Prisons: Visits
(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on assisted prison visits of the system going online.
This question was answered on 17th October 2017
‘Help with Prison Visits’ is a new digital service, launched in June 2017, that administers the Assisted Prison Visits Scheme in addition to the paper process. It has been essential to develop an alternative payment method for our most vulnerable claimants as giro cheques have been discontinued.
We have been monitoring and improving the service since it was launched and plan to evaluate implementation more fully in the New Year.