Tag: Andy Slaughter

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-10-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to answer Question 13074, on Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure, tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 22 October 2015.

Andrew Selous

I refer the honourable member to the answer given to PQ 13074 on 7 December 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-11-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish information about the number of trans people in prison.

Caroline Dinenage

As my Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation, committed to the House on 20 November, my Department will publish data on the number of trans people in prison in due course.

While the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) does not currently have complete information, work is in hand and Ministers are currently receiving advice on the best way to collect this data whilst complying with our legal duties under both the Equalities Act and the Gender Recognition Act.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-03.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consult on proposed changes to personal injury law referred to in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

Harriett Baldwin

The Ministry of Justice will launch a public consultation in the New Year on the details of the policy.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out in each month in 2015; and to which prison the NTRG was called out in each case.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Any violence in prison is unacceptable – especially when it is directed at our hardworking staff.

We have a zero tolerance approach to violence and work closely with the police on this issue. Those who are violent could face extra time behind bars. Anyone found to have broken prison rules will be stripped of their privileges and could have time added to their sentence.

The following tables set out the occasions from 1^st January 2015 until 9^th December 2015 when the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out to public and private sector establishments.

The information does not include aborted callouts.

	Date	Establishment
1	January	Onley
2	January	Northumberland
3	January	The Mount
4	January	Pentonville
5	January	Garth
6	January	Northumberland
7	January	Durham
8	January	Lancaster Farms
9	January	Ranby
10	January	Feltham
11	January	Morton Hall
12	January	Styal
Total	January	12
1	February	Risley
2	February	Oakwood
3	February	Lindholme
4	February	Moorland
5	February	Isis
6	February	Lindholme
7	February	Liverpool
8	February	Deerbolt
9	February	Durham
10	February	Channings Wood
11	February	Lindholme
12	February	Brinsford
13	February	Lindholme
14	February	Wetherby
15	February	Bullingdon
Total	February	15

Any violence in prison is unacceptable – especially when it is directed at our hardworking staff

We have a zero tolerance approach to violence and work closely with the police on this issue. Those who are violent could face extra time behind bars. Anyone found to have broken prison rules will be stripped of their privileges and could have time added to their sentence

The following tables set out the occasions from 1^st January 2015 until 9^th December 2015 when the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out to public and private sector establishments.

The information does not include aborted callouts.

	Date	Establishment
1	March	Rochester
2	March	Rochester
3	March	Pentonville
4	March	Woodhill
5	March	Doncaster
6	March	Whitemoor
7	March	Deerbolt
8	March	Leicester
9	March	Woodhill
10	March	High Down
11	March	Lindholme
12	March	Isis
13	March	Wandsworth
14	March	Preston
15	March	Wandsworth
16	March	Lindholme
17	March	Wetherby
18	March	Werrington
19	March	Dovegate
20	March	Humber
21	March	Leicester
22	March	Swaleside
23	March	Brixton
24	March	Doncaster
25	March	Lindholme
26	March	Aylesbury
27	March	Hull
28	March	Northumberland
Total	March	28

	Date	Establishment
1	April	Lindholme
2	April	Manchester
3	April	Deerbolt
4	April	Glen Parva
5	April	Brixton
6	April	Leicester
7	April	Garth
8	April	Nottingham
9	April	Liverpool
10	April	Bristol
11	April	Bristol
12	April	Leeds
13	April	Stocken
14	April	Featherstone
15	April	Werrington
16	April	Dovegate
17	April	Birmingham
18	April	Northumberland
19	April	Nottingham
20	April	Wayland
21	April	Wayland
22	April	Stafford
23	April	Wetherby
24	April	Manchester
25	April	Humber
26	April	Bristol
27	April	Liverpool
Total	April	27

