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HANSARDTime Spent in Cells: Reoffending RatesAgain, I have a lot of respect for the hon. Lady, but I am afraid that what she is suggesting does not entirely reflect the facts. If we compare the figures for 2023 and 2022 for…20 Feb 2024HANSARDTime Spent in Cells: Reoffending RatesAs the shadow Justice Secretary will know, my right hon. and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor has made clear that in line with other statistics, for example death in custody…20 Feb 2024HANSARDTime Spent in Cells: Reoffending RatesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. He is absolutely right about the importance of not just recruiting new prison officers, but retaining experienced ones in our prisons.…20 Feb 2024HANSARDTime Spent in Cells: Reoffending RatesWe know that activities such as education and training can help to give prisoners skills that they need to get a job on release, thus reducing the likelihood of reoffending. That…20 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady; she will be aware of the work being done across the criminal justice system through both the race disparity review and the Lammy review in that…09 Jan 2024HANSARDSafeguarding of Prisoners: Mental HealthWe are committed to improving mental health outcomes for prisoners, including recruiting additional staff, because having adequate staffing in prisons is important; investing…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question; it is nice to answer questions from him again, as I did when he was shadow Secretary of State. The One HMPPS programme is…09 Jan 2024HANSARDProbation Officer Case LoadWe have increased funding for the probation service by £155 million a year to recruit more staff, bring down caseloads and deliver better supervision of offenders in the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateI understand from my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State that the invitation was sent in error by the office—it was not meant to be sent—but I am happy to honour that…09 Jan 2024HANSARDReoffendingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. Between 2010-11 and 2020-21, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.6% to 24.4%. The Government continue to take…09 Jan 2024HANSARDReoffendingI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for both his question and the tone in which he asks it. He is absolutely right to highlight the importance of this scheme. As he will be aware,…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateI shall certainly be happy to have that discussion with my hon. Friend if he feels that it would be useful. He is right to highlight the importance of adequate staff numbers, but…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateIf the hon. Gentleman would like to visit the Scrubs with me—and I am not issuing this one in error—I shall be happy to accompany him on a visit to his local prison. As I have…09 Jan 2024HANSARDReoffendingMy hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion. I am happy to meet him, if that would be helpful, to discuss further his ideas.09 Jan 2024HANSARDProbation Officer Case LoadThe hon. Lady raises an important point. Although, on partial data for this year, caseloads are going down, she is right to highlight that they are still high. She makes a good…09 Jan 2024HANSARDSafeguarding of Prisoners: Mental HealthI am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I hope that through her I can pass on my sympathies and condolences to her constituent. I am not aware of the details of that case, but if she…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateI would gently say to the hon. Lady that we will take no lessons on prison building from the Labour party—the party that promised three Titan prisons, with 7,500 places. How many…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateThe hon. Lady will not be surprised to hear that I do not agree with her assessments. I would highlight that reoffending rates are down on where they were when we inherited them…09 Jan 2024HANSARDRehabilitation of Prisoners: Prison EstateIn December last year we completed an estate-wide programme of surveys to assess the condition of each public sector prison, and I look forward to seeing the findings of those…09 Jan 2024HANSARD Victims and Prisoners BillI will take a brief intervention. Then I will try to conclude, because I am conscious that many Members wish to speak.04 Dec 2023