Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times representatives from his Department met with representatives of Carillion to discuss contracts for prison maintenance in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

Representatives of the Department at all levels involved in the monitoring of delivery of contracts for prison maintenance meet with Carillion on a frequent basis. This includes weekly meetings at an operational site level through to at least monthly meetings at a leadership level. Leadership teams also met to discuss specific issues and such meetings have been more frequent over the past 18 months. We do not hold a record of the number of total number of meetings.