	Date	Establishment
1	May	Stoke Heath
2	May	Stocken
3	May	Lindholme
4	May	Highdown
5	May	Leeds
6	May	Highdown
7	May	Wandsworth
8	May	Wayland
9	May	Isis
10	May	Nottingham
11	May	Liverpool
12	May	Werrington
13	May	Leeds
14	May	Glen Parva
15	May	Dover
16	May	The Mount
17	May	Buckley Hall
18	May	Durham
19	May	Doncaster
20	May	Pentonville
21	May	Featherstone
22	May	Lincoln
23	May	Lincoln
24	May	The Mount
25	May	Exeter
26	May	Preston
27	May	Lindholme
28	May	Werrington
29	May	Bullingdon
30	May	The Mount
Total	May	30

	Date	Establishment
1	June	Hindley
2	June	Wayland
3	June	Wandsworth
4	June	Stocken
5	June	Leicester
6	June	Wayland
7	June	Lowdham Grange
8	June	Glen Parva
9	June	Lincoln
10	June	Humber
11	June	Lindholme
12	June	Lincoln
13	June	Moorland
14	June	Wormwood Scrubs
15	June	Lowdham Grange
16	June	Leeds
17	June	Highpoint
18	June	Leeds
19	June	Channings Wood
20	June	Leeds
21	June	Stocken
22	June	Glen Parva
23	June	Stocken
24	June	Swaleside
25	June	Onley
26	June	Channings Wood
27	June	Isis
28	June	Humber
29	June	Hindley
30	June	Wandsworth
31	June	Isis
32	June	Wetherby
33	June	Northumberland
34	June	Woodhill
35	June	Wayland
36	June	Highpoint
37	June	Wetherby
38	June	Frankland
39	June	Garth
40	June	Wandsworth
41	June	Coldingley
42	June	Feltham
43	June	Garth
Total	June	43

	Date	Establishment
1	July	Humber
2	July	Littlehey
3	July	Wandsworth
4	July	Bristol
5	July	Wayland
6	July	Swaleside
7	July	Wandsworth
8	July	Pentonville
9	July	Swaleside
10	July	Lindholme
11	July	Nottingham
12	July	Liverpool
13	July	Lancaster Farms
14	July	Doncaster
15	July	Leeds
16	July	Swaleside
17	July	The Mount
18	July	Humber
19	July	Buckley Hall
20	July	Eastwood Park
21	July	Highdown
22	July	Portland
23	July	Woodhill
24	July	Chelmsford
25	July	Lancaster Farms
26	July	Parkhurst
27	July	Swaleside
28	July	Lowdham Grange
Total	July	28

	Date	Establishment
1	August	Wandsworth
2	August	Glen Parva
3	August	Isis
4	August	Hewell
5	August	Wandsworth
6	August	Lowdham Grange
7	August	Manchester
8	August	Swinfen Hall
9	August	Brixton
10	August	Hewell
11	August	Featherstone
12	August	Bullingdon
13	August	Cardiff
14	August	Leicester
15	August	The Mount
16	August	Hull
17	August	Parc
18	August	The Mount
19	August	Guys Marsh
20	August	Lowdham Grange
21	August	Bullingdon
22	August	Rochester
23	August	Wayland
24	August	Parc
25	August	Belmarsh
26	August	Moorland
27	August	Bullingdon
28	August	Parc
29	August	Werrington
30	August	Hewell
31	August	Wayland
32	August	Ranby
33	August	Leicester
34	August	Wetherby
35	August	Dovegate
36	August	Manchester
37	August	Bronzefield
38	August	Birmingham
39	August	Highpoint
Total	August	39

	Date	Establishment
1	September	Nottingham
2	September	Isis
3	September	Parc
4	September	Holme House
5	September	Manchester
6	September	Lewes
7	September	Rochester
8	September	Hewell
9	September	The Mount
10	September	Chelmsford
11	September	Highpoint
12	September	Doncaster
13	September	Lincoln
14	September	Garth
15	September	Manchester
16	September	Whitemoor
17	September	Whatton
18	September	Wymott
19	September	Highpoint
20	September	Bristol
21	September	Haverigg
22	September	Lowdham Grange
23	September	Humber
24	September	Leicester
25	September	Isis
26	September	Hindley
27	September	Exeter
28	September	Glen Parva
29	September	The Mount
30	September	Feltham
31	September	High Down
32	September	Wayland
33	September	Doncaster
34	September	Lindholme
35	September	Lowdham Grange
Total	September	35

