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HANSARDBAME People in Criminal Justice SystemTackling race disparity in the criminal justice system remains a priority for all Ministers in my Department. We have a broad programme of work to address the issue, including…10 Feb 2021HANSARDSupporting Ex-Offenders into WorkI absolutely agree. It is appropriate that the work programmes that are available in the community are available to prison leavers. That is why I am working closely with my right…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingWe are committed to cutting crime and reducing reoffending. A total of 80% of people in our prisons have reoffended, so if we want to cut crime we absolutely need to stop the…02 Feb 2021HANSARDPrison Service Pay Review Body Recommendation 3I would like to address the point that the hon. Lady raised about violence in our prisons. I am pleased that violence in the adult male estate has gone down over recent months. Of…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingI thank my hon. Friend for his question and, indeed, for the superb work that he has done in introducing the Homelessness Reduction Act. I commend him for his work in this area.…02 Feb 2021HANSARDPrison Service Pay Review Body Recommendation 3In July 2020, the Government accepted in full six out of seven recommendations made by the Prison Service Pay Review Body. This delivered an increase of at least 2.5%, with some…02 Feb 2021HANSARDSupporting Ex-Offenders into WorkWe know that offenders are 9% less likely to reoffend if they have a job, which is why we are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to increase the number of work…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingI do agree, and I commend my hon. Friend for the work that he did before he came to Parliament to support youths at risk of reoffending. He will be interested to know that of the…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingThe measures to which my hon. Friend refers—those which his prospective candidate is interested in—are exactly the measures that we are rolling out. We are looking at shortly…02 Feb 2021HANSARDPrison Service Pay Review Body Recommendation 3To repeat, I recognise the very difficult work that prison officers are doing up and down the country at this time. The pay proposals that we have accepted deliver an increase in…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingWe are aware that there have been some difficulties with the building in Bridgend, and we are working with the local community, via the commissioned services to which my hon.…02 Feb 2021HANSARDReoffendingI am very pleased to commend the work of the probation service, which has been doing important work at this time. We are supporting it with the finances that it needs, with…02 Feb 2021HANSARDPrison Service Pay Review Body Recommendations 2020-21.I am today making a further and final announcement on the Government’s response to this year’s recommendations from the Prison Service Pay Review Body. The Prison Service Pay…10 Dec 2020HANSARDSentencing Regime for 17-year-oldsI thank my hon. Friend for his correspondence regarding the reforms in the sentencing White Paper. All offenders, including 17-year-olds, who commit the most serious offences and…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsMy hon. Friend raises a really important question. We are doing a number of things, and I shall highlight two of them. First, as I mentioned, in relation to our probation…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyThe hon. Member will know that we are looking at the Mental Health Act 1983 provisions and reviewing them. We never think that it should be appropriate to use prison as a place of…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyThe female offender strategy launched an ambitious programme to improve outcomes for female offenders and make society safer by tackling the causes of offending. It will take…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 in PrisonsI thank the hon. Lady very much for her suggestion. There are a number of hotlines available to staff. We work very closely with the unions on a local level, as well as a national…08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 in PrisonsThroughout the pandemic, we have worked really closely with Public Health England to respond to any outbreaks in prison and to keep our staff and those in our custody safe. We are…08 Dec 2020HANSARDSentencing Regime for 17-year-oldsI cannot begin to imagine what Ellie Gould’s parents must have been through. In addition to the point that I made about introducing a sliding scale to reflect age and severity, I…08 Dec 2020