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How many assaults by prisoners on (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff were recorded at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years.
Please see the attached table showing the number of incidents of assault on (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years, and accompanying notes.
What the employee (a) vacancy and (b) turnover rates were at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years by (i) prison staff and (ii) prison officers.
The latest published workforce statistics for HM Prison & Probation Service cover the period up to 30 September 2025 and contain figures for the last five years for working days lost, average staff and average working days lost for each public sector prison and for different grades, but not by prison and grade combined. The published figures are for the 12 months to 31 March each year and latest figures are for the 12 months to 30 September 2025. These figures for HMP Hewell, split by band 3-5 prison officers and other prison staff, are given in the table below.Working days lost to sickness absence, for HMP Hewell, by band 3-5 prison officers and other staff – for 12 months to 31 March 2021 to 2025 and for 12 months to 30 September 2025.(Full Time Equivalent)12 months to given dateBand 3-5 prison officers1Other prison staffAll staff at HMP Hewell31-Mar-214,3442,1896,53231-Mar-224,3922,6777,06931-Mar-233,7062,1585,86431-Mar-243,8012,2666,06731-Mar-254,7012,1036,80330-Sep-2525,0732,7367,809 NotesBand 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.Figures relating to the most recent 12 months are provisional, and may be subject to change in the futureA comparison between target staffing levels and staff in post can be found in the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691da96221ef5aaa6543ef83/annex-prison-and-probation-officer-recruitment-Sep-2025_final.ods.Internal management information has long been used for workforce planning to monitor vacancies and other resource monitoring purposes. However, target staffing and parallel staff in post data has only been produced for the purpose of official statistics for the last few years. As a result, the full historic time series is not available in a consistent format for the grade breakdowns requested.Turnover rates1 at HMP Hewell for (i) band 3-5 officers2 and (ii) all other prison staff, in the 12 months to 31 March 2021-2025 and in the 12 months to 30 September 202512 months to given dateBand 3-5 prison officers (%)Other prison staff (%)All staff at HMP Hewell (%)31-Mar-2113.611.912.931-Mar-2214.49.812.631-Mar-2315.011.714.031-Mar-2414.28.011.631-Mar-2513.810.412.430-Sep-2514.68.912.2Notes:1. Turnover rates include all reasons for leaving and include both permanent and temporary staff. 2. Band 3-5 officers include: Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers3. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time and is dependent on staff completing the details correctly. The database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, or are incorrect then these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate and may not match local data.Figures relating to the most recent 12 months are provisional, and may be subject to change in the future.
How many full-time equivalent days were lost to sickness absence at HMP Hewell in each of the last five years by (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff.
The latest published workforce statistics for HM Prison & Probation Service cover the period up to 30 September 2025 and contain figures for the last five years for working days lost, average staff and average working days lost for each public sector prison and for different grades, but not by prison and grade combined. The published figures are for the 12 months to 31 March each year and latest figures are for the 12 months to 30 September 2025. These figures for HMP Hewell, split by band 3-5 prison officers and other prison staff, are given in the table below.Working days lost to sickness absence, for HMP Hewell, by band 3-5 prison officers and other staff – for 12 months to 31 March 2021 to 2025 and for 12 months to 30 September 2025.(Full Time Equivalent)12 months to given dateBand 3-5 prison officers1Other prison staffAll staff at HMP Hewell31-Mar-214,3442,1896,53231-Mar-224,3922,6777,06931-Mar-233,7062,1585,86431-Mar-243,8012,2666,06731-Mar-254,7012,1036,80330-Sep-2525,0732,7367,809 NotesBand 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (including specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.Figures relating to the most recent 12 months are provisional, and may be subject to change in the futureA comparison between target staffing levels and staff in post can be found in the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691da96221ef5aaa6543ef83/annex-prison-and-probation-officer-recruitment-Sep-2025_final.ods.Internal management information has long been used for workforce planning to monitor vacancies and other resource monitoring purposes. However, target staffing and parallel staff in post data has only been produced for the purpose of official statistics for the last few years. As a result, the full historic time series is not available in a consistent format for the grade breakdowns requested.Turnover rates1 at HMP Hewell for (i) band 3-5 officers2 and (ii) all other prison staff, in the 12 months to 31 March 2021-2025 and in the 12 months to 30 September 202512 months to given dateBand 3-5 prison officers (%)Other prison staff (%)All staff at HMP Hewell (%)31-Mar-2113.611.912.931-Mar-2214.49.812.631-Mar-2315.011.714.031-Mar-2414.28.011.631-Mar-2513.810.412.430-Sep-2514.68.912.2Notes:1. Turnover rates include all reasons for leaving and include both permanent and temporary staff. 2. Band 3-5 officers include: Bands 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers3. As with all HR databases, extracts are taken at a fixed point in time and is dependent on staff completing the details correctly. The database itself is dynamic and where updates to the database are made late, subsequent to the taking of the extract, or are incorrect then these updates will not be reflected in figures produced by the extract. For this reason, HR data are unlikely to be precisely accurate and may not match local data.Figures relating to the most recent 12 months are provisional, and may be subject to change in the future.
Pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2024 to Question 763, on Special Educational Needs: Tribunals, if she will update the table given in that Answer for the most recent year for which figures are available.
Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.The table below sets out the number of appeals to the SEND Tribunal against decisions made by Birmingham City Council for the academic years 2021 to 2023 (the latest period for which data are available); and the numbers of those appeals that were (i) determined in favour of the appellants, (ii) determined in favour of the local authority, (iii) withdrawn, (iv) conceded before the hearing, and (v) still awaiting a hearing.Appellants would include appeals made by parents and young persons.Academic yearTotal appeals registered(1)Total appeals determined in favour of the appellantsTotal appeals determined in favour of the local authorityTotal appeals withdrawnConceded before the hearingAwaiting a hearing date (4)2021(2)54736731488912022525365105284122023(3)642410224614418 1. Appeals registered and appeals concluded will not tally due to spanning over academic years.2. Appeal data are only available for three years due to the Tribunal’s record retention and disposal policy.3. The latest period for which data have been published.4. This figure includes appeals with a consent order or a hearing has been vacated awaiting a new hearing date.
Pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 42776 on Marriage: Humanism, what progress she has made on reviewing the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on marriage reform, published in July 2022.
The Government appreciates the importance of this issue and will provide an update in due course.
Pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50727 on Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Standards, what proportion of the respondents to that paper survey selected (a) very good, (b) good, (c) average, (d) poor and (e) very poor in 2023-24.
Of the respondents to the paper survey in 2023-34, (a) 53.2% selected very good, (b) 31.0% selected good, (c) 10.0% selected average, (d) 3.3% poor and (e) 2.5% selected very poor.
With reference to Table 9, on page 19 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority's Annual Report and Accounts, published on 24 July 2024, what the wording of the question that measured overall satisfaction was; and what the response rate was to that question.
When issuing decision letters by post at both first and review decision stage, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority includes a paper survey form that applicants can complete and return. The wording of the question used to measure overall satisfaction was “Overall how did you feel about the service you received throughout the claims process”. In response applicants can select very good, good, average, poor and very poor. In 2023-24, the response rate to this question was 5.6%* (2326 surveys returned).*The survey is issued at both first and review decision stage meaning the same applicant may be asked to complete this more than once. The survey is not issued again for cases which are appealed to the First-tier Tribunal.
Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2012 to Question 124834, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will uprate the figures given in that Answer to 2024 prices.
The following table sets out the value of each of the tariff bands in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) along with how much each of the tariff bands would be worth in 2012 and 2024, if they had increased by the rate of inflation since 1996 using each of the indices (a) RPI and (b) CPI:BandTariff amount [1996](a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2012](b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2012](a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2024](b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2024]1£1,000£1,540£1,358£2,532£1,9462£1,250£1,925£1,697£3,166£2,4333£1,500£2,310£2,036£3,799£2,9194£1,750£2,695£2,376£4,432£3,4065£2,000£3,081£2,715£5,065£3,8926£2,500£3,851£3,394£6,331£4,8667£3,300£5,083£4,480£8,357£6,4238£3,800£5,853£5,159£9,623£7,3969£4,400£6,777£5,973£11,143£8,56310£5,500£8,472£7,467£13,928£10,70411£6,600£10,166£8,960£16,714£12,84512£8,200£12,630£11,132£20,766£15,95913£11,000£16,943£14,933£27,857£21,40814£13,500£20,794£18,327£34,188£26,27415£16,500£25,415£22,400£41,785£32,11316£19,000£29,265£25,793£48,116£36,97817£22,000£33,886£29,866£55,713£42,81718£27,000£41,587£36,654£68,375£52,54819£33,000£50,829£44,799£83,570£64,22520£44,000£67,772£59,732£111,426£85,63421£55,000£84,715£74,665£139,283£107,04222£82,000£126,303£111,319£207,658£159,59023£110,000£169,430£149,330£278,566£214,08424£175,000£269,548£237,571£443,173£340,58925£250,000£385,069£339,387£633,104£486,555
What the expenditure of her Department's criminal injuries hardship fund has been in each year since its creation.
