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HANSARD Rehabilitation of OffendersMy hon. Friend uses the word “proportionate”, and as a distinguished former Government lawyer, she knows what that means. I think many other people—Madam Deputy Speaker…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Rehabilitation of OffendersOne of the great functions of this debate is to tease out some of the issues. Before public inquiries are published, is there not a Maxwellisation process whereby individuals who…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Rehabilitation of OffendersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As she will know, the process of obtaining a senior serving member of the judiciary will be done in consultation between the appropriate…05 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison ViolenceIt is important to remember that for many years prison officers have daily faced that sort of challenge. It is unacceptable, which is why I am glad to say that numbers of prison…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison ViolenceViolence against our dedicated staff will not be tolerated. Levels of violence in prison remain too high, but I am pleased to say that the number of assaults from October to…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison ViolenceAs I have said already in this House in an Opposition day debate, I am going to do it my way.04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I am always willing to speak to and learn from experiences in other parts of our United Kingdom, most particularly Northern Ireland. Various…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideMy hon. Friend, as a former prisons Minister, knows this issue very well, and I pay tribute to him for his continued commitment to it. Yes, the question of housing is a difficult…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideI am pleased to inform the hon. Lady that there has indeed been a significant increase in the number of prison staff. We are now up to over 4,500 extra prison staff from the low…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideWe do not hold the specific information requested by the hon. Gentleman. I fully appreciate that the pressures on prison officers can be considerable. However, we are committed to…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important and sensitive point. I should add that the prison chaplaincy service provides invaluable support for many prison officers who are…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officers: SuicideMy hon. Friend raises an important point. I pay tribute to the work of his Committee. We have seen welcome increases in the number of prison officers, and that will help with…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison ViolenceMy hon. Friend will be reassured to know that that sort of conduct and criminality is dealt with in two ways. The first is by the criminal courts. The recent Act promoted by the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison ViolenceI think the work being done to recruit extra prison officers and the extra finance and resource given to my Department by the Treasury are allowing us to return to a position of…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison and Probation Officers: Gross Misconduct ChargesThe existing process is an internal employment process and is compliant with both employment law and ACAS best practice. It exists to identify where misconduct has occurred and to…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison and Probation Officers: Gross Misconduct ChargesThe hon. Lady makes a very proper point, and I pay tribute to the probation officers I have worked with over many years. They are dedicated public servants who use their…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officer RecruitmentOur target to recruit an additional 2,500 officers was successfully achieved in the first quarter of last year, ahead of schedule. From October 2016 to 31 March this year, there…04 Jun 2019HANSARDPrison Officer RecruitmentThe key worker scheme is an important part of improving support for prisoners, leading to safer prisons. That work has begun in all 92 prisons in the male closed estate, and 66 of…04 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to emphasise the importance of technology in rehabilitation, which is why in-cell telephones have now been rolled out to 18 prisons and work is under way…04 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am more than happy to visit Her Majesty’s Prison Leyhill not just to look at that specific issue but to see the conditions in that category…04 Jun 2019