	Date	Establishment
1	October	Brixton
2	October	Erlestoke
3	October	Stocken
4	October	Dover
5	October	Isis
6	October	Bedford
7	October	Wormwood Scrubs
8	October	Manchester
9	October	Stocken
10	October	Leeds
11	October	Wealstun
12	October	Swaleside
13	October	Bristol
14	October	Coldingley
15	October	Winchester
16	October	Lowdham Grange
17	October	Winchester
18	October	Glen Parva
19	October	Wayland
20	October	Wandsworth
21	October	Highpoinnt
22	October	Lancaster Farms
23	October	Lowdham Grange
24	October	Lindholme
25	October	Moorland
26	October	Gartree
27	October	Doncaster
28	October	Swinfen Hall
29	October	Belmarsh
30	October	Winchester
31	October	Full Sutton
32	October	Brinsford
33	October	Leeds
34	October	Bedford
35	October	Manchester
Total	October	35

	Date	Establishment
1	November	Moorland
2	November	Wandsworth
3	November	Doncaster
4	November	Preston
5	November	Wandsworth
6	November	Swansea
7	November	Featherstone
8	November	Isis
9	November	Glen Parva
10	November	Wandsworth
11	November	Humber
12	November	Werrington
13	November	Birmingham
14	November	Morton Hall
15	November	Leeds
16	November	Moorland
17	November	Parc
18	November	Leicester
19	November	Nottingham
20	November	Birmingham
21	November	Leeds
22	November	Humber
23	November	Colnbrook
24	November	Humber
25	November	Wetherby
26	November	Leeds
27	November	Swinfen Hall
28	November	Winchester
29	November	Thameside
30	November	Wayland
31	November	Glen Parva
32	November	Cardiff
33	November	Lewes
34	November	Glen Parva
35	November	Glen Parva
36	November	Lindholme
37	November	The Mount
38	November	Durham
Total	November	38
1	December	Moorland
2	December	Wandsworth
3	December	Buckley Hall
4	December	Manchester
5	December	Humber
6	December	Wormwood Scrubs
7	December	Durham
8	December	Elmley
9	December	Humber
Total	December	9

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2015-12-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether there has been a reduction in the number of claims brought to the courts as a result of the provisions of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015.

Dominic Raab

The Act only came into force on 13 April 2015. As is normal practice, a formal assessment of its impact may be carried out after three to five years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) working at height and (b) concerted indiscipline incidents have been recorded in each prison since May 2010.

Andrew Selous

The vast majority of incidents at height are minor in nature and resolved quickly and professionally without injury, damage or disruption to the running of the prison. Many are short in duration, lasting less than 15 minutes and the majority occur when prisoners go onto netting on prison wings. Each incident is investigated fully to ensure lessons are learnt and best practice in managing incidents is shared across NOMS.

These figures show that the Prime Minister and Justice Secretary are right and our prisons badly need reform. We are making progress: we have made it illegal to smuggle new psychoactive substances (NPS) into prisons and have trained over 300 sniffer dogs to detect NPS and are trialling the use of body worn cameras with front-line staff. But the only way to reduce disorder and violence in our prisons is to give those who work in prisons the tools necessary to better reform and rehabilitate offenders.

The table below provides numbers of incidents at height reported between May 2010 and November 2015, broken down by establishment. The information requested on concerted indiscipline incidents can be found in my response to PQ 28151.

