Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety

(asked on 3rd February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prison governors holding monthly health and safety meetings with representatives of staff unions.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 6th February 2020

In line with requirements, all prisons provide accident report forms/books placed throughout each establishment.

Details from accident reports are uploaded to a central health, safety and fire application which enables accident investigations to be coordinated and recorded. This also provides analysis to highlight risks and implement control measures.

Regular health and safety committee meetings are statutory and held at least quarterly at both prison and national level. Invites to attend these are issued to union representatives. Prison unions also have the opportunity to raise any issues of concern with governors in consultation meetings which occur every month.

The Government is investing £2.75 billion to make our jails safer - creating 10,000 additional places and stepping up security to cut crime and violence behind bars.

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