Tag: Jim Cunningham

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mobile telephones have been found in prisons in England and Wales, by establishment, in each year since 2010.

Jeremy Wright

The National Offender Management Service takes the issues of mobile phones in prison seriously and is committed to addressing the risks that they present. Part of its response is to deploy technology in prisons that prevents mobile phones from working.

The Government has supported the Prisons Interference with the Wireless Telegraphy Act which came into force on 21^st October 2013. This Act creates clear statutory powers to enable all prisons to use signal denial technology to suppress the use of wireless telegraphy such as mobile phones by prisoners.

A range of mobile signal denial technology was trialled in a small number of Prisons. The trials demonstrated that the equipment is capable of denying signals to illicit mobile phones within the prison perimeter as required by law and Ofcom regulations. NOMS has since distributed 300 short range portable blockers around the prison estate.

Since April 2010, prisons have been asked to send all unauthorised phones and SIM cards found to a central unit for interrogation, or to notify the unit if an unauthorised phone or SIM card has been found but not sent for analysis. Data prior to April 2010 is not held centrally and data for 2013 and 2014 is being verified and is not yet available.

The table below shows the number seizures of mobile phones and/or SIM cards reported by each prison between April 2010 and December 2012. One seizure may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.

ESTABLISHMENT	2010	2011	2012
ACKLINGTON	54	28
ALBANY		3	4
ALTCOURSE (C)	790	609	534
ASHFIELD(C)	1	2	2
ASHWELL	2	7
ASKHAM GRANGE			2
AYLESBURY	278	97	29
BEDFORD	27	55	29
BELMARSH	15	25	9
BIRMINGHAM	248	537	302
BLANTYRE HOUSE	19	12	4
BLUNDESTON	27	1	11
BRINSFORD	12	76	45
BRISTOL	54	33	26
BRIXTON	46	67	28
BRONZEFIELD(C)	34	12	3
BUCKLEY HALL	11	22	149
BULLINGDON	42	16	6
BULLWOOD HALL	1	8	15
BURE	5	1
CAMP HILL	98	52	22
CANTERBURY	22	10	21
CARDIFF	19	36	7
CASTINGTON	10	11
CHANNINGS WOOD	64	63	15
CHELMSFORD	42	38	11
COLDINGLEY	37	52	42
COOKHAM WOOD	6	1	1
DARTMOOR	27	16	2
DEERBOLT	3	15	2
DONCASTER(C)	15	6	24
DORCHESTER	20	14	8
DOVEGATE (C)	5	24	15
DOVER	14	21	10
DOWNVIEW	5	5	2
DRAKE HALL	10	2	3
DURHAM	24	41	23
EAST SUTTON PARK	1	5	4
EASTWOOD PARK	3	9	1
EDMUNDS HILL	25	22
ELMLEY	45	47	53
ERLESTOKE	62	176	137
EVERTHORPE	50	32	26
EXETER	14	21	15
FEATHERSTONE	39	29	133
FELTHAM	84	65	45
FORD	61	250	200
FOREST BANK (C)	122	37	105
FOSTON HALL		1	2
FRANKLAND	6	2	7
FULL SUTTON	10	4	9
GARTH	76	32	39
GARTREE	14	22	65
GLEN PARVA	2	4	8
GLOUCESTER	1	4	3
GRENDON	17	10	3
GUYS MARSH	77	182	175
HASLAR			2
HATFIELD	10	58	154
HAVERIGG	107	134	291
HEWELL	76	289	335
HIGHDOWN	23	68	49
HIGHPOINT	80	55	180
HINDLEY	1	4	6
HOLLESLEY BAY	193	129	90
HOLLOWAY	7	7	10
HOLME HOUSE	18	15	5
HULL	23	25	13
HUNTERCOMBE	2	36	9
ISIS	8	52	39
KENNET	4	5	9
KINGSTON	6
KIRKHAM	273	390	493
KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE	13	15	19
LANCASTER CASTLE	18
LANCASTER FARMS	89	79	25
LATCHMERE HOUSE	69	40
LEEDS	53	59	27
LEICESTER	27	26	15
LEWES	38	46	30
LEYHILL	83	27	30
LINCOLN	28	33	4
LINDHOLME	164	96	145
LITTLEHEY	13	34	4
LIVERPOOL	138	118	88
LONG LARTIN	12	31	77
LOW NEWTON		3
LOWDHAM GRANGE (C)	27	10	26
MAIDSTONE	6	34	22
MANCHESTER	41	36	23
MOORLAND	111	65	13
MOORLAND OPEN	10
MORTON HALL		4	5
MOUNT	86	78	182
NEW HALL	2		1
NORTH SEA CAMP	86	63	67
NORTHALLERTON		7	3
NORTHUMBERLAND	9	15	109
NORWICH	30	15	11
NOTTINGHAM	11	38	17
OAKWOOD			33
ONLEY	53	68	65
PARC(C)	32	79	16
PARKHURST	6	8	20
PENTONVILLE	207	199	124
PETERBOROUGH(C)	141	145	60
PORTLAND	24	6	11
PRESCOED		2	4
PRESTON	18	15	9
RANBY	90	124	300
READING	12	25	7
RISLEY	72	12	37
ROCHESTER	6	10	23
RYE HILL(C)	42	79	70
SEND	3	12	11
SHEPTON MALLET	3	7	4
SHREWSBURY	3
SPRING HILL	12	13	34
STAFFORD	12	69	14
STANDFORD HILL	150	186	127
STOCKEN	26	12	30
STOKE HEATH	8	28	19
STYAL	7	7	9
SUDBURY	72	120	124
SWALESIDE	100	58	107
SWANSEA	2		1
SWINFEN HALL	32	44	14
THAMESIDE			8
THORN CROSS	74	79	84
USK	2	1	1
VERNE	67	144	161
WAKEFIELD	1	2	3
WANDSWORTH	157	131	119
WARREN HILL	5	10	5
WAYLAND	20	30	17
WEALSTUN	57	145	155
WELLINGBOROUGH	61	195	181
WERRINGTON HOUSE	12	4	9
WETHERBY	5	3	5
WHATTON	9	1
WHITEMOOR	18	28	17
WINCHESTER	39	3	31
WOLDS(C)	104	96	44
WOODHILL	4	58	74
WORMWOOD SCRUBS	141	267	39
WYMOTT	58	50	11
Total	6756	7789	7301