Number of Incident at Height by prisons, England and Wales, May 2010 to November 2015

Establishments	Incident at Height
Altcourse	242
Ashfield	21
Ashwell	0
Aylesbury	41
Bedford	39
Belmarsh	14
Birmingham	158
Blundeston	6
Brinsford	27
Bristol	37
Brixton	24
Bronzefield	21
Buckley Hall	18
Bullingdon	29
Cardiff	20
Channings Wood	79
Chelmsford	54
Coldingley	19
Cookham Wood	2
Dartmoor	37
Deerbolt	15
Doncaster	140
Dorchester	5
Dovegate	91
Dover	9
Downview	1
Drake Hall	1
Durham	74
Eastwood Park	14
Erlestoke	20
Everthorpe	18
Exeter	36
Featherstone	36
Feltham	106
Ford	0
Forest Bank	64
Foston Hall	4
Frankland	7
Full Sutton	11
Garth	11
Gartree	6
Glen Parva	52
Gloucester	7
Guys Marsh	54
Haslar	0
Hatfield	1
Haverigg	120
Hewell	71
High Down	85
Highpoint	42
Hindley	299
Holloway	1
Holme House	39
Hull	20
Humber	53
Huntercombe	8
IOW: Albany	1
IOW: Camp Hill	36
IOW: Parkhurst	2
Isis	59
Isle of Wight	19
Kennet	3
Kingston	1
Lancaster Castle	1
Lancaster Farms	117
Leeds	90
Leicester	77
Lewes	23
Leyhill	0
Lincoln	126
Lindholme	159
Littlehey	9
Liverpool	187
Long Lartin	7
Lowdham Grange	111
Maidstone	4
Manchester	108
Moorland	46
Morton Hall	11
Mount	38
New Hall	3
Northallerton	7
Northumberland	71
Northumberland: Acklington	5
Northumberland: Castington	1
Norwich	46
Nottingham	290
Oakwood	174
Onley	33
Parc	197
Pentonville	100
Peterborough	44
Portland	58
Preston	45
Ranby	162
Reading	14
Risley	53
Rochester	80
Rye Hill	97
Send	1
Sheppey: Elmley	56
Sheppey: Swaleside	33
Shrewsbury	4
Stafford	37
Stocken	72
Stoke Heath	33
Styal	10
Sudbury	1
Swansea	12
Swinfen Hall	46
Thameside	76
Thorn Cross	0
UskPrescoed	1
Verne	4
Wakefield	10
Wandsworth	84
Warren Hill	2
Wayland	41
Wealstun	16
Wellingborough	10
Werrington	194
Wetherby	158
Whatton	0
Whitemoor	13
Winchester	114
Wolds	12
Woodhill	138
Wormwood Scrubs	33
Wymott	52

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds the Government has provided for (a) humanitarian efforts and (b) security at the refugee camp in Calais in the last 12 months.

James Brokenshire

As part of the UK-France Joint Declaration of 20 August 2015, the UK committed to providing £3.6 million (or €5 million) per year for two years to facilitate the movement of migrants away from Calais by providing support and facilities elsewhere in France.

Additionally, the UK has provided £530,000 (or €750,000) to fund a project to identify those in the camps at risk of trafficking and exploitation, and to provide them with appropriate support within the French system.

Security at the camps in Calais is the responsibility of the French Government, and the UK Government has not committed funds for this purpose.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) title and (b) date is of each memorandum of understanding signed by a Government department with another country since 2010.

James Duddridge

I refer to the answer I gave on 11 January to Question 20196. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what trips to Saudi Arabia government ministers plan to make in 2016.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

I have been clear that a strong relationship with Saudi Arabia matters. As such, Ministers will continue to engage with Saudi Arabia, and the wider region, throughout the year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andy Slaughter on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12035, what teaching agency G4S contacted; and what level of security clearance that member of staff was required to hold in order to enter the facility concerned.

Andrew Selous

The recruitment agency contacted by G4S was Randstad. The member of staff went through full G4S vetting and clearance before being employed on site. All STC staff, both temporary and permanent, must also undergo background checks and be reviewed and approved by the Youth Justice Board prior to appointment.