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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operating cost to HM Prison and Probation Service of running Approved Premises was in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operating cost to HM Prison and Probation Service of running Approved Premises was in each of the last five financial years.
The table below shows the direct operating costs and total costs of running Approved Premises in England and Wales in each of the last five financial years.
Financial Year | Direct Costs (£m) | Total Costs (£m) |
2020/21 | 60.5 | 91.0 |
2021/22 | 75.8 | 108.8 |
2022/23 | 78.7 | 115.1 |
2023/24 | 85.1 | 127.7 |
2024/25 | 90.8 | 134.9 |
Total costs include direct operating costs together with estates costs and corporate support cost recharges. Figures are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million.
Data for 2025/26 are currently being compiled and quality assured and are therefore not yet available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were resident in Approved Premises in England and Wales on the most recent date for which data is available, and in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were resident in Approved Premises in England and Wales on the most recent date for which data is available, and in each of the last five years.
The information requested, which has not previously been published, will be included in the next edition of Offender Accommodation Outcome Statistics, which is due for publication on 30 July. It will be available at the following link: Offender Accommodation Outcome Statistics - GOV.UK
Old Windsor is a small village in my constituency with an approved premises that has morphed to include high-risk offenders. It causes problems. Does the Minister agree that, first, probation services have responsibility for residents’ behaviour when they are outside that facility and, secondly, the police should have more focus on Old Windsor than they might otherwise have, given the location of that facility?
Old Windsor is a small village in my constituency with an approved premises that has morphed to include high-risk offenders. It causes problems. Does the Minister agree that, first, probation services have responsibility for residents’ behaviour when they are outside that facility and, secondly, the police should have more focus on Old Windsor than they might otherwise have, given the location of that facility?
It is right that the Probation Service takes those facilities and premises incredibly seriously. We are investing more in probation than ever before—£750 million, a 45% increase—to fix a service that was utterly dismantled by the last Conservative Government, so I hope that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents are reassured that this Government are getting on with job of ensuring that our Probation Service is fit for purpose.
It is right that the Probation Service takes those facilities and premises incredibly seriously. We are investing more in probation than ever before—£750 million, a 45% increase—to fix a service that was utterly dismantled by the last Conservative Government, so I hope that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents are reassured that this Government are getting on with job of ensuring that our Probation Service is fit for purpose.
It is right that the Probation Service takes those facilities and premises incredibly seriously. We are investing more in probation than ever before—£750 million, a 45% increase—to fix a service that was utterly dismantled by the last Conservative Government, so I hope that the hon. Gentleman’s constituents are reassured that this Government are getting on with job of ensuring that our Probation Service is fit for purpose.
Old Windsor is a small village in my constituency with an approved premises that has morphed to include high-risk offenders. It causes problems. Does the Minister agree that, first, probation services have responsibility for residents’ behaviour when they are outside that facility and, secondly, the police should have more focus on Old Windsor than they might otherwise have, given the location of that facility?
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence have died while housed in approved premises in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence have died while housed in approved premises in each of the last 10 years.
Deaths in Approved Premises are rare, accounting for less than 1% of deaths of offenders in the community during 2023/24, and the number of deaths annually has been decreasing. Some of the deaths, while resident in Approved Premises, occurred away from the premises.
Five individuals serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence died whilst housed in Approved Premises between 2019/20 and 2023/24. The number of deaths can be broken down as follows:
2020/21 - 3
2022/23 - 2
The figure is 0 for all other years since 2019/20.
As per previously published data to date, there have been no deaths of IPP-sentenced individuals under this Government.
Data prior to April 2019 would require a manual matching exercise and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises referrals were submitted by probation staff to accommodate people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of those referrals were rejected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises referrals were submitted by probation staff to accommodate people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of those referrals were rejected.
End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. Analysis of its use will be based on at least one year’s worth of data and published in line with the same approach we take for other statistical releases such as deaths of offenders in the community. We cannot provide any breakdowns of the ECSL cohort ahead of publication because they would give an early indication of that cohort and hence these statistics.
