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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are being held in prisons in Leicestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are being held in prisons in Leicestershire.
As at 31 March 2018 (the latest published data), 37 Foreign National Offenders were held at HM Prison Leicester and 107 were held at HM Prison Gartree.
We are absolutely committed to removing Foreign National Offenders from the UK and continue to work closely with international governments to increase the number of prisoners deported. Since 2010, over 42,000 Foreign National Offenders have been removed from the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in prison was for a foreign national offender before deportation in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent in prison was for a foreign national offender before deportation in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.
The Home Office do however routinely publish quarterly figures on the average length of time it takes foreign national offenders to be deported following completion of their custodial sentence. Figures for the latest quarter can be found by accessing the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-february-2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders there are in UK prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders there are in UK prisons.
As at 31 December 2017 (latest published figures) there were 9,012 foreign national prisoners held in prisons in England and Wales, with a further 328 held in the HMPPS operated Immigration Removal Centre.
Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, and in the last financial year a record number of over 6,300 were removed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drones were discovered in the prison estate in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drones were discovered in the prison estate in 2016.
I refer the Rt Hon member to PQ 4436, answered on 17 July 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of radicalisation in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of radicalisation in prisons.
The Department takes the threat of radicalisation very seriously and tackling radicalisation is a key part of our work to improve safety in our prisons, and in the community for those under probation supervision. Front line staff are being given enhanced training to challenge extremist views and take action against them. A new joint HMPPS and Home Office Extremism Unit was created in April 2017 to drive closer working with policy and law enforcement partners. The first Separation Centre was opened at HMP Frankland in June 2017. Separation centres are facilities to hold the most subversive extremist prisoners, protecting those most vulnerable to radicalisation from their extremist ideology.
That this House is shocked and disturbed by the BBC Panorama documentary Britain's Immigration Secrets exposing the abuse suffered in Brooke House, the immigration detention centre managed by G4S; commends the efforts of reporter Callum Tulley for his bravery in reporting on this matter despite the personal risk; considers that there must be segregation between asylum seekers and criminals who have been released from prison; and calls on the Government to introduce separate wings of detention centres in order to protect refugees and asylum seekers.
That this House is shocked and disturbed by the BBC Panorama documentary Britain's Immigration Secrets exposing the abuse suffered in Brooke House, the immigration detention centre managed by G4S; commends the efforts of reporter Callum Tulley for his bravery in reporting on this matter despite the personal risk; considers that...
Figures from the right hon. Gentleman’s own Department show that there are approximately 1,000 prisoners who have either been radicalised or are vulnerable to being radicalised. When they leave prison, those such as Khalid Masood, the Westminster terrorist, need to be effectively monitored. Is the Lord Chancellor satisfied that there is a sufficiently robust relationship between the police and the prison authorities to make sure that when such people come out of prison we know where they are and what they are doing?
Figures from the right hon. Gentleman’s own Department show that there are approximately 1,000 prisoners who have either been radicalised or are vulnerable to being radicalised. When they leave prison, those such as Khalid Masood, the Westminster terrorist, need to be effectively monitored. Is the Lord Chancellor satisfied that there is a sufficiently robust relationship between the police and the prison authorities to make sure that when such people come out of prison we know where they are and what they are doing?
The information we have is that only one of those involved in the recent attacks in London and Manchester had spent time in prison. That dated back to 2003 and there was no evidence to suggest that that man had been radicalised in prison. We clearly want the strongest possible joint work between the
police, the Prison Service and the probation service. I believe that what we have at the moment is strong, but there are always lessons that can be learned and improvements that can be sought. We are committed not to be complacent but to continue with vigilance and determination.
About 1,000 individuals have been identified as extremist or as vulnerable to extremism, so the creation of those separation units is welcome. However, the key is monitoring people when they come out of prison. Can the Minister reassure us that that will happen?
About 1,000 individuals have been identified as extremist or as vulnerable to extremism, so the creation of those separation units is welcome. However, the key is monitoring people when they come out of prison. Can the Minister reassure us that that will happen?
To be precise, there are actually about 700 people of concern. Of those 700, about 180 are in prison or on remand for terrorism-related offences. The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about what happens when people come into the community. The multi-agency protection arrangements with law enforcement mean that those people are subject to strict licence conditions, and if they breach those licence conditions, they can and do end up in jail. The police are obviously part of that.
