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HANSARDPrisons: Staffing LevelsI can, very briefly, assure my right hon. Friend that we are looking at the recategorisation of offenders to ensure that they are in the right prisons for them.08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrisons: Staffing LevelsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the profile of the work of prison officers in his Westminster Hall debate last year, as well as this morning in questions, and for participating…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrisons: Staffing LevelsWe have made a significant breakthrough in the number of prison officers. We have introduced the key worker scheme, which allows prison officers to build relationships with the…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrison Leavers: AccommodationI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady that finding accommodation for prisoners at the end of their sentence is vital. That is why we have already started pilots to help offenders…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrison Leavers: AccommodationThe hon. Lady makes an interesting point. I would like to assure her that we do liaise with MHCLG. In fact, on Thursday I am going with my counterpart from MHCLG to visit one of…08 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming ProbationWe have already announced that we will strengthen probation by bringing back into the National Probation Service the supervision of offenders. In July, we published a draft…08 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming ProbationWe recognise that there is more we can do in relation to probation, which is why we are changing the system, but “Transforming Rehabilitation” brought 40,000 people back into…08 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming ProbationThe new system will ensure that, while offender management is brought in-house, private sector innovation will be involved in providing unpaid work, and there will be a dynamic…08 Oct 2019HANSARDReforming ProbationWe are working hard to ensure that we succeed in Wales. As the right hon. Lady mentioned, it is the first of our operations. I met representatives of Napo, GMB and Unison at the…08 Oct 2019HANSARDPrison Leavers: AccommodationI agree very much with my experienced right hon. Friend, from whom I learned so much as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He is absolutely right about accommodation. We are…08 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has done some work in this area as a former trustee of a charity that seeks to rehabilitate ex-offenders. He raises a very important point. The new futures network,…08 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are very concerned about the level of violence in prisons and very pleased that the 10 prisons project showed that we can reduce violence in prisons by reducing drugs in…08 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was very pleased to speak to my hon. Friend about this matter. As he knows, I have offered to meet him and others, and I will be very pleased to do that.08 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have increased prison officers’ salaries in the public sector by over 2% across the board. The public and private systems are separate, and both produce excellent outcomes in…08 Oct 2019HANSARDFemale Offenders: RehabilitationI start by saying how deeply upsetting it was to hear of the recent tragic incident at HMP Bronzefield. It was a terrible incident, and my thoughts are with all those who have…08 Oct 2019HANSARDFemale Offenders: RehabilitationOf course it is important that we look after all our offenders, and we have a particular strategy in relation to female offenders. We not only want to ensure they get adequate…08 Oct 2019HANSARDFemale Offenders: RehabilitationI pay tribute to the centre’s work, which I am sure is important to the hon. Lady’s local community. There is funding from a variety of sources for women’s centres and, as I…08 Oct 2019HANSARDFemale Offenders: RehabilitationWe are very interested in looking at alternatives to prison sentences. Although we want the most serious offenders who commit serious violence and sexual crimes to spend the…08 Oct 2019HANSARDFemale Offenders: RehabilitationI think the hon. Gentleman failed to listen to my previous answer on the importance the Government place on appropriate sentences and on our particular strategy for female…08 Oct 2019HANSARDUnduly Lenient Sentence SchemeI point out to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) that 73% of the cases that were referred by the Attorney General’s office resulted in an increase in convictions. The…04 Jul 2019