Tag: Parliamentary Question

  • Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Jim Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on professional interpretation services by each prison in England and Wales in 2013; and on how many occasions such interpretation services were used in each prison in 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    The Ministry of Justice Language Services Contract commenced on the 31st October 2011 and went live operationally in January 2012. The new interpreting contract was introduced to tackle the inefficiencies and inconsistencies in the previous system and saved taxpayers £15m in its first year. We have seen dramatic improvements over the life of the contract so far, with performance currently at 94% success rate, record numbers of bookings are now being made and fulfilled, and we continue to drive further improvement in performance.

    The number of occasions on which interpretation services were used, and the total cost of these for each prison in 2013, can be found in the table below:

    Prison

    Number of Jobs

    Total Cost

    HMP Shepton Mallet NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £37.30

    HMP Sudbury NOMS – Prisons

    1

    £165.75

    HMP Bedford

    151

    £2,307.40

    HMP Belmarsh

    274

    £88,467.31

    HMP Blundeston

    10

    £254.86

    HMP Brixton

    27

    £2,488.47

    HMP Bure

    4

    £646.30

    HMP Cardiff

    34

    £211.13

    HMP Dartmoor

    4

    £402.55

    HMP Elmley

    23

    £796.05

    HMP Erlestoke

    3

    £1,611.97

    HMP Frankland

    136

    £25,122.43

    HMP Guys Marsh

    13

    £802.64

    HMP Haverigg

    10

    £454.78

    HMP Hewell

    61

    £858.92

    HMP Highpoint

    48

    £2,220.03

    HMP Holme House

    34

    £1,220.84

    HMP Leeds

    108

    £1,449.70

    HMP Leyhill

    3

    £314.74

    HMP Lindholme

    18

    £2,356.99

    HMP Lindholme Learning Centre

    2

    £1,110.90

    HMP Littlehey

    13

    £340.70

    HMP Liverpool

    99

    £2,919.94

    HMP Long Lartin

    148

    £182,180.50

    HMP Manchester

    635

    £50,444.73

    HMP Manchester – Public Protection

    1

    £101.76

    HMP Manchester – Security

    2

    £223.74

    HMP Norwich

    403

    £3,956.21

    HMP Pentonville

    355

    £13,976.57

    HMP Ranby

    56

    £1,232.89

    HMP Send

    22

    £6,838.05

    HMP Stocken

    6

    £165.27

    HMP Sudbury

    5

    £1,835.27

    HMP Swaleside

    13

    £2,015.00

    HMP Swansea

    70

    £1,004.74

    HMP Usk and Prescoed

    51

    £10,967.74

    HMP Wandsworth

    848

    £114,603.82

    HMP Wellingborough

    1

    £58.00

    HMP Whatton

    215

    £53,315.58

    HMP Woodhill

    270

    £4,613.79

    HMP Wormwood Scrubs

    133

    £1,913.12

    HMPOI Aylesbury

    2

    £94.65

    HMPYOI Foston Hall

    17

    £413.64

    HMPYOI Hindley

    76

    £1,164.26

    HMPYOI Holloway

    622

    £6,280.04

    HMPYOI Lewes

    33

    £412.99

    HMPYOI Low Newton

    112

    £1,573.07

    HMPYOI Moorland

    120

    £9,226.49

    HMPYOI New Hall

    189

    £5,480.24

    HMPYOI Reading

    85

    £5,259.40

    HMYOI Portland

    34

    £1,803.30

    Prison Service College

    82

    £27,913.31

    HMP Acklington/Castington

    20

    £221.37

    IRC Dover

    1149

    £9,902.50

    HMP Durham

    73

    £471.58

    HMP Hull

    23

    £743.00

    HMP Huntercombe

    123

    £5,065.04

    IRC Morton Hall

    2762

    £44,677.50

    HMP Nottingham

    169

    £1,867.61

    HMP Wakefield

    163

    £107,301.70

    HMPYOI Warren Hill

    16

    £431.49

    HMP Whitemoor

    92

    £30,026.31

    HMP Wymott

    25

    £1,157.87

    HMP Isle of Wight

    10

    £1,228.67

    HMP YOI Isis

    14

    £1,101.08

    Offender Safety, Rights & Responsibilities Group

    282

    £92,537.70

    HMPYOI Brinsford

    148

    £1,462.78

    HMP Bristol

    49

    £428.42

    HMP Bullwood Hall

    28

    £7,846.42

    HMP Canterbury

    14

    £152.28

    HMYOI Chelmsford

    163

    £2,672.87

    HMYOI Deerbolt

    90

    £1,013.15

    HMP Dorchester

    21

    £183.41

    HMPYOI Downview

    17

    £341.50

    HMPYOI Drake Hall

    136

    £1,150.58

    HMP Eastwood Park

    422

    £3,591.42

    HMP Featherstone

    37

    £554.06

    HMYOI Feltham

    284

    £2,910.20

    HMP Gartree

    12

    £210.45

    HMYOI/RC Glen Parva

    132

    £1,381.49

    HMP Gloucester

    15

    £134.67

    IRC Haslar

    1121

    £11,545.50

    HMYOI Lancaster Farms

    42

    £420.75

    HMP Leicester

    75

    £1,064.05

    HMP Lincoln

    103

    £1,241.73

    HMP Maidstone

    8

    £193.36

    HMP Preston

    52

    £650.34

    HMP Risley

    73

    £2,030.13

    HMP Shrewsbury

    3

    £15.06

    HMYOI Styal

    113

    £1,243.83

    HMP The Verne

    20

    £322.28

    HMP Wayland

    6

    £64.52

    HMYOI Wetherby

    42

    £798.14

    HMP Winchester

    66

    £1,891.31

    HMP Exeter

    43

    £384.50

    HMP High Down

    35

    £244.37

    Hounslow Junior Attendance Centre

    4

    £34.22

    HMP Buckley Hall

    1

    £36.00

    HMP Bullingdon

    16

    £467.50

    HMP Onley

    11

    £67.04

    HMPYOI Swinfen Hall

    4

    £33.94

    Equalities Group

    1

    £1.29

    London (Romford) Junior Attendance Centre

    23

    £263.44

    Bournemouth Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £10.20

    HMYOI Werrington

    20

    £246.41

    HMP KENNET

    4

    £13.34

    HMPYOI Northallerton

    8

    £71.75

    HMYOI Rochester

    12

    £140.22

    Cricklewood Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £5.26

    HMP Full Sutton

    28

    £2,540.22

    HMP Stafford

    2

    £28.20

    HMP Wealstun

    3

    £19.14

    HMP Ford

    1

    £62.82

    HMYOI Stoke Heath

    9

    £104.18

    South London Greenwich Senior Attendance Centre

    1

    £28.60

    HMP Everthorpe

    3

    £28.40

    Essex Junior Attendance Centre (Wickford)

    1

    £0.77

    Fulham Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £11.75

    Hertford Junior Attendance Centre

    1

    £232.80

    HMPYOI Askham Grange

    1

    £1.74

    HMP The Mount

    5

    £137.68

    Assisted Prison Visits Unit

    1

    £940.63

    HMP Garth

    1

    £6.88

    Total

    14138

    £994,041.28

    The costs for the provision of language services detailed in the table provided vary dependent upon the nature of the service used, and the length of the assignment. These services may include, Face to Face interpreters including provision for the deaf and deafblind, Telephone Interpreters and Written Translations.

  • Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Sadiq Khan – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 406W, on prisons: postal services, how many incidents of (a) drug-related or (b) miscellaneous contraband were found in post received by prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.

    Jeremy Wright

    All finds of contraband, whether found in post or otherwise, are recorded on a central incident reporting system under the drug-related or the miscellaneous incident categories. In order to establish the number of occasions, in each of the last four years, where contraband had been found in post sent to prisoners, would require the examination of over 62,000 individual electronic incident files. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.

  • David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    David Ward – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ward on 2014-06-17.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources his Department is making available to reduce the time taken to process requests for mandatory reconsideration of employment and support allowance decisions in West Yorkshire.

    Esther McVey

    We have targeted the resource we use nationally so that requests are processed as quickly as possible to minimise any undue delays, without compromising good quality decision-making.

    In addition we are currently reviewing the customer journey to understand where the pinch points are in the decision making process in order to reduce the end to end journey time.

  • Bob Ainsworth – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Bob Ainsworth – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bob Ainsworth on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the future acquisition requirements for intelligence surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance systems.

    Mr Philip Dunne

    The Department assesses potential future acquisition requirements for intelligence surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) systems as part of the annual Capability Audit process, which considers current and future capability gaps, and the options to fill them. On recent operations the Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) mechanism has also been used to expedite the delivery of ISTAR equipment to fill such capability gaps in the short-term (such as the REAPER Remotely-Piloted Aerial System). As the MOD reorganises itself for broader contingent operations, the annual Capability Audit process will continue to assess which of these UOR equipments have broad utility and should continue to receive funding. In parallel, separate capability investigations are underway, predominantly in support of prospective consideration during the next Defence Review. This analysis includes the ongoing Air ISTAR Optimisation Review.

  • Biography information for Mike Thornton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Biography information for Mike Thornton – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Mike Thornton on Home Office.

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    James Brokenshire

    Her Majesty’s Passport Office regularly reviews the guidance issued to the helpline
    provider, and updates it to reflect any changes in processes or customer
    requirements.

    Information on the progress of applications can be provided from information
    that is either live or updated daily, dependent on the nature of the enquiry.

  • Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    Caroline Flint – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Flint on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 998, when his Department expects work to begin on the New Climate Economy report; and when he expects that report to be published.

    Gregory Barker

    The New Climate Economy study was launched last September and is due to be published in September 2014, ahead of the UN Climate Summit in New York that month.

  • Biography information for Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Ivan Lewis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Ivan Lewis on Work and Pensions.

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    Esther McVey

    The devolved administrations are always consulted on any European dossier deposited with the Cabinet Office that is subject to Parliamentary scrutiny. While social security is devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, International Relations are an excepted matter under the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

  • Nick Smith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Nick Smith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nick Smith on 2014-04-29.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vulnerable prisoners are currently held in prisons in England and Wales.

    Jeremy Wright

    The term "vulnerable prisoner" covers a wide range of prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.

    Our approach to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.

    The number of prisoners in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.

    All closed prisons in England and Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.

  • Biography information for Charlotte Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Biography information for Charlotte Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Biography information for Charlotte Leslie on Work and Pensions.

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    Mike Penning

    Last year’s Spending Review determined budgets for 2015/16 only. This applies to all aspects of government expenditure not just ex-ILF funding. Budgets for later years will be determined in a later Spending Review; the timing of this is not known but it is likely to be after the next general election.

    Following the closure of the ILF it will be the responsibility of the Department of Health and the devolved administrations to ensure that they reflect the needs of ILF users in future funding bids.

  • Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-04-28.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he commissioned on the effects of the closure of the Hull Official Receiver’s office before the decision to close that office; and if he will make a statement.

    Jenny Willott

    Before taking the decision to close the Hull office the Insolvency Service reviewed the impact on customers, employees, and the agency’s finances; the strategic viability of the move; and how it could be delivered.