I take this opportunity to thank the police, especially those who protect us here as we go about our daily jobs.
I am not convinced that teaching potential jihadists boxing or table tennis will form an essential part of a de-radicalisation programme, but I am ready to be convinced on the pilot. Does the Minister agree that one way to do this is to appoint an extremism officer to monitor radicalisation in prison and ensure that people are de-radicalised when they leave prison?
I am not convinced that teaching potential jihadists boxing or table tennis will form an essential part of a de-radicalisation programme, but I am ready to be convinced on the pilot. Does the Minister agree that one way to do this is to appoint an extremism officer to monitor radicalisation in prison and ensure that people are de-radicalised when they leave prison?
We will of course proceed according to the evidence from the initiative we have just launched. The right hon. Gentleman will also know that the Secretary of State has launched an independent review of extremism across the prisons estate. Yesterday, I met the excellent former governor who is conducting the review, and we will report in due course.
May I commend to the Minister as his recess reading an excellent book, “Doing Time: Prisons in the 21st Century”, by the hon. Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman)? In chapter 2 he talks about 50% of those in prisons having a drug problem. As the Minister knows, the Home Affairs Committee has recommended mandatory testing on arrival and exit. Are we any nearer to that?
May I commend to the Minister as his recess reading an excellent book, “Doing Time: Prisons in the 21st Century”, by the hon. Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman)? In chapter 2 he talks about 50% of those in prisons having a drug problem. As the Minister knows, the Home Affairs Committee has recommended mandatory testing on arrival and exit. Are we any nearer to that?
As the right hon. Gentleman knows, I do not agree with him that the right way to deal with drug testing is to have a mandatory point at entry and exit. He also knows that the main reason I disagree with him is that everyone knows where the points are and can see them coming. What I think is much more effective is mandatory random testing, which is what we
do now, but, as I explained in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for South West Devon (Mr Streeter), we must all recognise that the problem that is emerging is less about illegal drugs, dangerous though they are, and more about legal drugs that are being misused in our prisons. I hope the right hon. Gentleman will support the private Member’s Bill promoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge.
The right hon. Gentleman knows that we already have a system of random and intelligence-led drug testing in prisons. He knows, too, that we are not persuaded of the merits of adding further testing for all prisoners at the fixed points of arrival and departure from custody. However, we are working with the Department of Health to test an end-to-end approach to tackling addiction from custody into the community, which includes looking at which prisoners should be tested and when.
The Minister is right: I do, in fact, know all that. However, it does not deal with the problem. The problem is that 35% of those in prison have a drug addiction and 6% acquire that addiction once they are in prison, so more come out with an addiction than went in with one. Why do the Government not feel that mandatory testing on entry and exit will help break the cycle of drug dependency?
The Minister is right: I do, in fact, know all that. However, it does not deal with the problem. The problem is that 35% of those in prison have a drug addiction and 6% acquire that addiction once they are in prison, so more come out with an addiction than went in with one. Why do the Government not feel that mandatory testing on entry and exit will help break the cycle of drug dependency?
We are in agreement, because I knew all that, too, but it is worth saying to the right hon. Gentleman that we have one or two issues with the suggestion he and his Select Committee make in what is, I concede, an excellent report that makes a substantial contribution to this debate. The concerns we have are that if tests are done at a fixed point of exit, particularly from custody, the offender knows that is coming and can do things to try to mitigate the effect of the test. We think it is important to test on a random, and perhaps frequent, basis. We entirely agree with him and his Committee, however, about the importance of extending our testing to include prescription drugs as well as
illegal drugs, because of the widespread abuse of those drugs, and I hope he will support the private Member’s Bill of my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Margot James), which will achieve exactly that.
We cannot break the devastating cycle of drugs unless we deal with the issue of drugs in prisons. Why does not the Government adopt the recommendations of the Home Affairs Committee, which are simple: mandatory testing of prisoners when they enter the prisons, and mandatory testing when they come out of prisons? That will give her all the figures she needs in order to deal with this serious problem.
We cannot break the devastating cycle of drugs unless we deal with the issue of drugs in prisons. Why does not the Government adopt the recommendations of the Home Affairs Committee, which are simple: mandatory testing of prisoners when they enter the prisons, and mandatory testing when they come out of prisons? That will give her all the figures she needs in order to deal with this serious problem.