The below table shows the compensation spend under the Hardship Fund in each financial year. It does not include the running costs of the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund opened on 27 November 2012.Financial YearAmount Paid2012/13£883.032013/14£1,116.052014/15£1,475.852015/16£312.682016/17£3132017/1802018/1902019/2002020/2102021/2202022/2302023/240
What funds have been raised through the victim surcharge in each year since its creation.
The surcharge (often referred to as the victim surcharge) was first introduced in April 2007 and changes were introduced on 1 October 2012, 1 September 2014, 8 April 2016, 28 June 2019, 14 April 2020 and then again on 16 June 2022.When a court passes a sentence, it must also order that the relevant surcharge is paid. The amount of the surcharge depends on the sentence and whether at the time the offence was committed the offender was an adult or a youth (under 18 years of age), or if the offender is an organisation.Revenue raised from the surcharge provides a contribution towards Ministry of Justice-funded victim and witness support services.HMCTS accounts for the amount of victim surcharge imposed and collected in the annual HMCTS Trust Statement. The Trust Statement was introduced in 2010-11, prior to that the data was not collated centrally. The table below illustrates the amounts imposed and collected each year since April 2010. The amounts collected will include receipts for amounts imposed in prior years. Financial YearVictim Surcharge Imposed £000Victim Surcharge collected £0002010-1112,55210,5162011-1211,23410,1652012-1314,33110,5182013-1430,97019,5482014-1535,20324,5692015-1637,86628,3072016-1744,78531,0292017-1846,60335,0222018-1945,52133,5292019-2044,42439,6892020-2136,64735,0392021-2246,65437,8522022-2365,27041,3142023-24104,03265,496
Pursuant to the Answer of 08 July 2019 to Question 261492, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will publish the same information for each year since 2017-18.
The information in the table below sets out the criminal injuries compensation spend for each of the years shown (as published in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts). It does not include compensation awarded under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme. YearCompensation Spend2017/18£155,840,0002018/19£130,359,0002019/20£194,839,0002020/21£153,367,0002021/22£158,192,0002022/23£173,089,0002023/24£164,620,000
What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
The Ministry of Justice holds one contract with BFS Group, under Bidfood, for the supply of food to all public prisons. Details can be found at: Prisoner & Non-Prisoner Food Supply - Contracts Finder.
What the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the average time for decisions to be made on applications* for criminal injuries compensation by people resident in Birmingham**. Calendar Year of CICA decisionAverage time (days)20203352021440202249020233812024372 * The table does not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed. ** The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Birmingham as the city in their home address in their application.
How many people in Birmingham received awards under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the value of those awards was.
The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Birmingham. Number of compensation awards paid to applicants living in Birmingham* **:Calendar YearNumber of awards paidTotal value of those awards2020340£2,746,6702021294£3,055,4412022248£2,624,2862023347£3,866,5072024294£3,074,242 * The above table includes all awards where the applicant named Birmingham as the city in their home address in their application. **The table does not include archived bereavement applications because the address of the applicant is not retained. In most cases, applications are archived three years after the case has been closed.
What information her Department holds on the number of legal cases against schools for claimed (a) disability discrimination and (b) a failure to make reasonable adjustments.
Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), which includes disability discrimination in schools, is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.Failure to make reasonable adjustments is not recorded as a separate category of disability discrimination.Those claims will be included in the “uncategorised” data set.
Whether her Department plans to respond to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review 2020, published on 16 July 2020.
The previous Government held three consultations, in 2020, 2022 and 2023, as part of its review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. It did not publish a response to these consultations prior to the 2024 election.This Government is looking at how we can best support victims of crime. As part of this we are considering the previous review of the Scheme, and further updates will be provided in due course.