy Slaughter

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain on the release of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace in the last 12 months.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

We have raised Dr Al-Singace’s case with the Government of Bahrain, including at the highest levels, and continue to do so on a regular basis. We regularly discuss human rights issues with the Government of Bahrain – including at the biannual UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group meeting, which was recently held in November 2015. I am aware that the Ombudsman’s Office met Dr. Al Singace when he was in Qalaa Hospital and subsequently opened an investigation. We will continue to monitor Dr. Abduljalil Al Singace’s case closely.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the potential effect on government revenues of changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 before announcing those changes; and if he will make a statement.

Dominic Raab

The Government will consult on the detail of the new reforms in due course. The consultation will be accompanied by an impact assessment.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-08.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to introduce a pilot scheme to evaluate the potential use of social impact bonds for the provision of advice services.

Mr Rob Wilson

As part of the spending review we committed £80m to a new social outcomes fund to support the creation of locally developed social impact bonds focused upon tackling a range of social problems. We will set out the issues that this fund will focus upon when it is launched later this year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times pest controllers have been called to each prison and youth estate in each of the last five years.

Andrew Selous

The information requested is not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which finds of what items were recorded by the Incident Report System in each facility in each of the last three years.

Andrew Selous

The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by (a) escaped or (b) absconded prisoners in each year since 2010; and what those offences were.

Andrew Selous

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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 young offender institution is registered with the Mental Health and Care Professions Council.

Andrew Selous

The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate costs.

The Youth Justice Board is responsible for commissioning and oversight of the secure youth estate. The Youth Justice Board funds dedicated social workers at each under-18 Young Offender Institution (YOI). 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.

Under-18 YOI 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 2016-01-29.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid in legal fees in relation to criminal legal aid contracts.

Mr Shailesh Vara

To the end of December 2015, the Legal Aid Agency incurred a total of £141,519 in relation to external legal fees associated with the criminal legal aid contracts.

The external legal advice assisted the GLD commercial team with the drafting of the 2015 Own Client and 2015 Duty Provider contracts.

It is not possible to distinguish the cost of work relating to the criminal legal aid contracts incurred by the Agency’s internal legal teams from other work undertaken.

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.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-02-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police officers have been convicted of an assault committed while on duty in each year since 2010.

Andrew Selous

The information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.