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HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesThen I will turn to the IPP action plan, which sets out the range of work that His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service does to support the progress of IPP offenders towards a…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesI assure the right hon. Gentleman that our decision is based on principles of public safety, consistent with wishing to help and support the prisoners on an IPP sentence through…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesI make it on the basis of the profile of the prison population and the fact that prisoners have had parole hearings where determinations have been made not to release. That is…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesIt is very good to see you in the Chair, as always, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) for his opening remarks and for…27 Apr 2023HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection SentencesWe will continue to engage with my hon. Friend’s Committee in the normal way. It is perfectly reasonable of him to challenge us. I was coming on to say something about the licence…27 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, of course safety must come first. Although it is true that more than 90% of transgender women prisoners are in the male estate, it is right that we have further strengthened…26 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI echo the hon. Gentleman’s good wishes for the victim. He is absolutely right about the importance of the safety and security for our prison officers. Things such as the rolling…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrison EducationImproving education in prisons is a top priority. The public sector, the independent sector and the voluntary sector all have an important part to play in that. Indeed, three of…28 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my right hon. Friend. All our sympathies are with her constituents and the family. I will, of course, be very happy to meet her.28 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not sure that I can respond in quite the same style as my right hon. Friend. During the pandemic, being able to do certain tasks remotely or from home was a way of carrying…28 Mar 2023HANSARDProbation Service: CaseloadsI join the hon. Lady in paying tribute to the men and women who work in the probation service for the absolutely vital work that they do tirelessly. It is very important that we…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentWe all trust Shannon; the hon. Gentleman is quite right to draw attention to the good work of his namesake trust, which for many years has operated a very good peer model in our…28 Mar 2023HANSARDProbation Service: CaseloadsWe have injected extra funding of more than £155 million a year to deliver more robust supervision, recruit thousands more staff, and reduce case loads to support the vital work…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrison EducationThat is a mischaracterisation of how the education service runs in prison. There are an extraordinary number of very dedicated people working in that service, and three of the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentAmong other things, we are renewing the prisoner education service, establishing an employability innovation fund, and ensuring that skills acquired match business need through…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he did, through the Homelessness Reduction Act, to support prisoners throughout our communities. He is right to identify not only the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentIn relation to the probation service, which I think the hon. Gentleman is asking about, we are investing in increasing staff numbers and ensuring that those staff have the right…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrisoners: Skills DevelopmentMy hon. Friend is quite right; that is a crucial part of the jigsaw, together with maintaining family ties. In a major new initiative, we are creating up to 18 new drug recovery…28 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend and I do want to give her that reassurance—that we are extending the list of people who will be presumed ineligible for this programme…20 Mar 2023HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Home Detention Curfew) Order 2023I am grateful to the hon. Lady speaking for the Opposition, to all colleagues who have taken part in the debate and to everybody on the Committee for their scrutiny of the…20 Mar 2023