The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade were used as part of the detached duty arrangements in each month since December 2013.
Jeremy Wright
The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount was generated by levies under the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 Levy in each of the last four years.
Jeremy Wright
The Prisoners’ Earnings Act (PEA) commenced on 26 September 2011. Information for October 2011 to March 2012 was published in the NOMS Annual Report 2011-12: Management Information Addendum in July 2012, which can be accessed via the following link to the Gov.uk website:
Figures for the full financial year 2012-13 were published in the 2012-13 edition of the Addendum at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf
Figures for 2013-14 will be published on 31 July.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Prison Northumberland was (a) contributing staff to and (b) receiving staff as part of the detached duty programme on Saturday 29 March 2014.
Jeremy Wright
The information requested could not be obtained within the timescale. I will write to the Member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Prison High Down has had to (a) close wings, (b) close workshops and (c) restrict family visits due to staff shortages since September 2013.
Jeremy Wright
The information regarding when HM Prison Highdown has had to (a) close wings due to staffing shortages is not recorded. The occasions that workshops have closed since September 2013 (b) are listed below. Family visits (c) have not been restricted due to staffing shortages during this period.
There are appropriate levels of staffing at the prison at all times and prisoners who engage in work and education are out of the cells for between 8 and 10 hours a day. For those that do not engage, they are still out of their cell for a minimum of 4 hours a day. In the rare occurrence that a wing should need to close, prisoners still spend at least four hours out of their cells.
(b) HMP Prison Highdown has had to close workshops on the following occasions since September 2013:
October 2013
14th and 22nd
November 2013
1st (workshop 6 only)
20th
December 2013
9th (workshop 6 only)
16th (am)
January 2014
6th
16th (pm, workshops 5 & 6)
20th (workshops 4, 5 & 6)
21st
29th
31st (am)
February 2014
18th (workshop 5 & 6)
March 2014
No closures
April 2013
19th (am)
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-05-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many immigration appeal hearings the Home Office failed to send a presenting officer in each of the last four years.
James Brokenshire
I will write to the Rt Hon. Member.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on the Public Defence Service in each month of 2014.
Mr Shailesh Vara
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Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
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Total Monthly Expenditure |
£174,484 |
£229,646 |
£362,060 |
£268,849 |
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The rise in cost over the periods January to April is due to the recruitment of advocates in readiness for the PDS Advocacy service, and the inclusion of accruals in March for costs relating to IT enhancements and facilities management.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure or compromise agreements have been included in the departure packages of former employees of probation trusts since 1 January 2014.
Jeremy Wright
There have been no non-disclosure or compromise agreements included as part of the departure packages of the Trust Chief Executives who have taken early retirement. The terms of departure for other former Trust staff were agreed through their own local arrangements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons were (a) receivers and (b) suppliers of detached duty staff in each month since December 2013.
Jeremy Wright
A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013. Information on which public sector establishments have either received or provided staff on detached duty since the beginning of the nationally co-ordinated scheme until the 31 December 2013 is contained in the table below. Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but is not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information is collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.
The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. On average over the three month period (October to December 2013), less than 1% of staff were provided on detached duty. A large proportion of the capacity was available from prisons that were in the process of closure or going through a re-role. This process temporarily releases a number of officers who are not supplied for specific occasions but are sent and received on a shift pattern throughout the week.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maximum number of staff of each grade could be provided by each prison supplying staff for detached duty in each month since December 2013.
Jeremy Wright
The deployment of staff between prisons on detached duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing. It allows staff to be allocated from prisons with the capacity to provide them, to those where additional staffing is required. A nationally co-ordinated detached duty scheme has been operating since 21 October 2013.
The number of staff available /maximum number of staff available for detached duty at any one time is a matter for operational judgement and takes account of overall staff numbers, levels of sickness, prisoner numbers and the regime and security requirements.
The average headcount of Band 3 staff who worked on detached duty during December 2013 was 190, this represents 1.3% of all Band 3 officers. The table below contains a list of prisons broken down by the full-time-equivalent staff allocated and grade, during December 2013.
Some allocations outside of the national scheme continued after October 2013 but are not included in the information provided. London region particularly allocated staff within their own region. Information is collected on the staffing allocated. On occasions the resource is not actually deployed due to changes in local circumstances.
Table: List of prison receiving staff on detached duty by average headcount for December 2013
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Headcount |
Band 3 |
Band 4 |
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5 or fewer |
Aylesbury |
Brixton |
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Bedford |
Coldingley |
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Brixton |
Guys Marsh |
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Bullingdon |
Leyhill |
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Coldingley |
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Cookham Wood |
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Erlestoke |
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Isis |
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Isle of Wight |
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Leeds |
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Leicester |
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Onley |
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Send |
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Sheppey Cluster |
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Wandsworth |
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Winchester |
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10 |
Wormwood Scrubs |
High Down |
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Norwich |
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Glen Parva |
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Bristol |
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Werrington |
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Pentonville |
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Rochester |
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Wayland |
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Littlehey |
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The Mount |
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Nottingham |
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Guys Marsh |
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High Down |
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Moorland/ Lindholme |
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20 |
Feltham |
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Portland |
Staffing figures are provided as at the end of each quarter and the last available figures are for 31 December 2013. Information from after that date is therefore not provided.
All staffing figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with the department’s policy for presenting staffing data.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2014-04-29.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average (a) net and (b) gross earnings were of each prisoner in each month in each of the last four years.
Jeremy Wright
This information is not held centrally. To obtain this information would require an examination by each prison establishment of payment transactions made on the central prisoner monies recording system for each of the relevant periods. This would be a significant exercise and could only be done at disproportionate cost.