We feel that investing in comprehensive testing may not be the best way to tackle the problem, but the Government welcome the Home Affairs Committee report, “Drugs: Breaking the Cycle”, and we will of course give careful consideration to all the findings and recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clinical advice his Department provides on drug treatment in prison for those addicted to heroin; and what National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines exist on such treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clinical advice his Department provides on drug treatment in prison for those addicted to heroin; and what National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines exist on such treatment.
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In 2006 the Department issued comprehensive guidance on the clinical drug treatment in prisons. In March 2010, this guidance was reiterated and reinforced to ensure that other than in exceptional circumstances, prison opioid substitution treatments (including methadone maintenance) should not exceed six months' duration.
In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence issued a Technology Appraisal of methadone and buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence, which found that these treatments were cost-effective and recommended their use to national health service funded organisations, including prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of prisoners entered each prison with an addiction to drugs in 2011-12.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of prisoners entered each prison with an addiction to drugs in 2011-12.
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Information is collected by the Department in respect of the total number of prisoners receiving clinical interventions for drug dependence in prisons in England and Wales and within each prison in 2010-11, the most recent year for which data are available. Data are not yet available for 2011-12.
In 2010-11, a total of 30,459 detoxification drug treatments were provided to male and female prisoners of all ages and a total of 30,650 extended prescribing maintenance treatments were provided. Data in respect of each prison have been placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drug-free wings were available in prisons in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drug-free wings were available in prisons in the latest period for which figures are available.
(3) what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step...
(3) what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step...
| Programme | Starts in 2010-11 |
| (a) Building Skills for Recovery (BSR) | 161 |
| (b) P-ASRO | 2,764 |
| (c) P-ASRO for Women | 82 |
| (d) Short Duration Programme | 4,639 |
| (e) FOCUS programme | 97 |
| (f) Prison Partnership 12-step programme | 133 |
| (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community | 235 |
| (h) RAPt 12-Step—Substance Dependency¹ | 598 |
| (i) Bridge programme | 59 |
| Grand total | 8,768 |
| ¹ Details for the RAPt 12-Step Alcohol Dependency programme have been excluded from the figures that have been provided as the question was specific related to the provision of programmes to drug-addicted prisoners. |
(2) how many prisoners with drug addictions enrolled on the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step and...
(2) how many prisoners with drug addictions enrolled on the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust 12 Step and...
| Programme | Starts in 2010-11 |
| (a) Building Skills for Recovery (BSR) | 161 |
| (b) P-ASRO | 2,764 |
| (c) P-ASRO for Women | 82 |
| (d) Short Duration Programme | 4,639 |
| (e) FOCUS programme | 97 |
| (f) Prison Partnership 12-step programme | 133 |
| (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community | 235 |
| (h) RAPt 12-Step—Substance Dependency¹ | 598 |
| (i) Bridge programme | 59 |
| Grand total | 8,768 |
| ¹ Details for the RAPt 12-Step Alcohol Dependency programme have been excluded from the figures that have been provided as the question was specific related to the provision of programmes to drug-addicted prisoners. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) which prisons made available the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) which prisons made available the (a) Building Skills for Recovery, (b) Prisoners Addressing Substance Related Offending (P-ASRO), (c) P-ASRO for Women, (d) Short Duration, (e) FOCUS, (f) Prison Partnership 12 Step, (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community, (h) Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners...
| Programme | Starts in 2010-11 |
| (a) Building Skills for Recovery (BSR) | 161 |
| (b) P-ASRO | 2,764 |
| (c) P-ASRO for Women | 82 |
| (d) Short Duration Programme | 4,639 |
| (e) FOCUS programme | 97 |
| (f) Prison Partnership 12-step programme | 133 |
| (g) Prisons Partnership Therapeutic Community | 235 |
| (h) RAPt 12-Step—Substance Dependency¹ | 598 |
| (i) Bridge programme | 59 |
| Grand total | 8,768 |
| ¹ Details for the RAPt 12-Step Alcohol Dependency programme have been excluded from the figures that have been provided as the question was specific related to the provision of programmes to drug-addicted prisoners. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons are taking part in the pilot study for drug-free wings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons are taking part in the pilot study for drug-free wings.