HMPPS currently delivers 104 Approved Premises across the country to accommodate higher risk prison leavers and people on probation. They provide a high level of supervision in a controlled environment and are closely integrated with Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
Beyond their role in public protection, Approved Premises can also play a key role in improving the rehabilitation of prison leavers, ensuring they have a place to stay upon release, and a stable environment from which to engage with wider support including helping source employment opportunities and engage with drug and alcohol treatment.
Overall, we provide 2,357 spaces and accommodate approximately 11,300 individuals each year in Approved Premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises in England house (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises in England house (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales.
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales are housed in Approved Premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men with a home address in Wales are housed in Approved Premises.
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average distance between the Approved Premises and home address for (a) women and (b) men currently housed in Approved Premises in England with a home address in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average distance between the Approved Premises and home address for (a) women and (b) men currently housed in Approved Premises in England with a home address in Wales.
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the capacity of each Approved Premises in Wales; and how much of this capacity is in use as of 20 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the capacity of each Approved Premises in Wales; and how much of this capacity is in use as of 20 April 2023.
The 105 Approved Premises (AP) in England and Wales all accept offenders from either country. As there is no AP for women in Wales, any female offender from Wales requiring an AP placement would be accommodated in an AP in England.
We endeavour to accommodate offenders who need an AP placement as close as possible to their home, but since a range of factors, including protection of victims, need to be taken into account, this is not always possible.
When at full capacity, the four APs in Wales can accommodate 103 residents. As refurbishments are being undertaken, 14 places are currently unavailable. As of 20 April 2023, 78 offenders were resident in AP in Wales.
As information about the home addresses of AP residents is not held centrally, it would not be possible to obtain figures on the number of residents with a home address in Wales or their average distance from home without incurring disproportionate cost.
Moved by
Baroness Sater
Moved by
Baroness Sater
My Lords, I would like to say a few, very brief words. The provisions set out in this Bill will play an important role in helping to ensure that approved premises are safe and drug free. The Bill will enable Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to create a comprehensive...
My Lords, I would like to say a few, very brief words. The provisions set out in this Bill will play an important role in helping to ensure that approved premises are safe and drug free. The Bill will enable Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to create a comprehensive...
My Lords, I too would like to welcome this Bill imminently passing. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, for the work she has done on this Bill and I also thank her honourable friend Rob Butler. It may be of interest to noble Lords that both the noble Baroness,...
My Lords, I too would like to welcome this Bill imminently passing. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, for the work she has done on this Bill and I also thank her honourable friend Rob Butler. It may be of interest to noble Lords that both the noble Baroness,...
My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lady Sater on her excellent work bringing forward this Bill and navigating it to this stage. I also thank my honourable friend Rob Butler MP, who introduced the Bill in the other place.
The Bill will play an important role in helping...
My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lady Sater on her excellent work bringing forward this Bill and navigating it to this stage. I also thank my honourable friend Rob Butler MP, who introduced the Bill in the other place.
The Bill will play an important role in helping...
Lords third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.
Lords third reading. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.
My Lords, it is a privilege to move the Second Reading of the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill, which was introduced by my honourable friend Rob Butler MP in the other place. I am pleased that, to date, the Bill has had a successful passage and received support from all...
My Lords, it is a privilege to move the Second Reading of the Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill, which was introduced by my honourable friend Rob Butler MP in the other place. I am pleased that, to date, the Bill has had a successful passage and received support from all...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sater. She is a former magisterial colleague of mine; we sat in the same youth court together for many years and we have both seen the types of cases to which she referred in the opening part of her speech. We in...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sater. She is a former magisterial colleague of mine; we sat in the same youth court together for many years and we have both seen the types of cases to which she referred in the opening part of her speech. We in...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Sater for introducing this important Bill today, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for his contribution to this short debate. As the only non-magistrate speaking in this debate, I will say that it has been a pleasure working...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Sater for introducing this important Bill today, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, for his contribution to this short debate. As the only non-magistrate speaking in this debate, I will say that it has been a pleasure working...