Wendy Morton
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(8 years, 3 months ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Andrew Selous)
I do not have the detailed information that the hon. Lady has asked for, but if she will allow me, I will write to her with the details.
Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)
T8. My hon. Friend is aware of the serious problems associated with radicalisation in our prisons. Can he update the House on what steps are being taken to tackle it?
Andrew Selous
I understand my hon. Friend’s proper interest in this subject. As the threat evolves, we evolve our response. I can tell her that we are strengthening the training for new prison officers to ensure that they are able to tackle criminal activity in whatever form it takes within prisons. As the Secretary of State said earlier, he has asked the Department to review its approach to dealing with Islamist extremism in prisons, and we await that report shortly.