Prisoners: Hunger Strikes

(asked on 14th January 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Zarah Sultana Portrait
Zarah Sultana
(Your Party - Coventry South)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hunger strikes in prisons lasted for over 40 days in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023, (d) 2024 and 2025.

Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 22nd January 2026

None of the requested data are centrally collated. They could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.

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