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  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effects of changes in the Merseyside Police mounted division on that forces’ capacity to police football matches at Anfield and Goodison Park.

    Tracey Crouch

    I have had no such discussions. Policing outside of sports stadia is a matter for individual clubs and the local police to determine. My Department has responsibility for ensuring the safety of spectators inside of sports stadia.

  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support suicidal and vulnerable inmates in (a) HMP Liverpool and (b) HMP Altcourse.

    Andrew Selous

    Every self-inflicted death is a tragedy and we are committed to reducing the number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons.

    All prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify, manage and support people who are at risk of harm to themselves, and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has put in place additional resources to undertake this safer custody work. NOMS is also reviewing the operation of the case management process for prisoners assessed as being at risk and the Government is considering the recommendations of Lord Harris’ Review into the deaths in custody of young adults.

    HMP Liverpool is implementing the recommendations arising out of the most recent inspection by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, published on 20 October 2015. The prison has a full safer custody team, which has been allocated additional resources to support prisoners identified as being at risk. It operates a Listener peer support service in partnership with the Samaritans and will shortly be opening an early days centre to improve support for new prisoners.

    HMP Altcourse has a local safer custody improvement plan that includes improvements to the support offered to prisoners in their early days. It also operates a Listener scheme with the support of the Samaritans.

  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) cleanliness, (b) degree of crowding and (c) safety of (i) prisoners and (ii) prison staff in HMP Liverpool.

    Andrew Selous

    The Governor and staff at Liverpool are determined to improve the prison and action is already being taken to address the recommendations made in the most recent report. We are working closely with Lancashire Care NHS Trust to improve the healthcare provisions. More prisoners are out of their cells in work, training or education, and a range of initiatives are also in hand to reduce violence.

  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-22.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on on-duty prison officers have occurred in (a) HM Prison Liverpool, (b) HM Prison Altcourse and (c) all other prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2010.

    Andrew Selous

    NOMS does not tolerate violence of any kind in prison and any assault is treated extremely seriously. Any prisoner who commits an act of violence can expect to have action taken against them.

    Statistics for assaults on staff by establishment are published in Table 3.15 of the Safety in Custody statistics bulletin. This can be found in the ‘Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2014’ statistics at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-statistics

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  • Steve Rotheram – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Steve Rotheram – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2014-02-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warrants to undertake surveillance on British nationals were issued by her Department between 1989 and 1992.

    James Brokenshire

    As indicated in the debate on 12th February 2014, Official Report, column 858, both the
    Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
    provide an avenue for investigating concerns in this area.

    As a matter of long-standing practice, we do not routinely comment on the
    detailed use of interception and surveillance, or provide a breakdown of the
    number of warrants signed in relation to specific circumstances or
    nationalities.

    Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home
    Secretary during the period 1989-1992 were published in the Annual Report to
    the Prime Minister by the Interception Commissioner under the legislation then
    in force (the Interception of Communications Act 1985). The published figures
    are as follows:

    Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home Secretary under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 during the period 1989-1992 are shown in the tables below. They provide separate figures for warrants covering telecommunications (which exclude letters), warrants covering letters (letters were relatively more important as a mode of communication than they would be today), and a total for both categories of these warrants.

    Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1988 and b) issued during the course of 1988:

    Telecommunications

    Letters

    Total

    Warrants

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    225

    412

    75

    48

    300

    460

    Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1989 and b) issued during the course of 1989:

    Telecommunications

    Letters

    Total

    Warrants

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    232

    427

    59

    31

    291

    485

    Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1990 and b) issued during the course of 1990:

    Telecommunications

    Letters

    Total

    Warrants

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    225

    473

    52

    42

    227

    515

    Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1991 and b) issued during the course of 1991:

    Telecommunications

    Letters

    Total

    Warrants

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    239

    670

    50

    62

    289

    732

    Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1992 and b) issued during the course of 1992:

    Telecommunications

    Letters

    Total

    Warrants

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    (a)

    (b)

    265

    756

    72

    118

    337

    847

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  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool have appealed against sanctions; what the average length of sanctions in those areas was in the last 12 months; and how many such appeals were successful.

    Priti Patel

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 11863 asked on 14 October 2015

  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have been sanctioned in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool since the implementation of that policy.

    Priti Patel

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 11863 asked on 14 October 2015

  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-19.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there have been in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool city region since that policy’s implementation.

    Priti Patel

    The information requested can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics.

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  • Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    Steve Rotheram – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2015-10-20.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of wheelchair accessible (a) homes, (b) flats and (c) bungalows which will be built in each of the next five years.

    Brandon Lewis

    Local authorities are best placed to understand the housing needs in their area. We expect them to work closely with key partners and their local communities in deciding what type of housing is needed.

    National policy sets out clearly the need for local authorities to plan for the housing needs of all members of the community and that planning should encourage accessibility. The introduction of optional requirements for accessibility in the Building Regulations provides local authorities with the tools needed to ensure that new homes are accessible and that in particular the needs of disabled people are met.

    At the same time as introducing these new optional requirements, we amended planning guidance to provide further advice on how they should be applied through local planning policy. We also published a data sheet setting out information and statistics on older and disabled peoples’ needs to act as a starting point for local authorities wishing to develop suitable policies.

    An impact assessment supporting implementation of the Housing Standards Review estimated, for appraisal purposes, an indicative rate of construction of accessible housing in the period 2015 to 2025 – the impact assessment and accompanying documents can be found at the link below;

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-standards-review-final-implementation-impact-assessment.

  • Steve Rotheram – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    Steve Rotheram – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve Rotheram on 2014-07-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and which private sector companies awarded NHS contracts have subcontracted work from NHS hospitals and surgeries to prisons in England; and which prisons are involved in such contracts.

    Norman Lamb

    This information is not collected centrally by NHS England.