All figures provided have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of London Midland’s current rolling stock is within the scope of the company’s fleet maintenance contract with Siemens.

Stephen Hammond

Prior to the delivery of the new class 350/3 trains ordered in 2012 , 74 trains (45% of the London Midland fleet) was maintained by Siemens; upon completion of delivery, 84 trains (49% of the fleet) will be maintained by Siemens.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance NHS England has issued to strategic clinical networks on the role that breast network site-specific groups should play in the current strategic clinical network framework.

Jane Ellison

The requirement for the provision of site-specific groups (SSGs), such as those for breast cancer, is written into national cancer peer review requirements. In consultation with strategic clinical networks (SCNs), NHS England has developed an SCN framework. The framework reiterates the role and importance of clinical networking groups as support for the commissioning process, but allows for local agreement to how those groups are supported.

There are 12 SCNs and we would expect all to have a breast network SSG. This will be evidenced by the annual report published for the SCN and relevant area team. The National Peer Review Programme “Manual for Cancer Services; Breast Cancer Measures” states that network groups should meet regularly.

The Review Programme further states that the network group should produce an annual work programme in discussion with the SCN and agreed with the director of the relevant Area Team. It should include details of any planned service developments and should specify the personnel responsible and the timescales for implantation. The SSGs also develop protocols for the treatment of patients within the SCN and agree audits and research projects that will be supported.

The Review Programme also states that network groups should meet regularly. It gives guidance on the roles that should be represented on the group but not numbers.

We do not hold information on how many breast network SSGs existed and how many times each group met prior to April 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent illegally-harvested timber and endangered hardwoods being imported into the UK.

Dan Rogerson

In March 2013 the Timber and Timber Products (Placing on the Market) Regulations were introduced in the UK. The regulations implement the EU Timber Regulation, which aims to prevent the trade of illegally harvested timber in the EU by:

• prohibiting the placing of illegally harvested timber and timber products on the EU market for the first time;
• requiring operators who place timber products on the market for the first time to exercise ‘due diligence’; and
• requiring traders to keep records of their suppliers and customers in order to facilitate the traceability of timber products through the supply chain.

The UK also provides financial and in-country support to the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) process between the EU and timber producing countries under the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan. Once VPAs are in operation, EU-bound timber exports will be issued with FLEGT licences which guarantee the timber’s legality.

In addition, the import of a number of endangered hardwood species into the UK is controlled under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) licensing system. The system aims to ensure that international trade does not threaten the survival of endangered species and is implemented in the EU by the Wildlife Trade Regulations.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-05-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many strategic clinical networks currently have a breast network site-specific group; and how many times each such group met in 2013-14.

Jane Ellison

The requirement for the provision of site-specific groups (SSGs), such as those for breast cancer, is written into national cancer peer review requirements. In consultation with strategic clinical networks (SCNs), NHS England has developed an SCN framework. The framework reiterates the role and importance of clinical networking groups as support for the commissioning process, but allows for local agreement to how those groups are supported.

There are 12 SCNs and we would expect all to have a breast network SSG. This will be evidenced by the annual report published for the SCN and relevant area team. The National Peer Review Programme “Manual for Cancer Services; Breast Cancer Measures” states that network groups should meet regularly.

The Review Programme further states that the network group should produce an annual work programme in discussion with the SCN and agreed with the director of the relevant Area Team. It should include details of any planned service developments and should specify the personnel responsible and the timescales for implantation. The SSGs also develop protocols for the treatment of patients within the SCN and agree audits and research projects that will be supported.

The Review Programme also states that network groups should meet regularly. It gives guidance on the roles that should be represented on the group but not numbers.

We do not hold information on how many breast network SSGs existed and how many times each group met prior to April 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, column 494W, on prisons: mobile telephones, when data on mobile telephones seized in prisons in 2013 will be made available.

Jeremy Wright

The number of mobile phone and SIM card seizures for the first six months of 2013 was 3398. The data for the whole of 2013 will be available by the end of August 2014, broken down by prison establishment.

One seizure may constitute a handset containing one SIM card or media card, a handset only, or a SIM card only.

All figures provided have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.